Island President/CEO Darcus Beese to Exit

Darcus Beese is exiting his role as president/CEO of Island Records, Billboard has confirmed. The British-born executive, who first started working at Island in his native U.K. in 1989, had run the U.S. iteration of the label since July 2018. Hits first reported Beese was leaving.
Beese had replaced David Massey when taking over Island, and oversaw releases by Shawn Mendes, Jessie Reyez, The Killers, Skip Marley, Toni Braxton and more throughout his tenure, during which he also signed a slew of