Hakeem Stevens on Clubhouse

Bio

Owner/Founder of Access All Areas "Your Triple A Pass To The Music Industry" TM (Music Education and Seminar series) & USM Media Group (Artist Management & Marketing consultancy). PhD candidate at LCM/UWL.

Music Biz Lecturer @ University of West London and Music Business Africa
MA grad - Music Business Management & Artist Development and CMI - Strategic Management & Leadership
30 year Music Industry Vet ex Warner Music, VP Records and Choice FM exec. Former music journalist, DJ and Event Promoter.

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@usmmediagroup on Instagram & Twitter

Web: www.usmmediagroup and www.aaaseminars.com

Email: [email protected]

Hakeem Stevens has thirty years of music industry experience in various disciplines from marketing, promotion and A&R to PR, event and talent management. Starting his career as a club and pirate radio DJ, Hakeem has worked in various roles in the music business, including positions as Senior Urban A&R / Promotions Manager for Warner Music UK; European Marketing & Promotions Manager at VP Records; New Media & Special Projects Co-Ordinator at Choice FM; Promotions & Marketing Manager for Trace magazine.

Hakeem also spent 3 1/2 years as a music journalist writing for various publications in the UK & US, including XXL Magazine, Vibe, Hip Hop Connection, Trace, Rap Sheet & more. In 2004 he launched a 360 music company USM Media Group covering marketing, promotions, A&R and event management consultancy, and talent management. USM has worked with high profile clients such as Universal Music, Warner Music, Ministry of Sound, BlackBerry, BFI and Choice FM. Alongside talent such as Kano, Lethal B, Estelle, Big Narstie, BBC 1Xtra's Ace, Pitbull, Lil’ Jon, Spragga Benz, Alison Hinds and Grammy award-winning producer Salaam Remi to name a few. He has been responsible for marketing and promoting almost twenty-five Gold and Platinum-certified albums and over fifty national top 40 hit singles throughout his career.

He recently passed his MA in Music Business Management & Artist Development & CMI Level 7 in Strategic Management and Leadership at the University of West London with a Distinction. Hakeem is currently a Music Business Lecturer at UWL and Music Business Africa as well as the former Senior Lecturer and Course leader for ACM's BA Rap/MC course. As an artist/talent manager he is a member of the MMF (Music Managers Forum) as well as the founder of music education brand Access All Areas.