Andre Harrell, a veteran music executive is best known for signing a young Sean Combs to his first record deal and later went on to head Motown Records, has died.
He was 59. The cause of death is as yet unclear. DJ D Nice revealed the sad news while spinning on Instagram Live for his popular Club Quarantine series.
Variety has yet to receive official word though sources have confirmed Harrell’s passing. A native of New York, Harrell started his career in music as an artist, one-half of the rap duo Dr.
Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. In 1983 Harrell teamed with Russell Simmons, the founder of Def Jam Records, and had one of his early experiences in the business working as a vice president and later GM of the label.
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