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Will Strickland Stars on F2:Forensic Factor - "JACK" Part 1, Fall 2010 WStrick24 444 views In my first ever national television acting audition, I score the lead role?!?!? Yeah... I was surprised too, especially since I never thought I'd be doing this! Gues...
Will Strickland Stars on F2:Forensic Factor - "JACK" Part 2, Fall 2010 WStrick24 169 views In my first ever national television acting audition, I score the lead role?!?!? Yeah... I was surprised too, especially since I never thought I'd be doing this! Guess ...
Will Strickland Stars on F2:Forensic Factor - "JACK" Part 3, Fall 2010 WStrick24 87 views In my first ever national television acting audition, I score the lead role?!?!? Yeah... I was surprised too, especially since I never thought I'd be doing this! Guess ...
Will Strickland Stars on F2:Forensic Factor - "JACK" Part 4, Fall 2010 WStrick24 119 views In my first ever national television acting audition, I score the lead role?!?!? Yeah... I was surprised too, especially since I never thought I'd be doing this! Gues...
Will Strickland Stars on F2:Forensic Factor - "JACK" Part 5, Fall 2010 WStrick24 135 views In my first ever national television acting audition, I score the lead role?!?!? Yeah... I was surprised too, especially since I never thought I'd be doing this! Gues...
Will Strickland Stars on F2:Forensic Factor - "JACK" Part 6, Fall 2010 WStrick24 136 views In my first ever national television acting audition, I score the lead role?!?!? Yeah... I was surprised too, especially since I never thought I'd be doing this! Guess ...
Grill Room, 11.16.10: Free Agent Shopping Season for The Blue Jays WStrick24 288 views Wheels, in a classic opener on his love for spices, leads the panel of former Jays announcer & Team Canada IF/OF Warren Sawkiw, The Fan 590s Roger Lejoie & me, Will Strickl...
Grill Room, 11.16.10- Say What?!?: The McNabb Saga In D.C WStrick24 60 views If Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Andy Reid wanted to make a point that he was right in trading arguably the franchise's greatest quarterback, Donovan McNabb, to an interdi...
Grill Room, 11.16.10 - In Or Out: LBJ, Time Magazine's Person Of The Year? WStrick24 29 views The panel weighs in on whether Lebron James should qualify at Time's Person of The Year. I mean, Sarah Palin IS on this list, too! Hitler won it & George W. Bush has won t...
Grill Room, 11.16.10 - The Last Word: The CFL-Still Your Daddy's Football League! WStrick24 37 views The debate rages on as the panel pontificates as to whether or not the Canadian Football League does its best to reinvigorate interest in its game by catering to a younger ...

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THE ENTREPRENILLIONAIRE!!!

Will Strickland's career as a trailblazer is extensive and ever-expanding. From hosting radio shows at college, community and commercial stations and his own local music video show to starting his first company in a dorm room at Rice University as an undergrad in 1992, Will's growth as an impresario in entertainment and business has only just begun.

Starting in 1986, this true hip hop culture enthusiast launched his career as one of the youngest deejays and on-air personalities in the country at a small station in Texas while still in high school. That foray into music was parleyed into his own college radio show when Will matriculated to Rice University in Houston in 1988 on an academic and athletic scholarship. His desire, determination and focus to be the best was exemplified in his work ethic. He triple majored in Managerial Studies, Economics and Political Science, was a four-year letterman on the Mens Varsity Basketball Team, coordinator of Volunteers for Youth, an at-risk youth outreach organization, focal member of the Forensics Team, President of the Black Student Union and Vice President of the Student Council. Will added to his collegiate laurels by launching UrbanArt Marketing and Promotions, a marketing, promotions and consulting firm, which offered business solutions to urban entertainment industries, dealing with such corporate giants as Nike, HBO, Coca-Cola and more!

Working directly for several of the record labels he once promoted for at UrbanArt, such as Uptown, Badboy, RCA and Epic/Sony Music, Will somehow managed to sandwich a brief professional basketball career in San Antonio, Toronto, Caracas, Venezuela and Sao Paulo, Brazil during this period and earned his Masters Degree, mostly via correspondence courses, as well.

During Will's stint at Epic, he brought one of his most daring visions to life by conceptualizing, implementing and executing the first ever online concert in black music history with Ghostface Killah, featuring Raekwon and Cappadonna, at 88hiphop.com, an internet radio show, in February 1997.

Will Strickland's passion for music is highlighted by the work he has done in aiding to guide the careers and efforts of artists such as:

Heavy D Mary J. Blige Scarface The Geto Boys
The Notorious B.I.G. Craig Mack Prince SWV
Shaquille ONeal KRS-One R. Kelly Public Enemy
Naughty By Nature Faith Evans GangStarr Black Moon
Smif-N-Wessun WuTang Clan Ghostface Killah Ginuwine Sade Michael Jackson Luther Vandross
Erykah Badu Babyface Jamiroquai Dr. Dre Snoop Dogg

During Will's stint at Epic, he brought one of his most daring visions to life by conceptualizing, implementing and executing the first ever online concert in black music history with Ghostface Killah, featuring Raekwon and Cappadonna, at 88hiphop.com, an internet radio show, in February 1997.

He continued his quest as a renaissance man in urban lifestyle by creating and teaching the worlds first university accredited course on hip hop culture at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1998. His reasoning? I was tired of hearing others tell me what my culture and history was and is. So, instead of being REACTIVE and whining about it, I was PROACTIVE and did something about it by getting and actually seeing through this opportunity at UMass. I am trying to establish the educational foundation for the study of hip hop culture, not just the study of the music within an industry spawned by this culture!

After working as the music editor for Rap Pages Magazine & taking on the role of aiding the turnover of Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Management into a full-fledged record label, where Will briefly presided as the Senior National Director of Promotions, he crossed the border into the Great White North to exercise new options as a Management Consultant with an ad agency in Toronto.

Beginning to map his plan at becoming an impresario in Canada as well, Will is currently the creator, host & executive producer of several television properties in development for major North American networks such as VH1, The Score Sports Network & Much Music, including being co-host of The Score's Court Surfing, a basketball talk show. He also serves as Co-Principal of Keikwalk Consulting, an entertainment marketing, promotions & consulting firm in Toronto, overseeing the development & execution of multiple entertainment & social programs, as well as providing his extensive industry acumen to various companies. He is also working as a freelance writer for several publications and a highly sought-after public speaker. Will serves as the President of UMAC, The Urban Music Association of Canada, & last, but certainly not least, Will Strickland is a true champion for the cause and preservation of hip hop culture.

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