- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Antonio "L.A." Reid
- Date of Original:
- 1956/2022
- Subject:
- Executives--Georgia--Atlanta
African American executives--Georgia--Atlanta
Chief executive officers--Georgia--Atlanta
Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
African American businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Sound recording executives and producers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American sound recording executives and producers--Georgia--Atlanta
Arista (Firm)
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Reid, Antonio - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Antonio "L.A." Reid cofounded LaFace Records, a rap and rhythm-and-blues label in Atlanta, with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds in 1989. Reid continued to manage the company after Edmonds's departure in 1993, and since 2000 he has served as the president and chief executive officer of Arista Records, which bought out LaFace that same year.
Photograph of Antonio "L.A." Reid, who cofounded LaFace Records, a rap and rhythm-and-blues label in Atlanta, Georgia, with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds in 1989. Wearing a suit and tie, he stands in front of a corner window. He smiles.
Reid continued to manage the company after Edmonds's departure in 1993, and since 2000 he has served as the president and chief executive officer of Arista Records, which bought out LaFace that same year. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/laface-records/m-8810/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/laface-records
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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