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Cicero Leak is an American talent agent. He is the Co-Founder of TLS Talent Agency and TLS Sports which provides representation for clients in motion pictures, television, literary rights, brand strategy, interactive media, comedy, commercials, personal appearances and professional sports.
He grew up in Durham, North Carolina where he attended Hillside High School. After high school, Leak attended North Carolina Central University.
In 2009 Leak started TLS Talent Agency with long time friend Tristian Turner. The pair started out with just three clients but quickly grew their client list in 2010 by signing Grammy Award Winning singer Fantasia Barrino, Academy Award nominee director James Fargo, entrepreneur and star of ABC's Shark Tank Daymond John, hip-hop duo/actors Kid N Play, BET Network host and national syndicated radio personality Big Tigger, actress April Parker Jones, MTV Network host and national syndicated radio personality Sway Calloway. [1]
Leak was named one the Honorees of the 2014 North Carolina Central University 40 under 40 Alumni Award. [2]
Leak was named one of Black Enterprise Magazine BE Modern Man Honorees in 2018. [3]
Leak was acknowledged by Diverse Representation as one of the Top Ten Professionals in sports and entertainment to watch in 2021. [4]
Leak along with TLS Co-Founder Tristian Turner and Managing Director Chuck Stinson launched a new sports division, TLS Sports in 2021. [5] The new division will represent professional athletes, coaches, on-air personalities and help athletes from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) that aspire to make to the next level. [6]
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, and in football, in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, whose member institutions consist entirely of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
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A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, broadcast journalists, film directors, musicians, models, professional athletes, screenwriters, writers, and other professionals in various entertainment or sports businesses. In addition, an agent defends, supports and promotes the interest of their clients. Talent agencies specialize, either by creating departments within the agency or developing entire agencies that primarily or wholly represent one specialty. For example, there are modeling agencies, commercial talent agencies, literary agencies, voice-over agencies, broadcast journalist agencies, sports agencies, music agencies and many more.
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