Music Business Worldwide
April 6, 2021
Republic Records and parent company Universal Music Group (UMG) have launched Universal Arabic Music (UAM) in partnership with successful music manager and entrepreneur, Wassim “SAL” Slaiby.
UAM, which UMG says “will create new opportunities to advance Arabic music and culture with global partners, platforms and brands”, was unveiled today by Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of UMG, Republic Records Founder and CEO Monte Lipman and Wassim “SAL” Slaiby, Founder and CEO of SALXCO and XO RECORDS.
Slaiby will serve as Founder and CEO of Universal Arabic Music, effective immediately.
Los Angeles-based Slaiby is the CEO of XO Records (the label which he co-founded with The Weeknd whom he also manages) and of SALXCO, his management firm.
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The US State Department released a video from spokesman Ned Price saluting the contributions Arabs Americans have made in honor of the nation’s annual Arab American Heritage Month which began April 1.
Although only 27 of the country’s 50 states recognize the month saluting Arab American culture, Illinois has codified the annual commemoration in a law adopted in 2018 and while the governor’s and legislatures in many states approved resolutions and proclamations recognizing Arab American heritage.
Arab Americans first arrived in America during the 17th century and have served the country in the US military including during the Civil War in 1860, World Wars I and II, the Vietnam War, the Korean War and the recent wars in Iraq and Syria.