Entertainment Attorney Darrell Thompson on "Inside Urban Hollywood," Monday, July 13, 2009

Entertainment attorney Darrell Thompson will appear on the July 13th edition of "Inside Urban Hollywood" with host Tanya Kersey and co-host Tiffini Bowers to talk about negotiating talent and producer deals in music and film. Darrell is a highly regarded transactional entertainment attorney. Darrell started his own firm right out of law school and was fortunate to gain clients such as Raphael Saadiq from Tony, Tone, Toni, Montell Jordan, D'Angelo and Teddy Riley. He took a brief hiatus from private practice in the mid-90's to work in the business affairs department at Motown Records, where he helped pioneer the company's transition to digital media. During his tenure at Motown, he negotiated deals for headliners including Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Boyz II Men, and Queen Latifah. After returning to private practice Darrell affiliated himself with two entertainment industry powerhouse law firms, first, Davis, Shapiro, Lewitt, et. al. and second, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP. His cliental throughout the years have included the Black Eye Peas, Tyrese, En Vouge, The Isley Brothers, Phil Collins’ publishing company and Jay Z to name a few. He producer clients have recorded records appearing on albums by Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Usher, Kirk Franklin, Beyonce, and Christina Aguilar just to name a few. Darrell also has an impressive roster of clients in Gospel music including the legendary Clark Sisters, winners of three (3) Grammys in 2008, Keirra "KiKi" Sheard, Virtue, and Andrae Crouch. On the motion picture side, Darrell has negotiated talent deals in the motion pictures "Hustle and Flow" and "Idlewylld." He has represented talent on over 20 motion picture soundtracks beginning in the early 1990's with the film "Juice" starring a young Tupac Shakur and including the recent films "This Christmas" and "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story."