Back in March, Tuma Basa unexpectedly moved on from his position curating RapCaviar’s Spotify playlist. It was reported back in May that he took his experience in the industry to YouTube but in what ...

Former Spotify global programming head of hip-hop Tuma Basa has officially joined YouTube as director of urban music. The formal announcement of the move comes after the launch of the YouTube Music ...

Behind the scenes, Tuma Basa has been at the forefront of the genres formally umbrellaed under “Urban Music” for the better part of the last two decades. Now, as the Director of Black Music & Culture ...

YouTube, the internet’s default music player, just hired away a key employee from its competition. On Friday, Billboard reported that Tuma Basa, the former global programming head of hip-hop for ...

Tuma Basa at YouTube's Legacy party, celebrating Black British culture in music at Somerset House in 2022. Credit: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for YouTube Music The Congolese-American’s ...

You may recognize Tuma Basa as the creator of Spotify’s popular RapCaviar playlist or in his current position as Director of Black Music and Culture at YouTube or in any of the many roles he has ...

Tuma Basa, Spotify's outgoing global programming head of hip-hop, is heading to YouTube, sources tell Billboard. By Hannah Karp Tuma Basa, Spotify’s outgoing global programming head of hip-hop, is ...

Tuma Basa, the curator of Spotify’s popular RapCaviar playlist, is leaving the company for YouTube, Variety has confirmed. Spotify had announced Basa’s departure Thursday. News of his new gig was ...

Tuma Basa, who in March left Spotify, where he led curation of the popular RapCaviar playlist, has been appointed YouTube’s Director of Urban Music. YouTube today announced that Basa “will lead ...

Former Spotify global programming head of hip-hop Tuma Basa has officially joined YouTube as director of urban music, the company confirmed on Friday (June 1). By Colin Stutz Former Spotify global ...

Basa spent the last three years at Spotify as global programming head for hip-hop. Tuma Basa, who in March left Spotify, where he led curation of the popular RapCaviar playlist, has been appointed ...

Basa spent the last three years at Spotify as global programming head for hip-hop. Tuma Basa, who in March left Spotify, where he led curation of the popular RapCaviar playlist, has been appointed ...