Co-Founder/CEO/CTO
Kai Denninger | kai@blockstarzmusic.com
Kai Denninger launched award-winning publication Yo! Raps Magazine, www.yoraps.com, before his freshman year at Göttingen, Germany's HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2003.
After receiving his Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and completing a two-year internship at a leading wholesale and foreign trade company (HEMO Mohr GmbH & Co. KG), Denninger began concentrating his full attention on building up Yo! Raps.
Within a year, the website’s traffic grew by over 200% and its e-mail circulation topped 1.2 million subscribers. Yo! Raps would go on to be honored as "Best Online Magazine" at the 2009 Southern Entertainment Awards (SEAs) and "Best Website" in 2008 and 2009 at the Underground Music Awards (UMAs).
Denninger also founded Yo! Promotions, www.yo-pr.com, in 2008 to promote music from Def Jam, Cash Money, and Slip-N-Slide, in addition to organizing local music events and nightclub promotion.
Furthermore Denninger is a co-founder of Block Starz Music (BSM), www.blockstarzmusic.com, which is a multinational enterprise specializing in online music promotion, digital rights acquisition, and talent management. BSM is headquartered in New Albany, IN with satellite offices in Germany and Australia and currently represents music artists in the United States, United Kingdom, and Italy.
In 2011, Denninger founded full service booking agency Yo! Bookings, www.yobookings.com, to provide first class booking services to celebrity hosts, recording artists, and venue operators around the globe.
Co-Founder/President/COO
Bayer Mack | bayer@blockstarzmusic.com
An award-winning media relations specialist and music journalist, Block Starz Music co-founder and president, Bayer Mack, recorded the "first rap record in his town" at the age of 14, and went on to found a record label (Street Vibes), sign a distribution deal (Select-O-Hits), and open shows for Too $hort and Scarface by the age of 21. He is one of the forefathers of urban new media. He was a founding member of Steve Rifkind's AKA Music Network with the Hip-Hop website HOT 104, a forerunner of AllHipHop.com and HipHopDX.com and both of which he has written for. He was the founding online music editor of SMOOTH magazine, where he worked with then-editor Sean Cummings (SHOW Magazine) and wrote the cover story for the first sell-out issue (Trina #5).
Mack was a speaker on "The Future of Online Hip-Hop" at the 1st Interactive Music Xpo and guest contributor to MTV JAMS and Ozone Magazine's "25 Greatest Southern Hip-Hop Artists of All Time". In addition to majoring in Journalism at Middle Tennessee State University, Mack studied Business at Nashville State Technical Institute and has a background in wholesale distribution and wireless communications. He is responsible for the daily operation of the company, including administration, brand identity, project development/management, and sales and marketing strategy.
General Inquiries
info@blockstarzmusic.com
Founder/ Co-CEO & Chief Technical Officer
Kai Denninger
Founder/ Co-CEO & Chief Operating Officer
Bayer Mack
Sr. Executive Vice President
Peppy Johnson
Vice President of A&R (West)
David Lee
Vice President of A&R (East)
Anthony Parham
Art Director
Julie Anderson
Sales & Marketing Consultant
Jay Warsinke |
