Iser, Yim Bring Future, SZA, Other Major Clients To CAA

Photo by Misha Vladimirskiy / WireImage – Caroline Yim and Zach Iser
Eearz, Caroline Yim, Mike Will Made It and Zach Iser pose on the red carpet at the New Era All Star Event on Feb. 18, 2018 in Los Angeles.

Hip-hop and R&B power agents Zach Iser and Caroline Yim made the move to CAA from ICM Partners last week, and now it is known which clients they are bringing along in a story first broken by Billboard.

CAA has confirmed SZA, Future, Anderson .Paak, Daniel Caesar, Rae Sremmurd, Schoolboy Q, Jhene Aiko, The Internet, Willow Smith, and Kehlani are all making the move with the agents. 

Migos and Lil Yachty remain with ICM Partners, with Jacqueline Reynolds-Drumm representing Migos and Yves Pierre representing Lil Yachty. 

Iser and Yim  made waves when they were unable to come to a contract extension agreement with ICM Partners and instead moved to CAA last week.

“Caroline and Zach have had incredible success in identifying and developing some of the greatest voices in the urban music scene,” Darryl Eaton, Co-Head of Contemporary Music at CAA, stated when news of the migration broke.  “They are a terrific complement to our team and we are thrilled to welcome them.”

Iser, who just spoke to Pollstar recently about South by Southwest, will be based in New York while Yim will be in the LA office, as they were at ICM. 

CAA has notable hip-hop and urban clients including Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, Cardi B, NF, and A$AP Rocky, as the genre has become the most-listened to according to Nielsen reports, with eight out of 10 of most popular artists in 2017 being in the hip-hop and R&B genres.