About AONE Creative
A creative, marketing and AI agency, founded by Darrick Angelone in 2007
For nearly two decades AONE has launched studio films, national get-out-the-vote campaigns, a five-time Webby-winning series and live tours on four continents, and built the platforms behind them. Today we bring AI into that work.
- Six Webby Awards
- Founded 2007
- Featured in Time
- Founder-led
Our story
From the road to the release calendar
AONE began on the road. Darrick Angelone founded Angelone Management in 2001 while touring internationally as Kool Keith’s DJ, and went on to book and market shows for artists including Naughty by Nature, KRS-One, Lil Wayne and Ciara, across Australia, Asia, Europe and North America. Selling out a room on a deadline turned out to be good training for digital.
He formed AONE Entertainment LLC in 2007; the company has been AONE Creative LLC since 2020. In 2009, AONE’s and Darrick’s stake in HARD Lifestyle, a custom paint and coatings company, became the TLC reality series Paint Misbehavin’, with Darrick on screen.
AONE moved into film with the digital campaign for Meet the Blacks, then social and influencer campaigns for Screen Gems releases. From 2014 to 2022 we ran digital and IT for Hidden Empire Film Group: its websites and domains, Google Workspace, dozens of social profiles and the digital launch of each release.
In 2018 Darrick cofounded Be Woke.Vote, and in 2019 Robert F. Smith and Henry Louis Gates Jr. engaged AONE to run digital distribution, the website and social for Black History in Two Minutes (or so). Our white-label services powered Hyper Engine, which grew into a digital marketing company that generated $4 million.
AONE has always adopted new technology early, from blockchain tie-ins for the Fear game to the AI systems we build for clients today. The goal hasn’t changed: reach the right audience and move them to act.
Recognition
Honored by the Webbys, covered by Time
- 2020 to 2022The Webby AwardsFive awards for Black History in Two Minutes (or so), including a 2020 People’s Voice Award
- 2022The Webby AwardsBe Woke.Vote, winner, Social: Series and Campaigns, News and Politics
- 2021The Webby AwardsBe Woke.Vote, Honoree, Activism websites
- 2018TimeThe Messy Truth with Van Jones
- 2018Revolt TVPicked up the Be Woke.Vote series
- 2016, 2021Film creditsAssociate producer, Meet the Blacks and The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2
Webby nominations in 2019 for Be Woke.Vote and in 2022 for Black History in Two Minutes (or so).
Who we have worked with
Studios, networks, campaigns and causes
Screen Gems, Lionsgate, Hidden Empire Film Group, Hyper Engine, Robert F. Smith and Henry Louis Gates Jr., Van Jones, Roland Martin, Revolt TV, TLC and the BET Experience, along with digital pushes supporting Doug Jones, Andrew Gillum and Ben Jealous.
Founder
Darrick Angelone
darrickangelone.comLinkedInIMDb
Darrick leads strategy on every AONE engagement. His path runs from international tours as Kool Keith’s DJ to associate producer credits on Meet the Blacks and The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2, a turn on screen in TLC’s Paint Misbehavin’, cofounding Be Woke.Vote and serving as Hyper Engine’s Chief Technology Officer.
He also founded On Chain Innovations, which brings blockchain technology to studios, filmmakers, talent and audiences, and built the Fear game with it. Today his focus is putting AI to work for the clients AONE has always served: studios, campaigns, artists and growing businesses.
How we work
Small team, senior attention
Founder-led.
Darrick leads strategy on every engagement.
Creative and technical in one team.
No handoffs between an agency and a dev shop.
Remote-first, nationwide.
We work with clients across the US.
We run what we build.
Sites, platforms and AI systems have an owner after launch.
Company facts
- Legal name
AONE Creative LLC
Founded in 2007 as AONE Entertainment LLC, and AONE Creative LLC since 2020.
- Founder
Darrick Angelone
Leads strategy on every engagement.
- Headquarters
Los Angeles
Remote-first, serving clients across the United States.
- Services
Creative, marketing and AI
AI services, entertainment marketing, branded games, campaign digital, event production and web platforms.
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