Saturday, January 7, 2017

twozerooneseven

Welcome back to perhaps the greatest blog on the web. We took a break last semester due to a full schedule with college but we are back in full effect. So lets jump right into it with the first post of the year.

NBA
This NBA season has been interesting with the Western Conference appearing a lot weaker than it has been in recent years. The eighth and ninth seeds in the west are well below .500 while the Eastern Conference is stuck in a tight race with several above average teams chasing the playoffs. All Star voting has began and shockingly Zaza Pachula has more votes than elite Centers/Forwards like Boogie Cousins, AD, and The Claw. Fans are encouraged to vote everyday to send their favorite players to New Orleans in February. Kevin Durant has fit in perfectly in Golden State while the defending champion Cavaliers have looked strong and recently added sharpshooting veteran Kyle Korver. The second half of the season will be interesting as players such as Rajon Rondo, Andrew Bogut, Nerlens Noel, Paul Milsap, and Brandon Knight look poised to change locations before the trade deadline.

NFL
The NFL postseason has been set with the Raiders and Texans getting things started on January 7th followed by the Lions and Seahawks in the Wildcard round. The following day will feature the Dolphins and the Steelers squaring off followed by the Giants and the Packers. This years' postseason should be exciting as teams such as the Giants and Dolphins make returns to the stage. The Giants have won the Super Bowl in each of their last two post season appearances. Bye rounds have been granted to the Falcons, Patriots, Chiefs, and Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys are a Super Bowl favorite, but as well all know with sports, only time will tell.


Boxing
Boxing has been quite interesting as fighters have expressed interest in taking fights that many never saw coming. Shawn Porter has expressed interest in fighting Andre Berto while coming off a unanimous decision loss to Keith Thurman. Amir Khan is also looking to regain his composure coming off a devastating knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez. Alvarez is a hot topic as many are waiting for him to take on undefeated Gennady Golvkin. In the mean time, Danny Jacobs will take on Golovkin at MSG in March much to the delight of fight fans that feel Jacobs will be the first real test for Golovkin who annihilated Kell Brooks, a fighter that was previously undefeated.


Hip-Hop/R&B
With the year just beginning the annual "Rap Up" by East New York's Uncle Murda has been a hot topic. You can listen to the track below where the Brooklyn spitter touches on everything with his comedic genius and ad-libs that are out of this world. Soulja Boy and Chris Brown have been engaged in some beef that has prompted a celebrity boxing match. Floyd Mayweather will train Soulja and 50 Cent will be training Chris. The undercard will also feature former NBA players Kenyon Martin and Tim Thomas squaring off as well as both 21 and 22 Savage. Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill have officially broken up and people are awaiting new music from each as a result. J. Cole dropped his album at the end of last year to the tune of 550k first week sales along with other artists such as Post Malone, Ab-Soul, The Lox, and Curren$y following suit.



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Here's Uncle Murda's Rap Up Above

The year has just began, however this is looking to be another great one. Follow me @RayhemTheDream on both Twitter and Instagram. See y'all soon.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

School Is That You??

With two to three weeks left before school starts we've truly come upon a bittersweet time. Football is back and soon basketball will follow, however we also must say hello to homework, studying, and possibly school uniforms. Nevertheless, the world of sports and entertainment is still our friend and has continued to be full of excitement for the masses.


NBA
The NBA players that make up the USA Men's Olympic basketball team showed immense support as they watched fellow American Michael Phelps capture gold last night. Phelps went on to capture gold in a team event later on which brings his total medal count to 21 over his career. If you ask Phelps what's 9+10 and he says 21 he's not stupid he's a genius draped in gold. Back stateside there are a few notable free agents still unsigned such as Lance Stephenson whom many believe will soon sign with the New York Knicks. Ray Allen has also expressed interest in playing for teams such as the Milaulkee Bucks, the Boston Celtics, or possibly the New York Knicks. Each of these three teams are poised to make deep playoff runs next season with many seeing the Knicks and the Celtics as the biggest threats to keeping LeBron James out of a seventh straight NBA finals appearance. Training camp for the NBA will begin soon and before we know it preseason basketball will be on the way. Look out for the critically acclaimed NBA 2K series next installment coming soon to Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Xbox One, and Playstation 4.




