DJ Khaled Wants To Replace L.A. Reid At Epic Records

A post shared by L.A. Reid (@la_reid) on Jun 17, 2016 at 10:07am PDT

DJ Khaled Wants To Replace LA Reid At Epic

Rumor has it, DJ Khaled is HIGHLY interested in filling LA Reid’s position at Epic Records. A source says,

He was petitioning to get that job. He’s like, ‘I make more happen than anyone in the game, why would I not be considered to run the label?’

A post shared by L.A. Reid (@la_reid) on Apr 18, 2017 at 6:58pm PDT

Another source adds,

Khaled is a big hype machine — not a person who’s running a record label. My guess is [Sony Music UK CEO] Jason Iley will run either Columbia or Epic or they will take [RCA president] Tom Corson and put him at Columbia or Epic.

LA Reid

As previously reported, earlier this month, the 60-year-old music veteran departed as chairman of Epic. He joined the organization in July 2011. While with the label, he was responsible for signing DJ Khaled, Travis Scott, Future and others. He is also responsible for bringing Mariah Carey back to Sony fold. Last week, it was reported that he was fired from Epic over sexual harassment allegations. [Click here for the backstory]. Epic nor Reid have commented on his departure or potential replacement.

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