MERCURY RISING FOR TYLER ARNOLD

Tyler Arnold and Ben Adelson-led Mercury is more torrid than a summer heat wave.

Arnold, whom Adelson brought into Republic as a college intern in 2014, got his VP stripes three years later and soon snagged Post Malone as his first signing. The rising A&R star subsequently locked down the Big Loud partnership that brought Morgan Wallen aboard and inked Metro Boomin before joining Adelson as Mercury co-head and helping break Adelson-signed Noah Kahan.

Virtually everything the NYC-based Arnold touches turns platinum—apart from the fool’s gold of this contents shout-out.