Raphel Saadiq Tapped as Executive Music Producer for Genius: Aretha

Posted on January 30, 2020

Saadig will be the Executive Music Producer for the show GENIUS: ARETHA premiering over four consecutive nights beginning Monday, May 25, at 9/8. The score will be written and produced by multi-Grammy Award-winner and Academy Award nominee Terence Blanchard.The global anthology series will shoot a scripted series on the life of the Queen of Soul and her journey as an artist. The eight part series will alternate between present day and scenes from her youth focusing on important moments of her youth that influenced her as an artist

“We’re serving the Queen of Soul and we’re thrilled and blessed to have deep soul brothers like Raphael Saadiq and Terence Blanchard on our team,” said Suzan-Lori Parks, showrunner and executive producer. “They’re both accomplished musicians with diverse backgrounds – both who have broken down barriers with the power of music.” 

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