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Comment: Please fix your references: as a previous editor has noted, they need URLs to be verifiable. ArthurTheGardener (talk) 13:58, 18 June 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: Do you have accessible sources for any of the references? Duplicate sources should also be merged. Greenman (talk) 12:36, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
Vicki Mack Lataillade | |
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| Born | Vicki Mack February 27, 1954 San Mateo, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Record executive, producer, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of GospoCentric Records |
| Spouse | Claude Lataillade |
| Children | 2 |
Vicki Mack Lataillade (born February 27, 1954) is an American record executive, producer, and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of GospoCentric Records. Through GospoCentric and its imprint B-Rite Music, she helped introduce contemporary gospel to mainstream audiences and launched the careers of artists such as Kirk Franklin, Trin-i-tee 5:7, and Kurt Carr.
Early life
[edit]Lataillade was born in San Mateo, California, to Edwin Mack and Claire Mack, who later became mayor of San Mateo.[1]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Lataillade began her career in the music industry in 1977 at RCA Records and later worked with Light Records and Sparrow Records.[2]
Founding GospoCentric Records
[edit]In 1992, Lataillade and her husband Claude Lataillade founded GospoCentric Records in Inglewood, California.[3]
The label gained prominence with the signing of Kirk Franklin, whose debut album became one of the best-selling gospel releases of its era.[4]
Expansion and partnerships
[edit]The company later launched B-Rite Music and entered into a partnership with Interscope Records.[5]
GospoCentric was eventually acquired by the Zomba Label Group.
Recognition
[edit]Lataillade and Claude Lataillade received the Living Legends Foundation's Gospel Music Executive Award in 2015.[6]
She was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Black Business Association in 2019.[7]
She was featured in the PBS docuseries Gospel (2024).[8]
Early life
[edit]Lataillade was born in San Mateo, California, to Edwin Mack and Claire Mack, who later became mayor of San Mateo.[9]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Lataillade began her career in the music industry in 1977 at RCA Records and later worked with Light Records and Sparrow Records.[9]
Founding GospoCentric Records
[edit]In 1992, Lataillade and her husband Claude Lataillade founded GospoCentric Records in Inglewood, California.[10]
The label gained prominence with the signing of Kirk Franklin, whose debut album became one of the best-selling gospel releases of its era.[11]
Expansion and partnerships
[edit]The company later launched B-Rite Music and entered into a partnership with Interscope Records.[11]
GospoCentric was eventually acquired by the Zomba Label Group.
Recognition
[edit]Lataillade and Claude Lataillade received the Living Legends Foundation's Gospel Music Executive Award in 2015.[12]
She was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Black Business Association in 2019.[13]
She was featured in the PBS docuseries Gospel (2024).[14]
- ↑ George, Lynell (October 4, 1998). "The Spirit Grooves Them". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ George, Lynell (October 4, 1998). "The Spirit Grooves Them". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Coker, Cheo Hodari (July 7, 1996). "Finding the Soul of Music". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Hilburn, Robert (October 4, 1998). "Cues From a Higher Power". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Hilburn, Robert (October 4, 1998). "Cues From a Higher Power". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Mitchell, Gail (September 8, 2015). "Stacy Barthe, Angie Fisher Among Performers for Living Legends Awards Dinner & Gala". Billboard.
- ↑ "Lataillade to Receive BBA's Lifetime Achievement Award". Los Angeles Sentinel. June 12, 2019.
- ↑ "'Gospel' TV Review: PBS Docuseries Explores Gospel's Impact". Variety. February 12, 2024.
- 1 2 George, Lynell (October 4, 1998). "The Spirit Grooves Them". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Coker, Cheo Hodari (July 7, 1996). "Finding the Soul of Music". Los Angeles Times.
- 1 2 Hilburn, Robert (October 4, 1998). "Cues From a Higher Power". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Mitchell, Gail (September 8, 2015). "Stacy Barthe, Angie Fisher Among Performers for Living Legends Awards Dinner & Gala". Billboard.
- ↑ "Lataillade to Receive BBA's Lifetime Achievement Award". Los Angeles Sentinel. June 12, 2019.
- ↑ "'Gospel' TV Review: PBS Docuseries Explores Gospel's Impact". Variety. February 12, 2024.
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