Management Roster
Since its founding in 2009, Urban Grind TV has grown into the Midwest’s preeminent independent entertainment company running on television and now streaming in over 60 countries for the past 13 years garnering 25 awards in the process. We are a full-service creative agency, supporting our diverse roster of talent via music, media, artist management, royalty registration and distribution. Urban Grind TV has worked with entertainments leading artists, brands, media outlets and record companies. UGTV Artist Management represents talent from new artists to legends in the business across multiple genres. Below are some of our talent at Urban Grind TV Artist Management. If you are interested in speaking with the management team please fill out the contact form below and a member of the management team will contact you.
Jaz-O The Originator
Legendary MC + Producer + The OriginatorJaz, now known as Jaz-O (Real Name Johnathan Burke) is an East Coast rapper, active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for being a mentor of sorts to Jay-Z. Jaz is also known as The Originator. He had a song called "The Originators," which featured a young Jay-Z in the late 1980s. As simply The Jaz, he had success with his 1990 single "Hawaiian Sophie," from his debut album Word to the Jaz. He has been featured on some of Jay-Z's songs, such as "Bring It On" (Reasonable Doubt) and the single "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" (Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life) as Big Jaz, and produced the single "Ain't No Nigga" from Reasonable Doubt and the song "Rap Game/Crack Game" from In My Lifetime, Vol. 1.
Craig Hodges
Retired NBA ChampionFormer NBA Player|3-time 3-Point NBA shooting Champion|2-time NBA Champion|#Longshot available online @ Target, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
American former professional basketball player and former head coach of the Westchester Knicks of the NBA Development League. He played in the NBA for 10 seasons and led the league in 3-point shooting percentage three times.[2] He won two NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls, and along with Larry Bird, is one of only two players to win three consecutive Three Point Contestsat the National Basketball Association All-Star Weekend, winning the competition in 1990, 1991, and 1992.[3] Hodges also holds the Three Point Contest records for the most consecutive shots made with 19, set in 1991, and the most points scored in a single round at 25, set in 1986.[4] He was later a head coach at Chicago State University, an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and head coach of the Halifax Rainmen of the National Basketball League of Canada.[5]
SK No Edit
Artist + Songwriter + ProducerSK No Edit is a musician occupying a new, unheard intersection of pop, hip hop, and rock. SK is a NJ native, who studied math at MIT, and is now based out of the Bronx. She is often compared to artists like Green Day, Linkin Park, Machine Gun Kelly, and Blink 182. Her music is rooted in a diverse set of influences, including NY boom bap staples like DMX, Method Man, and 50 Cent, punk rock icons like Third Eye Blind, and all-star songwriters like John Mayer and Tracy Chapman. SK’s lyricism and songwriting are so versatile that it often feels as if she fills the feature role on her own songs. Beyond singing and rapping, SK also produces and sound engineers. She has produced and engineered for the likes of Ruff Ryders Radio and Mysonne the NY General.
SK’s love for music first manifested as a diehard shower singer and shy bedroom guitarist. It wasn’t until college that she began performing in Boston open mics and T stations after a number of injuries and surgeries ended her collegiate cross country and track & field career. She split time between learning production and engineering in an EDM night class, gigging with a funk/old school R&B cover band as a guitarist, and honing her rap skills in a friend’s studio in Roxbury. Upon realizing that she wanted to pursue music as a career, she quit her job in Boston, found a tutoring position in New York, and moved to the Bronx. SK has since worked with Ruff Ryders Radio, DITC, and other staples of NY hip hop. SK has performed at SOBs, the House of Blues (Myrtle Beach) opening for Stunna 4 Vegas, the Middle East (Boston), and many other venues across the US.
SK’s goal is to create timeless, dope ass music, while staying true to her core.
Chilo Gabanna
Reggaeton Artist + Songwriter + ProducerIsidro Guzmán commonly known as Chilo Gabanna is a Latin Urban Singer/Rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He started his musical career at the age of 7 years old when his parents got him a guitar, learning only four chords he started writing music and that’s when his love for music came about, years passed and at age 16 he had learned various instruments and was part of various bands from different genres. At age 20, Chilo was listening to his old playlist listening to his favorite Reggaeton Singers, a song started to build up in his head and started writing, that song was Acércate. When His song Acércate got released, he notice it’s been heard around Latin America such as (Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, Etc) and also parts of the United States. When his career as a Reggaeton artist started he got signed by UrbanGrindTv, and now working on His first untitled EP and the release of his new song coming up this year called “Ilusiónes” with his team. Chilo Gabanna is currently working on a lot of projects coming this year and next year.
Johni Demeatri
Queen of Ghetto GospelJohni Demeatri is 90s birthed, Chicago native who proclaims herself as the Queen of the Ghetto Gospel. With a young heart and an old soul , she creates music that's an equal blend of that groovy sound from back in the day and that trap sound that we bumped right now. As an independent artist , she has worked hard to earn her respect on the Midwest airwaves and she's prepared to work harder to reach larger airwaves throughout the country. Johni was born to be a singer and she's determined to live out her dream! Download her music today on any music platform. You won't be disappointed. For Booking, Drops and Features contact [email protected] or Toll Free 1-888-380-1913
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Artists + DJs + Producers + ComediansSince its founding in 2009, Urban Grind TV has grown into the Midwest’s preeminent independent entertainment company running on television and now streaming in over 60 countries for the past 12 years garnering 23 awards in the process. We are a full-service creative agency, supporting our diverse roster of talent via music, media, artist management, royalty registration and distribution. Urban Grind TV has worked with entertainments leading artists, brands, media outlets and record companies. UGTV Artist Management represents talent from new artists to legends in the business across multiple genres.