Born outside of Chicago in a small city called Kanakee, Kemett Jmal Timms life has been anything but small. While attending Jersey City University he joined the # 1 record labels in the world at the time, Arista Records. As one of the youngest Marketing Managers, Kemett had the privilege of marketing and launching the brands of some of the most diverse and illustrious Grammy Award winning Artists, in the Arista umbrella of joint venture labels which included, Rowdy Records, Arista Nashville, Arista UK, Bad Boy Entertainment Group, LA Face Records. Later taking a senior position as Artist Relations Manager for the Universal Motown SRC Republic Records family, Kemett has strategically promoted multi-Platinum successes for groundbreaking artists as Amy Winehouse, Melanie Fiona, David Banner, and Asher Roth among many others.

Presently, Kemett is also the co-founder for Trey Lorenz Music Group, a creative and humanitarian based artist sourcing company which oversees brand development