Kevin Liles: Last News

Universal Music Group and Def Jam Records.According to the filing (via Rolling Stone), Doe was hired in 1999 and allegedly faced numerous instances of sexual harassment from Liles between the period of 2000 and 2002 – the time when he was acting as her superior.Alongside claims of groping, the woman also accuses Liles of making “sexually inappropriate comments and advances” in 2002, as well as “physically forc[ing] himself on top of [Jane Doe] where he began to sexually assault and ultimately rape her despite her continued protests.”Liles has since shared a statement, denying the allegations and calling them “outrageous”. UMG has not yet publicly responded to the accusations.“I absolutely deny the outrageous claims reported in the press this evening,” he told Rolling Stone and Variety.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Kevin Liles, the veteran music executive who has played a key role in D’Angelo and Young Thug’s careers, has been sued by a Jane Doe claiming that he sexually assaulted her during her employment at Def Jam in the early 2000s. In the suit, filed in New York Supreme Court and reviewed by Variety, Doe named Universal Music Group, Def Jam and Liles as defendants.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music After an extensive round of layoffs last week that saw some 170 people leaving the company, Atlantic Music Group has unveiled the new leadership structure that will be in place when new CEO Elliot Grainge takes the helm from longtime chief Julie Greenwald next week. The move, which is positioned as the first phase of the new structure, sees multiple longtime execs such as Craig Kallman, Lanre Gaba, Kevin Weaver, Rayna Bass and Selim Bouab elevated to new roles while some veterans from Grainge’s 10K Projects take on enhanced roles as well.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As expected, in the wake of the impending departures of top Atlantic Music Group executives Julie Greenwald and Kevin Liles, a large wave of layoffs have begun at the storied company as it begins what Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl describes as “a new dynamic structure for the label group.” Numbers were unclear at the time of this article’s publication and a rep for the company declined comment, but they are likely to number well into the hundreds. Incoming Atlantic CEO Elliot Grainge officially starts work on Oct.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Girl You Know It’s True, a music biopic chronicling pop sensation Milli Vanilli‘s meteoric rise and tabloid-fueled fall in the late ’80s to early ’90s. Written and directed by Simon Verhoeven, and starring Tijan Njie and Elan Ben Ali, the film will be released day-and-date on August 9.

William Earl In his first interview in two years, country superstar Morgan Wallen addressed the controversy that nearly derailed his multimillion-dollar career: His use of the n-word, which was captured on video by a neighbor without his knowledge as he shouted to a friend at the end of a long and possibly inebriated evening.“There’s no excuse. I’ve never made an excuse.

BreAnna Bell Held at the Los Angeles home of real estate agent and TV personality Josh Flagg, the Bel-Air backyard garden full of doctors and music executives gathered together for City of Hope’s Closing the Care Gap fireside chat where attention was focused on the lack of access within the Black community to quality health care, preventive mobile screening, early disease detection, and personalized or precision medicine. But the loss of Clarence Avant hung heavy on several attendees as they recognized his work to uplift the Black community.

ABC News Studios have released a trailer for a forthcoming documentary called Rap Trap: Hip-Hop on Trial. Premiering February 23 on Hulu, the film will focus on the trials of Young Thug and Gunna within the broader indictment targeting their YSL crew.

A woman who has accused Trey Songz of sexually assaulting her in 2016 has refiled a lawsuit against the singer, Rolling Stone reports. The case was dismissed by a California judge in November 2022 who ruled that the statute of limitations had expired. The FADER has reached out to attorneys for the alleged victim, referred to in court documents as Jane Doe, and Trey Songz for more information.

Trey Songz is facing a new $25 million lawsuit, in connection to a previous sexual assault accusation that had been dismissed after legal documents proved the statute of limitations had expired.In a new legal maneuver, the woman's suit also names the R&B singer's record label Atlantic Records, manager Kevin Liles and 300 Entertainment as defendants, claiming the parties should be held responsible for the his actions, according to a report from Rolling Stone.Initially, a woman referenced as Jane Doe, filed a rape report in February 2022, claiming Songz (born Tremaine Aldon Neverson), 38, forced her to have anal sex without her consent at a house party in Los Angeles on March 26, 2016. She maintained that she thought they were going upstairs for consensual sex, but without warning he 'threw her to the ground' and allegedly raped her, all the while ignoring her screams out in pain.While the civil case would ultimately get thrown out due to an expired statute of limitation, the accuser's attorney George Vrabec is now calling out Atlantic Records, and the other industry parties named in the new suit, for essentially turning a blind eye to the growing number of violent incidents alleged to have been done by the Virginia native over the years. Another lawsuit: Trey Songz (born Tremaine Aldon Neverson), 38, is facing another civil lawsuit from a woman who accused him of rape but had her first sexual assault suit dismissed after it was proved the statute of limitations had expired; singer-rapper is seen in Feb 2021'This case is much more than about one singer and one viciously abused sexual assault survivor who has the courage to take action,' Vrabeck said in a statement.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Julie Greenwald has been elevated to chairman & CEO of the newly created Atlantic Music Group. In her new post, Greenwald oversees Atlantic Records — including the Atlantic, Atco, Big Beat, and Canvasback labels — as well as 300 Elektra Entertainment, which encompasses 300, Elektra, Fueled by Ramen, Roadrunner, Low Country Sound, DTA, and Public Consumption. Greenwald and Craig Kallman will continue to jointly lead Atlantic Records, with Kallman continuing as chairman & CEO. Late last year, the company launched 300 Elektra Entertainment with Kevin Liles as chairman-CEO, merging the two labels as part of Atlantic parent Warner Music’s acquisition of 300 Entertainment.

