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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kedar_MassenburgKedar Massenburg - Wikipedia

    William "Kedar" Massenburg (born 1963) is an American record producer and record label executive, who was the president of Motown Records from 1997 to 2004. Massenburg is best known for bringing Erykah Badu to fame. He trademarked the term "neo soul." Massenburg is the founder, president and CEO of Kedar Entertainment.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Neo_soulNeo soul - Wikipedia

    In 1995, former corporate marketer turned artist manager Kedar Massenburg established the record label Kedar Entertainment Inc., through which he released the breakthrough neo soul recordings of artists such as Badu, D'Angelo, and Chico DeBarge.

  3. www.instagram.com › kedarmassenburgKedar Massenburg (@kedarmassenburg) - Instagram

    5,500 Followers, 306 Following, 84 Posts - Kedar Massenburg (@kedarmassenburg) on Instagram: "Founder/CEO of MassenburgMassenburg Celebrity Beverages Creator of ‘Neo-Soul’ music genre".

  4. www.linkedin.com › in › kedarmassenburgKedar M. - Founder - Massenburg Celebrity Beverages | LinkedIn

    About Kedar Massenburg is an American entrepreneur, executive producer, founder, and CEO of Kedar Global Enterprises, Massenburg Media, Massenburg Celebrity Beverages, Black Owned...

    • Massenburg Celebrity Beverages

  5. www.billboard.com › pro › akonik-label-group-akon-kedar-massenburgAkon and Former Motown CEO Kedar Massenburg Launch Akonik ... - ...

    Jun 4, 2019 · Artist-producer-entrepreneur Akon and former Motown president/CEO Kedar Massenburg have added a new entry to their industry resumés: co-founders of the Akonik Label Group (ALG).

  6. corporatealleycat.com › interview-with-kedar-massenburgFrom PepsiCo Sales Rep to CEO of Motown Records

    Oct 23, 2018 · Kedar Massenburg is the former CEO of Motown Records, responsible for introducing the world to Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, and trademarking the term “Neo Soul”. Kedar dropped some real gems. Check out the full interview here:

  7. www.jazzhistorytree.com › neo-soulNeo Soul: 1990 – Jazz History Tree

    Neo soul surfaced when music executive Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records coined the term in the 1990s. This was his way of marketing the merge of contemporary R & B and soul music, which also incorporated elements of jazz, pop, hip-hop, and funk, as well as heavy tones of gospel.

  8. variety.com › 2019 › musicAkon, Motown Veteran Kedar Massenburg Launch Akonik Label Group -...

    Jun 6, 2019 · Artist and songwriter Akon (pictured at left) and Motown Records veteran Kedar Massenburg have teamed up to launch Akonik Label Group (ALG). Distributed worldwide by BMG, the company is...

  9. timeline.carnegiehall.org › genres › neo-soulHistory of Neo Soul — Timeline of African American Music

    Motown Records’s Kedar Massenburg marketed it as neo soul, describing its uniquely blended elements of soul, R&B, jazz and funk. A few years earlier, the sound of Tony! Toni! Toné!’s Sons of Soul (1993) and D’Angelo’s Brown Sugar (1995), reverberated the 1970 soul sensibility that some critics identify as the first recordings of neo soul.

  10. www.linkedin.com › in › kedar-massenburg-7101b5a6Kedar Massenburg - Founder/ CEO - Massenburg Media, LLC |...

    Founder/ CEO at Massenburg Media, LLC · Experience: Massenburg Media, LLC · Education: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Location: New York.

    • Massenburg Media, LLC