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Contents Feature Fy3 Sw@GgA …………………...4-7 Mz. Joi…………………………….8-11 Laura Luke……………………...12-15 CJ Tha Sticman………………..20-24 Erica B. ………………………….28-31 Kenny Luk…………….………...38-41 G-Entertainment Magazine can not accept responsibility for claims made by it’s advertiser. Advertisers who place ads in G– Entertainment Magazine do so understanding that G- Entertainment Magazine will not accept responsibility made by them in their ads; nor will the publisher be held financially accountable for errors in advertising, regardless of fault, beyond the partial or full cost of the ads themselves. Opinions expressed in G- Entertainment Magazine are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the management, staff or advertisers.
Fy3 SwaGga Dance Crew is one of Birmingham’s most talented dance teams. Founded in 2008 by La’Toya Fletcher-Abram, the group has been featured in several local artist’s videos and events. Through her tireless efforts, La’Toya has made a name for her group; truly making this group a hot item on the performance and night life scene.
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G-Mag: How are you? La’Toya: (smiling) I’m blessed. G-Mag: So, what made you want to have a dance group?
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Selsius.
G-Mag: How does it feel to be a small business owner?
La’Toya: People knowing me and believing in my talents convinced me to do it.
La’Toya: Hard and confusing at times. I feel like I spend more money than what I make sometimes.
G-Mag: Where did you come up with the name Fy3 SwaGgA?
G-Mag: Have you met a lot of people because of this business?
La’Toya: I was just writing down random words to see how they fit and sounded together and I always loved the word swagga. I noticed the word “fye” had become popular with the kids. But instead of having an “e” on the end I put a “3” to make us stand out.
La’Toya: Yes, I have.
G-Mag: Who inspired you to start your own company? La’Toya: My former boss at Girl’s Inc., Ms. Pam and my former dance team members from Putnam Middle School and their parents. G-Mag: What artists have the group performed with? La’Toya: D-Real. Ree’al, Shaudi Fly, Big Phrophet, Mz. Joi, Juggernaut Mafia, Baby Cord, Yung Pharoh and
G-Mag: Who are the members of Fy3 SwaGga? How can someone who loves to dance join the group? La’Toya: Capt. Meyonna Roemer, Co-Capt. Adreanna Paul, Sec. Marvelles Fisher, Christian Myers, and Ryan Reed. If someone wants to join the group he/ she will have to go through an audition, a brief interview, perform a prepared one minute solo, and learn five (8) counts from us. G-Mag: Do you give dance lessons? La’Toya: Yes, we do. Ballet, Break Dancing, Hip Hop, Jazz, Krumping, Lyrical, and Tumbling. G-Mag: Where have
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you trained to dance? La’Toya: The Dance Factory, Make It Happen Theater Company, Miles College, Mt. Canaan Full Gospel Church, Girls Inc. and U.D.A. (Dance Coaches camps and work shops. G-Mag: What do you see in the future for your team and dancers in general in Birmingham? La’Toya: Television show performances, dance workshops, travelling , back up dancing, and being featured on nationally released music videos. G-Mag: Is there anybody that you want to send a shout out to? La’Toya: My mother and father. My company is dedicated in the memory of their lives.
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Hey lady, first I would like to thank you for taking the time to do this interview. G-Mag: Where did you grow up? Mz. Joi: On the West side of Birmingham, Alabama. G-Mag: How long have you been in the music game? Mz. Joi: I’ve been in the music game since...I started when I was eight years old. I started out with poetry. So, I’ve been in the music game most of my life. G-Mag; What type of style would say that you have? Mz. Joi: a melodic type hip hop with a jazzy flow. G-Mag: Who inspired you to make music? Mz. Joi: I think Iwas inspired when I first heard people like Lauren Hill, Mia X, Erykah Badu, & Queen Latifah. Just coming up listening to them doing what the guys were doing, but with a female approach to it. G-Mag: Who have you worked with musically? Mz. Joi: Here in Birmingham I’ve worked with B-Flat Tracks, Jafaar Travel Light,
Laura Luke, I’ve done some collaborations with an artist named Nick Paul, I’ve done some things with pretty much the whole I’m a Balla Crew and Shank D. G-Mag: What do you think about your earlier music compared to the sound/vibe that you have now? Mz. Joi: I can definitely say that my earlier music was…well my music now is way more mature it has manifested into a sound of my own. I was feeling myself out to begin with. I was mimicking the great people that were doing their thing at that time, but as I came into myself I can really say that I manifested into my own type of sound now. G-Mag: Since there are so many people in hip hop what do you think determines who gets to the top? Mz. Joi: Well, like you said there are a lot of people in hip hop right now. Hip hop is going in so many directions so many angles its been infused with all different genres of music right now. So, as far as getting to the top I think its all in what you like and what’s appealing to the ear. Good music is good music and its going to stand alone regardless.
