Rodney Jackson

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Rodney K Jackson (born March 4, 1967), aka R.K. Jackson, is the publisher and founder of The People's Urban Beat Report (The PUB Report) and music producer/ keyboardist for Urban Tracks Productions.

Jackson was born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1991 he got his start by co-producing and playing keyboards on CeCe Peniston's first single, "Finally" on A&M Records. It became one of the first House music records to reach the Top 5 on Billboard's charts. He also wrote several other songs on her first album including, "Inside That I Cried", "You Win, I Win, We Lose", and "Virtue". The album went on to become Gold and garnered Jackson a BMI songwriter's award in 1993.

Jackson also signed Peniston's backup singer and friend, Malaika, to a deal with A&M in 1992. The song "Something New" was used in Robert Townsend's movie, "Meteor Man". He spent the next few years working as a keyboardist and played on several remixes for artists such as Madonna, Brandy, and Elton John.

In July 1996, Jackson founded "The Phoenix Underground Beat" and later changed the name to The PUB Report.

The PUB Report now reaches over 2 million people worldwide and creates programming for cable networks in America and Europe.