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Kenny Burns is an entrepreneur, producer, trendsetter, author, brand developer, marketer, mentor, motivational speaker, and most of all, a loving father and husband. His professional and personal journeys fit his moniker: The Culture Man.

Burns’ 20-plus-year career has organically woven across the entertainment, music, fashion, spirits, radio, television, and marketing industries. Early in his career, he worked with the likes of songstress Monica, living legend JAY-Z, and his first music concept,Dream, the all-female pop group that debuted at #2 on Billboard, then the highest debut since the Spice Girls.

As an executive, he continued to achieve platinum success with Mariah Carey’s Monarch Music, signing international music superstar Akon, discovering fellow Washingtonian hip-hop artist Wale, and becoming vice president of the iconic hip-hop music label Roc-A-Fella Records.

His passion to create led to RyanKenny, the second African American designers retailed in Saks Fifth Avenue, and the development of his first documentary B.U.R.N.S. (Be Ultimately Realistic & Never Sellout) that premiered at the 2010 American Black Film Festival.

Burns’ unconventional expertise has been trusted by some of the world’s greatest brands, including Amazon, Pepsi, CocaCola, Moet Hennessy, Puma, Heineken, and Grey Goose Vodka, to name a few.

Through years of building genuine relationships across industries, creating powerful influence for brands, tastemakers and celebrities alike, Burns’ ability to inspire, create, and execute are undeniable. A driven businessman, determined to rise to every occasion through his hard work and dedication, Burns has and will continue to prove that what you dream you can achieve.