Who is HMC?

Hold My Coat Management Team:

Max AKA Hold My Coat, (Founder / Manager) is the founder of Hold My Coat.  All the way from the Boston suburb of Wayland, Max now manages the band Aer and has done digital strategy and marketing work for the likes of Mike Posner and Big Sean, as well as freelance consulting and branding for a number of different recording artists.  He also makes a mean omelette.

Matt AKA mattMiGGZ, (Creative Director / Media) Matt is from NY and has photographed the album artwork for Aer’s EP “What You Need” and their mixtape “The Reach.”  Matt has done concert photography work for Mac Miller, Curren$y, Aer, Lil B, Casey Veggies, Guy Harrison, Tayyib Ali, Smoke DZA, Guy Harrison, Neon Indian, and Kreayshawn. Matt is also a hip-hop producer and is constantly making folks rich off a MiGGZ tape.  View Matt’s photography work here.

Joe AKA JoKo, (Marketing / Editor / Head Blogger) Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA JoKo has been listening to music since before he could walk. Now a part of the Hold My Coat team, his goal is to help bring dope up-and-coming musical artists to the masses. Hip-hop is his forte, but he also dabbles in pretty much every genre of music.

Mike AKA Trueblood, (Tour Manager / Associate Manager) Hailing from Wayland, Trueblood (yes, that is his real last name) is the newest member to the HMC team.   Trueblood hops city to city with Aer, while simultaneously proudly bringing his “school is for fools, look at me!!” mentality to the company.  Trueblood bleeds hip-hop, if you couldn’t tell by his name.

Jeremiah AKA JJMalina, (Web Design / Graphic Design) is the lead designer and developer at Hold My Coat.  From the Massachusetts suburb of Wayland, Jeremiah has a passion for music, design and coding.

Hold My Coat Writing Staff:

Elgin AKA El-P, (Blogger) is a native of the New York Metropolitan Area, and is cua blogger for Hold My Coat and was involved promoting Jordan Looney’s Nerd Hop Vol. 3.

Dan AKA ightBet, (Blogger) had been blogging about hip-hop for a long time, so when he got the offer to join the Hold My Coat crew he hopped aboard. Dan keeps his roots in the 914, where he founded his production company, Sing Sing Entertainment, and works with Malz, JBX, L.HO and Faiz Lone.

Scott AKA Dubbs, (Blogger) is from Boston, MA and currently a Senior at the University of Delaware majoring in Philosophy. Hip-hop helped raise him, which explains his need to spread the sounds of truly talented artists. Equipped with a new MPD, he’s been learning how to make his own music.

Jeremy AKA JKRealize, (Blogger) has been blogging since 2008 and has become a full-fledged addict. He currently possesses 13 e-mail addresses, 8 Twitter accounts, 6 Facebook pages, 6 tumblrs, and 3 blogs. He’s also in charge of marketing for Boston-based rapper/producer duo, Black EL x Durkin, and consults regularly with local booking agencies. JK is currently seeking help for his Internet dissociative identity disorder and hopes to find himself through blogging for Hold My Coat.

Dan AKA DPK, (Blogger) is a full-time prep school student, hailing from the suburbs of Boston, MA. Dan got his start in the blogging game as an editor for Rap Genius, the lyrics explanation site. While he claims to enjoy listening to all genres of music, he listens to roughly 91.2% hip-hop, 1/8 of which is chopped and screwed. Dan is currently gathering signatures to petition adding the word “trill” to the dictionary.

Ronak AKA Nak, (Blogger) is a college student from the great city of Chicago. His love for hip-hop was apparent at a young age, when he was found as an infant floating across the river Nile in a wicker basket with A Tribe Called Quest discography with him. He’s a big fan of live music and goes to a show almost every week, so look out for him mean mugging at the next concert you go to.