Team members: Jill Scott | Brandon Pankey | Valerie V. Gay | Isaac Ewell | Aisha Winfield
Brandon Pankey
Member of the Board of Directors
About Brandon
Brandon Pankey is CEO of Artist Presented Experiences (APEX), a new AVOD streaming network focused on creating and distributing scripted, unscripted, and licensed content exclusively by and for artists. Content and strategic partnerships for the network include Raedio, Mercury Studios, Complex, and more.
Additionally, Brandon serves as Vice President of Business Development & Operations for Live Nation Urban and proved integral to the planning, positioning, and execution of marquee annual events and initiatives, ensuring the ultimate audience experience along the way. These include The Roots Picnic where he serves as an official producer and offers his local expertise firsthand for Lil Wayne’s Weezyana Festival, Mary J Blige’s Strength of a Woman Festival, and many more.
Brandon was recognized as one of Variety Magazine’s Hollywood’s New Leaders of 2022, among other previous recognitions for his accomplishments and impact, including EBONY’s 2021 Power 100 List, Billboard magazine’s prestigious “30 under 30” music executives list, and also a Billboard “Power Player” Executive in 2019, 2020 and 2022. Additionally, he has been featured in national publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Black Enterprise, Ad Age, and Pollstar.
His career accomplishments have also allowed him to give back the knowledge he has in the most meaningful ways, founding and leading programs designed to educate Black youth and adults on the music industry and inspire them to enter it. He has also been a guest lecturer at several top institutions in the United States including Harvard University, New York University, and the University of North Carolina.
Brandon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.