NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 18, 2025--
HarbourView Equity Partners (HarbourView), a multi-strategy investment firm focused on investment opportunities in the sports, media and entertainment space, announced today that they have entered an exclusive partnership with multi-hyphenate GRAMMY® award-winning artist and record producer Hit-Boy.
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“At HarbourView, we are committed to investing in the creators who shape culture and are actively moving it forward. Hit-Boy’s work has defined a generation of music, blending innovation with impact in a way few others have,” said Sherrese Clarke, Founder and CEO of HarbourView. “We’re honored to partner with him and proud to help preserve, celebrate and continue his extraordinary legacy.”
“This next chapter of my career is about ownership, being innovative and my creative freedom,” said Hit-Boy. “HarbourView will be a forward-thinking partner and that is exactly what I want when making decisions about my catalog and my future.”
For nearly two decades, Hit-Boy has been one of the defining architects of modern Hip-Hop. The 3x GRAMMY Award-winning producer and artist has crafted era-defining records like “N***as In Paris” with Jay-Z and Kanye West, “SICKO MODE” with Travis Scott and Drake, Beyoncé’s “Flawless,” and Nipsey Hussle’s ‘Racks in the Middle’.” His expansive collaborations span Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, and Doechii, cementing his reputation as one of the most versatile and influential producers of his generation.
In 2020, Hit-Boy helped lead Nas’ celebrated resurgence, executive producing the GRAMMY-winning King’s Disease and Magic Trilogy. Now, after concluding an 18-year publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, he’s stepping into a new era of independence and self-determination. His most recent album with The Alchemist entitled “Goldfish” has charted top 10 on Apple Music and includes a supporting short film directed by Abteen Bagheri, which is executive produced by Hit-Boy and stars both Hit-Boy and The Alchemist, as well as Danny Trejo, Rory Culkin, Blake Anderson ( Workaholics ), Simon Rex ( Red Rocket, Scary Movie 3 ), Marshall Manesh ( How I Met Your Mother, Will & Grace ), Slink Johnson ( Adult Swim 's Black Jesus ), UFC Champion Shara Magomedov, rappers Big Hit, Conway the Machine, Lefty Gunplay, and actresses Essyona Peschong and Sarah McDaniel.
Raised in Southern California, Hit-Boy built his career from the ground up, turning internet hustle into global impact. Beyond music, he continues to champion prison reform and community empowerment, inspired by his father’s long incarceration. As he expands into film, tech, and philanthropy, Hit-Boy is proving that his next chapter is about more than hits—it’s about purpose, ownership, and legacy.
HarbourView will collaborate on forthcoming titles written by Hit-Boy. The partnership officially kicked off this summer, welcoming Hit-Boy into the HarbourView family — a growing creative ecosystem. Following his departure from his longtime publishing deal, the collaboration marks a new era of ownership and creative freedom for the 3x GRAMMY Award-winning producer, as he continues to build his legacy on his own terms.
Since its inception in 2021, HarbourView has entered numerous strategic partnerships – including backing the kids’ media company Animaj, powered by proprietary, creator safe, GenAI, reflecting its broader vision for media innovation. The company’s coordinated value creation efforts include placements, such as Daniel Caesar’s “Blessed” featured in Netflix’s hit series Forever, the commercial license of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” which was spotlighted in the official F1 movie trailer, and Bad Bunny’s hit “EoO”— which samples Hector y Tito’s “Perreo Baby” from HarbourView’s catalog, which became a centerpiece of his viral Calvin Klein campaign and performance at the 2025 iHeart Radio Music Awards.
The company continues to expand their portfolio, underscoring their ongoing commitment to investing in culturally resonant content from artists and creators. With approximately $2.67 billion* in regulatory assets under management and 70+ music catalogs to date — including names such as Kelly Clarkson, T-Pain, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, James Fauntleroy, George Benson, Luis Fonsi, Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Nelly, Wiz Khalifa, Kane Brown and more** — HarbourView continues to solidify its position as a leading player in music and entertainment investing.
