Leading music execs launch Black Music Action Coalition

The Black Music Action Coalition is urging industry CEOs to work with them to develop a plan to tackle racism in the industry within the next 30 days

Pharrell Williams is among artists to show support for the coalition © Frank Schwichtenberg/Wikimedia Commons

Over 30 top artist managers, agents and other US industry executives have formed a new advocacy group, the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC), to address systemic racism within the music industry and in society at large.

The coalition was inspired by and formed in alliance with #TheShowMustBePaused initiative, which was started by Atlantic Record’s Jamila Thomas and Platoon’s Brianna Agyeman, and which prompted the Black Out Tuesday initiative.

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BMAC is currently run by an executive committee that includes founding…

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