Dear KAG: 20200318 Open Thread

From WIKI:
“Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is an English singer, songwriter and actress….
Career beginnings
Ora began performing at open mic sessions around London and, occasionally, in her father’s pub.[15] In 2008, she auditioned for Eurovision: Your Country Needs You on BBC One to be the British contestant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and qualified, but later withdrew from the competition after a few episodes as she “did not feel ready” and thought “that challenge wasn’t for her.”[16][17] Her manager, Sarah Stennett (who also worked with Ellie Goulding, Jessie J and Conor Maynard), later told HitQuarters that Ora had entered the competition because at the time she felt it was her only chance at finding success.[18] Stennett reassured her that performing in Eurovision would hinder rather than help her chances to make it as a solo artist.[18]
Shortly after, Ora’s management got in touch with the American label, Roc Nation, and told them about her. Ora signed a recording deal and a publishing deal with Roc Nation in December 2008, and was one of their first signees.[18][19][20] She made cameo appearances in Jay Z’s video for “Young Forever” (2009) and Drake’s video, “Over” (2010).[21][22] After being signed, Ora recorded an album and wanted to release it, but her label advised against it and she started to work on other material for her debut album.[15]….”
In December 2008 she would have just turned 18 years old.
WIKI — ROC NATION
Roc Nation, LLC It is an Agency of Music and Entertainment American founded in 2008 by Jay-Z in Partnerships with Yandel. The company has offices in New York City, London, Nashville, and Los Angeles.Wikipedia
Type:
Private, Limited liability company
WIKI — YANDEL
Llandel Veguilla Malavé, better known by his stage name Yandel after the phonetic spelling of Llandel, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer and record producer, who emerged in the music scene in 1995. He is best known as a member of the reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel
LLCs (Private, Limited liability company) are better than book sales for hiding bribes and money laundering.
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Desiree Perez went from Jay Zs COO (Chief Operating Officer) to Roc Nation’s CEO.
Desiree Perez,:
Desiree Perez has been the Chief Operating Officer of ROC Nation since 2009. As a member of the team at ROC Nation, Des is involved in several areas of the business, including management, publishing and labeling operations. Along with taking part in Samsung’s deal with Rihanna, she also negotiated the Beyonce Formation stadium.
*https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5915253/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
MORE: https://hollywoodstreetking.com/jayz-desiree-perez-informant/
She was a DEA informant.
“Court transcripts shows Perez wore a wire to bust Colombians moving cocaine shipments of 50 to 100 kilograms.
Perez’s father, Epifiano Gonzalez, owns 50% of the 40/40 club in Las Vegas, and Desiree is a part of Rihanna’s management team…..
Perez was released that July and placed on five years of supervised release. She began working at nightspots in Miami Beach and was scheduled to meet her probation officer at one of them, Club Onyx, when she skipped town without notice in early August 1997.
The fugitive resurfaced nine month later in Brooklyn, where she was arrested on March 5, 1998. Perez was charged with grand larceny, criminal use of drug paraphernalia and criminal possession of a firearm.
Her probation was revoked and she was sentenced to nine months in prison and three years of supervised release.
Perez appears to have been in business with Jay Z since at least 2002.””