Quinn Coleman, Capitol A&R Director, DJ and Son of Debra Lee, Dies at 31 – Billboard

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Quinn Coleman

Quinn Coleman, a serious imprint executive, DJ and son of extinct BET chief Debra Lee and Randy Coleman, died with out be conscious on Sunday (Aug. 16) on the age of 31.

Currently, Coleman’s trigger of death remains unknown.

Quinn used to be “a loving son, brother, cousin and buddy, a passionate DJ and A&R executive with a vivid future earlier than him,” reads a assertion from a manual of Debra Lee. “Debra and her household are devastated by Quinn’s passing and effect a query to for privacy and appreciate as they grieve together.”

For bigger than two years, Coleman served as senior director of A&R at Capitol Files, primarily based in Los Angeles, where he signed the neighborhood Brasstracks, whose debut album is due this week for inaugurate.

Beforehand, he labored with Warner Bros. Files as A&R supervisor and as marketing coordinator, and at Sirius XM and VH1 sooner than that.

In 2007, he co-founded the DC to BC stay performance manufacturing agency, and he used to be a popular membership DJ, performing beneath the title Spicoli.

Tributes for Coleman are pouring in from at some level of the tune industrial.

“We are all devastated to learn of the untimely passing of our colleague and buddy, Quinn Coleman,” reads a assertion from Capitol Files President Jeff Vaughn on Coleman’s passing. “He’ll be very a lot overlooked. We provide our deepest condolences to Quinn’s household and relatives at this extremely subtle time.”

Brasstracks have devoted their impending album, Golden Impress, due out Friday (Aug. 21), to Coleman.

“Quinn’s positivity and fervour used to be infectious, he made everybody spherical him feel magnificent and continually felt bigger than a chum than A&R,” Brasstracks posted on their social pages. “He in point of fact believed in us and labored so exhausting on this venture with us. We were the principle act he signed to Capitol and we were so proud to work with him. Quinn used to be household.”

Quinn Coleman wasn’t compatible our A&R, he used to be a shut buddy. when the time used to be factual he took yet any other on us and adjusted our lives. we spoke on the cell phone on a protracted-established basis. we had big plans. I compatible awakened to the recordsdata that he’s now no longer with us. im level-headed processing. RIP Quinn.

— brasstracks (@brasstracks) August 17, 2020

Producer and songwriter Kenny Beats remembered Coleman as “a legendary person, DJ, A&R, buddy, and brother.”

All of us will miss you dearly, my brother. Our hearts are damaged and must ache for some time now. I compatible hope you are at peace and that you just would maybe maybe watch over us unless we sight each and every other all yet again.

Indulge in you, @SpicoliDCtoBC. You are a chronicle’s chronicle, and I’m blessed to have you as a chum.

— That Ain’t The DJ, That’s My DJ (@CoryTownes) August 18, 2020

RIP Quinn Coleman. Thankful on your friendship and the positivity you dropped at every room.

— Joshton Peas (@joshtonpeas) August 17, 2020

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