Business of Hip Hop: Courtland Hankins Pres. of Hip Hop & SmartMonkii Studio

Courtland Hankins

Recording studio and production center offering recording engineering, music production, and writing services. Established in 2012, the studio partners with Tony Ojo and SmartMonkii UK in England. SmartMonkii works with vocalists, MC’s/rappers and spoken word artists and launched our first intern program in 2013. SmartMonkii runs Hip Hop educational programs and workshops in the NYC area, including HANAC Astoria Cornerstone Community Center in Queens, New York.

With twenty two years of banking and financial services, eighteen years of music production, audio engineering and recording experience, and 4 years working in the education as a program coordinator and permanent substitute teacher