Ep 18: Lawyer Up: Business, Music, and the Law

Binta Brown Takin’ Care of Lady Business with Jennifer Justice Episode 018: Lawyer Up: Business, Music, and the Law Binta Niambi Brown is a music executive at Keep Cool/RCA Records and founder of omalilly projects, an artist management, production and advisory company. Previously, she led Chance the Rapper's recorded music & publishing operations. On Chance’s behalf, Binta successfully released three Billboard charting albums. She was an executive producer on Tank & the Bangas EP “Friend Goals” and is a co-producer of the forthcoming Mandela Musical. She is a producer of the documentary film "Fly Like A Girl". Binta manages GRAMMY Award winning producer and artist Peter CottonTale and VanJess. She is Co-Founder of the Black Music Action Coalition.   Listen to this information-packed Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode about Binta’s journey from corporate lawyer to music executive, and what you can learn from it.   Here is what to expect on this week’s show: What made Binta want to found omalilly projects, and how it got its name How Binta went from being a Wall Street M&A attorney to a music executive, a job in which only 14% of executives are female What to expect when making big shifts in industry Why understanding nuances in both sides of any deal is important on Wall Street, as an attorney, or as a music industry executive Why you ought to sharpen your negotiation skills now   Connect with Binta: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/batnib LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/binta-niambi-brown-07a303/     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices