Music Industry Moves: Big Sean Signs With Brandon Silverstein’s S10 Management; Music Votes Coalition Announces Partners
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Veteran rapper Big Sean — whose new album “Better Me Than You” is out next month — has signed with Brandon Silverstein’s S10 Entertainment, the company announced Monday. (The two, with Sean on the right, are pictured above.) “Brandon shares the vision, understands where I’m headed, and I’m incredibly excited to work with him and the S10 team,” said the Grammy-nominated rapper, whose collaboration with Eminem, “Tobey,” at No.
24 on the Hot 100. S10 also includes a publishing division, as well as film and investment. It has partnerships with Jay-Z, Max Matsuura, Ryan Tedder, Simon Fuller others.
Silverstein also managed Brazilian superstar Anitta for several years before parting ways with her in June of last year. + Music Votes, a coalition of music industry nonprofits in the voting and activism spaces, has announced its first wave of partners participating in its voting-improvement process (which includes registration, ensuring the correct voter I.D., and turning out).
The partners are: Artist for Artist, Artist Rights Alliance, AEG Presents, ASM Global, Bandsintown, Downtown, Echoette: Sound + Vision, Fenway Recordings, High Road Touring, Music Business Association, Music Managers Forum-US, National Independent Talent Organization (NITO), Redeye, Songwriters of North America (SONA), Vector Management, and Wasserman Music.
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