Harvey Mason Jr, is an American record producer, songwriter, movie producer and currently the CEO for the Recording Academy. Mason Jr. was born into a musical family where his father, jazz drummer Harvey Mason Sr., and mother Sally Mason, both attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Harvey penned his first song at the age of eight for Grover Washington Jr. titled “Love Makes It Better”. He has written and produced songs for artists including Michael Jackson, Justine Timberlake, Chris Brown to mention few. In addition, he has produced music and television and films, including Dream Girls (with Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson), Sparkle (with Whitney Houston) etc. He was elected as the chairman of The Recording Academy in June 2019, became its interim president and CEO on January 16, 2020, and then assumed the permanent role of CEO on May 13, 2021.

In September, 2022, we gave him the opportunity to visit the motherland and the first place he touched was Ghana formally known as the Gold Coast; here he had a spiritual connection with his root. He also took the opportunity to find out if it was conducive to host the Grammy’s in Africa. During his stay, we hosted a special meet and greet Dinner at the prestigious Nsuomnam Restaurant where he met some industry players, musicians such as, Rocky Dawuni, Kidi, Samini, Joe mettle, Abeiku Santana, etc which proved to be a successful networking engagement .

As part of his visit, he took the opportunity to engage with some leading brands and entities to explore the chances and affirm his findings. One of such brands was KGL Ghana, a group that focuses in digitalization in Ghana and emerging markets across the subregion with diverse areas of expertise in Fintech,Logistics,Agric, Property Development and Commerce.

He visited the Ghana Tourism Authority, a state agency under ministry of tourism,culture and creative arts responsible for the regulation of tourism in ghana through marketing, promoting, licensing, classifying, researching and developing tourism facilities and services. Another visit to the Minister for Education Ghana, they discussed on the importance of Arts in Education and harness the possibilities of creative arts in the country and beyond.

He paid a courtesy call to the Rwandan Embassy in Ghana and had the chance to experience WearGhana by Chocolate Clothing,a leading fashion brand in Africa.

The Grow, Unite, Build Africa (GUBA) Awards 2022 took place in Kigali, Rwanda where Harvey Mason Jr, was awarded as the ‘Entertainment Mogul of the year.

GUBA Awards which is a non profit Pan African, Business and Innovation high profile awards event which seeks to recognise, celebrate excellence and innovation of Africans, the diaspora and organizations that work towards the advancement, empowerment and progression of Africa.

We also pay a courtesy call to the British High Commission in Kigali to further explore and network. He toured the historical Rwandan Genocide Museum, the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the genocide. It is the symbol for remembrance and to prevent future mass atrocities and genocides.

He finally met with the Rwandan Development Board responsible for the investment opportunities affairs of the Rwandan economy.


He enjoyed his stay in both Ghana and Rwanda.