Nabil Ayers is the host of “Identified”, a podcast about exploring family dynamics. He is the author of the memoir My Life in the Sunshine (Viking. 2022) and has contributed to the New York Times, The Guardian, and GQ pm topics of family, race, and music. By day, he is the president of Beggars Group US, leading the record label group in New York.

Ayers co-founded Sonic Boom Records in Seattle at age 25 and has recorded and  toured globally as a drummer in several bands. Through his own record label, The Control Group / Valley of Search, he has released music by notable artists including Cate Le Bon, Lykke Li, Bad Brains, The Killers, PJ Harvey and his uncle, the jazz musician Alan Braufman.

Ayers lives with his wife in Brooklyn, NY.