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G-Mag: Do you consider yourself an underground rapper? Mz. Joi: (laughing) Yeah, we all are you know at some point... for now. G-Mag: What do you think has contributed to your success so far? Mz. Joi: Being me and staying true to who I am doing good deeds, making good ties, creating great rapport with different people that have helped me along the way, and just staying true to my art and being who I am and not selling out for the fame and everything and making good music. G-Mag: For all the men reading, I gotta ask paparazzi style… Is Mz. Joi currently single? Mz. Joi: I’m always married to my music forever. We have a great relationship. G-Mag: Do you have any last words or shout outs to anyone reading this interview? Mz. Joi: Sure, first off God, the creator, for giving me the gifts and talents that I have, I want to give a shout out to parents for being a strong backbone and believing in me, I want to give a shout out to Kenny Luk for his production and bringing
my whole art into life and adding a visual that I needed to convey what I’m trying to do in the industry, Tig Knight for his help in shooting videos, Paul Franklin, BFlat Tracks, Hollow Tip, Snips, all the people that helped me as far as getting my album together, all the people that are following me (my fan base), the whole Birmingham push, anybody trying to do their thing, the Fy3 Sw@GgA dancers, Black, Keisha, the kids of the Cipher and those that come out to put on a show.
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Thank you so much for letting us have this time with you.
G-Mag: Where were you born? Laura Luke: Birmingham, AL. G-Mag: How did you get started in the music industry? Laura Luke: It started with school, first. I was in the jazz band, marching band, and when I got to high school I was in the school choir. Actually, I started off in jazz with the Birmingham Youth Jazz Ensemble. G-Mag: Who influenced you to make music? Laura Luke: A lot of different people. Number one, I would say, is the director of the Birmingham Youth Jazz Ensemble Jothan Callins and I have a lot of mentors in the city such as Tommie Stewart, Cleveland Eaton and Daniel Jose Carr, he taught me how to play trumpet. On a national or international scale it would be Prince, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, everybody. G-Mag: The music industry can be tough on new artists. How has it
treated you so far? Laura Luke: I think its been as fair as it can be so far. I’m just learning new and innovative ways of just getting out there and find my own way like everybody else. G-Mag: What are your thoughts on the current state of the game? Laura Luke: Right now I think that the industry is actually doing a complete circle. Its going back to an older sound like the Temptations and a time when music was really light and pure. A time when musicianship was really valued. Live bands and writers are definitely being looked at the way they used to be. G-Mag: How do you separate yourself from other artists? Laura Luke: I don't try to separate myself. (laughing) I just do me. Hopefully, that does separate me. G-Mag: Who would you really like to work with? Laura Luke: Prince, I would die tomorrow if I could work with Prince.
