BET Networks will assist inform the story about Andre Harrell’s iconic label Uptown Information. The media firm has ordered a three-part collection, with Harrell as government producer.
In keeping with a press launch, every episode will take viewers from the label’s inception to present day. It is going to additionally function music that helped mildew what would grow to be the label’s signature sound.
Recognized for breaking hip-hop artists like Notoroious B.I.G. and Heavy D & The Boyz, Uptown Information additionally helped launch the careers of R&B acts similar to Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, Man, Al B. Positive and Monifah, to call a couple of.
“We’re proud to convey the story of Uptown Information to life and have fun the indelible imprint the label has made on the trade, reworking the sound, face, and enterprise of hip-hop and R&B,” stated Scott Mills, president of BET Networks. “We sit up for partnering with music trade titan Andre Harrell and powerhouse producer Jesse Collins on the Uptown miniseries, bringing viewers premium content material that displays and celebrates Black excellence.”
Harrell added, “I’m thrilled to associate with BET Networks and Jesse Collins Leisure to share my story, the rise of Uptown Information and profitable black entrepreneurship, and the administration and cultivation of a number of the most iconic artists to return out of the late 80s and 90s hip hop, R&B, and soul music period.”
Dubbed Uptown, the brand new collection is scheduled to premiere in 2020 on BET. Right now, there aren’t any particulars on the forged.