YouTube and Google’s international head of music Lyor Cohen has been confirmed to obtain Metropolis of Hope’s highest honor, the Spirit of Life Award, at its fall gala.
The veteran music govt will obtain the shine on Oct. 18 at West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Middle. The Spirit of Life Award is “introduced to an esteemed group of trade leaders world wide who’ve made a major dedication to enhancing the lives of others by the development of analysis and medical innovation and the supply of customized, compassionate care,” per Metropolis of Hope.
As soon as he takes a spin on the podium, Lyor will be a part of an inventory of earlier recipients that features Shelli and Irving Azoff, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Coran Capshaw, Eddy Cue, Clive Davis, Lucian Grainge, Allen Grubman, Quincy Jones, Rob Gentle, Monte and Avery Lipman, Doug Morris, Mo Ostin, Bob Pittman, Jon Platt and Sylvia Rhone, amongst others.
“When you have the chance to offer a present again to the trade you like, with a company like Metropolis of Hope, whose docs and scientists’ ardour for serving to others is so extraordinary, it’s a no brainer,” Cohen stated. “My profession has been formed by a contrarian standpoint. Open to creating errors, making huge bets, unpopular choices and being comfy with change; that’s how tradition shifts and the way breakthroughs occur. To me, these are lots of the similar qualities that make Metropolis of Hope’s mission to rework the way forward for most cancers care throughout all communities so impactful.”
Cohen started his profession as a street supervisor for Run DMC and the Beastie Boys, earlier than taking up quite a lot of management roles throughout the music enterprise, from administration to the highest-level C-suites. His resume options prime posts as Def Jam, Island Def Jam Music Group, Warner Music Group, 300 Leisure and now, YouTube. Cohen sits on the board of the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame and the Nationwide Impartial Venue Affiliation, and is an appearing director for SCAN-Harbor.
“Along with Lyor powering American hip hop as a cultural and musical phenomenon, I’ve identified him to have a giant coronary heart and fervour in relation to serving to others. That is actually a main instance of that as he now takes an unbelievable step in serving to Metropolis of Hope battle most cancers, diabetes and HIV,” provided Evan Lamberg, president of Common Music Publishing Group North America and president of Metropolis of Hope’s music, movie and leisure trade board.
Information of Cohen’s honor kicks off a 12 months lengthy fundraising initiative for Metropolis of Hope that fundraisers just like the Style of Hope wine dinner and public sale (Could 17 in New York), Music Trivia Bowl (July 20 in Los Angeles) and the Songs of Hope occasion.
