Levine Ankles Jive

BATTERY RE-CHARGING: Veteran hip-hop A&R exec Neil Levine has left his post as head of Sony Music's Battery Records as part of the restructuring of Jive Records. He was SVP/GM of the imprint, as well as being part of the A&R team for the Jive label. Levine's rap roots go back over two decades when he first formed Round the Globe Music, a marketing and promotion company specializing in hip-hop. His Penalty Recordings was a seminal old-school rap label. Levine went on to posts at TVT, Ryko,  Imperial Records and was head of Capitol Music Group's Urban division. Reach him at neillevine@msn.com  for all inquiries. (9/7p)