Snoop Dogg appoints Kat MacLean Daley as VP and Head of Publishing at Death Row Records

Kat MacLean Daley has been appointed by Snoop Dogg to be the primary VP & Head of Publishing at his revitalized Loss of life Row Data, which he acquired in 2022.

MacLean Daley stories on to Snoop Dogg and is answerable for the corporate’s day-to-day operations in music, along with her major deal with the corporate’s newly established publishing enterprise.

Based on the announcement from Loss of life Row, the brand new position sees MacLean increase Loss of life Row’s current catalog and roster, in addition to constructing on Loss of life Row’s current relationships with writers, producers, and estates.

Previous to becoming a member of Loss of life Row, MacLean Daley had been at Universal Music Group, beginning as a university advertising rep in 2016 throughout her time at Berklee Faculty of Music.

After graduating summa cum laude with a double main in Music Enterprise Administration and Skilled Music, she was employed by Universal Music Publishing Group full-time, finally working her manner as much as Director, Music Sampling & Enterprise Growth.

In her time at UMPG, she created and carried out processes and information monitoring requirements, clearing samples for over 1,300 launched songs for artists together with Drake, Jack Harlow, Doja Cat, Lil Nas X, Beyoncé, Cole Swindell, songs for the Barbie soundtrack, and extra.

Loss of life Row notes that Kat MacLean Daley was additionally “instrumental in setting sampling requirements outdoors of the US and in new genres together with nation music”.

“Kat’s already a legend on the earth of clearances and publishing, and her drive and self-discipline was what I wished to deliver to Loss of life Row,” mentioned Snoop Dogg on Monday (December 11).

Final yr, Snoop Dogg acquired the Death Row brand from MNRK Music Group and subsequently completed a deal to purchase the label’s recordings catalog.

He then removed the Loss of life Row catalog from streaming providers. 

In February, TikTok partnered with Snoop Dogg and Loss of life Row Data to deliver the document label’s catalog to the ByteDance-owned app by its unbiased distribution platform, SoundOn, making the catalog obtainable to stream completely on TikTok for every week.

In March, the Loss of life Row Data catalog officially returned to music streaming providers.

The return of the catalog to streaming providers arrived in the identical week it emerged that, amongst a slate of offers struck by gamma – the new $1 billion-backed company from former Apple Music International Inventive Director Larry Jackson – was a partnership with Snoop Dogg and the Loss of life Row catalog.

“I’m working carefully with Snoop to modernize the already current offers, discover new and thrilling methods to leverage and license the legendary catalog, and convey Loss of life Row to the highest of individuals’s minds and playlists.”

Kat  MacLean Daley

“I’m past hyped to be becoming a member of Loss of life Row! I’m extraordinarily grateful for my time at UMPG – I felt like I accomplished what I got down to do there, so it was time for the subsequent problem, the subsequent mission,” mentioned Kat  MacLean Daley.

“Deborah Mannis-Gardner linked me with Snoop and his staff and after listening to his plans for the corporate, it was a no brainer.

“I’m working carefully with Snoop to modernize the already current offers, discover new and thrilling methods to leverage and license the legendary catalog, and convey Loss of life Row to the highest of individuals’s minds and playlists.”

“I do know that Kat is the proper individual to care for our historical past, whereas additionally serving to us write the story for the chapters to return.”

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg mentioned:  “Kat’s already a legend on the earth of clearances and publishing, and her drive and self-discipline was what I wished to deliver to Loss of life Row.

“The expertise that has been part of Loss of life Row for over 30 years deserves to have their songs heard, but in addition to be correctly licensed and paid as songwriters and producers.

“I do know that Kat is the proper individual to care for our historical past, whereas additionally serving to us write the story for the chapters to return. There’s a Kat within the Dogg home now.”Music Enterprise Worldwide