NFL
The Chargers remain at a stalemate with their first round draft pick quarterback that is not open to a deal that could cost him more money than he anticipated. Former Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is looking to go from the Gridiron to the big leagues reviving his baseball career that ended with him being dominant nearly 10 years ago in high school. Many believe that within a year or two the Christian slugger can play for a major league team and be a factor. Ray Rice and Michael Vick both remain without contracts as Josh Gordon has continued to make strides towards an NFL return. Preseason action begins officially for teams on Thursday August 11th  following the cancelation of the Hall of Fame game just last week. The Washington Redskins will travel to Atlanta for a showdown with the Falcons, the Buccaneers will face the Eagles in Philadelphia, and the Panthers will travel to Baltimore to take on the Ravens. Rounding out the night we will see the Saints travel to New England for a game, the Jaguars will go to NY to face the Jets, and the defending Superbowl champion Broncos will face off against the Bears in the Windy City.




Boxing
Although most fans already knew due to Bob Arum's announcement, Manny Pacquiao officially announced that he will fight Jesse Vargas on November 5th with a location to still be chosen. Many fans have begged for the Filipino star to fight in his homeland, however the fight does not look to be profitable there and many believe it will take place in Vegas at the MGM Grand. Andre Berto and Andre Ward got a good laugh watching interviews of themselves from their beginning years in disbelief. "I was still just trying to get my life together, sheesh I don't even sound like that no more" chuckled Ward. "I wish my body still looked and felt like that" said a snickering Berto when looking at his incredible physique. Adrien Broner is still looking to fight sometime before the year ends as is Danny Garcia. Deontay Wilder has stated that he would like to fight despite currently nursing a hand injury and truly running out of worthy opponents. Some are saying that Wilder is starting to look a lot like Roy Jones Jr. during the time when he would do things like play in professional basketball games before a fight and still dominate.






Hip-Hop/R&B
Frank Ocean officially punked everyone and had people like myself waiting up till 12 for an album that never dropped. Several media sources are projecting the album to drop sometime in November but I'm not believing the hype until I see it iTunes. DJ Khaled's Major Key album has caught the internet by storm with many raving about the features and the different dynamics. Songs such as Jermaine's Interlude, Nas Album Done, and I Got the Keys have exhibited the many layers to the album while showing just how much Khaled has grown in the rap game. Many people have overlooked the fact that Khaled has been in the industry for 20 plus years and have foolishly called him an "overnight success". This success has been built over decades, literally and Khaled has not forgotten to mention that in the numerous interviews and television appearances that he's had over the past few weeks. 2Chainz released a mixtape that has fans anxious for the album set to drop before 2016 ends. Kanye West recently passed Michael Jackson scoring his 40th top 40 hit with Schoolboy Q's "That Part".  Lil Dicky is set to begin touring possibly internationally early next year as is Dave East. Desiigner's "Timmy Turner" continues to set the internet on fire as "Panda" remained #3 on Billboard following a slump for the last 3 consecutive weeks. R.Kelly has caught some heat for dating a 19 year old, however as long as she's legal "I don't see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind".






That's all for this week.  BTW soon I will start having Vlog's posted for people to easily consume on the go and I have not forgot about my podcast. I'm extremely busy and I appreciate those that have been patient and supported the vision from the beginning and continue to read both my blog and my article posts.



Thursday, August 4, 2016

4th Quarter... Put Me In Coach

With the 4th quarter of the year being right around the corner there has been much to celebrate with regards to both sports and entertainment. August means football and this year it also means the 2016 Olympics that will be held in Rio. The boxing world is buzzing again and the music world is in for a treat so let us dive right into it.


NBA
With the opening round of the Olympics days away the men of team USA basketball are ready to go for the gold. Forward Carmelo Anthony has a chance to become part of an exclusive class where he would have earned 3 Olympic gold medals. Demar Derozan has already warranted comparisons to "Half man Half amazing" ex-raptor Vince Carter for his acrobatic throwdowns. The Raptors guard attempted a 360 spin while dunking on an opponent and nearly put down what Olympic teammate LeBron James tweeted would have been  "top 5 Olympic dunks" ever. Derek Fisher is looking to make a comeback to the NBA after being the head coach for the Knicks following retirement from the Oklahoma City Thunder a few years back. Metta World Peace believes he can still average 15 points per game and wants the opportunity to show off his talent next season. The Golden State Warriors will sign 2x Shaqtin' a Fool MVP JaVale McGee after losing center Andrew Bogut. Russell Westbrook signed a 3-year 85 million dollar deal with the third year being a player option to stay in Oklahoma City. The vicious guard will have a chance to truly cash in when the salary cap is again expected to see a high rise in the upcoming years.




