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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

ISLAND AND PRIMARY WAVE KICK OFF GRAMMY WEEK WITH ONE LOVE PARTY

Island Records and Primary Wave Music Publishing launched the One Love Hotel presented by Mastercard on 1/22. The Grammy-week soiree kicked off a five-night residency at 1 Hotel West Hollywood, along with UMe and the Marley family, to commemorate the 75th birthday of Bob Marley.

Seen here feeling irie are (l-r): Island Records President Darcus Beese, Skip Marley, Cedella Marley, Primary Wave CEO & Founder Larry Mestel, Mastercard VP & Head Of Sponsorship North America Michael Goldstein and UMe President/CEO Bruce Resnikoff.

Pictured (l to r): Seen shortly before sharing a blunt that momentarily disrupted the space-time continuum are Island's SVP Brand Partnerships Christine Kaufmann, EVP Media Relations Lauren Schneider and promo chief Ayelet Schiffman, Mestel, Island founder Chris Blackwell, Beese, Island COO Eric Wong, EVP/GM LaTrice Burnette and SVP Biz Affairs Cindy Zaplachinski.

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