April 7, 2022
Lanre Gaba Interview – Atlantic Records Exec Elevates Black Music
[ad_1] Humanity, humility and hustle. Those three words have been the recipe for success throughout the storied career of Lanre Gaba, the newly appointed Co-President of Black Music at Atlantic Records. That simple philosophy has taken the hip-hop exec from her former stomping grounds in Nigeria to her current position in the music industry.Music provided comfort for Lanre when she was uprooted from Nigeria at 10 years old when her family moved to New Jersey. The sounds of her parents' vinyl collection, A Tribe Called Quest and Mary J. Blige kept her from feeling isolated in her new surroundings. Unbeknownst at the time, this was all the catalyst for her entry into the music industry. Since then, she's experienced a...