R&B HIP-HOP POWER PLAYERS 2021: EXECUTIVES OF THE YEAR: Timbaland and Swizz Beatz.

- SCOTT Business Management Michelle Richburg President/CEO, Richburg Enterprises In May, Warner Music Group tapped Richburg Enterprises - whose clients include SAINt JHN and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - as the accounting and tax compliance firm for its $100 million WMG/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund. "Atlantic has consistently been a company that truly believes in artist development", says Darrale Jones, citing Lizzo's rise as an example, with the "Truth Hurts" artist "on the runway building and building until it was her time to take off." "I can go on and on", says Slaiby of his company's various endeavors, including managing new client Sean Combs. J. Erving Executive vp creative development, Sony Music Group; executive vp, The Orchard In December, Sony acquired Human Re Sources, Erving's Los Angeles-based distribution and artist services company, from the music/tech firm Q&A, and folded it into The Orchard. "It's going to take the artists to save the artists, it's going to take the artists to celebrate the artists, it's going to take the artists to change what we don't like as artists", says Swizz. [Extracted from the article]