Richardine Bartee

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Richardine Bartee
Born
Richardine Bartee

(1985-11-15) November 15, 1985 (age 36)
New York City, United States
Occupation Music executive, Talent manager, Writer, Designer, Editor
Years active2007-present
Known for The Recording Academy member
AwardsWoman of the Year at the 2022 BEFFTA Awards

Richardine Bartee, is an American-Liberian writer, publicist, designer, and the founder of Grunge Cake who was awarded the 2022 BEFFTA Woman award of the year. She is most notable as a music manager, music promoter, Grammy U mentor and The Recording academy board member. [1] [2] [3]

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Bartee was born in November 15, 1985 in New York City to Liberian parents. Over her career, she has worked, partnered with major music companies, including Roc Nation, Interscope Records, MTV Quality Control Music, RCA, Epic Records, Sony Music and Universal Music Group. [4] [5]

Awards

YearAward ceremonyPrizeResultRef
2022 BEFFTA Awards Woman of the YearWon [6]

Grungecake

Grungecake (stylized as GRUNGECAKE), is global music discovery channel, stylized as “Global music discovery blog”, creative agency and a record label based in New York City, it’s focus is on music discovery, music news, reviews, interviews, creativity and popular culture. She launched the site in 2007 to support indie artists and the arts, it started as a print publication in 2007. Grungecake’s publications are available on Apple News and Google News. As of 2020, it was recognized as the number 3 site to find new Hip-Hop tracks on Hypebot. [7] [8]

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