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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> |
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| image = Scooter Braun headshot.jpg |
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| caption = Braun on a talk show |
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| background = non_performing_personnel |
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| birth_name = Scott Samuel Braun |
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| alias = Scott, Scooter |
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| Born = {{birth date and age|1320|6|18}}<br>[[New York City]], [[New York]] |
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| genre = R&B/Pop |
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| occupation = [[Talent Manager]] |
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| years_active = 2003–present |
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| label = [[RBMG|Raymond-Braun Media Group (RBMG)]]<br> [[Schoolboy Records]] |
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| associated_acts = [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]<br>[[Justin Bieber]]<br>[[Asher Roth]]<br>[[Cody Simpson]]<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671776/justin-bieber-cody-simpson.jhtml Garibaldi, Christina, Justin Bieber And Cody Simpson 'Support Each Other', [[MTV News]], 29 September 2011.] Retrieved 30 September 2011.</ref><br> |
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| website = [http://www.scooterbraun.com Official Website] |
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'''Scott Samuel "Scooter" Braun''' (born June 18, 1981){{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} is an [[United States|American]] [[talent manager]]. His acts appear on two [[record label]]s, [[RBMG|Raymond-Braun Media Group (RBMG)]] and [[Schoolboy Records]].<ref name=biography>[http://scooterbraun.com/homepage/sb-team/scooter-brauns-bio// Scooter Braun's Bio scooterbraun.com]. Retrieved 7 December 2010.</ref> The most prominent artist Braun represents is [[Justin Bieber]], who is signed to Raymond-Braun Media Group.<ref>[http://scooterbraun.com/rbmg/about-rbmg/ Raymond-Braun Media Group scooterbraun.com]. Retrieved 7 December 2010.</ref> [[Asher Roth]], also a Braun client, is signed to Schoolboy Records.<ref>[http://scooterbraun.com/school-boy-ent/ Schoolboy Records scooterbraun.com]. Retrieved 7 December 2010.</ref> |
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== Early life and education == |
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Braun was born in [[New York City]].<ref name=hollywoodreporter>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brains-bieber-conversation-scooter-braun-48088 Halperin, Shirley. "The Brains Behind Bieber: A Conversation With Scooter Braun" hollywoodreporter.com November 22, 2010]. Retrieved 12 December 2010.</ref> He comes from a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Judaism|Jewish]] family. His father and paternal grandparents lived in Hungary until 1956. Just before the [[Soviet Union]] intervened to suppress the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956#Soviet intervention of 4 November|Hungarian Revolution of 1956]], the family fled to the [[United States of America]]. In Hungary, his grandfather had been a dental student, but when he arrived in the United States, he took work as a lab technician in [[Queens]]. To make ends meet, Braun's grandmother took work in a New York [[sweatshop]].<ref name=mofflymedia>[http://mofflymedia.com/Moffly-Publications/Greenwich-Magazine/December-2010/Brains-amp-Braun/ Hodenfield, Chris, ''Brains & Braun'', Greenwich Magazine, December 2010]. Retrieved 7 December 2010.</ref> |
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Braun's father, Dr. Ervin Braun, followed in his own father's footsteps, becoming a dentist in Manhattan. During dental school he met Susan Schlussel, also a dental student,<ref name= "Bringing Up Bieber">[http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/bringing_up_bieber_XCn8bmwOLrbGJZazZI3CAN Schuster, Dana. "Bringing Up Bieber" August 16, 2010 ''[[New York Post]]''.] Retrieved 11 January 2011.</ref> and the two married. After Scooter Braun was born,<ref name=hollywoodreporter /> the family moved to [[Greenwich, Connecticut]]. His father was active in youth sports in the Greenwich area, founding the Connecticut Flame AAU basketball program.<ref name=mofflymedia /> |
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As a middle school student, Braun entered a national video documentary contest. His entry was a ten-minute short film titled "The Hungarian Conflict", which focused on Holocaust-era Hungarian Jewry.<ref name=mofflymedia /> Braun's film won 3rd place.<ref name=mofflymedia /> A member of Braun's family sent the film to [[Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg's]] office, which, in turn, submitted Braun's video to the [[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]]. The film is still being shown today.<ref name=mofflymedia /> |