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G-Mag: What type of vibe should the listener expect when he/she hears your music? Laura Luke: I would say a vibe like your being hugged by your grandmother. Like somebody is telling you the truth. I try to tell the truth in my music. Hopefully, people can relate to it and get solutions from it and feel hugged by it. G-Mag: I just gotta ask. Is Laura Luke single? Laura Luke: (laughing) Right now I am seeing somebody special. G-Mag: What should fans expect from you in 2011? Laura Luke: Definitely more great music, more collabs, more events to help promote the city to help reveal the talent that’s in the city not just myself, and just more Laura Luke. G-Mag: Do you have a website or web page where people can get in touch with you or to hear your music? Laura Luke: Definitely, you can catch me on twitter, I’m finally on there, facbook of course, and my website
www.lauralukemusiconli ne.com G-Mag: Who would you like to send a shout out to? Laura Luke: Shout out to my manager Aquil Abdur-Rasheed with Kottage Boy Entertainment Group, yes. Also, shout out to my family, sisters everybody, Mz. Joi, up and coming female rapper here in Birmingham, Ree’Al, Jafaar, Sabastian everybody.
To Book Laura Luke Call Aquil Abdur-Rasheed Manager @ 205.547.6271 or 205.908.2940 P.O. Box 39503 Birmingham, AL 35208 lauralukebooking@gmail.com
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Derrick-D is an upcoming/breakthrough rap artist from B’ham, AL... In Oct 2009 he released his 1st ever solo mix tape “Southern Lifestyle Vol.1”, which hit online and had over 2000 downloads the 1st day. Derrick-D is known for his slick metaphors, hard punch lines, and very creative concepts and choruses in his raps. He is Copresident of LGM records; which he founded and brought to life in May of 2008. Derrick-D has done numerous show performances and is recently coming off a Black College Tour that consisted of colleges in the southeastern region. Be on the lookout for more up-
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-coming mix tape releases and performances from Derrick-D, including “Southern Lifestyle Vol.2”. www.twitter.com/DerrickDLGM www.myspace.com/DerrickDLGM www.youtube.com/LGMRecords
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Vital Statistics
since it started back in
has a laptop and some
Name: Cj Tha Sticman
like 99 going into 2000.
kind of digital program. I
Hometown: Birming-
Back then, I still carried
love these digital formats
ham, Alabama
6 crates of records, my
from the CDJ’s to Serato
Mixtape: The Paid in
mini disk player and a
& Traktor for the ease
Full Mixshow
laptop with PC DJ on it.
and convenience they
Interesting Fact: The gift
There were some gigs I
made for the TRUE
of mixing started with a
did when I didn't have to
working DJ. My DJ
turntable from a thrift
take my records and
crates were heavy. You
store back in 1989 along
turntables. My Partner
haven't experienced real
with a tape deck and ra-
(DJ Serious) & I were
DJ'in until you have car-
dio shack mixer.
talked about badly be-
ried creates and turnta-
cause we were on these
bles up to a DJ booth
1.What brought you to
computers and not carry-
with your own turntables
DJ'ing?
ing as many records to
and mixer. No BPM’s
Dj'ing became a part of
the clubs. I never really
labeled out for you and
me back when my folks
did the CDs and CDJ’s
you still rock the house. I
would have parties at
that much. Even though I
hate how the digital era
home . Family would
do own 2 pairs, they
has created all these MI-
come over play cards
don’t get much playtime
CROWAVE DJ's that
and bbq. My main duty
by me. They stay rented
have popped up out of
was to keep the music
out. My partner (DJ Seri-
nowhere and they totally
going . When I started
ous) and I were on Final
disrespect the craft by
watching music videos ,
Scratch when it first
calling themselves DJ's
I was hooked. I finally
dropped and still around
and they are pushing but-
got my own first turnta-
this time I still carried 6
tons all night. Shouts out
ble and old radio shack
crates to the club. It was-
to all DJs that use the
mixer in like 89 and its
n't until 2005 when I fi-
digital formats and they
been on since then.
nally stopped carrying
still use WAX. The pro-
2. Rise and Fall of Hip
crates and was only car-
grams don’t make you a
Hop Wax vs. Digital?
rying Serato to the club.
better DJ; real DJ’s still
I have to say I had the
At that point, not too
have to have skills.
opportunity to watch this
many people really un-
3. Worse/Best part of
happen and I've been
derstood the technology
radio? The worse Part
doing the digital scene
change. Now everybody
of radio is all the
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bureaucratic rules and
RC Promotions , Da En-
11. On tour?
politics that go on in cor-
tourage , Dynasty Devel-
I’m currently not on tour
porate radio.
