{"id":1632,"date":"2026-02-04T03:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2026-02-04T03:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:47:32","slug":"sony-music-revives-jive-records-after-15-year-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/sony-music-revives-jive-records-after-15-year-hiatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Music Revives Jive Records After 15-Year Hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jive Records<\/strong> is back for the next generation of music.Sony Music\u2019s RCA Records has officially announced the relaunch of the label, marking its return as a standalone music brand nearly 15 years after it was shut down.<\/p>\n<p>Originally famous for launching the careers of artists like <b>Britney Spears<\/b>, <b>Backstreet Boys<\/b>, <b>Outkast<\/b>, and <b>A Tribe Called Quest<\/b>, Jive was retired in 2011.<\/p>\n<div id=\"primis10TGJ\" data-refreshrate=\"0\">Leading the charge for Jive\u2019s next chapter are <b>Mike Weiss<\/b> and <b>David Melhado<\/b>, who have been named Co-Presidents.<\/div>\n<div id=\"primis10TGJ\" data-refreshrate=\"0\">Both are heavyweight industry veterans who recently served as executives at <b>UnitedMasters,<\/b> where they were credited with developing independent stars like <b>Brent Faiyaz<\/b> and <b>NLE Choppa.<\/b><\/div>\n<div id=\"primis10TGJ\" data-refreshrate=\"0\">RCA Chairman and CEO<strong> Peter Edge<\/strong>expressed high hopes for the revival: \u201c<strong>We admire the impressive results Mike and David have achieved in their careers. Bringing them in to lead Jive Records feels like a natural evolution and a poetic way to revive a label that has been at the forefront of hip-hop and pop. Their sharp instincts and proven ability to discover and develop artists make them the perfect team to launch Jive\u2019s next era.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<div data-refreshrate=\"0\">With its history of producing some of the world\u2019s biggest artists, the future for the Jive brand looks incredibly bright once again.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jive Records is back for the next generation of music.Sony Music\u2019s RCA Records has officially announced the relaunch of the label, marking its return as a standalone music brand nearly 15 years after it was shut down. Originally famous for launching the careers of artists like Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Outkast, and A Tribe Called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[160],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","author-urbanafrica"],"authors":[{"term_id":160,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"urbanafrica","display_name":"URBANAFRICA","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1634,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/1634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}