Joe Kay and the rest of Soulection are using the internet and a family setup to change the way a rap crew operates and creating their own musical fusionJoe Kay is due on a flight to Hawaii in a couple of hours when he calls. The 26-year-feeble curator and Beats 1 Radio host juggles preparation for the trip with recounting his journey to fitting a DJ for Apple’s radio project,all while his daughter vies for his attention in the background. As well as his job at Beats 1 (a project Zane Lowe said was “like a three-month-feeble baby. They make a lot of noise … and they shit everywhere”) Kay is also the co-founder and head of A&R for Soulection, a Los Angeles indie label and creative hive for genre-bending musicians. In only a few years, and he’s wrangled one of the most eclectic talent pools in independent music,taking the grooves of hip-hop and R&B production and distilling them through electronica and house music.
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Source: theguardian.com