Grindstone, Inc. is a management & consulting company that specializes in the management of songwriters & producers, management & A&R consulting. Formed in 2001 by Folayan Knight, the company currently handles the careers of renowned hip hop producer Needlz (50 Cent, Young Buck, Ludacris, The Game, Fabolous), super songwriter Harold Lilly (Alicia Keys, Jamie Foxx, Janet Jackson, Fantasia, Brandy, Monica, Mario), dynamic production duo Full Scale (Mary J. Bilge), Happy Perez, songwriting duo E Squared, up and coming super star producer MaddScientist (Nicole Scherzinge), and the brilliant songwriter TC. The company's consulting clients have included Ruff Ryders, Bad Boy Entertainment, J Records, and Island Def Jam Music Group.
