US West Coast songwriter, actor, executive producer, record company owner, and Screen Actors Guild member, was born in New York to parents Mildred and Jerry Hooks Sr.. With 35 years of experience in the music industry, Mikel was a co-writer on the song “California Love”, which sold 2 million copies as well as the album “All Eyes On Me” by the late 2PAC, which sold 11 million copies, “West Coast Pop Lock” , which was a big record on the West Coast. Mikel managed “The Ghetto Dancers”, who appeared on the “Tonight Show” hosted by Steve Allen and on Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand”.