The Artistic Minds Behind Cooking with Hip Hop
Duane Garrett, Jr., Co-Producer, has honed and sharpened his organizational skills through numerous marketing and promotions positions with organizations including Tommy Boy Records, Straight Drop Entertainment, and Cornerstore Entertainment. A 2006 graduate of Savannah State University, Duane’s current affiliations include serving on the executive board of Ark of the Covenant, a non-profit teen mentoring organization and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. As logistics manager, Duane will fluently manage all resources behind the scenes that help to make Cooking With Hip Hop flawless.
Temi Kolawole, Website Design and Maintenance, is a young and highly talented web designer with a passion for the internet. He has five years of design experience in entertainment and telecommunications. In 2004, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Babcock University, the top private university in Nigeria. He has parlayed his freelance web-design experience into Antigravity Inc., an internet company which he runs with a partner as well as contributing to the creative design of www.cookingwithhiphop.com.
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Cooking With Hip Hop's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Ethnicity:
Black / African descent
Zodiac Sign:
Sagittarius
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The Host
Creator & Executive Producer
Arlinda Garrett is no stranger to ground-breaking accomplishments; having launched a professional career as one of the first prominent female fixtures in the male-dominated recording industry. She has parlayed experience derived from national positions at major record labels into her new venture as host of a new cooking show: Cooking With Hip Hop.
Anxious to tap into a new industry and interact with hip hop fans throughout the country, Arlinda is presently tapping into new ground through Cooking With Hip Hop’s web based programming. In addition to this internet endeavor, Arlinda is in talks with ION Television as well several other broadcast networks to set dates for airing pilots of Cooking With Hip Hop on national television. Cooking With Hip Hop is set to be an avenue to leverage Arlinda’s background in the music industry with educating that same audience on healthier lifestyles.
If you ask any of the artists that she’s worked with, she’s not only graced them with money in their pockets from music industry success, but they have also experienced her infamous hospitality and cooking. You can ask Jay-Z, Ice Cube, DAZ, Dem Franchise Boyz and others and they’ll be quick to tell you about Arlinda’s cooking.
Arlinda, has continued to be a well known name in the community, maintaining active membership at the Salem Bible Church, voting membership in the Atlanta Chapter of the Grammy’s National Academy of Recording Arts Sciences (NARAS), the Atlanta Chapter of the National Black Programmers Coalition, and is the founder of Ark of the Covenant, a non-profit organization providing life skills and mentoring programs for teen girls. She has earned the respect of her peers winning such awards as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DRUM Major Award, Women Looking Ahead Award and the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award. There is no doubt that Arlinda will be continued to be recognized for her success as many African Americans begin to lead a healthier life-style, at the leadership of Cooking With Hip Hop.
