Kevin “Kato” Hammond is the owner of Take Me Out To The Go-Go, Inc., editor  and publisher of Take Me Out To The Go-Go Magazine, executive producer of TMOTTGoGo DVD Magazine, host of "Kato & The TMOTT Crew Morning Show" on gogoradio.com and webmaster of TMOTTGoGo.com.  Known for creating all these aspects of “The Official Gateway to a Washington, DC Urban Culture,” Kato has been instrumental in educating the local, national, and international masses about go-go music and DC entertainment.  He is an award-winning playwright, accomplished musician, and acclaimed journalist.  His history as a musician includes performing and recording with Pure Elegance, Little Benny & The Masters and Proper Utensils, and most recently as co-music director of Fatal Attraction Band.

Kato grew up in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, and attended Duke Ellington High School in Washington, DC and Bowie High School in Bowie, MD.  Always a student to entertainment, he performed as a child in area organizations such as CUE (Children’s Urban Arts Ensemble), Bren-Carr Dancers and The T-N-T Poppers.  At the age of 17, Kato wrote a play  entitled "Buddies" that listed in the finalist division of the Joseph Papp’s New York Young Playwright’s Festival.  This play was performed Off-Broadway and starred an up-and-coming actor at the time by the name of Denzel Washington.