Today we’d like to introduce you to Kendra Kay. Kendra and her team share her story with us below.
Please kick things off for us with some background on Kendra’s story.
Born and raised in West Tampa Florida, Kendra knows everything about growing up in poverty. Born to Ray and Beryl in the ’80s. Kendra attended local neighborhood schools where she not only excelled, academically but was always on the Principal’s Honor Roll during grade school. Coming from the neighborhood she did, this is truly and anomaly. For Junior High School Kendra attended Madison Junior High, Dowdell and Young middle Magnet School. In the eighth grade, Kendra and her family were homeless. For high school Kendra attended the infamous Blake High School, where she was senior class president and involved in all types of school activities, just to keep out of the bad neighborhoods. Kendra has five siblings: Shaconna, DaVita, Ray Jr, Raven, and Kynesha Hutchins. Writing urban fiction, Entertainment Public Relations and being involved in all things Marketing, is Kendra’s get away. Now, out of the bad neighborhoods, Kendra can sit back and reflect on life how it used to be and tell the world about it.
For years, Kendra Kay has worked in the entertainment field. First appearing on self-produced show Pink Talk Show. Pink Talk’s objective was to speak on Urban issues and getting artists heard. KendraKay has worked with artists ranging from, but not limited to: Trina, Shanell of YMCMB, Sean P of Young Bloodz, Teast of Atlanta, Super Producer Zaytoven and many more Independent artists! Many obstacles may have slowed her down but no one can stop her! Determined from childhood to change the Urban community via media and music! Currently working at Too Official Entertainment in Atlanta. Too Official Entertainment’s CEO is the Marketing Manager for Quality Control Music. Quality Control is leading the Industry with a slew of talented artists from Lil Baby, Renni Rucci, City Girls and Cardi B. This new journey in Atlanta will add more knowledge under Kendra’s belt. Giving her more ammunition to help other women around the world.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It has not always been a smooth road. One of my first memories is of my mother and father fighting. This fight led to my mother and I left on foot to escape to my late Grandmother’s house. There was so much blood leaking from my Dads’ head, I thought my mother had killed him. All the times before that my dad had constantly beaten my mom. That put trust issues in my head of all men. I have been in a marriage that was not even suppose to happen. I witness my first death in Tampa housing projects at the age of six. There are so many stories. These have built me to the creative I am now. I have worked on high profile projects that were so inspiring, that I will ride the good and bad roads until the wheels fall off.
Too Official Entertainment – what should we know? What do you do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
As a Publicist, daily, I work with different brands to expose their product to the world. I specialize in creating personalized marketing plans for each brand. From start to finish, an artist, company, model or whatever can ensure results based on the strategic plan I come up with. I show reports of where the artist started and stats along the way. Not too many Independent Publicist can do this. I am known for showing results. If it’s not the results of the brand intended, I explain why. Maybe they need better content to grasp the audience’s attention. I am proud to have worked with so many different types of brands and to be able to see them elevate right before my eyes.
What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
One would think it would have been Mona Scott expressing interest in a screenplay of mine. Or bringing Trina and Zaytoven to Mt. Dora Florida, where celebrities dont usually go. Even though those were great accomplishments, I would have to say every artist that I worked with that had one follower on Spotify to now having thousands of followers, is the proudest moment thus far. To see their streams and followers grow organically is everything. With so many fakes in the industry, my hard work and results are refreshing to them.
Any artists or brands interested in any services please contact me TooOfficialEntLLc@gmail.com.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.TooOfficialEntertainment.com
- Phone: 7065800266
- Email: tooOfficialentllc@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justkendrakay/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kendrakaypinktalkatl
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/justkendrakay
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