MARK MUHAMMAD (AKA UncleMark)

Mark Ali Muhammad was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is an Indiana University Alumni with a B.A; He is also an Indiana Tech Alumni with a Master’s in Science Management (MSM). In 1995 Mark Ali Muhammad founded an Independent Living and group home agency in the state of Indiana called “From Boys to Men, Inc.” The agency provided service for over 17 years to over 200 at risk adolescent’s males in the northern Indiana areas (Gary, Fort Wayne, East Chicago, and Indy). Mark Ali Muhammad always had passion to help people in need no matter what race, religion, or ethnic background. Mark Ali Muhammad belief is that “we all need somebody or something to inspire us, encourage us, believe in us, to guide us, and at one time or another most people has been an underdog in some aspect in life, and that underdogs grow up to be champions in all sectors of life”.

KENDRICK ROYAL (AKA KAE P)

Kae-P, born Kendrick Royal, is a Hip Hop artist known to describe himself as “adaptive and absorbent”. His style is grounded in reality with a truthful lyricism that has a “certain level of wittiness” which is “flashy, catchy, and easy to listen to”. Kae-P has performed all over the country including a national television appearance on BET’s “106 & Park”. He is the founder of CEG Music Division, an independent record label that was established in 2013. Kae-P has also gained endorsement deals from Grind Hard Endurance Drink, Digitracks Recording Studios, and Quiet Storm Vodka.

BRAD SMITH (Deceptaconz)

Deceptaconz, are American music producers, songwriters, engineers and Djs from Fort Wayne, Indiana. This duo has been playing music since their very early ages. They are proficient in playing many different instruments such as; piano, drums, percussion, brass and more. With years of experience they have become one of the most influential team in their area when it comes to music. They currently work in Fort Wayne, IN and Las Vegas, NV as a full-time independent music producers and Dj.

Deceptaconz has received several television, commercials and independent movie placements. They have produced a wide variety of Hip Hop, Pop, EDM, R&B, Rock, Gospel, Country and Soul albums. The duo has also worked with Grammy Award winning/nominated artists such as,King Loiue, Killer Mike, Bolo, M-16, Fatman Scoop, Jeff Savage and many more producers, artists and songwriters. In addition, they have a lot of experience in djing many venues such as night clubs, festivals, house parties, weddings etc. Their music expands across many genres therefore; you can’t put their production in a box. The Deceptaconz states, “We are not defined by a music genre, so our music expands boundaries to take our music to the next level and beyond.”