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African American And Latino Owned Media Company, MPM, Signs Historic Multi-Year Partnership With Universal Music

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MPM’s first artist under this agreement is JD Pantoja (@juandediospantoja) who’s debut single release under this agreement, “ERROR”, reached #1 on Spotify Top 200 charts in 11 countries and #1 on Apple Music Chart Latino Top 200 in 7 countries. The video of the song currently has over 34 million views on YouTube and, trended #1 in 14 countries and Top 3 in the US. “ERROR” finished the week at #2 on the Global YouTube Charts.

MPM Productions co-founders Eric O'Connor, Luis Arellano, and Dimitri Hurt pose for a picture at the Universal Latin offices in Hollywood, CA.
MPM Productions co-founders Eric O’Connor, Luis Arellano, and Dimitri Hurt pose for a picture at the Universal Latin offices in Hollywood, CA.

“We’re proud to say that our artists are paving the way for this business model to be successful.” – Luis Arellano, President of MPM Latin.

“It’s kind of an art AND a science to be able to tell which creators that are predominantly known for online videos/content can be taken seriously as credible musicians,” states Eric O’Connor.

“We’ve seen hundreds of online creators try to ‘make music’ over the past 3 years, and for the most part, it’s just ok. We have 2 artists that are signed to US labels that started on YouTube, DDG (@pontiacmadeddg) at Sony Epic and Pantoja.  So we’re on to something.” – Dimitri Hurt.

“It all starts with the music. You can have 15 million followers and just because you make a song that does great numbers, doesn’t mean that the ‘industry’ will accept you,” O’Connor cautions. “The music has to be great.”

“These guys have shown a proven track record of not only finding these successful acts early on but also in sticking with them to develop them and provide them with the strategy and resources they need to succeed and be great artists. UMLE is happy to be in business with MPM.” – Victor Gonzalez, President of UMLE. 

In its 3 year history, MPM has already earned 4 gold records, with the latest being certified by the RIAA, in April 2020. MPM songs have over 1 billion streams to date. 

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