The album announcement comes on the heels of a new distribution deal for G. Zoe's current label, Block Entertainment, who recently completed contract negotiations that partners Block Ent./Atlantic Records with Entertainment One.

Block Entertainment CEO, Russell “Block” Spencer, offered this statement on the new partnership,

“A new era of Block Entertainment is launching through my partnership with eOne and Atlantic. Gorilla Zoe is first up on my team to takeover with his third solo album, King Kong.”

Block was responsible for creating Boyz N Da Hood, and releasing Young Joc's albums New Joc City and Hustlenomics, Boyz N Da Hood's sophomore LP Back Up in Da Chevy, as well as Gorilla Zoe's solo albums.

He completed a partnership with music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs for a seminal multi-million-dollar label deal between Bad Boy South and Block Entertainment in 2006.

Executives from Atlantic, Block Entertainment and Entertainment One seal a new deal to release Gorilla Zoe's new album, “King Kong,” which will be released this fall. Pictured L to R: Craig Kallman, Co- Chairman and CEO, Atlantic Records; Russell “Block” Spencer, CEO, Block Entertainment; Alan Grunblatt, President, Entertainment One Music; Michael Kyser, Executive Vice President, Head of Urban Music, Atlantic Records.

The exclusive deal, which was inked with Polo Grounds Music/RCA Music Group and a production deal with Battery/Jive Records, allows Yung Joc to not only be an artist but also to sign emerging acts to his new label Swagg Team Entertainment.

“Joc is a triple threat. As an artist, executive and personality, he is now entering a higher phase of his career and I'm happy to play a part in it,” affirms Bryan Leach, President, Polo Grounds Music.  “I feel with Pitbull, Yo Gotti and now Yung Joc, Polo Grounds has an amazing front line of smart, talented, hungry artists that will continue to show why it's still all about making hit records and outworking everyone else.”

Yung Joc, who is credited for discovering the GS Boyz (“Stanky Leg), stated that he will actively seek break out talent to sign to his label.

"It is my pleasure and honor to announce my affiliation and new partnership with Polo Grounds Music/RCA Music Group and Battery/Jive Records,” states Yung Joc. “Now I can actually work and not wonder if I'm going to be held back from building my own brand as well as the Swagg Team brand. I'm very excited to work with this team.”

To celebrate the new deal, Joc states that he is currently working on his new album tentatively titled Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood, slated for a late 2010 release.

With the South dominating the rap game, young soldiers are looking to keep the movement strong with hard lyrics and a strong flow. One of the young ones in the game is Kollosus repping the streets of Atlanta and Jamacia.

With a resume of mixtapes and collaborations already under his belt, Kollosus hopes to be a household name in the near future, while becoming one of the premiere MCs of the South. HipHopWired.com recently chatted with Kollosus to get a little more insight about his past and how he expects to emerge in the future.

Hip-Hop Wired: I know you're pretty young, how did you get into the game and what was your first break?

Kollosus: I met Block two years ago at a talent showcase that the radio station had for "The Screen Test." Whoever won got to go on "The Screen Test." Block was a guest judge, he saw me do what I was doing and he sent four people to come get me after I got off stage and asked me to come in the studio the next day. We've been rolling since then. I got my situation with Capitol like four months ago, got that up and running, so just working, everything going good in my favor. Just taking advantage of my blessings.

Hip-Hop Wired: So where did you get your name from exactly?

Kollosus: I've been Kollosus since 10th grade since I started rapping, soon as I started rapping I said I wanted to be Kollosus. Colossus is a statue, it's one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The word Colossus actually means larger than life, it's spelled with a C, my real name is Kirk , and so I put a K on it so it's Kirk larger than life.

Hip-Hop Wired: Tell me a little bit about working with Block Ent. What's it like collaborating with people on Block ENT like Young Joc and Gorilla Zoe and everybody.

Kollosus: It's amazing, man. I don't want to call it fun and I don't want to call it work, it's what I choose to do man. I wake up every day and I love doing it. From meeting other artists, I don't want to say that I'm not star struck, but when I meet all these people I feel like it's somebody else that's in the same grind as me. They just real further ahead than me. When it comes to the music, I feel comfortable. I like vibing, I love it man.

Hip-Hop Wired: Do you feel like this was an overnight thing or do you feel like this was a long time coming?

Kollosus: Man I've been in and out of the studio recording and doing this since 2002. I was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica and I moved when I was like 16 or 17, so I was already raised. I moved to Atlanta in 2001, my cousin put me on to southern music and I fell in love with it. I started pursuing it, going to the studio and performing at open mics since 2002. It's 2010, it's been eight years so I aint gonna say it's overnight. I really been working really hard for this every day for approximately eight years.

Hip-Hop Wired: So when you hear about the situation between Joc, Block and Diddy and money being mishandled and not getting what you're supposed to get, does it ever make you nervous about being with Block Entertainment or the industry period?

