Jeff Rabhan

Jeffrey S. Rabhan is an American entrepreneur. A 20-year veteran of the music industry, he was a journalist, label executive, and artist manager prior to founding Bored-of-Ed.com, an education company. Rabhan also served as chair of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University.

Jeff Rabhan
Born	Jeffrey S. Rabhan Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Artist manager, music executive, consultant, academic
Years active	1992 – present

Early life

Rabhan was born in Savannah, Georgia and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He received a BA in journalism at New York University.

Career

Following his graduation, Rabhan pursued music journalism serving in staff positions at both Rolling Stone and SPIN before being named to west coast positions as senior director of a&r at Atlantic Records, executive in charge of soundtracks at Elektra Records, and an independent music supervisor and a&r consultant, most notably bringing pop trio Hanson to Mercury Records in 1996. ^{[1] [citation needed]} Credited with discovering Michelle Branch,^[2] he managed Branch, DMX, Lil Kim, and Kelly Clarkson while serving as a partner at The Firm, Inc.^[3]

In 2006, he co-founded the management company Three Ring Project, which had publishing and label imprints through Universal Music Group. He managed artists including Elliott Yamin of American Idol, Kelly Rowland, Everlast, Kelis and Jermaine Dupri.^[4]

In 2010, he was named chair of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts.^[5] In February 2013, his book Cool Jobs in the Music Business, which outlines career options in the music industry for high school and college students, was published by InTune.^[6] Rabhan left NYU in 2021 to partner with songwriting/producer duo Stargate to launch the Los Angeles Academy of Artists and Music Production (LAAMP), where he served as Executive Director. At the end of the first year of the program, Rabhan returned to New York and launched Bored-of-Ed.Com. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2025, following Chappell Roan's Grammy acceptance speech during which she said that record companies owed musicians a "livable wage" and health care, Rabhan wrote an op-ed for The Hollywood Reporter.^[7]In the op-ed, he wrote that record labels were not responsible for artists beyond paying advances and royalties, and that Roan was "disingenuous" and "wildly misinformed." The article, which went viral, generated considerable attention and controversy. Rabhan was widely criticized. ^[8]