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Ivan Berry

1963–

Canada

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Ivan Berry (born November 1963) is a Canadian music industry executive producer, music publisher, A&R manager, music business educator and lecturer, global speaker, entrepreneur, pop culture influencer and socio-political cultural attaché. He co-founded Beat Factory Productions alongside songwriter Rupert Gayle in 1982, which was later relaunched to Beat Factory Music, Inc., and was distributed by EMI Music Canada and BMG Music Canada. Berry serves as the longtime manager of Juno award-winning songwriter Rupert Gayle and the Dream Warriors hip hop group.

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