Lyft Opens A Recording Studio For Drivers In Atlanta

Local musicians, left to right, IQ, Shawn Don and Nor record music in Lyft’s new studio. IQ and Nor make up the group KIN4LIFE.

Emilia Brock / WABE

Lyft is giving Atlanta drivers a way to pursue their musical ambitions for free.

The rideshare company unveiled The Amped Studio, which is a recording booth just for Lyft drivers. The mini-studio, inside Lyft’s local hub, launched in June with live performances from Atlanta rapper Yung Joc and Lyft’s musical drivers.

“Atlanta has an awesome music heritage and we have a lot of musicians in our driver community. And we thought, ‘What if we brought that in-house?’ And that was the genesis of the idea,” Sam Bond, general manager for Lyft in the southeast, told WABE producer Emilia Brock on “Closer Look.