Death of veteran R&B music executive Andre Harrell sparks outpouring of tributes.
A native of New York, Harrell started his career in music as an artist, one-half of the early rap duo Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In 1983, he teamed with Russell Simmons, the founder of Def Jam Records, and had one of his early experiences in the business working as a vice president and later general manager of that label.
Harrell also signed the teenage Mary J. Blige in the late 1980s, though her career at the label didn't fully take off until the early 1990s, with help from Harrell's enterprising former intern, Sean"Puffy" Combs, who was quickly promoted at Uptown. In 1995, Harrell went on to run Motown Records as president and CEO for a brief period, not long after the label's acquisition by PolyGram.
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