Music Ventures

Unhidden

Deeper cuts

Stronger
signals

About

Artist and operator-led music rights acquisition and management.

Unlocking value across the entire musical stack. Built by artists, operators, and investors. Pairing institutional discipline with decades of music-industry execution.

We see distressed assets, motivated sellers, and undervalued catalogs before they are even available. Equipped with the ability to activate and service IP, not just hold it.

Unhidden's strategy results in unparalleled control to the outcome of a record. Focused on the culture beyond the streams.

Management

Mike
Herard

Executive VP of A&R at Shady Records. Founder of The BeatHustle. Built a 200+ producer network servicing artists including Drake, SZA, Rihanna, and Logic.

John
Ho

Major-label producer. Mixing engineer. Builds music IP across records, television, film, and brand campaigns, with credits spanning Demi Lovato, Mac Miller, Mark Ronson, Euphoria, and Boomerang.

Sarah
Yamada

Former private equity investor. Major-label singer-songwriter. Topline sync credits across television, cinema, and brand campaigns.

Select Projects

Euphoria project artwork
Euphoria
Drake project artwork
Drake
Rihanna project artwork
Rihanna
Demi Lovato project artwork
Demi Lovato
Kanye West project artwork
Kanye West
Don Toliver project artwork
Don Toliver
Eminem project artwork
Eminem
The Carters project artwork
The Carters

Portfolio

The estate of Big L
The Estate of Big L
Current
Rolling Stone

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