Usher & LA Reid form new Record Label Usher has reunited with longtime super producer L.A. Reid. The two have come together to form a brand-new record label, and they’re both extremely excited to get to work. Usher and Reid have had an up-a... Read More...
Hipgnosis Songs Acquires L.A. Reid’s Song Catalog Hipgnosis Songs and its Investment adviser, The Family (Music) Limited, announced that Grammy Award-winning songwriter, producer and music executive L.A. Reid has been appointed to its advisory board, and the c... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape Funky Demise of Black Band Culture Part III This is the final section of a series of essay son funk ensembles in the 21st century. Funk was in transition from a music created with live horns, Latin percussion, and a tight rhythm section to a... Read More...
LA Reid signs Big Boi as first artist to HitCo Outkast member Big Boi is the first signing to LA Reid's newly launched HitCo, which has secured distribution through independent company EMPIRE. Reid originally signed Outkast to Arista, with the group going o... Read More...
LA Reid’s Hitco Entertainment is Staffing Up L.A Reid’s new venture, Hitco Entertainment, is currently recruiting for at least two new staff members. Founded by Reid alongside entrepreneur Charles Goldstuck, the Los Angeles-HQ'd Hitco is focused on the... Read More...
LA Reid partners with Charles Goldstuck for new venture ‘Hitco’ It's been widely reported that LA Reid has raised $75m+ for a new label venture. That venture is reportedly a music and publishing company called Hitco, which will be launched with former TouchTones and BMG exe... Read More...
Will LA Reid to start his own entertainment company? The word around campus has it that L.A. Reid is joining the entrepreneur world. Reportedly, the 61-year-old music executive is planning to launch his own entertainment company. This news comes on the heels of h... Read More...
L.A. Reid’s Epic Records Exit Followed Allegations by Female Staffer Antonio “L.A.” Reid’s abrupt exit from the top job at Sony Music Entertainment's Epic Records followed a claim by a female assistant alleging “unlawful harassment of an employee,” sources tell Billboard. Sou... Read More...
LA Reid Out as Chairman/CEO of Epic Records L.A. Reid is out as chairman/CEO of Epic Records after nearly six years at the helm of the Sony-owned label, Billboard has confirmed. The move comes just weeks after former Columbia Records chief Rob Stringer a... Read More...
Mariah Forms Butterfly MC Records Partnering with Epic Records Mariah Carey has formed Butterfly MC Records and partnered the label to an exclusive deal with Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. A new studio album is expected later this year. Epic Chair... Read More...
