Across five tumultuous decades, Jerry Heller has helped shape American popular music, breaking new talent, developing new trends, and forging an industry-wide reputation as "the guy who gets there first." He rose to prominence in the 1960s as a "superagent," importing Elton John and Pink Floyd for their first major American tours, and representing Journey, Marvin Gaye, Joan Armatrading, Van Morrison, War, Average White Band, ELO, Eric Burdon, and Crosby-Nash, among many others. In the mid-1980s, Heller was the moving force and marketing genius behind the worldwide emergence of West Coast rap music. He not only cofounded Ruthless Records with Eazy-E, but discovered,... Read full bio
...used to call and ask to speak to Eazy-E or Ice Cube. I’d speak to Ruthless founder Jerry Heller, who’d be like, ‘They’re not actually here,’ but I’d rap to him down the phone and he’d say, ‘You’re really good, keep it up...
...used to call and ask to speak to Eazy-E or Ice Cube. I’d speak to Ruthless founder Jerry Heller, who’d be like, ‘They’re not actually here,’ but I’d rap to him down the phone and he’d say, ‘You’re really good, keep it up...
...used to call and ask to speak to Eazy-E or Ice Cube. I’d speak to Ruthless founder Jerry Heller, who’d be like, ‘They’re not actually here,’ but I’d rap to him down the phone and he’d say, ‘You’re really good, keep it up...
...is maintaining traffic flow to get people in and out of town in a timely manner, council member Jerry Heller said, with Mayor Ken Harris adding some of that might be resolved when SRU opens a new entrance to campus on Innovation Drive. Maybe some...
...is maintaining traffic flow to get people in and out of town in a timely manner, council member Jerry Heller said, with Mayor Ken Harris adding some of that might be resolved when SRU opens a new entrance to campus on Innovation Drive. Maybe some...
...grows bitter when describing the disintegration of Ruthless Records and his relationship with Eazy-E. "The split came when Jerry Heller got involved," he recalls. "He played the divide-and-conquer game. He picked one nigga to take care of, instead of...
...grows bitter when describing the disintegration of Ruthless Records and his relationship with Eazy-E. "The split came when Jerry Heller got involved," he recalls. "He played the divide-and-conquer game. He picked one nigga to take care of, instead of...