# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/l-a-reid
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:35:45.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/l-a-reid"
name: "L.A. Reid"
slug: "l-a-reid"
description: "Antonio Marquis \"L.A.\" Reid is an American record executive, A&R representative, and record producer who served as president and CEO of Arista Records from 2000 to 2004, as well as chairman and CEO of the Island Def Jam Music Group from 2004 to 2011 and Epic Records from 2011 to 2017. He co-founded the record label Hitco Entertainment in the latter year, which was sold to Concord in 2022."
tagline: "American record executive (born 1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L.A._Reid.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3692981769814568
  historical:           18.41044133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/LA_Reid"
    handle:    "LA_Reid"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1331743/"
    handle:    "nm1331743"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "L.A. Reid"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump