As an entertainment industry veteran, Aaron Powell has worked briefly in front of the camera and very successfully behind the scenes representing some of the biggest names in television, radio, music, books, and film. He started out as a dancer in old-school hip hop videos and in New York City clubs. He met a lot of aspiring actors at dance auditions and in the clubs and eventually got bit by the acting bug and began auditioning for everything, including a few Spike Lee movies. On an audition, he met a casting director who encouraged him to follow all his dreams but to have a back-up plan and suggested he look into the world of public relations. He followed her advice and eventually landed a internship at ARISTA Records, whose roster at the time included Whitney Houston, TLC, Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin and Carly Simon, to name a few. After ARISTA, Powell worked at one of the most prominent black-owned PR Firms in N.Y., where the owner took him under his wing and taught him the ins and outs of publicity. He worked for various radio and TV personalities and was an independent publicist for record labels like TOMMY BOY and ULTRA Records. He also did publicity for TV personality Wendy Williams (for her novel, Ritz Harper Goes to Hollywood ). Powell also worked as a publicist for the late groundbreaking author E. Lynn Harris (for his final mainstream novel, Mama Dearest).