{"id":17222,"date":"2021-03-12T01:03:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T01:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=17222"},"modified":"2021-03-12T12:08:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:08:47","slug":"lena-waithe-def-jam-record-label","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lena-waithe-def-jam-record-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Lena Waithe\u2019s Next Project Is Music To Our Ears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lena Waithe (Photo: Leon Bennett\/Getty Images for BET)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not one to rest on any of her vast accomplishments, the Emmy Award-<\/a>winning actress, screenwriter, and producer Lena Waithe<\/a> is now turning her attention to the music industry, with the help of Def Jam to develop a new generation of underrepresented artists with her new label, Hillman Grad Productions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMusic and storytelling have always gone hand in hand. And I think that\u2019s because musicians are the storytellers we love the most,\u201d <\/span>Waithe said in a statement announcing the venture<\/span><\/a>. \u201cThey can take complex emotions and simplify it in four minutes, the same artist can sing about the revolution and falling in love. Music is a part of us. It\u2019s so often connected to our fondest and sometimes our darkest memories. Musicians tell our story.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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