NFL
The NFL season is literally within arms reach as preseason games begin this upcoming Sunday. Nick Foles recently signed to the Kansas City Chiefs and veteran Dwight Freeney is expected to sign a one year deal with the Atlanta Falcons. Former Falcon Mike Vick is 36 and looking for a team to sign him to a one year deal to end his NFL career properly. Former Ravens RB Ray Rice is looking for an NFL home and has pledged to donate this season's salary to domestic abuse awareness following his heavily publicized dispute. Johnny Manziel is still looking for a home, however its seeming more than likely that the former college standout will remain on the outside looking in. Tom Brady has been attending practice, however he is still set to serve a 4 game suspension to begin the season.




Boxing
Jesse Vargas and Manny Pacquiao are set to face off in November for the Filipino star's last fight. Many boxing fans are waiting to see undefeated welterweight Danny Garcia square off against guys like Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter, Adrien Broner, or perhaps a rematch with British star Amir Khan. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has expressed no desire to return to the sport and has instead been signing many boxers and MMA fighters to deals through his company Mayweather Promotions. I personally would like to see more dominant heavyweights as the weight class has become boring and lacking any real excitement. The talk of Amir Khan fighting Conor McGregor is merely rumor that will likely not come true.




Hip-Hop/R&B
WE FOUND FRANK!! Frank Ocean has finally shown his face and announced that his sophomore album "Boys Don't Cry" is set to drop on Friday August 5th exclusively on Apple Music. The crooner has been M.I.A. and was supposed to drop this album a few years back in July, we'll still take it now. Pusha T may be releasing an album before the year ends as might 2Chainz, Jay Z, Nas, Post Malone, and PnB Rock. As we draw nearer to the 4th quarter, there is no doubt that there will be much to celebrate and enjoy.


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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Goodbye July

In the last post for the month of July I figured I'd post on Wednesday this week instead of Thursday for work reasons. Like always the sports and entertainment world has continued to amuse so lets jump right into it.


NBA
With team USA gearing up for the Olympic games, guys like Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony have led the charge as the Americans continue to obliterate the competition. The team defeated China by a score or 106-57 at the Warriors' Oracle Arena where Kevin Durant received a warm welcome playing on his new home court for the first time since signing his new deal. Team USA is looking to capture the gold for the third straight Olympic games coming off an embarrassing bronze metal effort back in 2004. Even without guys such as LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and Stephen Curry, the team boast some freakishly talented players. Here are some highlights from the team's most recent blowout win:


NFL
With the NFL training camps set to begin soon there haven't been many new revelations over the past week in the league. Josh Gordon has been reinstated by the NFL with one stipulation being that he miss the first 4 games of the upcoming season. Gordon last played for the Cleveland Browns in 2014. Some early favorites for the title include the Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots, Greenbay Packers, and the Atlanta Falcons.
Boxing
Gennady Golvkin and Kell Brooks will test one another's undefeated records much to the dismay of many fans. Some wanted to see Keith Thurman face off against Brooks or perhaps Shawn Porter. Other fans wanted to see Canelo Alvarez and Golvkin square off. Many such as Robert Guerrero are calling the fight a mismatch giving Golovkin the victory saying that "Golvkin is a big middleweight already and Brooks barely makes welterweight". Manny Pacquiao's opponent for his possible November brawl still has yet to be chosen and for now most people are speculating that a fight may not in fact happen.
                                             

Hip-Hop/R&B
DJ Khaled is set to release his new album "Major Key" on Friday July 29th. Many are speculating that the album may have a J.Cole feature that has not been previously discussed. The Hip-Hop mogul's album will feature Jay Z, Future, Drake, Kanye West, and many more. DJ Drama, Lil Durk, and fresh out the feds Gucci Mane have all recently dropped albums. Gucci Mane's album marks his first in five plus years and is entitled "Everybody Looking". The album has received praise from critics and Gucci may have earned hundreds of thousands of fans do to releasing an album when the buzz was so high. Lil Durk's album entitled "Lil Durk 2X" features the hit "My Beyoncé" featuring Dej Loaf along with a few radio friendly hits. The Cokeboys rapper seems to be one of the few label artists that have had an album produced with the exception of the late Chinx Drugz and the CEO in French Montana.



