A NATIVE OF SHELBY, NC, DEE ROZE WAS A HIGHLY RECRUITED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STANDOUT KNOWN FOR HIS PROLIFIC SCORING.  HIS GAMES DREW LEGENDS SUCH AS DAVID THOMPSON AND ARTIS GILMORE.  JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY, AN HBCU SCHOOL, OFFERED HIM A PARTIAL BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP.  DUE TO LIFE EVENTS AND AS FAITH WOULD HAVE IT, HE HAD TO LEAVE SCHOOL AND WAS OFFERED A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW ANOTHER ONE OF HIS PASSIONS, MUSIC, WHERE HE  SIGNED A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR RECORD DEAL WITH MOTOWN RECORDS.  AS A PRODUCER, SINGER, AND WRITER, HE WORKED WITH ARTISTS INCLUDING AKON, K-CI OF JODECI, DRU HILL, TANK AND OTHERS. WHILE IN MUSIC, DEE KEPT HIS PASSION FOR BASKETBALL CONTINUING TO EXPAND HIS REACH WITH HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS, COACHES, AND ON THE AAU & EYBL CIRCUITS. HE FORMED HIS OWN AAU TEAM, ALYVE, THAT PLACED 3RD IN THEIR FIRST NATIONAL USBA TOURNAMENT.   ALYVE ENABLED HIM TO CONTINUE MENTORING AND GUIDING STUDENT ATHLETES WITH THEIR COLLEGE RECRUITMENT PROCESS,  SO THEY COULD PURSUE THEIR ATHLETIC AND EDUCATIONAL DREAMS.  MUCH LIKE THE GIFTED POTENTIAL HE FINDS IN OTHERS, HE HAS AN EXTREME TALENT FOR SEEING WHAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE NOT YET SEEN IN THEMSELVES.  DEE’S POSITIVITY, AUTHENTICITY, AND SELFLESS TRAITS HELP HIM EARN THE TRUST OF HIS CLIENTS, COACHES AT ALL LEVELS AND HIS BASKETBALL PEERS.  AT OCM, HE STRIVES TO BUILD STRONG, LONG-TERM, MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENT-ATHLETES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR CENTERS OF INFLUENCE. RECENTLY, DEE REVIVED HIS MUSIC GROUP, METAL ROZE, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY ON TOUR WITH MAJOR R&B ACTS AND ARE GETTING READY TO RELEASE AN ALBUM.  HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH MUSIC ROYALTIES, PUBLISHING AND STREAMING MEDIA IS INVALUABLE.