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Influence Media, Rene McLean Launch New Label SLANG, Sign Will Smith
Influence Media and its partner/founding advisor Rene McLean launched new label SLANG, with its first major signing being Will Smith.
Influence Media launched in 2017-2018, initially using bridge financing from Morgan Stanley to acquire assets from artists and producers Jeff Bhasker, Shane McAnally and Ben Rector, before selling those rights to Tempo Music in 2019. Two years after that, it launched its Fund I with $100 million in backing to acquire some copyrights from songwriter Ali Tamposi( Kelly Clarkson, Camila Cabello) and singer/songwriter Julia Michaels(“Issues,” Justin Bieber). McLean, a 2023 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Power Player, led several of those acquisitions; he has served as a manager for the likes of Cam’ron, LMFAO and Kelis over the years, and had a hand in the careers of artists such as Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes, Pharrell and Timbaland, according to a press release.
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