Keith Naftaly

Mark Pitts will continue to work alongside Edge and will remain President, A&R Urban Music / CEO Bystorm Entertainment. RCA Records’ A&R executives Rani Hancock (EVP, A&R), David Wolter (SVP, A&R), and Bryan Leach (SVP, Urban A&R, RCA Records / President Polo Grounds Music) will also continue to report to Edge. 

Edge comments, "Keith is one of the most gifted people I have had the pleasure to work with in music. His instincts and experience in record making and identifying those elusive elements that make a hit are the best. His passion for music is matched by his ability to be a creative partner and mentor for those he works with."

Naftaly adds, "I feel incredibly blessed to be working with the most mind-blowingly genius and diverse roster of artists in the music industry. We’re at the dawn of a brand new era at RCA and I’m thrilled and proud to be at the center of its creative pulse. I’d like to salute the astonishingly talented Peter Edge for his trailblazing style of leadership and thank him from my extremely full heart for this kickass opportunity."

Since 2009, Naftaly has been with the RCA/JIVE Label Group where he has put his creative stamp on projects from Pitbull, Britney Spears, Santana, Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Jordin Sparks and many more. He also appeared as a judge on Bravo’s Platinum Hit and Alloy Entertainment’s Talent, as well as VH1’s Fantasia For Real. He has previously held senior A&R positions at Sony Music, J Records and Arista Records. Before joining the label side of the business, Naftaly started in radio, most notably at KMEL/San Francisco and KKBT (The Beat)/Los Angeles.