ABOUT HIP POLITICS:
WHAT IS HIP POLITICS?
Raised by Hip Hop, we are political strategists who have been shaped by the culture, people, and politics of an era. Our successes and victories have helped reshape the political landscape. We seek to build digital and IRL platforms, campaigns, and activations to educate and engage the generations that will shape the world as it changes. Our content mission is to demystify the political and media “game” so that the “Hip Hop generation” can make informed decisions that strengthen their ability to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We accomplish this mission through building media, cultural, and political partnerships that help us identify, understand, and fill gaps in information for our audience. We have come to realize as the famous Matrix movie quote so eloquently stated, “There is no spoon.” We “the people” have the ability to determine the conditions and terms by which we live, work, and love.
OUR MISSION:
Our mission is reflective of the “Hip Hop generation” we were born into. An era where our experiences with and views on justice, community, government, and what it means to “be” an American were shaped by a kick-drum, snare, and 808s. We found community in the melodies, messages, and messengers across race, class, geographical barriers because what they preached was the “empowerment of people.” This is what excites us as a firm about a project, client, or campaign – the idea that it will have an impactful outcome in service of people. And, we believe the current political moment and inability of its players to bring our nation together under a collective narrative has created a strong opening for the Hip-Politics approach.
Hip Politics is not just the name of our platform, it is the way by which we center “The Culture” in our strategic approach to communications, media, news, and content distribution. We focus on “why” infotainment content, news, and chatter matters to our audience and utilize our network, data, and insider access to bring them closer to solutions and understanding backed with expert confidence. We consider ourselves principally as an ed-tech platform reaching audiences, creating content, and building engagements with marginal to mainstream audiences around the issues that affect their lives. We advise clients through our consultancy as an extension of our goal to educate individuals and organizations on how to “authentically” build relationships through constructing culturally relevant pathways of communication with diverse audiences and margins within.
MEET THE TEAM
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WHO WE ARE:
FOUNDER
CAMERON CALVIN TRIMBLE
Digital Political Strategist / Hip-Politics founder / TV Commentator/ Keynote Speaker /Podcast Host
A true social and communications architect, Cameron Trimble has more than 16 years experience leading integrated communications programs for presidential, congressional, entertainment and corporate entities. During his career, Cameron served as senior advisor in the Biden/Harris presidential administration as President Biden’s White House Director of Digital Engagement, the 2020 Biden/Harris National Director of African American Paid Media, & Deputy Digital Director of the 2021 Biden Presidential Inauguration Committee.
Hip - Politics Movement / Founder
In 2018, Cameron founded Hip-Politics Inc., an organization dedicated to educating, engaging and mobilizing the political power of the Hip-Hop generation and Hip hop culture. Hip-Politics has executed a number of voter empowerment campaigns and hosts The Hip-Politics Podcast, which provide listeners a front row seat to conversations with elected officials, political heavyweights and hip-hop titans about the opportunities that lie at the intersection of politics and music.
Presidential Campaign Lead
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Cameron played a lead role in getting out the Black vote for Joe Biden’s campaign serving as the National Director of African American Paid Media for the Biden For President campaign. He led a record $70 million dollar African American outreach and advertising program that resulted in record Black voter turnout around the country. From 2016 to 2017, Cameron served as Senior Public Affairs Director for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, generating national and international media opportunities.
STRATEGIST
W. CYRUS GARRETT
W. Cyrus Garrett is a results-focused professional with an extensive record of creating partnerships, managing campaigns, and developing social impact initiatives. Mr. Garrett has served as Senior Vice President and Head of Organizing for Taskforce, a digital media agency where he oversaw a 9-state GOTV and counter-misinformation operation during the 2022 midterms. Previously, he served as the Associate Director of Intergovernmental Af airs for the Biden-Harris Inaugural Committee after his role as the Southern Regional Director for the Biden for President campaign. Before joining Biden, he served as the Eastern Constituency Director for Mike Bloomberg’s 2020 campaign. He joined the campaign after serving in his position as the Democratic National Committee’s African-American Political Director. He has previous experience working for Everytown for Gun Safety as a
Political Advisor and for their Mayors Against Illegal Guns initiative as the Mayoral Manager. He conducted both c3 and c4 operations during his time with the Bloomberg Action Fund. He joined the Bloomberg Action Fund after serving as a Deputy Field Director for Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign in Ohio. In 2009, he gained his political appointment after serving as Obama for America’s Northwest Indiana Political Director for the 2008 general election. Mr. Garrett started his political career as a field organizer in Iowa with Obama for America in 2007.
Skilled in building systems and strategic development, Mr. Garrett brings a wealth of experience to his work as an alumnus of the Obama White House, Obama Campaigns, and Foundation. Mr. Garrett’s work has been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine, The Hill, The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, VICE Impact, Washington Post, and IHeart Radio.
Mr. Garrett is a Bosch Fellowship alumnus. He also serves as a Trustee member on Carnegie Hall’s Board of Directors. He received his degree in criminology from the University of Northern Iowa and is currently working on his MBA at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Business.
STRATEGIST
LAVANNA MARTINEZ
Starting her campaign journey as a young volunteer on local campaigns, Lavanna Martinez is a dedicated advocate for African American and Latino communities, known for her sharp political insight and campaign expertise. As the lead organizer for the Women's March in NYC, the campaign manager for Deidre DeJear's historic gubernatorial run and supporting over 1,000 first-time candidates at Run for Something, she's been a key player in mobilizing people and shaping conversations in organizing and politics.