Former Spotify global programming head of hip-hop Tuma Basa has officially joined YouTube as director of urban music. The formal announcement of the move comes after the launch of the YouTube Music ...

Back in March, Tuma Basa unexpectedly moved on from his position curating RapCaviar’s Spotify playlist. It was reported back in May that he took his experience in the industry to YouTube but in what ...

Behind the scenes, Tuma Basa has been at the forefront of the genres formally umbrellaed under “Urban Music” for the better part of the last two decades. Now, as the Director of Black Music & Culture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuma Basa, who in March left Spotify, where he led curation of the popular RapCaviar playlist, has been appointed YouTube’s ...

Tuma Basa, who in March left Spotify, where he led curation of the popular RapCaviar playlist, has been appointed YouTube’s Director of Urban Music. YouTube today announced that Basa “will lead ...