Shante Bacon

Shante Bacon's strategic marketing firm, The 135th Street Agency, specializes in campaigns for urban youth consumers and urban business professionals. Having gone from a part-time project to full-speed ahead, Bacon's business has taken off in its two years, naming Ashanti, Radio One and BET among her long list of clients. Before going solo, Bacon spent six years at Def Jam, most recently as their marketing director. However, it was as their first college representative in their just-launched College Rep program that she got her start. Bacon attended Hampton University, where she majored in marketing with a concentration in the music business. She also worked at the school radio station.