Warner Music Group Acquires 300 Entertainment, Home of Megan Thee Stallion, Young Thug and More

DEALSTempo Music has acquired a “significant perrcentage” of the music rights of producer/songwriter trio Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp and Morten Pilegaard.————————————————–ARTIST NEWSIf you like seeing Björk in trailers for things, then Merry flippin Christmas, because you can see her in the trailer for upcoming movie ‘The Northman’. If you like seeing her in actual films, you’ll have to wait until April.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s the holiday season, and Mariah Carey’s perennial “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is not only No.

Warner Music Group has acquired 300 Entertainment in a long-planned move that will merge 300's interests with those of Atlantic imprint Elektra Records, also owned by WMG. Kevin Liles, 300's CEO and co-founder (along with Roger Gold, Todd Moscowitz, and Lyor Cohen, now YouTube's Global Head of Music), will take on CEO and chairman duties at Elektra as well, though the two labels will continue to run independently, according to WMG's official announcement.

Young Thug, Megan Thee Stallion and Waterparks.According to reports the deal was rumoured to have cost Warner around $400million (£301million).As part of the deal, 300 Entertainment’s CEO Kevin Liles will now become chairman and CEO of both 300 and Elektra Music Group, which includes Fueled By Ramen, Roadrunner Records and Travis Barker’s DTA Records.According to a press release, ”300 will retain its independent identity, and the entirety of its team will continue to occupy separate headquarters

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBrandi Carlile, Graham Nash, Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, Leon Bridges, Pentatonix, Black Pumas, Jon Batiste, Maggie Rogers and Mickey Guyton will honor Joni Mitchell as performers at the MusiCares Person of the Year concert taking placed on Saturday, Jan.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorClaudia Butzky has been promoted to executive vice president of brand partnerships & sync for Warner Records. In her expanded role, Butzky will continue to lead the label’s brand partnership team while also overseeing the strategy for creative music placement and campaigns across film, television, gaming, sports and related platforms.

Megan Thee Stallion has spoken out against the media’s coverage of the Tory Lanez trial regarding her alleged shooting last summer.The Houston rapper  – real name Megan Pete – was shot in the foot after a party at Kylie Jenner’s house in July 2020. She subsequently claimed that Lanez was the person who had fired at her.On Tuesday (December 14) a Los Angeles judge upheld the gun possession charges against Lanez related to the alleged attack.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn what may be the biggest single-artist music-catalog deal to date, a report in Billboard claims that Bruce Springsteen has sold his entire recorded-music and publishing catalog to Sony Music for around $500 million, topping Bob Dylan’s sale of his publishing to Universal for nearly $400 million.Reps for Springsteen and Sony Music either declined or did not respond to requests for comment, but multiple industry sources tell Variety that “the deal is done.”News of

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEver since the July 2020 incident in which Tory Lanez allegedly shot Megan Thee Stallion in the foot after an argument, the two have used social media, songs and even (in Lanez’s case) a full album to air their differing sides of the story.That also has been the case in the hours after Lanez’s preliminary hearing on Tuesday, in which a judge upheld the two assault charges against the rapper and ordered him to return to court on Jan.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMidem, for decades the primary international conference for the music industry, will not be returning in 2022 and the brand will be taken over by the city of Cannes, France, owner RX France announced on Wednesday.“Due to the lasting pandemic and following a review of its activity, RX France [formerly Reed Midem] has decided to no longer organize the Midem events,” the announcement reads in part.

Tory Lanez shouted “Dance, bitch!” before allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in an incident last year.In July 2020, the Houston rapper (real name Megan Pete) was shot in the foot after a party at Kylie Jenner’s house.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAn “intoxicated” Tory Lanez allegedly shouted, “Dance, bitch!” before shooting at Megan Thee Stallion during a roadside dispute after a July 2020 party at Kylie Jenner’s house, hitting her in the foot, according to a police officer’s testimony at Lanez’s preliminary hearing Tuesday in his felony assault case in Los Angeles, according to Rolling Stone.Lanez (real name: Daystar Peterson) is charged with felony assault regarding the July 2020 incident, which took place

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has promoted Lucas Romeo to senior VP of promotion, effective immediately, EVP Gary Spangler announced on Monday.Based in New York, Romeo will oversee promotion efforts across multiple formats, guiding the promotion team and breaking artists in today’s new landscape. Romeo joined Republic in 2014 as regional promotion manager in Nashville, before returning to New York to serve as VP of Top 40.

Megan Thee Stallion is now Megan Thee Graduate, the rapper having graduated from her degree in Health Administration at Texas Southern University. She will now be quitting the music industry to enter a junior management role in the US healthcare system.

Megan Thee Stallion was presented with the prestigious 18th Congressional District Humanitarian Award in Houston, Texas, on Sunday.The music superstar — who's whose real name is Megan Pete — came out to accept the award from Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who explained how significant the occasion truly was.«This award has not been given out often, or to many,» Lee shared with those in attendance, before presenting the accolade.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhy was pioneering hip-hop photographer Ricky Powell important? This exclusive clip from the forthcoming Showtime documentary “The Individualist” — which premieres tonight (Dec. 10) at 8 p.m.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAhead of the reveal of the 2021 Time magazine prestigious Person of the Year honor, happening Monday, December 13, the publication on Thursday has revealed that Olivia Rodrigo is its 2021 Entertainer of the Year and Simone Biles the 2021 Athlete of the Year.Rodrigo was featured on the cover of Variety’s Young Hollywood issue over the summer and was named Songwriter of the Year at our Hitmakers event on Saturday, where she gave a moving acceptance speech and was

Manchester United made the perfect start to this evening's UEFA Champions League clash against Swiss outfit Young Boys at Old Trafford, hitting the front inside just nine minutes through Mason Greenwood.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDef Leppard and lead singer Joe Elliott, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor, Living Colour, Rob Thomas, Gary Oldman and more are among the artists joining the second annual “A Bowie Celebration,” set for January 8, 2022, what would have been David Bowie’s 75th birthday.