Uncle Louie

Uncle Louie

Louis Gregory (born July 1978), also known as Uncle Louie, is an American Talent Manager, Music Producer, Actor, the president of ULM Group, and former president and co-founder of The Legends of Wrestling.

Early life

He was born in Queens, New York and was adopted by James and Penny Gregory. James Gregory was in the United States Army as an Army Paratrooper and in the United States Air Force as an Air Force Technical Instructor. Louis attended Hillside Avenue High School in Queens and Sachem High School in Ronkonkoma, New York.^[1]

He graduated from Southampton Long Island University, with a double major, English Literature and Fine Arts with a digital graphics focus and a minor in theater. Louis, his wife, and daughters reside in Miami, Florida.

Music producer

Uncle Louie has produced songs for Prince Markie Dee, Wyclef Jean, Nas, LL Cool J, Rev. Run, DMX, Eric B. of Eric B. & Rakim and Jennifer Lopez.^[2] Louis became a studio engineer in 1996 working under Prince Markie Dee. Prince Markie Dee and Eric B., of Eric B. and Rakim were his mentors, guiding him into the world of hip hop music production.^[3]

Social Media

In 2009, Uncle Louie joined Twitter with the eponymous twitter handle,^[4] he currently has over one million followers. In 2010, Uncle Louie worked with renowned blogger Jessica Gottlieb on a special project to custom build the perfect mom car. Uncle Louie is a strong believer that Social Media is a way to personally promote a client and has discussed the value of using a client's Twitter account to reach fans on their behalf,^[5] thereby showing celebrities how they can grow their careers through social media.^[6] Uncle Louie has a syndicated column on HuffPost^[7] that covers a number of topics from entertainment to travel and the luxury lifestlye.^[8]

Television Appearances

In 2018, Uncle Louie co-starred on the television ABC Television show The Goldbergs as "Uncle Louie", the Uncle of "Valley Erica" on the 18th episode during the 5th Season. ^[9]

Uncle Louie and Hayley Orrantia on the set of ABC's The Goldbergs

Entertainment manager

In 2008, Uncle Louie began working in the professional wrestling world with Bill Goldberg.^[10] Since then Uncle Louie has represented a multitude of talent in various genres from singers, athletes, and artists.^[11] In 2008, Uncle Louie opened Uncle Louie Music Group and Uncle Louie Management, serving as president of both companies. The company also offers promotional and collectible merchandise design and manufacturing under various companies as part of the Uncle Louie conglomerate. Some of Louis' first talent signings were Prince Markie Dee and Kool Rock-ski, of the Fat Boys.^[12] Recently, Louis worked with artist Eric B. to reunite him with his old partner Rakim of Eric B. & Rakim to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their album "Paid in Full".^[13] He was the President of Legends of Wrestling, Uncle Louie promoted live wrestling events in the United States.^[14] In 2017, Uncle Louie client Bill Goldberg appeared on multiple episodes of ABC's The Goldbergs (2013 TV series) after Uncle Louie worked with the show's writer Adam F. Goldberg.^{[15] [16]}

Hall of Fame Induction

In 2018 Louis "Uncle Louie" Gregory was inducted into the Sachem Hall of Honor Class. He is one of only 20 inductees. The Hall of Honor recognizes alumni who have achieved extraordinary success in their chosen field. ^[17]

Uncle Louie's induction to the 2018 Sachem Hall of Fame

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