Raymond Roker

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Raymond Leon Roker is the Global Head of Editorial at Amazon Music. [1] [2] [3] He is of Bahamian and Jewish descent. [4]

Roker is a former (and part-time) electronic music DJ and club promoter. [5] [ better source needed ] In the 1980s and 1990s he was a graffiti artist in Los Angeles, producing numerous murals around the city and doing commercial work for television and films. [6] He co-founded Urb (magazine) magazine in December 1990. [7] [8] [9] Examples of his design work can be found in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Aswad, Jem (August 17, 2020). "Amazon Music Names Raymond Leon Roker Global Head of Editorial". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Amazon Music names Raymond Leon Roker as global head of editorial". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Raymond Leon Roker joins Amazon Music as Global Head of Editorial". Music Business Worldwide. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  4. ↑ "Interview With CNN's Veronica De La Cruz: A Journalist for the New Generation". Guest of a Guest . Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  5. ↑ "Respect Turns 16. This is the Story of Drum and Bass in Los Angeles". www.vice.com. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  6. ↑ Dooley, Michael (March 1993). "Frequent Flyers". Print. 47 (2): 122.
  7. ↑ "Interview: Urb Magazine's Raymond Roker Ditches Print". LA Weekly. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  8. ↑ Solomont, E. B. (January–February 2007). "The Maestro". American Jewish Life.
  9. ↑ "URB Your Enthusiasm". Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management. 34 (6): 22. June 2005 – via EBSCO.[ incomplete short citation ]
  10. ↑ "Raymond Leon Roker". collection.cooperhewitt.org. Retrieved 2021-02-02.


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