As a band business manager, Irving Azoff handles the Eagles and other major bands. An artist manageent agreement is the contract between the artist and the person or company they choose to manage their career.We look for the people who are responsible for these big shifts, these moves that make other Philadelphians sit up and take notice. Here, we take a look at a wide range of Philadelphia salaries, from politicians to sports stars to drag queens to Wawa cashiers. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. What are the most typical contracts between music manager and artist, when the artist is just starting a new project from zero? John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Will Smith is an American actor, producer, and rapper, born on September 25, 1968, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A plant base rapper from Pennsylvania. Manufacturing, 165,840.