Kollosus: Not one bit, because if you got your situation, communication, and paperwork right, you'll be good. There are Managers and CEOs but it's on you to have your situation and everything right before you do whatever you do. So honestly, no man, it doesn't affect me at all. The communication I got with Block and Capitol I have never had no problems and I don't see nothing happening. Any promises that they made they kept up. Honestly man, you have your end right and you should be alright in my view.

Hip-Hop Wired: Tell me about your new album coming up and the single, "Breaking Bread."

Kollosus: I am, supposed to come out March, 2010. "Breaking Bread" is the single, produced by Jack Pot with Rico Love putting the hook together. Capitol told me it was crazy and I hopped on it. They loved the finished product so much they just went ahead and pushed the buttons and said we gonna run with this as the first single. So right now we pushing that and hopefully it should hit the radio and international radio sometime early January and we should be shooting the video around then as well. Just working, working, and working. Hopefully I can make some kind of crazy magic happen. I got like 3 or 4 months to make this magic happen so I got a lot of work to do.

Hip-Hop Wired: Anybody you collaborating with on the album?

Kollosus: Man I got features with Gucci, Jody Breeze, Gorilla Zoe, and Sean Kingston. I got a song with Jody Breeze, Wayne, B.O.B., and Jeezy. I got production from Drumma Boyy, Zaytoven, and everybody man. If they cool and if they working, I'm working with them.

Hip-Hop Wired: Where can we get info on your current projects and any other upcoming projects that you got coming out that you want the world to know about?

Kollosus: My MySpace, my Facebook and Twitter. Kollosus, just Google it, and everything they need going to come up.

Hip-Hop Wired: You got any other projects that you're working on or are you just focusing on your album right now.

Kollosus: We just dropped a major mixtape and it's nothing in the streets that's like it right now. DJ Scream & Kollosus, the title of the mixtape is "Kolossal Activity." We pushing real hard right now to get that buzzing crazy in the street. I'm just pushing that mixtape for now and the single. Just working, hitting a new city every day and either I'm in a new city or I'm in a studio.

Hip-Hop Wired: The South has been controlling Hip-Hop for the past few years now.
What do you feel that you're going to bring that's different from the southern rap that you hear from these trap rappers?

Kollosus: First of all, I'm not a southern rapper. I'm a southern reggae Hip-Hop artist. So my music by itself got its own lane even before I speak on it because of my background. I put the Reggae and Dance Hall influence in some of my music but I got straight Hip-Hop songs and straight reggae songs as well. I got reggae songs with Hip-Hop influences, I got Hip-Hop songs with Reggae influence, so really at the end of the day it's a whole new lane. It's not like I was this or somebody sound like me. No it's a whole new highway.

Check out some behind the scenes footage of the Block Entertainment's newest artist Kollosus filming his first video “Setting Standards” which feathers the Burrr Man and listen to the track below.

Kollosus feat. Gucci Mane

In July, Joc recorded his version of Drake's "Successful" where he addressed issues with his former boss with bars like:

“My opposition's ambitions is to foul me so flagrant/ And Russell I've been very patient, trying not to turn you into a D.O.A. patient / So face it my minds another caliber, Pimp I'm light years, you're still Gallagher/ The roof, the roof is on fire, nah its just this bridge right here liar liar / Aiight I'm tired of going in on it so I'mma ask God to go ahead and lay his hands on me… Amen”

Yung Joc previously spoke with Hip-Hop Wired about the stall of his pending third album and money disputes which have brought the situation to a head.  He said,

“I would love to have Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood out this year for my fans but unfortunately I have to take Block Entertainment and Bad Boy Entertainment to court because I have to take action for unpaid royalties.

I've been trying for the last year and a half to get my business affairs taken care of with these two entities and Mr. Sean Combs hasn't personally been a part of making this a problem but I've reached out to him and asked him to resolve this. So after a while after you continue asking someone to resolve this who has the power and it's not getting resolved, then they become part of the problem.

So personally Sean Combs is not directly in this but I've asked and made some attempts for his help in getting my unpaid royalties, the advances for my albums. [I'm having] people in the Bad Boy regime try and coerce me and give me ultimatums to sign a f*cked up deal with Block Entertainment just to put my music out and I'm not doing it. It'll never happen. I'm not doing it. I've never signed or had a contract with Block Entertainment so I'm not gonna do one now. So they pretty much saying I got to sign a f*cked up deal in order to put my album out.”

In an interview with Ballerstatus, Joc revealed,

“I just got my release and one of the terms of the release was a defamation clause, so honestly, I can't really talk about it too much. I've been released, severed the business ties. May God bless them and their regime, but I'm doing my own thing now.

I'm actually in negotiations right now with a few labels. I just choose not to call out the different entities. Things are looking very good, God is very good. When I was going through this whole thing with the Bad Boy/Block situation, I didn't know what the other side was going to be. I didn't know if there was going to be light on the other end. I was hopeful, but it's actually working out for the best. I ain't mad, nobody's mad right now, everything is good.”

In the mix of the label turmoil, Joc released the independent album/mixtape Grind Flu and has been running his own label Swagg Team Entertainment.  The hits under that umbrella include the GS Boyz' “Stanky Leg” and Hot Stylez' “Lookin' Boy.”