Raymond Roker

Raymond Leon Roker is the Global Head of Editorial at Amazon Music.^[1][2][3] He is of Bahamian and Jewish descent.^[4]

Roker is a former (and part-time) electronic music DJ and club promoter.^{[5][better source needed]} In the 1980s and 1990s he was a graffiti artist in Los Angeles, producing numerous murals around the city and doing commercial work for television and films.^[6] He co-founded Urb (magazine) magazine in December 1990.^[7][8][9] Examples of his design work can be found in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.^[10]

References

1. Aswad, Jem (August 17, 2020). "Amazon Music Names Raymond Leon Roker Global Head of Editorial". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
2. "Amazon Music names Raymond Leon Roker as global head of editorial". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
3. "Raymond Leon Roker joins Amazon Music as Global Head of Editorial". Music Business Worldwide. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
4. "Interview With CNN's Veronica De La Cruz: A Journalist for the New Generation". Guest of a Guest. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
5. "Respect Turns 16. This is the Story of Drum and Bass in Los Angeles". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
6. Dooley, Michael (March 1993). "Frequent Flyers". Print. 47 (2): 122.
7. "Interview: Urb Magazine's Raymond Roker Ditches Print". LA Weekly. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
8. Solomont, E. B. (January–February 2007). "The Maestro". American Jewish Life.
9. "URB Your Enthusiasm". Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management. 34 (6): 22. June 2005 – via EBSCO.
10. "Raymond Leon Roker". collection.cooperhewitt.org. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

External links

• Early 1990s Raymond Roker Mixtapes