In our latest roundup, we present eight more stars of tomorrow from various parts of the biz whose dedication and effort make their superiors look good.
This week's entrants will also find their faces in our most recent mag. Lucky for them, this feature—and $21—will get them a probiotic smoothie at participating
Erewhon locations.
Neelam Thadhani
Artist Manager, Range Media Partners
For Thadhani, nothing felt more surreal than seeing her client
Jack Harlow work with
John Mayer and
Justin Timberlake—whose music she grew up on—for his album
Come Home the Kids Miss You. Besides handling creative and production for several of Harlow’s music videos (“Tyler Herro,” “THRU THE NIGHT” f/
Bryson Tiller) and TV performances (
SNL,
Fallon), Thadhani’s been prepping for the rapper’s world tour while he shoots his first film role. The Atlanta-bred manager can do just about anything—except ride a bike, she confesses.
Brennen Bryant
Manager, Hallwood Media
Back when Bryant was a senior in college, the first show he coordinated and tour-managed was
Murda Beatz’ 2019
Coachella set, which featured the likes of
A$AP Ferg and
DMX. Now, he not only does tour management and day-to-day work for Murda but also manages a roster of nine writers, producers and engineers, including latest Hallwood signing
Nickie Jon Pabón, who’s
Jack Harlow’s lead engineer and live sound specialist. The manager is equally skilled in the kitchen, noting, “I can outcook any music executive. No question.” We stick to making PB&J.
Jillian Rutstein
Director, Creative Synch & Digital, Prescription Songs
For Rutstein, it doesn’t get better than working on
Lauv’s pub team seven years after they became
MySpace friends, in 2008. She was equally excited to help secure
Joy Oladokun for
The Sims Sessions, an in-game festival experience with
Bebe Rexha and
Glass Animals. Now, Rutstein continues to build out the
IG live series she created on RX’s socials, hoping to give songwriters a face and a voice. Back in high school, she played one show at
The Roxy as part of a female-fronted pop-punk band before realizing she was meant for the biz. We still can’t say the same.
Ben Schecter
Head of Partnerships & Manager, The Revels Group
On top of spearheading The Revels Group’s brand-partnerships division this year—locking in partners (
10K Projects,
Stem,
Redbull,
Ciroc) across camps, events, the new
RVG x PopSockets Studios and more—Schecter’s traveled the world, all while being championed by Co-CEO
Jamil Davis, since joining the company in 2020. He’s now focused on duo
Ruby Red’s debut project (due 6/10 via
Virgin Music) and securing more opportunities for producer clients like
Ben10k (
YoungBoy NBA,
Rico Nasty), among others. Though Schecter’s an avid rock climber, he can’t rappel away from this feature.
James June
Creative Manager, Live Nation Urban
June has art-directed
Mary J Blige’s
Strength of a Woman fest and
The Roots’
Picnic and worked with
D-Nice on his
Club Quarantine, among other career peaks. Lately, he’s been finishing the artwork for
H.E.R.’s
Lights on Festival (September), developing a platform for LGBTQ+ musicians called
Houses of Luv (October) and launching a partnership with
Black Women Photographers, which provides paid opportunities for Black female content creators in live music. Since 2021, June’s curated four exhibits in L.A. and Oakland.
We’ve color-coordinated our closets.
Matthew “Matty B” Bernal
Director, Editorial & Programming, RCA
In 2022 Matty B saw the explosion of
Nardo Wick’s “Who Want Smoke??” f/
G Herbo,
Lil Durk &
21 Savage and
Latto’s chart-topping “Big Energy.” He’s also constructing streaming strategies and interfacing with DSP partners for RCA’s hip-hop roster, which includes
Flo Milli,
Buddy,
Winners Circle,
Maxo Kream and more. In 2017, he worked on
Post Malone’s “rockstar” remix with
Nicky Jam &
Ozuna and recently helped with
Sleepy Hallow’s “Mi No Sabe” remix with
Casper Mágico, which he describes as “Two-stepping meets salsa,” he notes. We can’t even one-step.
Carly James
Agent, Music Touring, CAA
Among other career highlights, James saw
IDLES sell out a 4k-cap venue during their first Mexico City show, watched a crowd at
Coachella sing along to
girl in red’s “i’ll call you mine” and greeted fans with
The Linda Lindas after their sold-out
Mercury Lounge set. “My whole roster is made up of my favorite musicians,” notes James, who also works with up-and-comers like
NoSo,
Dawn Richard,
Just Mustard,
Cafuné,
Chubby & the Gang and
Amelia Moore. Off the clock, you can catch James roller-skating (to get as far away from us as possible).
Arhyis Eatmon
SVP, Live Experiences, 237 Global
Entering the biz as a roadie for acts like
Ariana Grande,
Kanye West and
Justin Bieber, Eatmon was excited to arrange VIP experiences for 100k+ during the latter’s 2018
Purpose Tour years later. Recently, he led the design and execution of
Hella Mega’s traveling
Dive Bar on the first nationwide stadium tour after the pandemic. He’s now devising elevated experiences for concerts by
Shawn Mendes,
Wiz Khalifa,
Smashing Pumpkins,
Teyana Taylor and more. Eatmon was a nationally ranked debater in high school.
We were just high at school.
