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, NPR, and GQ on 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 Cate Le Bon, Lykke Li, Bad Brains, The Killers, PJ Harvey, Masma Dream World, and his uncle, the jazz musician Alan Braufman.
Ayers publishes a biweekly Substack and lives with his wife in Brooklyn, NY.
Speaking engagements: Ali Hedrick: ali@arrivalartists.com
Publicity:
US: Shelby Meizlik: smeizlik@penguinrandomhouse.com
UK: Annette Lee: eastpublicity@icloud.com