with whom he co-founded Big Ligas in 2018. In August, Yu reached a
settlement under which Londra has no further obligations to Big Ligas,
clearing the way for Londra to sign a new deal with Warner Music Latina in
March. Yu’s clients also include Ty Dolla $ign, individual members of the
Black Eyed Peas (as well as songwriters and producers for the group), Diane
Warren, Jeff Gitelman, Gerardo Ortiz, and Jess Jackson, who co-produced
four tracks on Pop Smoke’s posthumous album, Shoot for the Stars Aim for
the Moon (Deluxe).
Adam Zia
Owner/partner, The Zia Firm
Nate Kuo
Partner, The Zia Firm
The Zia Firm’s client list includes Machine Gun Kelly, Bia, Tierra Whack,
Bandsintown and artist-songwriter Starrah (Rihanna, Maroon 5), who
secured a new joint venture with Pulse Music Group in March. Founder Zia
describes working with Starrah as a journey that “brought her from a young
songwriter to a superstar songwriter to now a publishing executive and
owner of her own company, 3:02 Publishing,” he says. The firm ventured
into new territory as well, representing the virtual music group Kingship in
its precedent-setting record deal with Universal Music Group’s Web3 label,
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Bain, Steve Baltin, Alexei Barrionuevo, Starr Bowenbank, Dave Brooks,
Dean Budnick, Anna Chan, Ed Christman, Leila Cobo, Mariel Concepcion,
Stephen Daw, Bill Donahue, Thom Duffy, Chris Eggertsen, Griselda Flores,
Josh Glicksman, Paul Grein, Lyndsey Havens, Steve Knopper, Juliana
Koranteng, Carl Lamarre, Cydney Lee, Joe Levy, Joe Lynch, Heran Mamo,
Geoff Mayfield, Taylor Mims, Gail Mitchell, Melinda Newman, Jessica
Nicholson, Glenn Peoples, Bryan Reesman, Kristin Robinson, Jessica Roiz,
Neena Rouhani, Dan Rys, Micah Singleton, Richard Smirke, Eric
Spitznagel, Jaelani Turner-Williams, Andrew Unterberger, Christine
Werthman, Jewel Wicker, Deborah Wilker, Nick Williams, Todd “Stereo”
Williams