Wayne Barrow (born April 2, 1965) is an American film producer,

talent manager A talent manager (also known as an artist manager, band manager, or music manager) is an individual who guides the professional career of Entertainer, artists within the entertainment industry. The responsibility of a talent manager is to ove ...

and businessman. He is the founder and co-owner with

Mark Pitts Mark Pitts is an American record executive and talent manager who has served as President of RCA Records since 2021. He also co-founded the record label ByStorm Entertainment with Wayne Barrow in 1998, through which he has signed artists includin ...

of ByStorm Entertainment. He is the CEO of Barrow Films CEO of Brooklyns Finest, Inc, CEO of StormTroopers Entertainment and Vice Chairman of The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation.

Career

Barrow began his career as a hospital corpsman in the

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as a petty officer. After eight years in the Navy, Barrow began a new career in the music business by teaming up with Mark Pitts, where he managed business operations of his company, Mark Pitts Management. Their clients included Changing Faces, Shyne, Queen Pen, LooN, NAS and the Notorious B.I.G. During a Q and A session which he held on the set of Notorious, Barrow stated that he first met B.I.G through his cousin

, who used to intern for Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs while working at

Bad Boy Records Bad Boy Entertainment, doing business as Bad Boy Records, is an American independent record label. The label was founded in 1993 by rapper and record producer Sean Combs. During the mid-1990s, the label signed hip-hop and contemporary R&B, R&B a ...

. He secured a deal with

EMI Publishing EMI Music Publishing Ltd. is a British multinational music publishing company headquartered in London, owned by Sony Music Publishing. In May 2018, Sony Music Publishing agreed to increase its stake in EMI to 90%, pending regulatory approval ...

with

Aqil Davidson Aqil Davidson is an American lyricist who aside from his solo career, serves as lead vocalist for the new jack swing group Wreckx-n-Effect. He has also been credited with songwriting or production work on albums by Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, M ...

Wreckx-N-Effect Wreckx-n-Effect (originally Wrecks-n-Effect) is an American hip-hop/new jack swing group from Harlem, New York City. They are known for their 1992 single " Rump Shaker", which peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. History In 19 ...

. In 1998, he became the president of Bystorm Entertainment, a record label that he founded with Mark Pitts, to sign up-and-coming artists. He signed rapper Tracey Lee and launched his debut album, “Many Faces”, with the Universal Records which gave the initial success to the company. The album sold 500,000 copies. They entered into a joint venture with

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic R ...

and signed Miguel, Mali-Music, Ro-James, and J.Cole. Barrow has also produced movies, including Notorious, Blue, Kicks, BIGGIE I Got A Story To Tell and City Of Lies. During his career, he has managed the recording artists such as

, J.Cole, Miguel,

Loon Loons (North American English) or divers (British English, British / Irish English) are a group of aquatic birds found in much of North America and northern Eurasia. All living species of loons are members of the genus ''Gavia'', family (biolog ...

Shyne Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; November 8, 1978), best known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean politician and former rapper. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives, and the lead ...

, Ro-James,

Kardinal Offishall Jason Drew Harrow (born May 11, 1976), better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall ( ), is a Canadian rapper and record producer. Often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", he has been regarded as one of the country's most prominent ...

, and

The Notorious B.I.G. Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, was an American rapper. Rooted in the New York rap scene and gangsta rap tradi ...

, who was also known as Biggie Smalls.

Discography

References

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