"I will make Harry Styles 'the biggest artiste in the world' in a year" - Jay Z

Rap mogul and Roc Nation CEO Jay Z says he
can make Harry Styles of One Direction the
biggest artiste in the world and also connect him
with the biggest producers and artistes within a
year. The hip hop producer and rapper said he
was interested in signing the One Direction star
as a solo artist to his label Roc Nation. But he
admitted he faced a challenge from the band’s
current boss Simon Cowell, offering the X Factor
supremo a “joint venture” instead. Jay Z, told the
Daily Star Sunday:
“Harry doesn’t need any help with exposure,
everybody in the world knows who he is.
But he does need to make the transition
from being part of a group to becoming an
individual artist. I can get him working with
the bigger artists, the biggest producers –
and have him as the biggest artist within a
year. I would love to sign Harry. Simon is
going to want to carry on working with him,
of course. But we could do a joint venture
– we both have big qualities we can bring
to the table.”
He added the 21-year-old star could make enough
money “for everybody to get a piece of the pie”.
Simon brought Harry, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne,
Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan together as a
band at the boot camp stage of X Factor in 2010.
They were later signed to his label Syco Music,
under Sony Music Entertainment.