Chance the Rapper, who performed,
with BET Networks executive vp/head of
programming Connie Orlando.
From left: Epic
Records executives
Maurice Slade,
Ericka Coulter,
Sylvia Rhone, Ezekiel
Lewis, Jennifer
Goicoechea and
Courtney Lowery
at the National
Immigration Law
Center’s Courageous
Luminaries Awards,
which honored
21 Savage in Los
Angeles on Oct. 3.
BET HIP-HOP AWARDS
ATLANTA, OCT. 5
From left: Billboard’s Pamela Bustios with ASCAP
Latino “She Is the Music” Song Camp participants
Maria Elisa Ayerbe, Shari Short, Suzy Shinn, GALE
and Ali Stone, who discussed songwriting in
Miami on Sept. 30 as part of the four-day camp.
EMPIRE founder Ghazi
(left) and producer
J. White Did It.
Quality Control
co-founder Pierre
“Pee” Thomas
brought his
children to the
awards.
SuperM’s
Taeyong (left)
and Mark (right)
with producer
Lee Soo-man
on Oct. 3 in
Hollywood,
where the K-pop
group staged
the debut of its
live show two
days later.
Mute founder Daniel Miller (left)
and North American office GM
Mark Fotiadis DJ’d in New York
on Oct. 3 to celebrate the label’s
new STUMM433 box set.
From left: University of Southern Calfornia dean
Erica Muhl, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, Jimmy Iovine and
USC president Carol Folt unveiled the school’s new
Iovine and Young Hall in Los Angeles on Oct. 2.
CONGRESS MEETS
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
The Recording Academy held
its annual District Advocate
Day on Oct. 2, with events
across the country uniting the
music industry and members
of Congress. From left: Record
producer Harvey Mason Jr.,
the academy’s Qiana Conley,
singer-songwriter Claudia Brant
and Rep. Brad Sherman at
the Los Angeles event, where
Sherman presented the
academy with an American flag.
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