Part one of our exclusive in-depth interview with Darcus Beese unveiling the intricacies of how the music business works from an executive position. This inspirational story detailing how he became the first black president of a major label in the UK, and then CEO of Island Records in the USA.

You can get Darcus book out now: 'Rebel With A Cause: Roots, Records and Revolutions’ is the remarkable story of Darcus Beese: legendary music-industry executive and A&R who was raised in a musically fertile and politically febrile times.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788706099

His parents - Darcus Howe and Barbara Beese - were prominent activists in west London and members of the Mangrove Nine during a time when racism was rife. This book tells his story and how his unique upbringing along with a love of music and culture helped him progress from “tea-boy” to become the President of one of the world’s biggest and most successful record labels - Island Records.

From signing and nurturing some of the greatest artists of the twenty-first century including Amy Winehouse, Mumford & Sons, Dizzee Rascal, Florence and the Machine and more, to him moving to New York to run Island USA but becoming despondent at what he saw and encountered and how those beliefs instilled in him by his parents have, and continue to be, prominent in his personal and professional life.

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