Jamar Chess

Jamar Chess is the son of Robin and Marshall Chess.{{Cite web|first=Nina|last=Reyes |authorlink= |title= A Couple Destined to Be a Hit |work=The New York Times|date= September 8, 2018|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/fashion/weddings/a-couple-destined-to-be-a-hit.html |quote=Mr. Chess, 37, is a founder of the Sunflower Entertainment Company and Spirit Music Latino, both music publishers in Manhattan. He graduated from Manhattanville College.}} His grandfather is Leonard Chess, who started Chess Records in Chicago in 1950. Chess Records was the label of artists including Chuck Berry, Etta James, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, and Muddy Waters. Chess's father, Marshall Chess, is a record producer who formed Rolling Stones Records in 1970, which he ran for seven years. He helped create The Rolling Stones tongue and lip logo, and was executive producer on seven Rolling Stone albums.{{cite web| url=http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/force-mds-on-getting-big-and-going-broke-495#axzz43qknO5JH| title=Force MDs on Getting Big and Going Broke| date=July 9, 2013| publisher=Ebony| access-date=April 21, 2016}}

As a young man, Chess worked at Arc Music Group, the publishing arm of Chess Records, managing the blues catalog.{{cite magazine| magazine=Billboard| date=August 22, 2009| title=30 Under Thirty}} He later became creative director of the company,{{cite web| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EBEEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Jamar+Chess%22+chuck+berry&pg=PA62| title=Arc Is Gladly Singing The Blues| author=Jim Bessman| date=October 4, 2003| publisher=Billboard}} He also held the Creative A&R International position where he managed the company's international operations. He worked with the company's catalog and focused on remix projects, digital licensing and synchronization licensing.{{cite web| url=http://www.billboardevents.com/latin/speakers-performers| title=Speakers & Performers| publisher=Billboard| access-date=April 21, 2016| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314200629/http://www.billboardevents.com/latin/speakers-performers| archivedate=March 14, 2016}}

In 2002, Chess co-founded Sunflower Entertainment Group, a specialty music publishing house that focuses on independent Latin music and classic publishing catalogs, with Marshall Chess and Juan Carlos Barguil.{{cite web| url=http://www.newspaperpost.com/2015/09/03/sunflowers-latin-music-a-perfect-match-for-netflixs-narcos/| title=Sunflower's Latin Music A Perfect Match For Netflix's 'Narcos'| date=September 3, 2015| publisher=Newspaper Post| access-date=April 21, 2016}} Sunflower was established under Arc Music.{{cite web| url=http://www.sonicscoop.com/2011/03/13/licensing-and-the-american-songbook-sunflower-entertainment-advances-the-chess-legacy/| title=Licensing and the American Songbook: Sunflower Entertainment Advances the Chess Legacy| date=March 13, 2011| author=David Weiss| publisher=Sonic Scoop| access-date=April 21, 2016}}

Chess was featured in Billboard's annual "30 Under 30 Power Player" list for 2009.

In 2015, Chess worked with music producer Liza Richardson to include over 40 songs from Sunflower's Columbian catalog in the Netflix series Narcos.{{cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6699554/narcos-netflix-songs-colombian-flavor| title=Netflix's 'Narcos': The Songs That Give the Series Its Columbian Flavor| date=September 15, 2015| author=Judy Cantor-Navas| publisher=Billboard| access-date=April 21, 2016}}{{cite web| url=http://addictedtoradio.com/ny-mets-jeurys-familias-to-get-bachata-walkout-song/| title=NY Mets' Jeurys Familia's To Get Bachata Walkout Song| date=March 2, 2016| publisher=Addicted to Radio| access-date=April 21, 2016}}

In April 2016, Chess and business partner Juan Carlos Barguil started Spirit Music Latino, a joint venture with indie music publisher Spirit Music Group. Spirit Music Latino is a division of Spirit Music focused on Latin songwriters, artists and catalogs.{{cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7333456/spirit-music-group-launches-spirit-music-latino| title=Spirit Music Group Launches Spirit Music Latino in Partnership with Sunflower: Exclusive| author=Leila Cobo| date=April 14, 2016| publisher=Billboard| access-date=May 16, 2016}}{{cite web| url=http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spirit-music-group-launches-latin-music-division-sunflower-entertainment-group/| title=Spirit Music Group Launches Latin Music Division| date=April 14, 2016| author=Rhian Jones| publisher=Music Business Worldwide| access-date=May 16, 2016}}{{cite web| url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/overnight-news-from-around-the-world-179/064539| title=Overnight news from around the world| author=James Hanley| date=April 15, 2016| publisher=Music Week| access-date=May 16, 2016}}

In 2018, he married Shana Renée Scala.Together, they have a son, Jackson Leo Chess (b. 2019).

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