In the wake of today’s (Sept. 22) announcement of Sylvia Rhone‘s departure as chairwoman/CEO of Epic Records at the end of this month, Billboard has obtained two letters that Rhone wrote to her Sony and Epic families.

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Rhone exits Epic after 11 years, coming on board as president of the company in 2014 before being elevated to chair/CEO in 2019. Her trailblazing career has seen her become the first Black executive and first woman to chair a major record company, having been appointed to oversee Elektra Entertainment Group in 1994.

Over the course of her five-decade career, the pioneering

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