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Atlanta’s music scene can be divided into two eras: B.L. (before LaFace) and A.L. (after LaFace). Before L. A. Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds decided to start their label, LaFace Records, in Atlanta in 1989, the city was mostly ignored in terms of urban music. LaFace Records was able to tap into the talent of…

TV One’s award-winning series “Unsung” provides firsthand accounts, interviews with family and friends, and archival footage of artists’ journey to the top. Each episode of TV One’s signature series weaves a tale of the highs and lows of a life in the limelight. The poignant stories of “Unsung” offer insight into the trials and triumphs…

L.A. Reid is no longer CEO at Epic Records. The departure comes just weeks after Sony Music, Epic’s parent company, named Rob Stringer as CEO. Reid led Epic to being one of the most respected labels in the music industry. Under Reid’s guidance, the label featured chart-topping artists such as Future, DJ Khaled, Travi$ Scott,…

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21 Savage can now call Epic Records home. Upon having a breakout year in 2016 laced with platinum singles (“X” featuring Future and “No Heart” featuring Metro Boomin) and a successful joint EP with Metro Boomin (Savage Mode), the Atlanta native has just inked a deal with LA Reid and co. He joins collaborator Future…

On the heels of Jennifer Hudson’s outstanding performance on the BET Awards 2016 is an epic deal with Epic Records, she’s now signed to an exclusive contract with Epic Records. On Tuesday, June 28, Epic’s chairman and CEO LA Reid, following up Hudson’s historic show-stopping tribute performance of Prince’s “Purple Rain” at the 16th annual…

The 18-time BMI and 3-time Grammy award winner LA Reid is in Atlanta, Ga promoting his new book, Sing to Me. During an evening discussion hosted by Big Tigger, program director Reggie Rouse of V103 (CBS radio), and Gentleman Jack, the crowd was very shocked to hear LA Reid hasn’t musically worked with Beyoncé. Although LA admitted…

Music mogul and legend L.A. Reid was at Chicago Ideas Week recently to promote his book Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who’s Next, and to share his wealth of experience as a leader in the music industry. Chicago Ideas Week is an event that brings inventors, scientists, economists…

Legendary music producer LA Reid has a new memoir coming out this month and it promises to be a blockbuster. In the memoir entitled LA Reid Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic and Searching for Who’s Next, he talks at length about his interactions with the” King of Pop” Michael Jackson. Reid…

Legendary music executive L.A. Reid, chairman and CEO of Epic Records, led an all-star A&R panel during the 2014 Revolt Music Conference at the Fontainebleau oceanfront resort hotel in Miami. The panel featured producer DJ Khaled; Sickamore, A&R at Def Jam; Larry Jackson, Back of House (BOH) Specialist at Apple; Daniel Glass, Glassnote Records CEO; and Craig…

There’s nothing here that will shed new light on Michael Jackson as an artist–you already know his genius. But there’s nothing here that sounds forced or embarrassing, either. And coming on the heels of 2010s scattershot Michael, that’s a small victory in and of itself.

After weeks of back and forth between his wife and TLC’s former manager Pebbles, LA Reid is stepping in and shutting down all of the rumors. Last week, rumors circled that Pebbles, who is threatening to sue VH1 and TLC for her portrayal in their acclaimed Vh1 biopic “CrazySexyCool,” claimed to get the girl group…

You just gotta love Twitter. It gives us a never before look into the minds of our favorite celebrities. It also gives said celebrities a platform to voice whatever is on their mind at any given time, for better or worse. Take the case of the Snowman, Young Jeezy. He recently took to Twitter to…

One individual who was important to the real TLC story is Crystal Jones. Jones founded TLC (originally 2nd Nature) with Tionne Watkins and Lisa Lopes, the future T-Boz and Left-Eye, but was unceremoniously ousted early on in favor of Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. The film portrays Jones as a talentless footnote to the group’s beginnings, and she spoke to RO about the way the film portrayed TLC and her history.

Lil Wayne’s degrading Emmett Till analogy is regrettable and outrageous. His response to Till’s family is even worse.

Britney Spears Pop icon Britney Spears and teen singer Demi Lovato are officially judges on the “The X Factor.” The pair will join music executives Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid. Spears, 30, and former Disney Channel star Lovato, 19, are expected to bring in bigger, and more importantly younger, audiences when the singing contest returns for…

Rap phenomenon Nicki Minaj knows a thing or two about having that “X” factor that makes fans go wild. From her nictionary, to her bodacious body, to her wild and wacky fashions, Minaj has enough star quality to fill an arena and now the bizarre rapstress may lend a hand with finding the next big…