If you want to find Frank Ocean's next album I suggest you recruit child support, they find everybody. Besides waiting for what most thought would be an inevitable album, some have been talking about 90's crooner Keith Sweat's new album "Dress To Impress". Songs like "Nobody" are no longer on the album however that same type of "babymaking" music is there from star to finish. The album includes features from 90's group "Dru Hill" and Gerald Levert. You can purchase this album and all others on iTunes and Google Play.

I'll be back in August.


Thursday, July 21, 2016

Do We Gotta Say Goodbye For The Summer?

If you're like me you've been loving this summer thus far and must be wondering, does it ever have to end? With the sports worlds on fire and a summer that has had pleasant weather for the most part, people are content with just staying in these three months for good. Lets jump right into it though with the latest in greatest in NBA news.

NBA
NBA Free Agency has already seen billions of dollars dispersed due to the new collective bargaining agreement and fans of the game, both casual and die hard, have taken notice. Some of the biggest free agency landings included Kevin Durant heading to the Golden State Warriors, Dwayne Wade going to the Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose going to the New York Knicks, Al Horford heading to the Boston Celtics, and Dwight Howard signing with the Atlanta Hawks. These players all received contracts for roughly 20 million per season despite the fact that guys like Derrick Rose and Al Horford didn't even crack the 20 point per game mark last season. Fans have scrutinized Kevin Durant for his decision to leave a franchise after a great 9 year run and the complexion of the NBA has greatly changed. There are few free agents left unsigned, however with this kind of suspenseful free agency, fans must be drooling to find out who lands where next.


NFL
The NFL season resumes in just 2 weeks with training camp being right around the corner. Arian Foster made headlines by signing a one year deal with the Miami Dolphins much to the delight of die hard fans of the Southern Florida team. Cowboys rookie Ezekiel Elliot now has the highest selling NFL Jersey for the past three months despite not even entering training camp yet. Tom Brady will serve his four game suspension after finally deciding to give up in his fight against the NFL for the now infamous "Deflategate" scandal. Johnny Manziel has continued to tell fans that he's making a comeback despite the fact that he isn't currently signed to any team. With just about a full month before preseason football, the NFL is looking to make for another great season with exciting games and fanfare.


Boxing
The world of boxing has truly blessed us all with premiere fights on primetime television for free. In a fight of the year candidate, Keith Thurman retained his welterweight title by defeating Shawn Porter via unanimous decision of June 25th in Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Thurman and Porter are close friends and although Thurman has a mandatory challenger to face next, he has expressed his desire to give Porter a rematch nonetheless. Manny Pacquiao has decided to make a comeback likely in November and Canelo Alvarez is slated to fight at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, TX for his next bout. Boxing fans have surely been given quite a few fights to get excited about across all divisions, specifically heavyweight, with Deontay Wilder scoring yet another knockout just a few weeks ago. While the 6'7" slugger did break his hand in the bout, fans are optimistic that he will make a return to the ring before the end of 2016. With this kind of summer in boxing fans have been spoiled and primetime boxing may be making more frequent trips to primetime television for more fans to indulge in.


Hip-Hop/R&B
In the rap world, many rappers are currently doing all that they feel necessary in support of the Black Lives Matters movement following controversial shootings of black people. Rappers such as Snoop Dogg, The Game, and T.I. have led protests in their old neighborhoods promoting peace and lobbying for change. Schoolboy Q released his sophomore album BlankFace which features Kanye West on the critically acclaimed track "That Part". Fabolous recently announced that Summertime Shootout officially has a sequel when he teased the art work for the tape and spit solid bars over Aboogie's "My ish" (Radio Edit). With the ummer half way over, many rap fans are anxiously awaiting to see what hot projects will drop from artists as we delve into end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarter for the year. Feels like just yesterday people were tweeting "New Year, New Me".


