Rap-Up.com || L.A. Reid to Head Up Epic Label Group

Antonio “L.A.” Reid is returning to familiar territory. The music executive will reunite with some of the artists he helped discover in his new role as chairman of Epic Label Group.

Reid, 55, will oversee Sony Music’s newly formed venture, which will combine artists from Epic and Jive Records, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As part of the restructuring, Epic will absorb some of Jive’s acts including Usher and Pink, who were both signed by Reid. Other stars such as Britney Spears will remain on the RCA/Jive Label Group.

Reid, who serves as a judge on Simon Cowell’s “X Factor,” exited from his position at Island Def Jam earlier this year. He previously was head of Arista/LaFace Records, where he was instrumental in the careers of OutKast, Ciara, and Toni Braxton, among others.

When he starts his new gig in early July, Reid is expected to devote his attention towards more urban releases. His first signing is reportedly duo Karmin, known for their popular YouTube covers of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now” and Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass.”

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23 Comments

jeremydante
June 16th, 2011 at 10:03 am
with all the shift that he’s doing, who is the head of laface records since they became reinstated?

LA knows talent & is basically the last of the mohicans from that 90′s R&B era. him at epic will be just that.

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jeremydante Reply:
June 16th, 2011 at 10:03 am
@jeremydante, & congratulations to karmin for getting signed. look out for their shoot with steven duarte real soon ;]

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Gee
June 16th, 2011 at 10:29 am
Maybe it’s time for Ciara to sign herself back with Reid?

All the very best to Reid and Karmin.

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Jordan
June 16th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Epic/Jive is a much better fit for Reid. I don’t think he knew how to handle smaller acts, so he put all of his time and money into larger acts (Rhianna, Rick Ross etc)

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Queen
June 16th, 2011 at 11:29 am
yay for Karmin! Boston baby!

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Dante
June 16th, 2011 at 11:31 am
This is the label Alexandra Burke is signed to for here in the US. LA is about to make her the next diva no doubt!!!

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WonderLand19
June 16th, 2011 at 11:48 am
YES ALEXANDRA BURKE!!!!!!!!!!

Wht does RCA stand for?

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mofan95
June 16th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Since he is pushing urban music *secretly cries tears of joy* maybe he’ll encourage Usher to stick to his roots and not follow to much into the trend!!! I like his dance songs but after a while they become bothersome like the others.

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DRB
June 16th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Pink back under LA? He better leave her alone or hell will break loose.

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MentalPhipps
June 16th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
YESSS!

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Cruz
June 28th, 2011 at 6:39 am
The Last 2 good artists that Epic had were Michael Jackson and J. Lo!! This would definitely fet Epic back on top and possibly Sony ME itself

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e
July 12th, 2011 at 11:19 am
BILLBOARD JUST REPORTED THAT CIARA WILL BE HANDED TO LA REID AT EPIC

ABOUT DANG TIME SHE LANDED SOMEWHERE N GIVE MY SOME HOT VIDEOS

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Cliff
September 13th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
He needs to sign “Statik Park”

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