Grassrootz - The history bit!

I started working within the music industry around 15 years ago, from working in record stores and then on to Opaz Productions & Recording Studios as the marketing and promotions assistant - home of producer and recording artist Ray Hayden, and artists such as Martine Girault, where the UK soul classic 'Revival' was created.From here I moved on to working in club & radio promotions, where I have been involved in helping to break new talent from the street level up and have worked with many high profile UK and US acts.I run the UK Hip Hop label All City Music as well as Grassrootz Radio Promotions.Below are just some of the record labels and artists I have been involved with promoting over the years:Record Labels: Aftermath, A&R, All City Music, BBE, Def Jam, DKG, Dome, Dreamworks, EMI, FER, FFRR, Geffen, Greensleeves, Gut, Interscope, Island, Jive, K7, Mercury, Mushroom, Oyster, Parlophone, Penalty, Pias, Polydor, Pookie, Rawkus, Relentless, Telstar, Universal & Universal Jazz, Urbanstar, Virgin and Wildcard.Artists from the U.S: 2Pac, 50 Cent, 9th Wonder & Buckshot, Akon, Roy Ayers, Baby Blak, Lloyd Banks, George Benson, Black Eyed Peas, Blackstreet, Young Buck, Chingy, D12, Dr.Dre, Dru Hill, Eminem, Eve, Amp Fiddler, The Foreign Exchange, Freddie Foxx, Nelly Furtado, Goapele, Larry Gold, G-Unit, Roy Hargrove, Hezekiah, Isley Brothers, Jadakiss, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Joe, R.Kelly, Kidz In The Hall, Talib Kweli, Little Brother, LL Cool J, Mos Def, Mya, Nelly, Rahsaan Patterson, Marco Polo, Raghav, Pete Rock, Raphael Saadiq, Slum Village, Snoop Dogg, Bubba Sparxxx, Kel Spencer, Terror Squad, Dennis Taylor, The Game, Obie Trice and Ugly Duckling.Artists from the U.K: Another Level, Avani, Rhian Benson, Bigz, Blind Alphabetz, Brotherman, Bruza, Damage, Daniel 2 Dark, Craig David, Elrae, Shaun Escoffery, Fireworkz, Floetry, Gemma Fox, Hil St Soul, Iceberg Slimm, Incognito, Jamelia, Beverley Knight, Kele Le Roc, Martine Girault, Mis-Teeq, Ms.Dynamite, Nathan, Nia Jai, Pyrelli, Jay Sean, Shystie, Soundbwoy Ents, Sway and Zena.The name of the game is gettting radio DJs behind the music and gaining crucial support from the streets and up, covering specialist DJs across the UK.If you have any quality R&B, Hip Hop or Grime that needs promoting - please feel free to email me at: [email protected]