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The Uncle Earl and Kanat’s new single is an uptempo marvel of electronic and vocal styling with the kind of energy that suits midnight dance floor machinations; a riveting offering to the genre.

Akademia Music Awards – winner, Best Song in Dance/ Electronica for Friends


Meticulously crafted and professionally executed, The Uncle Earl has furnished a pulse-pounding collection of dance electronica tunes loaded with splendid production touches.

Akademia Music Awards – winner, Best EP in Dance/ Electronica for Invitation to Dance

Shine on Hollywood Magazine May-June 2018: Top Women Industry Pros Issue

Arnold Garcia, film and music showcase for electronic dance music


The art of success begins first within your heart. There is no better example of this than the man of many talents that we have come to know through the years in the industry as Lacy Phillips.

Music Industry Network

Culture curator Lacy Phillips Launches New NYC label imprint, Earl Hitz Records

Top40-Chart.com

The Akademia Music Awards Announces Its May 2015 Winners

Music Industry News Network

A man of many talents!

Shine On Hollywood Magazine, Black History Month issue, February 2013, pages 52 – 59

In depth with Lacy Darryl Phillips

The Hype Magazine

Germaine Moody included this quote from The Uncle Earl in his book

Greatness is taking the ultimate leap of faith, sometimes against all odds. Greatness is accepting failures or disappointments as life lessons and using them as tools for growth and expansion. Greatness is understanding that you succeed by the mere fact of acting upon a thought, idea or dream without knowing the final outcome.

Excerpt from the groundbreaking book, “50 Seeds of Greatness,” by Germaine Moody


The Uncle Earl was named one of the 25 Inspiring People To Know In 2016 in the Exclusive Summer Edition of Life Lessons Magazine.


Rick James has nothing on The Uncle Earl – witness this thundering party tune lavishly illustrated with freaky, dark-matted video clips of the artist.

The Akademia Awards