VIDEO: Meek Mill's Producer, Jahlil Beats Signs w/ Jay-Z and Roc Nation

Roc Nation expanded their growing roster by adding hit-making producer Jahlil Beats to the roster. XXL caught up with the Pennsylvania-bred beatsmith to find out how the deal materialized.

“I was in a bidding war with like six different labels for publishing deals,” he said. “I just feel like Roc Nation, as a brand, as a name, was bigger than life. On top of that, they gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse, where I could have so much space to do whatever I want to do outside of Roc Nation.”

The signing is brings a story full circle for Jahlil, in a way similar to his now label-mate J. Cole.

“I had tried to give Jay some beats at [Philadelphia’s] Powerhouse 2009,” he says of his first encounter with Jiggaman. “I waited for him at the entrance, and when he was coming in I was like, ‘Yo, I got these joints.’ And Jay was like, ‘Nah, I don’t want that.’ Then, a couple years later, I’m in his office and he talking about, ‘I’m a fan of your work.’ It’s crazy.”

That’s not all that Jahlil says is “crazy.” He promises the remix to Meek Mill’s summer smash, “I’m A Boss,” will blow listeners away.

“The remix is gonna be crazy,” he boasts. “I’m not gonna tell you who’s gonna be on the remix, but that’s gonna be the biggest remix that came out in the longest. The best rappers in the game is on that joint. All the top rappers.”

"Birthday Cake Remix" Producer The Dream DISHES On Rihanna & Chris Brown, Says Rihanna Has FORGIVEN Breezy

The Dream is speaking out about his friend Rihanna saying it was her idea to add Chris Brown to the "Birthday Cake (Remix)". He added that if she has forgiven him, so should everyone else. Get the deets inside....

The Dream has spoken out to Billboard about Rihanna's controversial "Birthday Cake Remix" saying,

"For me, it's just music -- two talented people doing a record together, doing two records together, and that's what it was. It wasn't about an incident that happened. The true thing really is to forgive, and… you want to believe in people."

He added,

"It was Rih's idea.  Not only do we work together, but [Rihanna] is a friend of mine. And it's like, 'You wanna do something? Then cool, let's do it.' I don't know how she got the logistics and how it happened -- maybe she'll talk about it one day. I showed up at the studio, and it was like, 'All right, cool, let's finish this record,' which we probably should have finished the first time we did it."

All in all, he ended by saying, "Because this is about her, if she can forgive, that's where she is mentally. As a friend, it's like, 'Okay, cool. Let's roll.'"

So it seems like many folks are moving on from the Chris Brown incident from a few years ago.  On forgiving Chris, he said,

"I think [the topic] that should be more on the tongues is: how do we proclaim to be a nation of forgiving, and we go by all of these rules and everything, but we can't actually do it? It actually makes you look weaker than your adversary -- if you don't have the power to forgive, but you lie and say that you did.