Born and raised in Jackson, Tennessee and growing up in Racine, Wisconsin, Derell Stinson is a self-described “polyentrepreneur.” Stinson has always been a business owner of some kind since childhood, including having a paper route and lawn care business as a pre-teen. The evolution of owning his brand started there. Before launching Derell L. Stinson, Incorporated in 2016, he excelled in sales, marketing and information technology on a national level for such multi-national firms as Universal Music Group, T-Mobile, at&t and Dell, Incorporated to name a few. It is this experience that assists him as a key cog to understand, negotiate, market and business manage the arts and entertainment arena for his clients and customers alike. As alum of Tennessee State University, he has been involved in arts and entertainment as an entrepreneur since 1996, working with various entities and celebrities throughout that time including the Original Kings of Comedy Tour, Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock, Chris Tucker, John Ray Presents and Bay Area Productions Currently he is an Executive Producer/Project Manager at Michael J. McBride’s M&M Studios as well as the Creative Arts/Programming Director.