Antonio "L.A." Reid
Born: June 7, 1956
Company: The Island Def Jam Group
Position: Chairman
Industry: Media
Country: United States
Antonio "L.A" Reid is the Chairman of The Island Def Jam Group, a position he has held since February 2004. Reid joined Island Def Jam after he resigned as president and chief executive officer of Arista Records.
Reid became president and chief executive officer of Arista Records in 2000 after Laface Records was sold to the company.
He had previously served as co-president of LaFace Records, which he co-founded in 1989 with producer-songwriter Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. Producing popular artists such as TLC, Toni Braxton, OutKast, Pink, Usher and Goodie Mob.
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Shawn "Jay Z" Carter
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