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Shout out to American Gangster & Isaiah Stokes!

September 24, 2007 | Tags: isaiah stokes

Peace!

Let me start off by saying "sorry" for the lack of effort I've been putting into these blogs. I've noticed that I've been doing a half ass job on the latest entries. I've also been lashing out at people who bring it to my attention. With that said, welcome to the day and the life of a Music Editor (at my student newspaper) a HipHopDX contributor and a full time senior in college. Let's not talk about the daily pressures of being a role model, an auntite, a daughter and a sister...I'm also a future ex-wife. It's hard for me... especially following up with artsits, students and teachers.

I wanted to say "thank-you" to all the readers and constant supporters (Meka, Mark, Bigga, VA, Drea, Will, Mr. Clark, Ohsokool, my brother) and all the other dedicated readers who comment and click. I really appreciate your dedication and feedback.

On the way (this month) will be quite a bit of footage and photos. I wanted to share with the world my experiences in NYC (in the studio and backstage w/ Kanye West, my PR internship at a huge promotion company and my exclusive interviews and parties with big shots and up and coming greats). I took this opportunity to share with you, one of my favorite parties that I attended this summer in downtown NYC, thrown by Hennessy.

If you don't know Isaiah Stokes, become familiar with this guy. He's one of the biggest hustlers in NYC and has a relationship with Moet/Hennessy who just so happened to have pressed 100,000 copies of his mixtape. He's in the upcoming film "American Gangster," and he's also had small roles in some of your favorite hood films like: "Get Rich or Die Trying," and "Killa Season." Keep in mind he's done all of that w/o a manager, promotion team and w/o a lot of pub. He's the definition of "GRINDER." If you have not already checked out his mixtape, do so by clicking on HipHopDX's mixtape section.

Here's some photos from a party I attended this summer with Isaiah and met some good people over at G-Unit West (Spyder Loc's cousin,) Mils (who crazy in the fashion section) and my homegirl Dominique who does everything!

Thanx...and leave some comments and advice on my writing and what I can do to become a better journalist for the Hip Hop community. THE PEOPLE matter the most. :0)

P.S. Check out the Cassidy, Fatal, Kevin Michael, Ja Rule and Mic Geronimo story if you hadn't already.

Peace!

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the writer and not necessarily those of HipHopDX.com or Cheri Media Group.

A trip to south side Jamaica Queens

August 24, 2007 | Tags: 50 cent, shea davis, isaiah stokes, fuertado brothers, don diva

A while back while I was still in NYC, I decided to go to South Side Jamaica Queens in search of 50's neighborhood. Since, I've been in the studio with G.O.O.D. Music and felt the energy over there, I wanted to do the same with G-Unit. The only way I knew how, was going straight to the streets. Shout out to all the good people in Queens. It was cool anyway... seeing the neighborhood of one of the biggest rappers (out).

While I was there, I also decided to stop through a barbeque, thrown by the Fuertado brothers, Lance and Todd. If you don't know, these two brothers were known in the 80's and 90's as huge kingpins in the underground drug world. They've now shifted their lives and became people who give back to the hood. For more info on them go to : http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=89462490 . A lot of cool people, kids and families came together. That's cool. I wish people could throw stuff like that prior to selling drugs and getting locked up <<< a little food for thought. IT'S LIKE "LET'S SELL CRACK TO THE PARENTS AND 5 years later, FEED THE KIDS TURKEY'S ON THANKSGIVING." Anyway, the barbeque was good and it wasn't a shock that nobody wanted to talk about Curtis.

Come to discover they don't have such a great history with Curtis. It's all good, moving right along. I also stopped through historical Hip Hop spots like the spot Wu-tang shot "Ice Cream," and dope cd shops. I also ran across Shea Davis from Smack DVD and Bonds. Isaiah Stokes was also around, promoting his album sponsored by Moet Hennessy. The people from Don Diva were also in the place to be.

THE PONIT IS THIS: Nobody wanted to talk about 50, who was over 30. Young people were feeling him, but they were'nt feeling the fact that I wanted to know about their neighborhood spokesperson. Word of mouth, they want him to give back to the hood.

SHOUT OUT TO QUEENS AND 50 CENT. stay focused, fresh and free! REMEMBER EVERY HOODS THE SAME.

A.H.L.O.T. (A Higher Level Of Thinking).
Here are some of the photos: