‘Insecure’ Star Issa Rae Launches New Label With Atlantic Records
Joint venture kicks off with the release of the single “Kinda Love” by Raedio’s flagship artist TeaMarrr.
Having already conquered the world of television, Insecure star and creator Issa Rae is making moves in the music business.
On Friday (Oct. 18) it was announced that Raedio — a record label recently formed by Rae — has entered a joint venture with Atlantic Records that will kick off with today’s release of the single “Kinda Love” by Haitian-American singer-rapper TeaMarrr.
Billed as an “audio everywhere company,” Raedio will extend its influence across media by aligning its roster of talent with film and TV projects, commercials, podcasts and more, according to a press release. Rae says the label was inspired by her history of centering the work of “female, independent, or Los Angeles-based artists” like SZA, Saweetie and Jazmine Sullivan on Insecure as well as earlier projects.
“Music has always been an essential part of every project I do and working with emerging talent is a personal passion,” Rae said in a statement. “Raedio allows me to continue that work within the music industry and audio entertainment space. The Atlantic Records team are innovators in terms of shifting and shaping culture. I’m excited to join forces with them to discover new artists.”
Added Atlantic chairman & COO Julie Greenwald: “Issa Rae is a next-level, future-thinking creative force who’s been breaking down cultural barriers and conquering one field after another. She’s made music a central character in her artistic evolution, and now she’s brought all that amazing passion, inspiration, and taste to the formation of Raedio. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Issa and her team on this exciting new venture, and TeaMarrr is the perfect artist to launch with.”
TeaMarrr came to Rae’s attention with her 2018 single “One Job,” which racked up over 1.2 million streams.
In addition to signing and fostering new talent, Raedio — led by Rae’s longtime business development executive Benoni Tagoe — also provides music supervision services for HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show.
Article via Billboard
Drake Appears To Hang With Baby Mama For Son Adonis’ 2nd Birthday Party
Drake and his baby mama co-parent like bosses and appear to have celebrated their son Adonis’ 2nd birthday together.
Sophie Brussaux, the mother of Drake’s son Adonis, shared a photo captioned, “A proud, PROUD, birthday mom ?”
In the snap, she is posing in front of a Sesame Street-inspired art piece made of blue and white flowers.
Brussaux is standing in front of a building that looks very similar to Drake’s Toronto mansion.
The photo comes a day after Drake shared a photo from his son’s birthday celebration. He showed off the decorations inside his Toronto mansion.
Drake captioned the post, “Happy Birthday King ?”.
The snap showed gold balloons that spelled out Adonis, along with a Sesame Street-inspired art piece.
The Sesame Street art is identical to the one seen in both Brussaux and Drake’s photos.
Article via TheBlast
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Lil Baby welcomes XXL to his Oakland City stomping grounds in Atlanta, where he chilled in the streets before becoming a rapper. The Quality Control artist discusses his friendship with Young Thug, kicking off his rap career and fatherhood. Read Lil Baby’s full-length XXL magazine cover story interview here: https://bit.ly/2IfPbXF Beat produced by D-Fresh Beatz.
Kanye West Epic Freestyle at Queens Church …
People who stay talking about missing the “old Kanye” might wanna listen to this — ’cause Mr. West was in NYC dropping bars like it was 2004 again ahead of his album drop.
Ye was in Jamaica, Queens Sunday at The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York, where he put on his weekly service with the help of the local congregation there — and at one point, the MC did what he arguably does best (besides making music) … spittin’ rhymes!
Check it out … Kanye joyfully rapped with the help of the choir behind him, and it sounds like the man was flowing from off the top. A pure freestyle, in other words.
He had the whole church rockin’ with him too as he got everyone to put their hands up, jamming along to the music before eventually stepping back and letting another guy — who looks like he might’ve been the pastor for the day — take center stage again.
BTW, Ye had some talented company with him too. Word on the ground is Akon, Swizz Beatz and Alexander Wang were all in the building. So was Kim, North and Jonathan Cheban.
As for this though … Kanye looks happy as hell high heaven here. And rightly so, of course — he is supposed to be
releasing his new album, “Jesus is King,” later Sunday … and based on
what we’ve heard from here to Detroit, he’s in a great mode right now.
He’s also been on the move — Kanye was just in Chicago Saturday night, where he performed alongside his pal, Chance the Rapper, building the hype for his new record even more.
If this freestyle and the music we’ve been hearing lately is any indication … it should be a good one. And now, we wait … ah, the anticipation. ?
Article via TMZ