opment , Essense Pro-
either but if you want to
The best part of radio is
ductions , The School Of
consider me, give me
that is an excellent vehi-
Hip Hop , WBHJ 95.7
holla and let’s make it
cle to get your name out
Jamz , Goodfellas Ra-
happen.
there, and it will put you
dio.net , The Paid In Full
Follow CJ Tha Sticman
in a position to get more
Mixshow , My Partners
on:
gigs. If you network cor-
Dj Serious , International
rectly it can take you
Silkk , Da Gank and any-
MySpace
very far
one elce that i forgot !!
Tags: dj, cj, core, spot-
Big Shouts Out To All
light, sticman
4. Choice of equip-
My Mason Brothers and
Share Twitter Facebook
ment?
Eastern Star Sisters!
Technics 1200's, Rane
8. Record label?
TTM 57
I’m not signed to any
5. Time slot?
Labels but shouts out to
WBHJ 95.7 Jamz Tues-
all the label reps that
days The Quickie Mix @
want to holla at cha boi.
12pm & Take Me Back
9. Dj crew?
Tuesdays's @5pm ,
Cj Tha Sticman is a
Thursdays The 5 o Clock
member of The Core
Cutup @ 5pm & THe
Dj's( Shouts Out to Tony
Saturday Night Mix
Neal ), The Bumsquad
Party from 10pm-12am.
Dj's ( Shouts Out To
The Paid In Full Mix-
Latin Prince ) & The Go/
show is on
Dj's (Shouts Out To HI-
www.goodfellasradio.net
C)
Mon-Fri @ 5pm & Sat-
10. DJ’ing for any art-
urday Afternoon @
ist?
12pm
I’m not currently spin-
6. PC or Mac?
ning for any artists.
MAC
However, if you want to
7. Who are your Affili-
consider me, let me
ates?
know!
-Cj Tha Sticman GO DJ's BUMSQUAD DJ's CORE DJ's WORLDWIDE WBHJ 95.7 Jamz (MixShow /On Air)
WEUP 103.1 (Huntsville, AL) WGFX Goodfellas Radio (Online) THE PAID IN FULL MIXSHOW WHOG 1120 am (Anniston, Al) www.myspace.com/ cjthasticman www.paidinfullmixshow .com http://twitter.com/ CoreDjCjSticman
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Erica B. The Magic City’s Airbrush Artist G-Mag: How long have you been in this business? Erica B. : I started in December of 1991. G-Mag: So you’ve had a shop since ‘91 or have you just been painting since then? Erica B. : I’ve been painting since then. I designed my first pair of denim shorts for my college room mate at the University of Montevallo. It was an experiment. G-Mag: Who inspired you to paint? Erica B. : Who inspired me to paint like airbrushing as far as the paints? G-Mag: yeah. Erica B.: One of my coworkers friends when I used to work at Krystal. He came in with some hand painted jeans on and I asked him who did them and he said “I did” and I said “No you didn’t” and he said “yes I did”. So, every time he and his friend came in to pick up their checks they had on these airbrushed jeans, but his were hand painted and I kept asking and wanted to do it. You know it was already on tv with Bell, Biv, Devoe and L.L. Cool J. G-Mag: Where did you grow up? Erica B.: Right here in Birmingham, Alabama. The old part of Hill Crest by Gate City. G-Mag: Who have you worked with? Erica B.: I’ve never worked with a professional airbrush artist. I will tell you this there was a gentleman by the name
of… I can’t even remember his real name, but his nickname was “JP” and he was a professional. He used to airbrush where the Wal-mart used to be in Irondale he had a little shop set up right when you walked in the door. I used to sit with him and ask him questions and stuff. I was too nervous to pick up an airbrush gun and do it. He was to good. I would just sit there and he would say “Erica you can jump up here anytime you get ready” and I would say “nooooo”. He would say “I see your work its good” I was like I’m learning I’m learning. I was real shy about it then. I used to do it at home. I was intimidated by him. He used to put those tags and shirts out like it wasn’t nothing. But he took the time to really care about seeing me go farther in it. I’ve met other airbrush artists that wouldn’t tell you where to get paint sometimes they where real stingy with it. I was like what do you got to lose. I guess it was because I was from the same area. G-Mag: some people are like that. Erica B.: “JP” I think he moved to Florida. This guy used to work for Chuck-ECheese. He was a marketing director. He said that the job was so demanding that hated his job so bad that when he was on the plane to one of his meetings he got sick to his stomach. That’s bad he didn’t like his job anymore. He already knew how to draw and started playing around with
