Ex BBC & Apple Music Executive Producer Dellessa James Lands A Senior Role at Amazon Music Leading Their Black Music Strategy!

Music and media executive Dellessa James is due to join Amazon Music UK in September as their new Senior Artist Relations Manager . This new role at Amazon Music will see Dellessa lead their Black music strategy , overseeing Playlists, creative direction and executing large scale campaigns for artists and labels.

Dellessa was previously the Executive Producer of  The Rap Show and Fire in the Booth , the biggest freestyle platform in Europe. She worked alongside DJ Charlie Sloth delivering weekly original audio and video content to Apple Music . She produced legendary freestyles with artists like Drake , Stormzy , Megan Thee Stallion , Wretch 32 , Lil Baby and the Fire in the Booth Cypher  that trended across the world back in 2014.

In 2018 Dellessa left her role as a Producer at BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra to join Apple Music. During her 16-year career at the BBC (which included working at BBC local radio) Dellessa was on the Playlist team and produced shows for Trevor Nelson, Annie Mac, DJ Target, Nihal, MistaJam, Jo Whiley, Fabio and Grooverider, championing Black music genres!

A huge congratulations to Dellessa James!