Lori Harvey Cuddles With Rumored Beau Who Used To Date Tracee Ellis Ross

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According to Rolling Stone, Thiam is credited with discovering and signing T-Pain, who was one of the biggest artists of the first decade of the ’00s.

ATLANTA, GA – APRIL 13: Bu Thiam attends the Monica album release party at Reign Nightclub on April 13, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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Seen here chatting with Saweetie, Thiam has worked with everyone from Rihanna and Lady Gaga to Jeremih and his current client, Kanye West.

HOLLYWOOD, CA – MARCH 12: Saweetie and Bu Thiam attend Saweetie’s “High Maintenance” Listening Event on March 12, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Records )

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Spotted here hanging out with Rihanna and her best friend Melissa Forde, Thiam has created his own company, Bu Vision, and has had friend Kanye West as his client for two years.

ATLANTA, GA – APRIL 22: Bu Thiam and Rihanna attend a party at Magic City on April 22, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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When he was 28, Thiam became the youngest person to be appointed the vice president of A&R at Def Jam.

ATLANTA, GA – OCTOBER 28: Kanye West and Bu Thiam attend the Watch The Throne concert after party at Reign Nightclub on October 28, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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Thiam has said he and Tracee Ellis Ross didn’t last for the following reason:

“I believe that being with somebody it’s real. It’s like managing, it’s a real job. It’s a real responsibility,”he said to The Breakfast Club. “And she’s in a place in her career that if I can’t give her all of me, I don’t wanna waste, not waste her time, but I don’t wanna put her in that space. So why not give her opportunity to find somebody else that can?”

ATLANTA, GA – OCTOBER 28: Bu Thiam and Tracee Ellis Ross attend the Watch The Throne concert after party at Reign Nightclub on October 28, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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Thiam had the chance to show other people how he became the success he is, and what it’s like to be an assistant to him, while part of the short-lived Oxygen reality series, Like a Boss.

PASADENA, CA – JANUARY 14: Boss Bu Thiam speaks onstage during the ‘Like A Boss’ panel discussion at the NBCUniversal portion of the 2016 Winter TCA Tour at Langham Hotel on January 14, 2016 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Of all the things he’s done in his career, Thiam said he’s most proud of what he was able to do with T-Pain.

“Finding and working with T-Pain was very fulfilling, because it was something I believed in when nobody else did — and it actually worked,” he told Rolling Stone. “His sound changed what music is today.”

ATLANTA, GA – MAY 21: Bu Thiam attends Prive on May 21, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage)

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Pictured with family here, Thiam said his father’s musical background inspired him and Akon to try and break into the industry, which they did around 2005.

“Our father was a drummer so basically, it’s kinda been in the family since we were kids,” he told Black Enterprise. “I always loved it and was always around it and as we got older we just decided to take it a little more serious. From there, we just hit the ground running and put out mixtapes and songs and one thing led to another.”

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It seems that Bu Thiam stays low key, works hard and does well for himself, and doesn’t have much drama. We can see the appeal for Harvey.

ATLANTA, GA – JUNE 16: Bu Thiam attends Jason Geter And Bu Thiam Present: “Dinner & A Toast” on June 16, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/FilmMagic)