Kanye West to join President Trump for the Music Modernization Act

The artist was already scheduled to meet with President and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the White House on Thursday.

Kanye West will join the president Donald Trump at the White House Thursday for the signing of the Law on Modernization of Music (MMA), sources said Display panelwhen legislation on monumental music becomes law.

In addition, the President and CEO of Recording Academy Neil Portnow and president of the Record Industry Association of America Mitch Glazier will also participate in the event, among others. The signing of the legislation is scheduled for 11:45 local time.

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported West was to meet the president and his son-in-law Jared Kushner at the White House Thursday. This invitation followed a non-commentary speech by Trump in the West, while a guest from Saturday Night Live last month. More details about the scheduled meetings have not been reported.

Display panel contacted the West representative to comment on his presence at the signing by the President of the Act on Historical Music.

MMA is a multiform bill forged by tradeoffs in the music industry. It creates a global mechanical license and a centralized system for administering it, while modifying some of the considerations used to set music publishing rates. It also requires digital radio and satellite radio to pay royalties on pre-1972 master recordings to labels and artists and to codify the procedure under which SoundExchange may pay producers and engineers royalties for recordings on which it works.

The Senate unanimously adopted the MMA on September 18, and a week later, the House of Representatives unanimously approved the updated version of the bill, sending it in the office of the president.