the airbrushing and turned that into his full time career. G-Mag: Who would you like to work with? Erica B.: You know how their is somebody out there doing what you want to do just on another level. There is a gentleman by the name of Pat Gaines he owns West Coast Airbrush and he owns airbrush shops all over California all over the West Coast. He’s from Chicago though. I think that’s where his office is now, but he has several other professional airbrush artists that work with him. They train airbrush artists. They have a team. They have these things called airbrush get-aways. They have classes like in Los Vegas. They are always far out never in Birmingham not even Atlanta. Pat Gaines is like the Guru of professional airbrushing. I could call him and actually talk to him, but for me to actually have a consultation, I would have to pay. G-Mag: What is your ultimate goal by the end of your career? Erica B.: I would like to be doing what Pat is doing. I would like to have mentored and trained other young kids in art period. Because a lot of schools are just taking out the program. I see so many kids that know how to draw and I see them doodle and stuff, but they are not guided in the right direction. ’Cause mostly for real in our community its sports. A lot of kids think if I can get to the NBA or NFL I can make it. See with air-
Like what do is just one phase of it. You have people that do commercial art. The Batman cartoon, when they redid it, the background is airbrushed. You can look in your Science book and look inside of fibers and stuff like that stuff is graphic art and they actually use airbrush guns too. G-Mag: What do you think has contributed the most to your success so far? Erica B.: God and prayer and you got to practice hard work. You asked me who inspired me to paint to actually do art period and I would have to say my cousin. We didn’t have to many games. You could give us crayons and blank paper and we could do that all night. G-Mag: Do you have a website? Erica B.: www.propheticairbrush.webs. com. On facebook search prophetic airbrush designs, and www.myspace.com/ propheticairbush. G-Mag: Do you have any last words or shout outs to the people reading this interview? Erica B.: I would just tell anybody that has a gift, something that you know how to do, something that you have been born to do and you may be stuck behind a desk or you be working a job that you can’t stand. Know that what it is inside you that is burning that’s what your supposed to be doing. Go for it.
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Inside Story Headline
Photo by Paul H. Franklin Photographer
Photo by Paul H. Franklin Photographer
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I am a super producer and artist born in a little town called Selma, AL. I’ve been producing music for about 9 years now. I started making music when a local producer told me that I couldn't use a music track that I loved. I always used to write music, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. I was so determined to make music I imitated all music producers like Timbaland, the Neptunes, Just Blaze, and Kanye West. Eventually I became Selcius, the man I am today. The name Selcius means that I’m gifted because I make
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all types of music. I think that sounds inspire me the most in what I do. I love different sounds and the most powerful instrument to me is the horn. I’ve been taught to never give up no matter what. I honestly feel that if you have a passion for something it is worth more than money!
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G-Mag: Where were you born? Kenny Luk: Birmingham, AL. (North side). G-Mag: Who influenced you to make videos and to be a photographer? Kenny Luk: My influence with video probably came from watching movies John Singleton, Hype Williams, and music videos. That’s pretty much where my inspiration came from. As far as photography the person that inspired me was a photographer by the name of Mykeon and checking out magazines thinking could I produce an image like that. You know take somebody that looks good and make him or her look better. G-Mag: How long have you been the man? Kenny Luk: (laughing) Uhhhh, I’ve been trying to get to that title. I think I’m gone die before I actually get to it. I really just stay busy. I might be at the house bored one day hit some artists up and just shoot pictures. Its like I probably shot a million of them and you just caught a couple of them.
