Rebecca "Holly Hood" Scott was born in Harlem in New York City. She wrote her first book at 10-years old; it was a collection of “mother” jokes. Prior to becoming a published author, Rebecca worked 25+ years in the hip-hop music industry.

Professional Background
Rebecca “Holly Hood” Scott was introduced to the Hip-Hop music industry through the great Harry Belafonte who gave her a job as a dancer in the early Hip-Hop movie, Beat Street (1984).

In the mid-Eighties, she competed against The Fat Boys for a record contract in Tin Pan Apple’s talent show at the renowned Fever skate club in the Bronx.

By the mid-Nineties, Rebecca was managing her first hip-hop act, Main Source, a rap group from Canada who made the chart-topping ballad rap, "Looking at the Front Door." Over the years she has worked with such big name record labels as BMG Records, Atlantic Records, Jive Records, Nervous Records, East/West Records, Tommy Boy Records EMI and Universal Records.

In addition, she has worked with such Hip-Hop luminaries as famed Hip-Hop lawyer Bob Celestin, entrepreneur P. Diddy, Film Director George Tan, Planet Studios, Hip-Hop pioneer Sal Abbatiello, Hip-Hop Impresario Russell Simmons, rapper/actor Flavor Flav, Tupac Shakur, Universal President Sylvia Rhone and others. As CEO of Great Scott Management, she represented dancehall artist, Mad Lion and rapper, KRS-1. In 1997, she collaborated with film director George Tan to bring Tupac Shakur’s story to the screen via the documentary, “Thug Immortal”.  
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