• Shakir Stewart (April 12, 1974 – November 1, 2008), a native of Oakland, California, was a US record executive in a number of companies, the latest being...
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    hired Shakir Stewart whom he saw as someone with "a finger on the pulse of the next generation of hot producers in the Atlanta music scene". Shakir's first...
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    follow Cohen to Warner. That same year, through Def Jam A&R executive Shakir Stewart, Def Jam signed Atlanta, Georgia based rapper Young Jeezy. His debut...
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  • Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer (b. 1922) 2008 – Shakir Stewart, American record producer (b. 1974) 2008 – Yma Sumac, Peruvian-American...
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  • (November 1, 2008). "Def Jam Exec VP Shakir Stewart Commits Suicide". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2022. "Shakir Stewart of Def Jam Recordings dies at 34"...
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  • coordinator Erica Bowen – A&R Lindsay Rodman – A&R Leesa D. Brunson – A&R Shakir Stewart – A&R Juon, Steve 'Flash' (June 24, 2008). "Blood Raw :: My Life: The...
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    showed Jeezy's demo to his friend Shakir Stewart, then Vice President Artist and Repertoire (VP A&R) at Def Jam. Stewart "fell in love with it [the demo]...
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    offered her a contract. According to VP A&R at Island Def Jam Music Group Shakir Stewart, in an interview with HitQuarters, "Teairra was a star when she walked...
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  • showed Jeezy's demo to his friend Shakir Stewart, then Vice President Artist and Repertoire (VP A&R) at Def Jam. Stewart "fell in love with it [the demo]...
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  • perform live, Reid offered her a contract on the spot. According to Shakir Stewart, VP A&R at Def Jam, in an interview with HitQuarters, "Teairra was a...
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