Raymond Roker

{{short description|Electronic music DJ and club promoter}}

Raymond Leon Roker is the Global Head of Editorial at Amazon Music.{{Cite news|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=August 17, 2020|title=Amazon Music Names Raymond Leon Roker Global Head of Editorial|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/amazon-music-raymond-leon-roker-1234737729/|access-date=January 21, 2021}}{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Amazon Music names Raymond Leon Roker as global head of editorial|url=https://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/amazon-music-names-raymond-leon-roker-as-global-head-of-editorial/080805|website=www.musicweek.com}}{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Raymond Leon Roker joins Amazon Music as Global Head of Editorial|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/raymond-leon-roker-joins-amazon-music-as-global-head-of-editorial/|date=17 August 2020|website=Music Business Worldwide}} He is of Bahamian and Jewish descent.{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Interview With CNN's Veronica De La Cruz: A Journalist for the New Generation|url=https://guestofaguest.com/new-york/interview/interview-with-cnns-veronica-de-la-cruz-a-journalist-for-the-new-generation|website=Guest of a Guest}}

Roker is a former (and part-time) electronic music DJ and club promoter.{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-02|title=Respect Turns 16. This is the Story of Drum and Bass in Los Angeles|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/respect-turns-16-this-is-the-story-of-drum-and-bass-in-los-angeles/|website=Vice.com|date=9 March 2015 }}{{Better source needed|date=January 2021}} In the 1980s and 1990s he was a graffiti artist in Los Angeles, producing numerous murals around the city and doing commercial work for television and films.{{Cite journal|last=Dooley|first=Michael|date=March 1993|title=Frequent Flyers|url=|journal=Print|volume=47|issue=2|pages=122|via=}} He co-founded Urb (magazine) magazine in December 1990.{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Interview: Urb Magazine's Raymond Roker Ditches Print|url=https://www.laweekly.com/interview-urb-magazines-raymond-roker-ditches-print/|date=15 October 2009|website=LA Weekly}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.ajlmagazine.com/content/012007/raymondroker.html |title=The Maestro |journal=American Jewish Life |first=E. B. |last=Solomont |date=January–February 2007}}{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=June 2005|title=URB Your Enthusiasm|url=|journal=Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management|volume=34|issue=6|pages=22|via=EBSCO}}{{Incomplete short citation|date=April 2025}} Examples of his design work can be found in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-02|title=Raymond Leon Roker|url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/people/18043615/|website=collection.cooperhewitt.org}}