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RAINMAKERS: GEORGE SANTOS
He signed Elvis.
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WHAT IT IS: The self-proclaimed “first hip-hop pop star” was recently profiled in a Red Bull Music-produced documentary, Remember The Name: Kodie Shane, chronicling the “Young HeartThrob’s” musical journey. Recent releases “Love & Drugz II”—a duet/collaboration with Trippie Redd—her new single, “Sing To Her,” and latest release “Flex On Me” f/TK Kravitz were featured on Spotify’s flagship playlists Most Necessary, Channel X, The Newness and many more, with 25m+ cumulative streams worldwide.
ALBUM: Young HeartThrob
RELEASE DATE: Q4 2018
SINGLE: “Sing To Her”
TV: Featured in 2017’s BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher, MTV’s TRL with Sway (8/2018)
LIVE: Upcoming performance at ComplexCon; recently opened for with Billie Eilish, Juice WRLD and Kehlani; previously toured with Lil Yachty, Lil Uzi Vert, and Jhene Aiko; previous festival performances at Rolling Loud, Made In America
INTERNET: 27m+ YouTube views; 510k+ Instagram followers
RADIO: 9/17 Urban Mainstream impact; early support in the Southeast, including her hometown market Atlanta
PRESS: Recently covered Teen Vogue’s coveted 21 Under 21 Most Influential Issue; Galore, Bombshell by Bleu, Paper, V, Rolling Stone, Interview, Elle, Fader, Refinery29, Complex, Highsnobiety, Noisey, Vogue, Pigeons & Planes, Nylon, Billboard (“10 Pop Stars to Watch in 2018”), Pitchfork (“Kodie Shane is the fearless hip-hop prodigy we need”), more
BOOKING: Clarissa Reformina/Paradigm
MANAGEMENT: Hope Shumpert & Myisha Brooks