HARLEM's NEXT RAP STAR MILANO SIGNS WITH AFFLUENT RECORDS

New York, NY- Affluent Records CEO and A&R superstar OscarSanchez signs on one of Harlem's best kept secrets. He recently inkedformer BIG PUN protégé 'MILANO' to release his highly anticipateddebute album 'SIDEWALK STORIES' on AFFLUENT Records due out this springdigitally and in stores everywhere.

Rudy Morgan p/k/a MILANO CONSTANTINE has an incredible NY Hip Hophistory. Hailing from the streets of Uptown Manhattan. He is nostranger to battles or ciphers, MILANO made his name known in D&Dstudios by shooting off lyrical artillery head to head with thelegendary BIG PUNISHER. This ultimately landed him his classic duetwith BIG PUN called 'Where Ya At?' as well as with CUBAN LINX &O.C. on 'Hey Luv', both featured on DITC's album 'Worldwide'. Soonafter, MILANO dropped his first 12' single 'Deal With A Feeling' backedby the warrior driven B-Side 'Rep For The Slums'. MILANO has beenfeatured on numerous street mix tapes from KAY SLAY to TONY TOUCH toD.J. ENUFF, GREEN LANTERN, DJ SELF (host of MILANO's Classical EditionMixtape) not to mention his appearances on Hip Hop radio shows like theHALF TIME RADIO SHOW & STRETCH ARMSTRONG show on NYC's HOT 97. In2008, MILANO plans to follow in the footsteps of lyrical giants such asRAKIM, NAS, BIG PUN, with his forthcoming album release on AFFLUENTRecords. With production from T-RAY, SHOWBIZ, WILL TELL, AGALLAH fromPURPLE CITY, CHAZE from GRIM TEAM.... etc; 'SIDEWALK STORIES' the albumwill bring Hip-Hop back to the essence!

Oscar says' MILANO is great! He is New York, He got HISTORY, He gotunderground HITS that people love, a great album and it was reallygreat working with him to finally be able to get his 7 Warriors imprintout into the market. Above all he has FANS not only in the USA butOVERSEAS in EUROPE and JAPAN so we are very excited to be able to putthis album out this spring'.

Affluent Records is NYC's top Urban Indie dedicated to advancingHip-Hop R&B and Pop formats. CEO Oscar Sanchez says, 'In today'smarket, there are great opportunities for artists to grow asbusinessmen. Affluent hopes to supply an outlet for them. Affluent'shope is to also provide a safe-house where Hip-Hop and Urban music canbe preserved and where it will be able to flourish.' Affluent Recordsis distributed nationally, internationally & digital.