Big Plaque For Lil Yachty
Quality Control / Motown / Capitol Records artist Lil Yachty was recently presented with a humongous plaque marking 1 million adjusted U.S. sales of his platinum single “One Night” and 750,000 combined global streams of his mixtapes Lil Boat and Summer Songs 2.
Surprising Lil Yachty with this massive slab of hardware at the annual Universal Music Group Grammy Weekend artist showcase are (from left to right) Capitol Music Group Chairman/CEO Steve Barnett; CMG President Ashley Newton; Quality Control Music COO Kevin “Coach K” Lee; QCM CEO Pierre “Pee” Thomas; Motown Records President Ethiopia Habtemariam; CMG COO Michelle Jubelirer and Motown SVP of A&R Ezekiel Lewis.
The 19-year-old Atlanta native is currently working on his upcoming album, titled Teenage Emotions, due out later this year.