Fox Rothschild served as legal counsel to HarbourView in this transaction. Hollis was represented by Boyarski Fritz LLP. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About HarbourView Equity Partners
HarbourView Equity Partners is an investment firm focused on opportunities to support content across the entertainment, sports, and media markets. The firm seeks businesses or assets powered by IP and investment opportunities that aim to build enduring asset value and returns. HarbourView has been extremely active since launching in 2021, amassing roughly $2.67 billion* in regulatory assets under management including over 70+ music catalogs to date and investments in various portfolio companies with management teams in its core industries. The firm's distinctly diverse music portfolio features thousands of titles spanning numerous genres, eras, and artists, amounting to a diversified catalog of ~41,000+ songs across both master recordings and publishing income streams. The company is headquartered in Newark, NJ.
*Regulatory AUM for private funds are calculated regardless of the nature of the gross assets under management as of 12/31/2024. This includes any uncalled committed capital pursuant to an obligation to make a capital contribution to the fund. Title count may include multiple versions of the same song, such as covers, remixes, remasters and/or minor differences in naming conventions.
**Catalog assets included in this release do not represent the full HarbourView portfolio.
Hit-Boy (Photo by Louis Lee) and Sherrese Clarke (Photo by HarbourView Equity Partners)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up one of the term’s most consequential cases, President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens, and he arrived at the court Wednesday to attend the arguments.
The justices will hear Trump’s appeal of a lower-court ruling from New Hampshire that struck down the citizenship restrictions, one of several courts that have blocked them. They have not taken effect anywhere in the country.
A definitive ruling is expected by early summer.
Trump will be the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court.
Crowds watched from the sidewalks as Trump’s motorcade drove along Constitution and Independence Avenues, passing the Washington Monument and the National Mall on the way to the court building.
The case frames another test of Trump's assertions of executive power that defy long-standing precedent for a court that has largely ruled in the president's favor — but with some notable exceptions that Trump has responded to with starkly personal criticisms of the justices.
The birthright citizenship order, which Trump signed the first day of his second term, is part of his Republican administration’s broad immigration crackdown.
Birthright citizenship is the first Trump immigration-related policy to reach the court for a final ruling. The justices previously struck down global tariffs Trump had imposed under an emergency powers law that had never been used that way.
Trump reacted furiously to the late February tariffs decision, saying he was ashamed of the justices who ruled against him and calling them unpatriotic.
He issued a preemptive broadside against the court on Sunday on his Truth Social platform. “Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more, FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America. It is about the BABIES OF SLAVES!,” the president wrote. “Dumb Judges and Justices will not a great Country make!”
Trump's order would upend the long-standing view that the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, and federal law since 1940 confer citizenship on everyone born on American soil, with narrow exceptions for the children of foreign diplomats and those born to a foreign occupying force.
The 14th Amendment was intended to ensure that Black people, including former slaves, had citizenship, though the Citizenship Clause is written more broadly. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside,” it reads.
In a series of decisions, lower courts have struck down the executive order as illegal, or likely so, under the Constitution and federal law. The decisions have invoked the high court's 1898 ruling in Wong Kim Ark, which held that the U.S.-born child of Chinese nationals was a citizen.
The Trump administration argues that the common view of citizenship is wrong, asserting that children of noncitizens are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and therefore are not entitled to citizenship.
The court should use the case to set straight “long-enduring misconceptions about the Constitution’s meaning,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote.
No court has accepted that argument, and lawyers for pregnant women whose children would be affected by the order said the Supreme Court should not be the first to do so.
“We have the president of the United States trying to radically reinterpret the definition of American citizenship,” said Cecillia Wang, the American Civil Liberties Union legal director who is facing off against Sauer at the Supreme Court.
More than one-quarter of a million babies born in the U.S. each year would be affected by the executive order, according to research by the Migration Policy Institute and Pennsylvania State University’s Population Research Institute.
While Trump has largely focused on illegal immigration in his rhetoric and actions, the birthright restrictions also would apply to people who are legally in the United States, including students and applicants for green cards, or permanent resident status.
Follow the AP’s coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court at https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court.
Demonstrators holding opposing views verbally engage ahead of President Donald Trump's arrival at the U.S. Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
President Donald Trump's limo exits the White House en route to the Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
President Donald Trump's motorcade arrives at the U.S. Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Pro and anti-Trump demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court, before justices hear oral arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
People arrive to walk inside the U.S. Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments today on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
People arrive to walk inside the U.S. Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments today on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen as the moon rises Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
