From left: Singer-songwriters
Brett James, Cassadee Pope, Chris
DeStefano and J.T. Harding performed
at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe for an
ASCAP event on Jan. 14.
From left: Casanova, Stormzy and
DJ Whoo Kid celebrated the release of
Stormzy’s album Heavy Is the Head in
New York on Jan. 13.
A$AP Ferg (left) and Jim
Jones performed at the annual
tribute to the late Steven
“A$AP Yams” Rodriguez.
Kanye West
and wife Kim
Kardashian West
sat courtside at
a Los Angeles
Lakers home
game on Jan. 13.
A$AP Rocky jumped
into a wrestling ring
in the middle of the
Barclays Center in
honor of Yams’ love
of the sport.
Rapper Gunna was
among the attendees.
Music industry
veteran Jimmy
Iovine spoke at a
gala for Haiti-
focused nonprofit
CORE in Los
Angeles on Jan. 15.
From left: Yams’ mother, Tati “Mama Yams”
Paulino; ASAP Foundation’s Darryl Phillips; and
Lola Media Group’s Lola Plaku.
M.I.A. (right) was named a Member of the Order of the
British Empire in London on Jan. 14. Her medal included a
ribbon sewn by her mother, Kala Pragasam (left).
YAMS DAY 2020
BROOKLYN, JAN. 17
30 YEARS OF LaFACE YouTube Music held the 2020 Leaders & Leg-
ends Ball in Atlanta on Jan. 15, celebrating the 30th anniversary of LaFace
Records and its founders, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Antonio “L.A.”
Reid. “It’s about all of the artists you touched, the city of Atlanta, the people
you gave inspiration to,” said YouTube Music’s Lyor Cohen of the honorees.
From left: 300 Entertainment’s Kevin Liles, Cohen, Atlantic Records’ Julie
Greenwald and Michael Kyser, and Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s Jon Platt.
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