Friday marked a big win for artists in California.

BreAnna Bell Lil Baby was recognized with the Black Music Action Coalition’s Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award on Thursday night at the Music in Action Awards Gala. After being introduced with a video congratulations from his mother Lashawn Jones and Quality Control Music Group founder Pierre Thomas as well as a letter written by Quincy Jones, the rapper took the stage in a dapper velvet black suit, which he paired with some reading glasses on stage. “Not only have you made music history and impacted the course of modern hip-hop, but you use your platform to give back to the community in a meaningful way. And that’s what it’s all about,” said Jones in his letter, which was read to the crowd by his son Quincy Jones III.

Thania Garcia In spring 2020, the U.S. came to terms with its role in racial inequality on the heels of a tragedy: the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. That singular moment compelled many, including those in the music business, to pledge funds and action. It also gave birth to the Black Music Action Coalition, a collective of Black creators, activists and change-makers who have diligently kept the issue in the headlines and on the minds of corporate parents.  On Sept. 22, the organization — whose leadership includes industry veterans Damien Smith, Caron Veazey and Shawn Holiday, among others — celebrates its second annual Music in Action gala in Beverly Hills, where honorees include Lil Baby, Sony Music Publishing chairman Jon Platt, 300 Elektra Entertainment’s Kevin Liles and 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones. It promises to be a gathering of heavies, as last year’s inaugural fete — Variety is a media sponsor — drew the Weeknd, Motown chairwoman Ethiopia Habtemariam and attorney Ben Crump. 

With production currently underway on its Milli Vanilli biopic Girl You Know It’s True, Leonine Studios has revealed the first-look photos for the pic produced by Wiedemann & Berg Film.

Thania Garcia Today (Aug. 4), the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) revealed honorees for its second annual Music in Action Awards Gala on Sept. 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.Jon “Big Jon” Platt, chairman and CEO of Sony Music Publishing (pictured at left), will be receiving the Clarence Avant Trailblazer award.

Thania Garcia Culture Creators is returning for its sixth year of celebrations with its annual Innovators and Leaders Awards Brunch, in partnership with Netflix. The ceremony will take place during BET Awards week at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on June 23.L.A.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRayna Bass and Selim Bouab have been promoted to co-presidents of 300 Entertainment, it was announced Thursday by co-founder and chairman/CEO Kevin Liles. Bass and Bouab, who both joined 300 in 2014, were most recently the company’s senior VP of marketing and senior VP/head of A&R, respectively.

Young Thug made a surprise statement from jail during New York radio station Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam concert.The rapper was due to be playing the New Jersey show on Sunday (June 12) but was still in jail, having been denied a prison release on bond earlier this month.According to HipHopDX, the show featured a voice message from Thug that played on the Summer Jam screen, preceded by a video in which artists like Polo G and G Herbo pledged their support to the rapper.“I just want to say thank you to all of my friends and my family for coming out and supporting us,” Thug said. “You know, your support during this time means a lot to us, ya know.”He then asked the crowd to support a petition that music executives Kevin Liles and Julie Greenwald launched, asking legislators to prohibit courts from using rap lyrics during cases.Thug continued: “You know, this isn’t just about me or YSL.

Young Thug has been virtually silent since his May arrest on charges of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and participation in criminal street gang activity. He’s also been charged with seven additional felonies stemming from drugs and firearms found during a search of his Atlanta home the night of his arrest. Since then, he’s been incarcerated in Fulton County Jail, denied bond twice by judges in the county’s magistrate and superior courts.

The ongoing YSL RICO indictment in Georgia has reignited a long-running debate about the legal admissibility of rap lyrics as evidence of criminal wrongdoing. In response to recent events, 300 Entertainment co-founder and recently appointed CEO Kevin Liles and long-time Atlantic Records COO Julie Greenwald have circulated “Rap Music on Trial: A Petition to Protect Black Art.” “Weaponizing creative expression against artists is obviously wrong,” Liles and Greenwald write.