I started my music industry career in music at A&M Records Publicity in 1989, after growing up in Detroit and graduating from Michigan State University. My Detroit family were some of the Motown pioneers including The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson a ...
I grew up in the Bronx during the 50s. The two most important things to me besides family were music and football. I used to fall asleep to the sounds of my transistor radio. In those days, it was listening to WWRL, WMCA and WABC. So I grew up with a ...
As the daughter of Tuskegee Airman, George Carper, I was always encouraged to spread my wings and soar. I was born in St. Louis, MO and introduced to the world of broadcasting at Fisk University in Nashville. I was always outgoing and was voted 1s ...
I grew up in the music business as the grandson of Jack “The Rapper “ Gibson, legendary Black Music & Radio Pioneer & founder of the famed black music convention Jack the Rapper Family Affair. Those years I spent working & hanging at the ...
Like others, the music industry was the extent of my professional experience until it was time to “reinvent” myself. Today, I’m the Senior Global Marketing Manager for a $1B business at Kimberly-Clark. It is easy to see how my experience growing ...
Careers in entertainment much like life, have twist and turns as we look to grow and find new career paths. Last year we highlighted men and women who started careers in the industry and parlayed their knowledge and skills to successfully transit ...
Yes I’m a music industry baby. Growing up with a radio programmer/record executive for a father, our garage was filled CDs. He often brought me to radio promotions & concerts during his time at KACE & V100. In 2001, my father Kevin Fleming l ...
My name is Mario Singleton, National Director at Rescue Agency, where I run a hip-hop entertainment-based public health campaign, funded by the FDA, www.freshempire.gov. My father is Ernie Singleton, one of the music industry’s top executives. He’s ...
I’m Alexis White and I’m National Director of Promotions, Roc Nation. My dad is Maurice White & my grandfather is Granville “Granny” White. I can remember going to radio stations, concerts & industry dinners at a young age. One of my ear ...
We are Danielle Lott, Regional Manager of Urban Promotion (Mid-Atlantic & NC) for Republic Records and Damon Lott, National Director of Urban Promotion for Atlantic Records. Our parents, Alan & Lygia Lott are longtime record industry veterans ...
