Brent Faiyaz formally launched his personal artistic company, ISO Supremacy, on Wednesday (Aug. 16).
Billboard introduced again in Could that the R&B star and UnitedMasters had struck an unprecedented partnership to begin the company. “Brent Faiyaz is likely one of the most prolific impartial artists in the present day, and we’re extraordinarily excited to embark on this new partnership with him,” mentioned UnitedMasters founder/CEO Steve Stoute in an unique assertion on the time. “It’s been inspiring to observe his journey as an artist over time, and with this partnership we glance to additional amplify his artistic imaginative and prescient and help his entrepreneurial ambitions.”
ISO Supremacy, which stands for In Search of Supremacy, is a artistic community with the mission of executing visible and sonic artwork. Faiyaz leads as CEO, with Darren Xu as COO, Ashani Allick as head of A&R, Michael Alexander as challenge supervisor and Zac Matias as artwork director.
In different information, Faiyaz launched the official video for “Jackie Brown,” which comes from his sophomore album Wasteland that he launched on July 8, 2022, through Misplaced Youngsters, Venice Music and Stem. The set had a formidable begin for the impartial artist, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Partly impressed by the 1997 Quentin Tarantino crime drama of the identical identify, the “Jackie Brown” visible opens with Faiyaz on a airplane, cruising and snoozing via the clouds. Even when “life strikes quick” for him, as his well-known falsetto heard all all through TikTok signifies, it’s stuffed with the finer issues, from yacht rides with a girl on both facet of him to custom-tailored fits to countless glasses of champagne, and wealth that may’t purchase his main girl.
“Jackie Brown was one of many motion pictures I used to be watching throughout COVID on repeat. Moreover the truth that Pam Grier was high-quality as sh-t in that film, I additionally favored the truth that they keep by the seaside in L.A., and I keep in Venice,” he informed Selection in an interview final 12 months. “Cinematically, I favored the photographs and I favored the colours. For no matter purpose, after I watch Tarantino movies, it simply makes me wish to make music. One thing in regards to the pictures simply places sounds in my head. Tarantino’s the GOAT. Chilly as f–ok.”
Faiyaz is at the moment on his F*ck the World, It’s a Wasteland Tour; the U.S. portion wraps on Sept. 15 in L.A., whereas your complete jaunt ends on Nov. 20 in London.
