Overview

• Sylvia Rhone will exit Epic Records at the end of the month after leading the label as chair/CEO since 2019 and serving as president since 2014.
• Variety reports, citing a source, that president Zeke Lewis and GM Rick Sackheim will handle day-to-day operations following her departure.
• In an internal memo obtained by Variety, Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer praised Rhone’s leadership and cited No. 1 successes with 21 Savage, Future, Travis Scott and Tyla.
• Rhone’s memo highlighted Epic’s culture work, noting leadership of Sony’s 2020 Your Voice, Your Power, Your Vote campaign and a workforce that is 62% women and 57% people of color.
• A trailblazer across Elektra and Universal Motown before Epic, Rhone reflected on decades of artist development and industry change; Billboard first reported her planned exit.