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Mason succeeded Deborah Dugan who was ousted five months after she took the position - just days before the 2020 Grammys. He was previously chair of the academy’s board. He was elected president and CEO of the academy in May after holding the interim title last year, becoming the first Black person to hold the position. He's a successful producer who has worked with Beyoncé, Chris Brown and Whitney Houston. “We’re learning and we’re changing,” Mason said in an interview at his studio in Burbank, California. So far, Mason feels like the academy - which annually produces the Grammys - is moving in the right direction to regain the trust of the music community. He’s already replaced the nominations review committee with a new member peer-driven voting system, overhauled the leadership with two co-presidents, increased membership and committed to hiring more diverse candidates with an inclusion rider for next year’s Grammy Awards. Those critical responses have fueled Mason’s mission as the academy’s CEO to right the wrongs and listen to the voices of the unheard.
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He’s heard firsthand from some in the music community that the academy wasn’t a fit for them, the award voting process was ineffective, and that the organization lacked diversity. took the helm at the Recording Academy, the Grammy-nominated producer knew there would be an uphill climb.