In the R&B universe there has been little to no noise made recently after the big surge of music came with the releases of projects such as BeyoncĂ©'s Lemonade and Rihanna's Anti. Fans have cried out for their desire to see both a Frank Ocean album released as well as a Lauryn Hill album. It appears that many R&B singers are releasing music with more of  a " Pop" feel to them which is making people believe that the genre has only a few left of what may be a dying breed going forward.


With all that's been going on this summer and still plenty of sun left, lets just hope the good times continue to roll in and enjoy them before school comes back for the kids, the parties slow down, and people get into this zombielike state of living.


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Monday, January 11, 2016

It's Been Another Crazy Week

Let's start with this bipolar weather that has climbed up to 65 degrees in heavily populated cities like NYC only to then dwindle down to the low thirties the next day. The world of sports, music, and entertainment has seen just as crazy things happen this past week.

NFL
The NFL's Wildcard weekend featured all AFC teams playing on day one and all NFC teams playing on the second day for the first time in as long as most people could remember. Another shocker was the fact that all 4 road teams won the games during Wildcard weekend, which has never happened in the history of the NFL. The frigid temperatures in Minnesota played a huge role in the low scoring game that ended with a score of 10-9 after Blair Walsh botched a 27 yard field goal attempt with 22 seconds that would have put the Vikings ahead by 2. Next week's games will feature the New England Patriots taking on the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos against the Pittsburgh Steelers  in the AFC. The NFC will see the GreenBay Packers square off against the Arizona Cardinals and the Carolina Panthers taking on the Seattle Seahawks.
NBA
The NBA is nearing the All Star break which means that already nearly half the NBA season has been played. Stephen Curry and the Warriors have remained a consistent threat to the 95-96 Bull's 72-10 record posting a record of 35-2 to date. Curry has subsequently gained traction in the MVP race with guys such as Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, and Russell Westbrook. Clipper guard Chris Paul has entered the discussion after helping his team establish a 9 game winning streak in the absence of the team's leading scorer Blake Griffin.

Hip-Hop/R&B
The music world never seems to disappoint and this week was no different. Kanye West debuted his new track Real Friends/No More Parties In LA. The track includes vocals from LA natives Kendrick Lamar and Ty Dolla $Ign. Many are calling this track "vintage" Kanye and the track quickly surpassed 150K plays on the Chicago artist's SoundCloud account. Kanye revealed via his Twitter account that SWISH will be released on February 11.



Lil Durk released the visuals for his hit single "My Beyonce" from his critically acclaimed mixtape "300 days, 300 nights". The video features the Chicago drill artist locking lips with his fellow rapper girlfriend Dej Loaf. Fans were amped to see that the video paid homage to the popular movie Love and Basketball starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps from 2000.  New music is expected soon from artists such as Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa, Beyonce, Rihanna, and Travis Scott.


Boxing
The boxing world has been quite hushed so far this year, however some big name fighters that should be active fairly soon are Canelo Alvarez, Deontay Wilder, Adrien Broner, Danny Garcia, Shawn Porter, Amir Khan, Manny Pacquiao, Gennady Golovkin, Miguel Cotto, and Erislandy Lara.

Extraordinary People
This week has been hectic with me preparing to return to college so there is no highlight person of the week. Nevertheless, I'm sure that somebody did some extraordinary deeds and should be commended. If that's you contact me via email @ mcorbin1214@gmail.com and the world may get to know you as the superstar that you are.

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Monday, January 4, 2016

Good Foundation, Strong House

  As the new year begins it's important for everyone to make this year special and to start the year off right, because a good house begins with a great foundation. This year a new portion has been added to the blog in which extraordinary people are examined and given the proper recognition for their feats. But lets jump right into things like we never left with some sports news:

NFL
After last night the stage has been officially set for the NFL Post Season with the AFC Seeding and NFC Seeding going as follows:
NFC

  1. Carolina Panthers
  2. Arizona Cardinals
  3. Minnesota Vikings
  4. Washington Redskins
  5. Green Bay Packers
  6. Seattle Seahawks
AFC

  1. Denver Broncos
  2. New England Patriots
  3. Cincinnati Bengals
  4. Houston Texans
  5. Kansas City Chiefs
  6. Pittsburgh Steelers


The Wildcard round will span the dates of January 9th and 10th with the bottom four seeds facing off in a match up of 3 V.S.  6 and 4 V.S. 5. The season's MVP appears to be Cam Newton after his stellar season and his team becoming the 7th in NFL history to finish the regular season with 15 wins. This NFL season has proved to be exciting with many teams fighting for playoff positions and seeding going into the last week of the regular season.


