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"X Factor USA finalist Brian &amp;#039;Astro&amp;#039; Bradley has signed a recording deal with Epic Records. The rapper will join his X Factor mentor LA Reid at the record label which is also home to the season one winner Melanie Amaro.  Astro said in a statement: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m excited to continue my journey with LA Reid and his staff at the new Epic Records. The first time LA saw me he said I&amp;#039;d be a star, and I can&amp;#039;t wait to get to work and prove him right. 2011 was Dope, but 2012 is gonna be Epic!&amp;quot;  He earlier teased the news on his Twitter account, writing: &amp;quot;NYC #ASTROnauts pick up the Daily News today. Page 11. Great news for #TeamASTRO! Everyone else can tune in to @MTVRapFix at 4pm on MTV.com (sic)&amp;quot; In the interview with the New York Daily News, the teenager said: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s like a dream. . . . I can finally say I&amp;#039;m working on my album.&amp;quot; MTV News reports that Astro will share further details on the deal during his appearance on MTV Rap Fix today (January 18). X Factor judge Simon Cowell had hinted back in December that the 15-year-old was in line to sign a deal following his appearance on the show, where he showed off his rapping skills with a series of original performances.  &amp;quot;We can&amp;#039;t sign everyone, but there&amp;#039;s going to be quite a few that are going to get deals,&amp;quot; he told The Hollywood Reporter.  &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re not going to let Astro go. You&amp;#039;re not going to let Chris [Rene] go [or] let Josh go. We&amp;#039;d be mad. But [Melanie Amaro] is the priority.&amp;quot;  Astro&amp;#039;s deal comes following news that fellow contestant Chris Rene, who was also mentored by Reid, has signed to Epic Records too. &amp;gt; Read Digital Spy&amp;#039;s full X Factor headlines Watch Astro performing on X Factor below:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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