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Issa Rae Officially Launches Record Label Through Atlantic Records, Signs Haitian Artist TeaMarrr

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;issa-rae-is-the-new-voice-of-the-google-assistant&sol;">Issa Rae<&sol;a> continues to prove that she is a woman of many talents—and in addition to multiple TV projects and upcoming films&comma; she’s now tackling the music industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As fans anxiously await the delayed fourth season of her hit HBO series &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Insecure&comma;” actress&sol;writer Issa Rae is piling even more on her plate and many aspiring artists will reap the benefits&period; As reported by &commat;shadow&lowbar;act&comma; Issa has <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;shadowandact&period;com&sol;issa-rae-launches-new-music-label-with-atlantic-records-announces-first-artist">officially launched<&sol;a> her own record label with a deal through the legendary Atlantic Records&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Issa recently debuted her label&comma; Raedio&comma; which also supplies music supervision services for another HBO show executive produced by her&comma; the freshman series &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>A Black Lady Sketch Show<&sol;em>&period;” Issa’s first artist is Haitian-American rapper&sol;singer TeaMarrr&comma; whose new single &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Kinda Love” was recently released and features an accompanying music video directed by child&comma; who has also shot videos for Ari Lennox and Lucky Daye&period; The video features notable cameos by Issa herself and online comedian Jessie Woo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking about the new venture&comma; Issa had this to say&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Music has always been an essential part of every project I do and working with emerging talent is a personal passion&period; Raedio allows me to continue that work within the music industry and audio entertainment space&period; The Atlantic Records team are innovators in terms of shifting and shaping culture&period; I’m excited to join forces with them to discover new artists&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Atlantic Chairperson and COO&comma; Julie Greenwald&comma; expressed her excitement at Issa joining the Atlantic family&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Issa Rae is a next-level&comma; future-thinking creative force who’s been breaking down cultural barriers and conquering one field after another&period; She’s made music a central character in her artistic evolution&comma; and now she’s brought all that amazing passion&comma; inspiration and taste to the formation of Raedio&period; We’re thrilled to be partnering with Issa and her team on this exciting new venture and TeaMarrr is the perfect artist to launch with&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is a great fit because one of the best parts of Issa Rae projects is the amazing music that acts as the soundtrack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"53783" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;issa-rae-officially-launches-record-label-through-atlantic-records-signs-haitian-artist-teamarrr&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0fd8f29de8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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