NBA
The NBA season has seen many teams with head scratching records such as the Houston Rockets and the Milwaukee Bucks. No team has head as crazy a record as the Golden State Warriors however who currently boast a 29-2 mark and set a record for the best start in NBA history. Unfortunately, the team's MVP Stephen Curry has been injured as of late and is questionable for their next game. The San Antonio Spurs have performed like the old running machine that they've become known for and other teams out east have stepped up their play. While Karl Anthony Towns is looking like a shoe in for rookie of the year, Knicks center Kristaps Porzingis aint too shabby. The Lithuanian has been a blocking machine that has shown his ability to shoot the ball and make great passes as well. Porzingis will be a player to look out for going forward. Kobe Bryant has announced his retirement and maintains that as much as he loves the game his body is done and it's time to hang up the jersey.

R&B/Hip-Hop
The hip-hop world saw great things to end 2015, most notably the dropping of the long awaited Pusha T album and Rick Ross's Black Market EP. While both albums had similar first week sales, Pusha's album received more critical acclaim overall and was accompanied by a short film that had fans going wild. The film appeared on Tidal and for promotional purposes, the Virginia MC went to NYC to personally give out albums on the release date at midnight. Pusha T's album is entitled Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude and will serve as the lead up to King Push which is set to drop in April. ASAP Ferg and Big Sean are amongst the two bigger names set to drop albums in the first quarter of this year with Meek Mill being set to release the highly anticipated Dreamchasers 4 mixtape.
In the R&B world, Chris Brown's Royalty album continues to sell well as does the Weeknd's album that spawned hits such as Earned It. Tory Lanez has dropped a mixtape that can be heard on Datpiff and August Alsina recently dropped his sophomore album entitled This Thing Called Life. August Alsina recently voiced his thoughts on the album being leaked.. By the Label.
Boxing
The Boxing world has been pretty amazing to close out the year 2015. The big fight that seemed to grasp many fans featured Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez. While Alvarez won the fight, there was no shortage of controversy with regards to the score. One judge nearly scored every round to Alvarez, which as some fans pointed out was "outlandish".
Extraordinary People
 It's no surprise that when it comes to fairly successful people there's more than what meets the eye.  Jermaine Greaves is one of those successful people that are very multi layered and their stories will captivate you. Amidst being in a wheelchair, Jermaine has still found a way to be self reliant and to become a powerhouse in the tough NYC scene as a recognized promoter. Greaves started in Studio 10 at the Warehouse when he began his journey as a promoter."I finally felt like people took me seriously when I was volunteer for Afro Punk" "They had me traveling all over Brooklyn, but for the experience I am grateful and it showed me alot about how this industry works"  stated Jermaine.
         "You can avoid alot of mistakes by reading books and figuring out how to create your perfect business model". This statement shows people that no matter what your profession is, reading is key. It's worth noting that Greaves was actually born on  April 28th 1992 born in Georgetown, Guyana. He relocated to church avenue in Brooklyn before he moved to East New York and Brownsville. He currently resides in Downtown Brooklyn.
            Jermaine stated that he now feels that the quickness of his success is God's will of him being made to host festivals and do all of the things that he has been able to accomplish Jermaine is currently a volunteer coordinator for the Brooklyn Music Festival. Jermaine's current mentor, Nova, is strong and has showed Jermaine that taking time to work on yourself and conduct a business the right was. For 2016 the promoter wishes to merely create his own movement and get it to a level of international recognition. Finding people that both respect and are willing to work with Jermaine are the things that he's looking for. In the words of Jermaine.. "Even if you hate me you know me".  In the words of Drake "Call me crazy, shit at least you calling." Jermaine can be found on Facebook under the name Jermaine Greaves.

Here is a photo of Jermaine with Portland Trailblazers guard Damien Lillard during All Star Weekend in NYC last year.




And of course here's a photo of Greaves with the Infamous Spike Lee.






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