Wayne Barrow (born April 2, 1965) is an American
film producer,
talent manager
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and businessman. He is the founder and co-owner with
Mark Pitts of ByStorm Entertainment. He currently serves as the CEO of Barrow Films
CEO of Brooklyns Finest, Inc, CEO of StormTroopers Entertainment and Vice Chairman of The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation.
Career
Barrow began his career as a
hospital corpsman
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in the
United States Navy
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as a petty officer.
After serving 8 years in the Navy, Barrow began a new career in the music business by teaming up with Mark Pitts, where he managed business operations of his company, Mark Pitts Management. Their clients included Changing Faces, Shyne,
Queen Pen
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, LooN, NAS and the
Notorious B.I.G
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. He secured a deal with
EMI Publishing with
Aqil Davidson of
Wreckx-N-Effect
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History
Wrecks-n-Effect was founded i ...
.
In 1998, he became the president of Bystorm Entertainment, a record label that he founded with Mark Pitts, to sign up-and-coming artists. He signed rapper Tracey Lee and launched his debut album, “Many Faces”, with the Universal Records which gave the initial success to the company. The album sold 500,000 copies. They entered into a joint venture with
RCA Records
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and signed Miguel, Mali-Music, Ro-James, and
J.Cole.
Barrow has also produced movies, including
Notorious, Blue, Kicks, BIGGIE I Got A Story To Tell and City Of Lies. During his career, he has managed the recording artists such as
Wreckx-N-Effect
Wreckx-n-Effect (originally Wrecks-n-Effect) is an American new jack swing group from Harlem, New York City most known for their No. 1 Rap songs, "New Jack Swing" & their multi-platinum hit " Rump Shaker".
History
Wrecks-n-Effect was founded i ...
,
J.Cole, Miguel,
Loon,
Shyne
Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow, best known by his stage name Shyne; November 8, 1978) is a Belizean rapper and politician. ,
Ro-James,
Kardinal Offishall
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, Biggie Smalls and
The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, was an American rapper. Rooted in East Coast hip hop and particularly gangsta ...
Discography
References
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Living people
1965 births
American talent agents
American film producers