Usher certainly lives a lavish life, but his partner, Jenn Goicoechea, has been rubbing elbows with stars and attending industry events herself for years. Like Usher, Goicoechea is in the music industry, which helps fund her luxury lifestyle. However, instead of living it up onstage, Goicoechea seems to prefer to be behind the scenes. She works as a music executive, specializing in artist management and development. As of publication, she is the senior vice president of A&R at Epic Records. The A&R department, or Artists and Repertoire, is responsible for finding new artists for the record label to sign.
Goicoechea’s educational background fits perfectly with her current placement, as she studied recording arts at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, a school known for an array of arts, including game design and development, music, film, animation, and graphic design. Before her current position at Epic Records, Goicoechea worked at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) as the Director of Rhythm & Soul. As her LinkedIn page details, she was “responsible for discovering and fostering Urban (Hip-Hop/R&B) songwriters, composers, and music publishers” as well as “maintaining relationships in the entertainment industry.”
Goicoechea is also an entrepreneur. When she moved from the East Coast to the West Coast, she opened a management company called Boogs’N’Effect Management, where she signed KING (formerly known as Keisha Rain).