Ace Patterson, also professionally known as Call Me Ace, is a Billboard-charting hip-hop artist and Founder/CEO of Five Mics, a digital hip-hop trading card game (think Yu-Gi-Oh! Or Hearthstone, but with rappers, not dragons). In 2023, Five Mics was selected by Techstars Music as 1 of 10 startups for its accelerator cohort, receiving early investments from Warner Music Group and Concord Music Group.
Ace is a first-generation Jamaican-American and first-generation college student, graduating with a BA from Columbia University and MBA from UC Berkeley-Haas. Prior to being a full-time entrepreneur, Ace worked strategy & operations at Deloitte Consulting, consumer marketing at Facebook, and music label partnerships at Google/YouTube. Additionally, Call Me Ace’s music has gained over 5 million streams, appeared in the NBA 2K21 video game, and garnered hundreds of media placements, interviews, and speaking engagements from CNBC to TEDx Berkeley. Symphonic Distribution listed Call Me Ace as “20 Black Artists Who Are On the Rise” in both 2021 and 2022.
Above all, throughout all of his endeavors, Ace focuses on living an authentic lifestyle and encouraging his audience, coworkers, and peers to live a rich life, not just a life full of riches. No accolade is worth more than remaining true to oneself. This is what motivates him to remain resilient, navigating the highs and lows, so that he can create access and opportunity for others who are also navigating through life’s hardships. For more, visit: callmeace.com.
