EMPIRE Nashville & American Dogwood Host CMA After Party

EMPIRE Nashville Team. Photo: Becca Mitchell

EMPIRE Nashville and Shaboozey‘s American Dogwood hosted their CMA After Party on Wednesday night (Nov. 19).

Attendees included Ne-Yo, BigXthaPlug, Russell Dickerson, Randy Houser, Tay Keith, Melanie Fiona, Kevin Powers, Jake Banfield, Don Louis, Sophia Scott, CeCe, Josh Tatofi, Dawson Anderson, Johnny Manziel, Shaboozey’s managers Jared Cotter (Range Media Partners) and Abas Pauti (American Dogwood), and Ghazi (EMPIRE Founder/CEO).

Abas Pauti & Jared Cotter. Photo: Becca Mitchell

BigXthaPlug, Ne-Yo, & Shaboozey. Photo: Becca Mitchell

CeCe. Photo: Becca Mitchell

Dawson Anderson & Don Louis. Photo: Becca Mitchell

Eric Hurt & Josh Tatofi. Photo: Becca Mitchell

Ghazi & Sophia Scott. Photo: Becca Mitchell

Photo: Becca Mitchell

Tay Keith. Photo: Becca Mitchell

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