Open as well as Roc Nation’s support of the legal teams of murdered Black Americans Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd in their respective quests for justice over this past year and partnerships with Feeding America, Until Freedom and Gathering For Justice. That has included partnerships with the NFL and U.S. Over the past several years, Perez and Roc Nation have spent much of their time on criminal justice issues - the REFORM initiative with Meek Mill being a notable example (Trump, during his administration, also pushed through some criminal justice reforms) - and social justice activism. Roc Nation's Desiree Perez: Billboard's 2019 Women In Music Executive of the Year In 2019, Perez was named Billboard’s executive of the year at its annual Women In Music event at the reception, Roc co-founder/chairman Jay Brown announced her promotion to CEO of the company. In 2008, when Jay formed Roc Nation as a joint venture with Live Nation, he tapped Perez as COO of the company, which has grown to more than 450 employees and has divisions that span almost all facets of entertainment and sports. Perez has risen from part-time nightclub manager to one of the most formidable executives in the music business during the course of her career, having first booked Jay-Z and his DJ Clark Kent to perform at one of her venues in 1996 before helping launch the inaugural 40/40 Club in Manhattan a few years later, eventually running a suite of clubs under the 40/40 banner.
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“I have taken full accountability for my mistakes from 25 years ago, but I also take tremendous pride in my personal growth, perseverance and accomplishments since then. This pardon reinforces my lifelong commitment to advocate for criminal justice reform and social justice initiatives.” “I’m grateful to have received a pardon and to have formally closed that chapter of my life in the eyes of the law,” Perez said in a statement provided to Billboard. “She has been gainfully employed and has been an advocate for criminal justice reform in her community.” Perez has taken full accountability for her actions and has turned her life around,” the White House said in a statement.
Perez was granted a full pardon for being involved in a conspiracy to distribute narcotics, the White House said, a conviction that is more than 25 years old.
Among those granted clemency were Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez, early Death Row Records backer Michael “Harry-O” Harris and rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, according to the White House. As one of his final acts as president of the United States, Donald Trump issued more than 140 pardons and commutations on Tuesday night (Jan.
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