Earlier today EDM golden boy, Dillon Francis, announced his major label debut. Francis, also known as DJ Hanzel and DJ Rich As Fuck, will release his first full length album through Columbia Records in conjunction with Mad Decent.
Proud to say I signed my first record deal ever with Columbia Records! http://t.co/91dNhgzHvt
— DILLONSELLOUTFRANCIS (@DILLONFRANCIS) May 5, 2014
The album, originally expected to drop sometime this month, will be titled ‘Money Sucks, Friends Rule’ and is slated for a July release after being pushed back. Naturally, fans are divided on whether or not the record deal will be beneficial to Francis’ career and EDM as a whole. Dillon quickly took to Twitter to address the haters:
It’s insane that people are calling me a sell out and I haven’t even put a record out to compromise the integrity of my music
— DILLONSELLOUTFRANCIS (@DILLONFRANCIS) May 5, 2014
Known for his internet antics and his lighthearted persona, Francis poked fun at everyone throwing shade by changing his Twitter handle to “DILLONSELLOUTFRANCIS”. Take that EDM snobs! And to all you diehard Dillon fangirls out there, fret not. DJ Hanzel remains forever faithful…
In the record deal we wrote a clause that Columbia has to send me a 20 dollar gift card to @TacoBell the 5th of each month for 12 months
— DILLONSELLOUTFRANCIS (@DILLONFRANCIS) May 5, 2014
Leave a comment and let us know what you think about the record deal. How will it effect the scene and the upcoming album release?
Sam