Apple Music Names DJ Khaled First Artist in Residence

DJ Khaled announced on Instagram that he has been named Apple Music’s first artist in residence. Every month he’ll work with record labels and artists to introduce newcomers.

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MAJOR 🔑ALERT 🚨 !! Bless up @applemusic for making me the very first artist-in-residence ever for @applemusic 🏆 This means imma taking over the biggest playlists on the platform every month! Also the goal is to break new artists in the process. All record labels and artists, hit me up. This month, we gon start with Office DJ and then I might hit y’all wit a Gymflow playlist vibe next month. 🔑🔑🔑 #WETHEBEST 🍎 Go check out office dj play list now this what I’m listing to in my office right now . Can’t wait to give U more playlist . Link and bio ! 👋🏽

A post shared by DJ KHALED (@djkhaled) on Jul 24, 2019 at 9:13am PDT

It sounds like he will also continue with his Beats 1 radio show called We The Best, one of the longest artist-run shows on the service.

Further Reading:

[Apple Still Dominates Spotify in Podcast Turf War]

[iTunes to Apple Music in Catalina: What You Need to Know]

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