Behind the Scenes of Keem

Hip Hop Manger Hakim Henderson

Hakim Henderson is a Manger and Digital Marketer in the underground scene of Hip-Hop, looking to make a huge splash in the industry. Although he’s only 28 Henderson has had plenty of success in his career this far. Early on in his journey Hakim knew that he wanted to music to be apart of whatever it was he did. “I loved the drums as a kid, it probably all started there”, Henderson stated when describing his first early memories of music.

Although his love for music, and Hip-Hop specifically, never faded it became unclear exactly what he wanted to do in music. “I know I wanted to make a name for myself, that’s about it”, Henderson said as he talked about his early experiences and some of his early experiences Djing aloud him to do just that. While at FAMU Henderson did gigs at local parties where he was making only $50-$200 a night.

Although getting his name out there worked, it didn’t necessarily feel fulfilling, “school isn’t for everyone, but it just wasn’t for me at that time”. After leaving FAMU in 2016 Hakim began diving deeper into the music industry head on, throughout the next 2 years he would continue working in studios as an A&R (Artists&Repertoire), and make various connections wherever he could. Those connections lead him to managing his first artist Kaino. Kaino at the time was a young , energetic up and coming artist in the Tampa music scene and has a promising career ahead of him. In early 2020 Kaino and Hakim decided to go their separate ways and although their business relationship ended they still remain close friends.

The saying goes “your next move is your best move” and in 2020 Henderson arguably made his best move when he created the Ads Plus Promotional page. Ads Plus Promo is a 3rd party ad company that allows for those with fewer following than others by giving them a chance to be seen through ads.

Now although a little older, the hunger is there more than ever. Henderson is currently the manager for both Taz Money and Cherele. Both artists are picking up traction at the right time and beginning to put the music world on notice as well. Cherele even performed at Miami’s famous “Rolling Loud”, (a popular music festival). Along with managing, his “ADS+” promo vision has turned into a company that recently celebrated its 2year anniversary, and has gained thousands of clients.

Although the road hasn’t always been the smoothest for Hakim, you can only imagine the heights seem endless.