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There are certain claims that go perfectly well in someone's press releases, but don't fit in an encyclopaedia. I flagged some of these in this article but another editor removed without addressing the issues. Having reverted that, here is more detail on these differences and why they matter here:
A PR article may well say that the subject is "Often referred to as 'The Next Quincy Jones'" (or any other famous person). Such a claim in an encyclopaedia needs to be backed up (hence the Citation Needed notice that was removed): if he is often referred to as such, then that needs multiple references, each to a bylined article by a reputable critic saying precisely that.
A PR article may well claim reflected glory by saying X has played with Y who has in turn played with Z. An encyclopaedic article can only say that X has played with Y. Mr Z is entirely irrelevant to X's biography and has no place in it, unless X and Z have actually played together. Even then, it demands a level of notability - and again our friend the 3rd party reference.
This is what is conveyed by the notice that "This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately"AllyD (talk) 18:51, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
