Sony Music Publishing Nashville and Kane Brown's Verse 2 Music Renew Partnership

16 May 2025 - Press release

Deals extends joint venture helmed by country star Kane Brown and Industry Veteran Kent Earls

Sony Music Publishing Nashville today announced the renewal of its partnership with Verse 2 Music, led by multi-platinum, award-winning country music superstar Kane Brown and industry veteran Kent Earls.

Launched in 2021 as a joint venture with Sony Music Publishing, Verse 2 Music (V2) is dedicated to supporting emerging songwriters and artists. The company represents many of today's top hitmakers across country music including Josh Hoge, Rivers Rutherford, Dylan Schneider, Joybeth Taylor, Gabe Foust and Alex Maxwell. 

In the four years since joining with Sony Music Publishing, Verse 2 has delivered over 200 major label releases, scored 11 country airplay singles and achieved four #1 songs including Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown's "Thank God," which received critical acclaim and was recognized with the 2023 SESAC Country Song of the Year award.

Kane Brown said, "I'm so excited to continue our company Verse 2 with Sony Music Publishing. I'm proud of the writers that Kent and I have signed and grateful for the hits that they've written."

Kent Earls, Partner, Verse 2 Music, said, "We're thrilled to renew our deal with Sony Music Publishing and Rusty Gaston. We've had a great start so far building something special alongside Sony's amazing team. They have delivered in every way from consistently pitching to landing cuts for our incredible writers. We look forward to building on our mantra of signing exceptional artists & writers while aspiring to make musical history."

Rusty Gaston, CEO, Sony Music Publishing Nashville said, "Kent and Kane are a creative and business dynamic duo.  Just within a few years, they've gone from zero songs to celebrating four #1 singles, with multiple singles on the chart currently. Their success is just getting started, and we are so excited to continue this journey with them."