Rich Castillo is A&R Director at Atantic Records in the UK and one of the top black A&R's in the country. He is known for signing N-Dubz, Young Adz, and Stefflon Don. During the conversation with Big Lloyd, he talks about how he got started and transitioned from being in a boyband to working for influential manager Jonathan Shallit, to then going on to A&R for various companies. Rich touches on important things that happened at each stage of his career and how it helped him progress. He also answers questions we had coming in via our Insta Live and also gives his top three tips for making it as an executive in the business. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.

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