Music govt Ferdy Unger-Hamilton has dismissed latest stories that Grammy-winning reggae artist Koffee was dropped by RCA Information, calling the claims unfounded.
“Koffee is, and has at all times been, signed with Promised Land Information. Promised Land’s cope with Sony ended over two years in the past, and we [Promised Land] are actually distributed by way of Virgin,” Unger-Hamilton clarified in a latest interview.
Hypothesis about Koffee’s standing with RCA unfold quickly on-line, however Unger-Hamilton defined that she was by no means straight signed to the label. As a substitute, Promised Land Information beforehand had a distribution cope with Sony-affiliated RCA and Columbia, which ended years in the past.
Koffee’s two main releases—her 2019 Rapture EP and her 2022 full-length album Gifted—have been each launched by way of Promised Land Information, the label owned by Unger-Hamilton.
A veteran of the music trade, Unger-Hamilton stepped down as Columbia UK president in late 2022 after a profitable six-year run, throughout which he labored with artists similar to Robbie Williams, Rag’n’Bone Man, and George Ezra. Previous to that, he led Polydor Information, overseeing the careers of Ellie Goulding, Lana Del Rey, and The 1975.
As for what’s subsequent for Koffee, Unger-Hamilton merely teased: “New music is coming very quickly.”
Born Mikayla Victoria Simpson in Spanish City, St. Catherine, Koffee made historical past in 2020 because the youngest and solely feminine artist to win the Grammy Award for Greatest Reggae Album. Now 25, she continues to construct her legacy, with followers eagerly awaiting her subsequent musical chapter.
