Griffin Guess

Griffin Guess (born September 8, 1979, in San Diego, California) is an American entrepreneur, music producer, tv producer and talent manager. He owns Cartel Management, Cartel Records, Titans of Mavericks and is married to supermodel / actress Marisa Miller.

In 1998, he founded Machete, a creative services company that produced marketing, film and music videos. In 2001 Guess merged his company into Liberty Media, and joined Ascent Media as SVP of Commercial // Music Video in 2002. Guess became executive producer and creative director for the media conglomerate in 2005. Guess produced hundreds of projects for the leading names in music and creative arts, creating numerous award winning projects and music industry productions. He worked on titles with artists such as Kanye West, Andre 3000, Jay-Z, Josh Baze, 50 Cent, Good Charlotte, Weezer, Eminem, Velvet Revolver, Common, TI, and Matisyahu throughout the 2000's. Guess exited Liberty Media in 2006 to form Cartel, Inc.

In 2007, Guess founded Cartel Incorporated and soon after developed Cartel Management, a boutique management company representing entertainers, athletes and musicians. Later, Guess formed Cartel Records, an independent label which distributes nationally through iTunes, and with Alliance Distribution for Best Buy and Target, Wal-mart. Guess executive produced all marketing and album campaigns for Kanye West including titles such as; The College Dropout, Late Registration and Graduation from 2005 to 2010. Guess and Kanye West co-executive produced Composing History, a television special for MTV in 2005. Guess continued to market additional artists under Def Jam Records during that time. Guess produced albums for America's Got Talent season two runner-up Cas Haley's self-titled debut album Cas Haley,Really Doe's First Impressions album with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label and breakthrough hip hop artist Josh Baze's self title album "High-heels & Low-Lifes" in March 2012. Guess produced Josh Baze's follow up second record "Colour Blind" which was released on June 10, 2014.

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