🏆Grammy Award Winner Multi-Platinum Singer & Trumpet | Producer | Songwriter & Author | Musical Coach and Motivational Speaker 🎤 Lead Singer Kool & the Gang | Dazz Band (LET IT WHIP) 🏆Billboard R&B Song of the Year 🌏 Performed in more than 40 countries; Austria 🇦🇹 Australia 🇦🇺 Belize 🇧🇿Greenland 🇬🇱 Japan 🇯🇵 Portugal 🇵🇹 Nigeria🇳🇬 Ghana 🇬🇭 United Arab, Trinidad, Jamaica 🇯🇲 Emirates 🇦🇪 Germany 🇩🇪 Switzerland 🇨🇭 Italy 🇮🇹 France 🇫🇷 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Spain 🇪🇸 Norway 🇳🇴 Sweden 🇸🇪 Finland 🇫🇮 Ireland 🇮🇪 Iraq 🇮🇶 South America 🇺🇸 Panama 🇵🇦 US Virgin Islands 🇻🇮 My Achievements: 🥇MOBO Outstanding Achievement Award 🥇R&B Song of the 🥇Honorary Degree of Doctor in Music 🥇Lifetime Achievement Award - Artists Music Guild 🥇Special Honorary Member of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band from Iraq and Kuwait 🥇Goodwill Ambassador - Kakegawa City and Okinawa in Japan ⭐️Starship & Friends ⭐️Greatest Hits on Earth Live 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 69 CD’s recorded, other highlights include Justin Timberlake’s sampling of The Dazz Band’s “Let It Whip” in a remix version of his 2003 hit “Cry Me a River,” this was also covered by Boyz II Men and SR-71 on The New Guy soundtrack. 🎥 Film credits include “Jungle Boogie” in Pulp Fiction (1994); “Let It Whip” in Next Friday (2000), Pitch Perfect (2012) and Almost Christmas (2016) to name a few. Video Game credits featuring “Let It Whip” in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. 📝 Skip's “Love Notes” CD features eclectic collaborations with 10-time Grammy Award winner Arturo Sandoval, 13-time Grammy Nominee Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra, Stefan Maier, lead violinist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power & Balaguer Urbanistic! 📚 Skip's first children’s book, 'Morgan The Clydesdale Pony', inspired by Skip’s own experience at the Kentucky Derby, is an epic story about the dreams of a young Clydesdale pony hoping to race in the Derby. The book promotes self-esteem, goal setting and never giving up on one’s dream.  🙏🏾 "God Will Find You", Skip's newest and first Gospel CD is available now on iTunes and Amazon.com Website skipmartinmusic. Email skipmartinmusic.com PR 1.888.800.0299