Wayne Barrow
Wayne Barrow is an American film producer, talent manager and businessman. He is the founder and co-owner with Mark Pitts of ByStorm Entertainment and ByStorm Films. He currently serves as the president of ByStorm Technology and vice chairman of The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation.Career
Barrow began his career as a Hospital Corpsman in the United States Navy as a petty officer. After serving 8 years in the Navy, Barrow began a new career in the music business by teaming up with Mark Pitts, where he managed business operations of his company Mark Pitts Management. Their clients included Changing Faces, Faith Evans, Shyne, Queen Pen, LooN, NAS and the Notorious B.I.G. He secured a deal with EMI Publishing with Aqil Davidson of Wreckx-N-Effect.
In 1998, he became the President of Bystorm Entertainment, a record label that he founded with Mark Pitts, to sign upcoming Artists. He signed rapper, Tracey Lee and launched his debut album, “Many Faces” with the Universal Records which gave the initial success to the company. The album sold 500,000 copies. They entered into a joint venture with RCA Records and signed Miguel, Mali-Music, Ro-James, Christopher and J.Cole.
Barrow has also produced movies including Notorious, Blue, Kicks and others. During his career, he has managed the recording artists such as Wreckx-N-Effect, J.Cole, Miguel, Loon, Shyne, Ro-James, Kardinal Offishall, Biggie Smalls and The Notorious B.I.G..Discography
