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Capitol Records Condemns ‘Reprehensible’ Former Exec Who Called Tina Turner N-Word (Exclusive)
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thewrap.comAlso Read: HBO's Tina Turner Doc Reveals a Top Capitol Records Exec Called Her 'an Old N- Douchebag'“The new regime comes in and like any new regime they have their own idea of what they want to do.
So I flip out, go downstairs and I say, ‘Hey, this is my act.’ And the classic quote is, ‘Carter, you signed this old n—- douchebag?'” Carter, who died in 2011, said in the clip.Carter does not identify which executive made those comments.
According to the company, Don Zimmerman, who passed away in 2020, ran Capitol Records at the time and was named president in 1982.In a history of Capitol Records compiled by the record label and published by Taschen recently, a similar anecdote appears – though without the racial slur. “When Carter told me.
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