Denzel Baptiste: Last News

Thania Garcia The Recording Academy‘s Black Music Collective (BMC) has added new members to its honorary chairs and leadership council. Together, the group is committed to the “inclusion, recognition and advancement of Black music and its creators and professionals within the Recording Academy and music industry at-large,” according to the BMC. Yolanda Adams, Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Ethiopia Habtemariam and Yvette Noel-Schure will be joining returning honorary chairs Jeff Harleston, Jimmy Jam, Quincy Jones, and John Legend. New on the leadership council are Prince Charles Alexander, Jimmie Allen, Denzel Baptiste and David Biral (Take a Daytrip), Jennifer Goicoechea, Mickey Guyton, Claudine Joseph, Ledisi, Herb Trawick, Ebonie Ward and Yola.

Thania Garcia After quietly developing talent for years, the production duo of David Biral and Denzel Baptiste — otherwise known as Take a Daytrip — have officially launched No Idle, a publishing imprint in partnership with Universal Music Publishing Group.What started off as organic collaborations between friends has become, thanks to a push from UMPG, an endeavor with the goal of identifying and mentoring emerging songwriters, producers and artists “before the rest of the world takes notice.” After all, it’s that same idea that sits at the core of Biral and Baptiste’s partnership, friendship and combined experience of “seeing the world through music.” Graduates of New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Biral and Baptiste have found success producing for Lil Nas X, Kid Cudi and more. “We are stepping into this company with a great crop of talent,” Biral tells Variety of No Idle’s roster.

Mike Wass Roy Lenzo went from sleeping on a recording studio couch to co-producing Lil Nas X’s chart-topping “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” in two years. The next chapter in this modern-day fairytale will be written on April 3 at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Lenzo is in the running for song of the year and record of the year for the aforementioned smash as well as album of the year for his many contributions to Nas’ “Montero.”“It’s surreal,” Lenzo says of his Grammy noms.