Dominic Pettis El Email & Phone Number

The epitome of a “student of the art,” Chicago-born MC, producer, teacher and originator Dominic “I.B. Fokuz” Pettis EL basks modestly in the knowledge afforded him by his study and practice of hip-hop expression over the last 20 years, a knowledge he still learns to master daily. This burgeoning artist is an aesthetically daring writer who has proven that he can display in his words an integration of urban street-level narratives with abstract concepts in ways that draw in a variety of audiences to his spectacle of rhythmic speech. In his early thirties, I.B. has already released two self-produced, internationally distributed, full-length albums and EPs for his respective crews, several solo projects, genre-bending mixtapes and 6 years of experience writing jingles for one of the top advertising agencies in the world, Leo Burnett. From his humble beginnings as a mentee with Young Chicago Authors in 2006, everything has come full circle for him as he continues to give back lecturing and performing at multiple colleges, as well as mentoring inner city youth as a Site Coordinator at CICS Lloyd Bond Elementary for Guitars Over Guns. In 2020, I.B. officially joined the Guitars Over Guns Leadership Team as the After School Programs Manager (ASPM) for Chicago. After 2 years on the Leadership Team, I.B. was promoted to Programs Supervisor over all programming in the Chicago Region on Oct. 1st, 2022. I.B.’s resume is nothing short of stellar not because of his accomplishments, but because of his insatiable drive to consistently evolve to greater perfection in spite of these major triumphs.

Listed skills include Live Performer, Music Production, Lyricist, Songwriting, and 1 others.