CRAWFORD Lee

Story By: MONICA SEGEREN

From Army Veteran to Therapeutic Attendant, a Psychiatric Technician, an ER Technician, all the way to CEO of LMC 5 Star Management, Lee Crawford has led a life of accomplishments. Lee’s father helped him by setting an example for him by being one of the first Black Respiratory Therapists who worked at the VA Hospital in Gainesville directly after the Vietnam War. Lee also shared, “Out of all my friends on the block I grew up on I was one of the only ones with a Father who was there through the entire time during childhood. My friends even asked him for advice as they got into their teen years. My Mom was and still is my rock; a love that has been constant and Godly.”

Lee started LMC 5 Star Management officially in 2015, while he was a club promoter. Lee was having a lot of talented individuals approaching him. “Some of them started asking me to manage them, but I had no experience with that, so I studied the industry and took up an internship with a music industry mogul named C. Wakely. He was a silent powerhouse who managed popular artists like Plies, Bloodraw, and Burga.” Lee did his internship with C. Wakely for about a year which helped guide Lee into the direction where he is now.

At first, Lee was managing musicians and comedians, then he started meeting with actors and models.

So, Lee created the Hood to Hood Comedy Show; which was more than just a comedy show, it was a full film production. The film industry quickly picked up on Lee’s accomplishments and supported him.

“My proudest moment, or at least one of them, was when my Grandson turned one year old. He was able to have his first birthday party at my establishment. This is the meaning of legacy to me. Building and creating something that the generations after you can benefit from.”

One of the things that helped Lee along the way was his natural feeling of being born a leader and his wife. “I am an Aries leading and going headfirst can sometimes be natural, but I will say that my wife, the love of my life, gave me the total confidence to do what I’ve dreamed of doing in my life. She supports all of my dreams and projects even if it looks like I will fail. She will ride until the wheels fall off and support me to the end. With a strong woman behind everything you do or next to you when you go, you can do 5x more.”