About Philip
Philip Payne began his career in the music industry in 2010 immediately after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin as a four-year student-athlete and former No. 1 wide receiver prospect in Texas. Payne then joined fellow UT graduate and music entrepreneur Sascha Stone Guttfreund in co-managing Tory Lanez from 2011-2020.
For a decade as a partner of ScoreMore MGMT, Payne played multiple roles in Lanez’s career with past responsibilities including tour manager, DJ, Music Director, security, A&R, and songwriter. In total, Payne was blessed to work across twelve of Lanez’s project releases including five of his studio albums - each of which premiered as top-five album debuts on the Billboard Hot 200 charts - as well as helped to garner 25+ RIAA gold and platinum-certified records, 2 grammy nominations and 6 Juno wins since 2015.
Payne’s A&R and songwriting roles came to the forefront on Lanez’s “Chixtape 5” project that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop album charts and is currently certified Gold-selling 500K + copies to date. Payne not only helped oversee A&R for the project but also co-wrote four hit singles. Payne
Additionally, Payne is also a co-founder of Melodii co, a newly formed independent venture that funds and develops new talent.
Served as Road Manager/Music Director
Drake: Assassination Vacation Tour
Chris Brown: Indigoat Tour
Future: Nobody’s Safe Tour
Mac Miller: The Good AM Tour
Tory Lanez: Lost Cause Tour
Tory Lanez: I Told You Tour
Tory Lanez: Memories Don’t Die Tour
ASAP Ferg & Tory Lanez: Level Up Tour
G-Easy: These Things Happen Tour