Ramon Hervey II, manager and brand consultant for Paul McCartney, Richard Pryor, and more Shares Insights and Never-Before-Told Anecdotes in

Topics Covered <ul><li>His first interactions with famous people, from Miles Davis to Shirley MacLaine, while living in London and working as a flight attendant on Pan Am Airways—as one the first Black males hired as a steward in the early seventies. </li><li>His early days as a publicist for Motown Records, when Berry Gordy’s label featured superstars like Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson, among others. </li><li>How he brokered the groundbreaking deal for Pryor’s landmark live concert film and dealt with the comedian’s uncensored self-destructive streak, culminating with the infamous freebasing cocaine “explosion,” which nearly cost Pryor his life. </li></ul> More About Ramon Hervey II Ramon Hervey II has earned global recognition for his work as an entertainment manager, brand consultant, and public relations specialist. Since founding and launching Hervey &amp; Company as a multi-faceted boutique entertainment firm, he has represented a diverse and impressive roster of entertainers across a wide spectrum of contemporary music genres, including pop/rock, rhythm &amp; blues, hip-hop, jazz, and gospel. He has also served as an executive producer for several films, television, and live events, including the Peabody Award-winning documentary Chisholm '72: Unbought &amp; Unbossed and the anniversary album NBA AT 50, and was a music supervisor for the NAACP Award-winning film, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.