5th Year Anniversary "Memory Lane" Issue 10th Issue | Page 375

Phyllis K . Jones-Ellison

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Email : 16thandbroadway @ gmail . com
President , Tip of the Iceberg Entertainment
Kay , as she is known to everyone , was born and raised in San Diego , California . She is theyoungest of ten and , because her Daddy was a “ rolling stone ”, she had a bonus of five additional siblings . Growing up , she always wanted to be a high fashion model , but she wasn ’ t tall enough , so she did runway and print work to satisfy her desire .
Married at the tender age of seventeen while still in high school , Kay left San Diego after graduation and moved with her new husband to Detroit , Michigan . While in Detroit , she took a job at the Detroit Zoological Park , where she was a security guard . After a year , she went back to California and attended Ventura College , earning her first of many degrees in the field of Psychology . She earned a Psychiatric Technician ’ s License from the State of California and worked at Camarillo State Hospital for fifteen years until it was closed down , and then was transferred to
Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk , CA , where she remained until retiring ten years later .
Kay decided to go back to school and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of La Verne . All of that was fine and good , but there was something else calling her . She eventually explored a career in acting . She got signed up with a talent agency and booked her first acting job in a film called “ Lost Star ” by Johnny Cox Productions . She also was Assistant Director .
After completing several other projects in the entertainment industry , Kay was pulled into the family business , Tip of the Iceberg Entertainment , where she has a natural flair for wheeling and dealing with her cousins and their extremely talented group of hip hop artists . She ’ s the fresh , new force driving Tha Monstaz to greater heights and looking forward to an amazing future . Kay is a Lady Monsta and proud of it .