G-Mag: What is it like to work with the talent that you see everyday? Kenny Luk: The talent that I typically work with in Birmingham is a real pleasurable experience because its like an untapped market. There are a lot of people that I’ve met in my travels from the west coast to up north to down here that I feel deserve better publicity or better exposure. Because a lot of them are far more talented than the people that I’ve seen in other regions. Its like I don’t even think that they know how talented they are. It’s a very pleasurable experience to help bring exposure to people like this. G-Mag: Just a few names. Who have you worked with? Kenny Luk: Mz. Joi, the infamous group Fy3 Sw@GgA, Jafaar Travel Light, Laura Luke, KD, I’ve worked with a lot of good acts. I’ve also worked with a couple big names. I’ve worked with Bobby Valentino, Gucci Mane, and 8 Ball & MJG. G-Mag: Who would you like to work with? Kenny Luk: I’d like to do something with Tyler Perry, somebody that I’ve never worked with, but I’d like to do some work with him. Because he’s kinda on that same
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mind set of, you know, giving exposure to people in our communities and bringing them to the main stream. G-Mag: I know what you do is hard work. What is a day like in the life of Mr. Kenny Luk? Kenny Luk: In the morning I pretty much will go on the internet and get more work or get a better understanding of what’s going around as far as the Birmingham/ Atlanta market. The main markets that I work in. Then after that on the average I edit 100– 200 pictures a day of events, of past models and different artists. Then probably five hours of just editing small pieces, up and coming projects, and documentaries. After that I would probably spend about two hours on the phone with people trying to get work or trying to figure out what direction they want to do in. Which will let me know what kind of visual products they are going to need to accomplish what they are trying to do. So, its pretty much two hours of that. At that time, I usually get out and do a little foot promotion putting out fliers at gas stations and places like that. After that I get back on the computer again to try to
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Convert files that I just shot and reediting again the next day. So, it is probably like an eighteen hour work schedule. G-Mag: Does your work require you to travel out of town often? Kenny Luk: Pretty much, normally the jobs that I get that are more financially beneficial, I do have to travel out of town for. The main places that I would probably be at are California or Georgia. Those are the main two places. G-Mag: What sets you apart from other video producers? Kenny Luk: What sets me apart is one I really pick and choose who I’m gonna do a video for because the money doesn’t really move me. Its kinda like a statement. If I’m gonna do a video for you its gotta represent something meaningful and not degrading because if that’s the case I will usually nine times out of ten turn it down. Because all I’m doing is bringing what you put together to light and amplifying what you already have and if its not good what I’m doing is not very beneficial to society. G-Mag: How do you see your skills in this industry shaping how videos are made in
Alabama? Kenny Luk: I can see that since I put my all into it. It might make others that are shooting go a little harder. They might actually be better than me, but they might not go as hard as me. Another thing is I put together a program accomplishing a pretty good video out of a one man crew instead of an eight man crew. In a perfect world I would love an eight man crew, but with the budget so low in Birmingham, Alabama you have to accomplish what you can with what you have making no excuses. We’re showing a method of doing more with less resources. With that being the case it could change the whole game completely. G-Mag: Do you want to give any shot outs to the people reading this? Kenny Luk: Let me see. It will be a long list… I give shots out to once again to the infamous Fy3 Sw@GgA they’ve been very supportive of us since day one. Like I say said funds are limited, resources are limited, but talent is abundant. Its one of those type of things where we putting together a power team to take this thing to the main stream to get
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the money flowing. You know the people in this situation are people like Fy3 Sw@GgA, Mz. Joi, Jafaar Travel Light, Laura Luke, some of the people that I missed before Brandon Mason (he does video as well). We collab on a lot of projects together. That’s a good thing to see two people that do the same thing working together. Tig Knight, he is pretty much a pioneer at putting the local talent out to the main stream. Patrick Johnson, Charlene Jackson with the M.U.A. they are taking entertainment to a whole new level by producing Museum Urban Art. The list just goes on. Shot out to everybody and definitely God for giving us giving us what it takes to do something productive in the community and not destructive.
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