Eric Hurt

With more than 20 years’ experience in Nashville’s music industry, Eric Hurt launched EMPIRE’s Nashville division as their VP of A&R, spearheading EMPIRE's country initiatives and supporting the company’s expansion into genres outside of HipHop and R&B. Hurt’s focus is on building EMPIRE’s publishing roster and supporting growth of their label and distribution business.

In 2021 Eric was featured in Billboard's 2020 Indie Power Players list as well as Billboard's 2020 Country Power Players list.