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Harve Pierre's long and winding road under college buddy Sean "Diddy" Combs reached a new height this week when he was announced as the new president of Bad Boy Records.
Still reporting directly to Diddy, Pierre will oversee the finance, creative, promotional, marketing, A&R, international, and sales divisions of the label. In addition, his Crazy Joint production imprint will develop artists and projects for the company.
"Harve's promotion to President is well deserved" says Diddy. "He has been with Bad Boy since the beginning and has worked hard to learn all aspects of the business. He has always been an important part of the A&R process and it is only fitting that Bad Boy would house his imprint, Crazy Joint."
Pierre and Diddy, both New Yorkers, first met while attending Howard University in Washington D.C., where the two students promoted campus parties, both together and separately.
By 1992, Diddy had become VP of A&R at Uptown Records and Pierre was his intern, setting up studio sessions for the likes of Mary J. Blige and Jodeci. After Diddy was notoriously fired, Pierre left along with him to help launch Bad Boy Entertainment. He quickly went from being Diddy's assistant, to being the label's Director of A&R.
In 1995, Pierre left Bad Boy and became Associate Director of Black Music at RCA Records, shepherding hit albums from SWV, Rome, and Shante Savage. He returned to Bad Boy and advanced from Vice President of A&R to Senior Vice President in 1999 and Executive Vice President/General Manager in 2003, all the while retaining his role as head of A&R.
In 2002, when Bad Boy inked a deal with MTV, Pierre made his television debut as part of Diddy's "Making The Band 2," for two seasons.
