To actually see like all the youngsters who might not have had a lot of different opportunities. And we were passing them free stuff, like free ice cream and stuff like that. So, I thought that was hot. And also the thing is the inside of Dame that I hadn’t really seen before. That’s not really in the media, not covered in MTV news or any of the news covers. And his foundation, this man cares about the community. And he is very concerned about it. And you begin to see it from King Dome Classic to having people like Minister Ben Chavis around him at all times. I actually liked the office challenge too. The one that just came on…

Really???

B: You know it sounds wild. And people were like “man, you like answering phones and stuff like that?” And it’s not so much that I like to answer the phones. But I think that it was good experience to know how a office like that would function. With me being a CEO of a record label, we independent though, so we not the size of what Dame’s running right now. But we on that same path so one day I want to have an office like that. So for me that was really the only task when we really saw the inter-workings of the business.

So you think like the missions were helpful at you reaching your goals? Or did you think that it was more of some kinda scheme put together by Dame just to put ya’ll through hell?

B: I think it was a mix. I think that some were definitely to teach us a lesson and I think others were just, to test these us. Like the photo shoot. I learned a lot on there. That was my first photo shoot. And we really got some jewels dropped on us. (Also) the bike challenge, which I think was important, but also I think that was a test. (They) put me in a helmet, and had to bike around New York City. In the middle of Midtown, through all this traffic just to see if they really gonna put the hustle.

Is Dame truly the asshole that they portray him as on BET? Give us your perspective.

B: First off, Dame’s a good dude. You know so there’s this perception of him being an asshole. And can he be an asshole? He can be an asshole to the people who deserve it. I’ll put it like that. If you come sideways you’ll see the asshole in Dame. But to me that’s a good trait cause it’s like that’s how you make sure that people not getting over on you. You know when you got millions of dollars, and you’re running a company like that people are gonna try to get over on you. The other aspect that I saw is that Dame is a good dude that is very loyal. Like extremely, to the point where he looks out after those who he was on the block with him. He’ll give opportunities to those he respects that wouldn’t necessarily get opportunities in other places. Continued on page 3 »