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Braun attended Greenwich High School, and played basketball from age 17 to 20. He was a member of the [[Amateur Athletic Union]]<ref name=mofflymedia /> and class president.<ref name=clatl>[http://clatl.com/atlanta/the-hustla/Content?oid=1258376/ Scooter Braun is the Hustla: How a white kid from the North became a power player in Atlanta hip-hop clatl.com] Retrieved 13 December 2010{{Dead link|date=March 2011}}</ref> |
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Braun went to college at [[Emory University]] in [[Atlanta]]. He also played [[college basketball]] at Emory until a disagreement with his coach during his sophomore year.<ref name=mofflymedia /> |
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==Career== |
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Braun began his career organizing parties at [[Emory University]].<ref name="clatl"/> His parties drew notice throughout Atlanta, attracting celebrity performers like [[Ludacris]] and [[Britney Spears]].<ref name=biography /> By the end of his sophomore year, Braun formally established his own party-promotion business. In 2002, he was hired to plan [[Afterparty|afterparties]] in each of the five cities on the [[Anger Management Tour]], featuring [[Ludacris]] and [[Eminem]].<ref name=clatl /> |
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This launch into the world of [[hip-hop]] led Braun to producer [[Jermaine Dupri]], the director of [[So So Def Records]].<ref name=biography /> Braun was 19 years old when Dupri asked him to join So So Def in a marketing position, and 20 when Dupri named him So So Def's executive director for marketing.<ref name=biography /> Still in his sophomore year at Emory, Braun was working at So So Def and operating his party promotion business. Some of his larger events included parties for the [[2003 NBA All-Star Game]] and afterparties on the Britney Spears [[The Onyx Hotel Tour|Onyx Hotel Tour]].<ref name=clatl /> After his junior year, Braun left college.<ref name="mofflymedia"/> |
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==Roosevelt Field Mall incident== |
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In March 2010, Braun was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and criminal nuisance, both misdemeanors.<ref name=arrest>{{cite news|last=Funk|first=Luke|title=Justin Bieber Manager Arrested|url=http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/justin-bieber-manager-scooter-arrested-20100324-lgf|accessdate=27 June 2010|work=MYFOXNY.COM|publisher=Fox Television Stations, Inc|date=April 10, 2010}}</ref> After a crowd became unruly at [[Roosevelt Field (Shopping Mall)|Roosevelt Field]] mall, police asked him to send out a [[Twitter|tweet]] announcing the cancellation of an appearance by [[Justin Beiber|Bieber]]. Police allege that he delayed for more than an hour. Braun denies the charges, indicating that he complied with the request twice within seven minutes.<ref name=arrest /> On October 13, 2010, a pre-trial conference in the case was continued for rescheduling to a future date.<ref>[http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/10/13/justin-bieber-mall-riot-case-conference-postponed/ Justin Bieber Mall ‘Riot’ Case Conference Postponed, by Timothy Bolger, 10/13/10, LongIslandPress.com]. Retrieved 15 October 2010.</ref> |
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==Personal Life== |
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On June 18, 2011, Braun celebrated his 30th birthday, hosted at Hollywood's Music Box. Guests in attendance included [[Kim Kardashian]], [[Paris Hilton]], [[Drew Gooden]], [[Jimmy Iovine]], [[Nicky Hilton]] along with performances by [[Justin Bieber]], [[Asher Roth]], [[MC Hammer]], [[Jaden Smith]] and [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]].<ref>http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/06/19/justin-bieber-scooter-braun-birthday-party/</ref> |
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Braun has been dating longtime girlfriend Carin Morris since 2007. |
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==References== |
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| NAME = Braun, Scooter |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Scott, Scooter |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 8 July 1981 |
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[[Category:People from New York City]] |
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[[Category:American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent]] |
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[[Category:People from Queens]] |
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