Producer and creative director Daron Hollowell has launched Zenith, a Los Angeles-based talent management and consulting company that is part strategy and part representation. With a focus on creating collaborations between new wave content creators and brands, Zenith is a resource for forward-looking brands and agencies. Hollowell has over a decade of experience in music, advertising, production, and brand creation. He fronted the seminal hardcore band Four Hundred Years, then founded the music collective Black Iris Music in 2004. In 2008 he founded White Iris Records, early home to Los Angeles artists including Best Coast, FIDLAR, and Electric Guest. He went on to found music production house Ring The Alarm in 2014 and its beer brand offshoot, Day Beer in 2018. Zenith is an asset for brands and agencies who see the opportunity in partnering with and fostering diverse and distinctive voices in content creation as a path to take branding and marketing in exciting new directions. Hollowell is replicating his model for Black Iris Music, only this time it is for content creators. Hollowell explained, “Our focus is on diverse creators with strong, fresh, and distinct voices. We are also embracing multi-hyphenate talent who can execute their vision across a variety of media and platforms: photographers who also design, directors who choreograph, editors who make music–this allows for a greater amount of quality content from a unique perspective. That’s what we’re ultimately here to do–make connections for the maximum benefit to both creators and brands.” Zenith’s inaugural roster includes tinygiant, Rocket Film, Lumenati and Bindery NYC….
Kamala Harris Receives Chairman’s Prize At NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump.
"While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office nor by the wealthiest among us," Harris said after receiving the NAACP's Chairman's Award. "The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people."
The 56th annual Image Awards was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in the Los Angeles area.
Harris, defeated by Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general.
In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris did not reference her election loss or Trump's actions since entering the Oval Office, although Trump mocked her earlier in the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Harris spoke about eternal vigilance, the price of liberty, staying alert, seeking the truth and America's future.
"Some see the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy and ask 'What do we do now?'" Harris said. "But we know exactly what to do, because we have done it before. And we will do it again. We use our power. We organize, mobilize. We educate. We advocate. Our power has never come from having an easy path."
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