Category: My Friends Are Better Than Yours

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring DJ Wiz

DJ WIZ ™ (a.k.a. Mark “WIZ” Eastmond) is a Hip-Hop icon and a graduate of hip-hop’s classic era who broke onto the rap scene in 1988 as the DJ mix-master for one of the genre’s most revered and popular groups, KID ‘N’ PLAY.  
 Throughout the 90’s, KID ‘N’ PLAY along with DJ WIZ™ continued… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring DJ Wiz

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring DJ Hard Hittin Harry

DJ Hard Hittin Harry, born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, and raised in Montreal, Canada, and Newark, New Jersey, has had a remarkable career spanning over 40 years in the music industry. He has showcased his talent in clubs, through mixtapes, the internet, and television, establishing himself as a versatile and accomplished figure in the world of… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring DJ Hard Hittin Harry

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Rob Love

This latest edition of “My Friends Are Better Than Yours” features industry veteran, Rob Love. Rob Love is the Chief Executive Officer of Launchpad Worldwide Inc., which is a marketing and promotions company that creates “organic strategies and solutions” in sports, entertainment, and technology. Rob Love is a music industry veteran and considered one of… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Rob Love

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Keith Perrin

The acronym FUBU worked its way into our vocabulary back in 1992 and stood as the basis for Black-owned businesses catering to Black businesses. For Us By Us still is a call to arms for Black entrepreneurs to make their way to success. I am in no way saying that the blueprint that the founders… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Keith Perrin

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Grandmaster Dee

The world was captivated by the sounds of a group consisting of two emcees and one DJ from New York City named Whodini. The trio had a string of hits that kept people bobbing their heads and moving their feet whenever a song of theirs came on. With their self-titled album being released in 1983,… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Grandmaster Dee

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Ralph McDaniels

If you’re a fan of music, more specifically Hip-Hop, Ralph McDaniels should be listed as one of your heroes. Every hip-hop artist was influenced by the work that Uncle Ralph (as he is affectionately known) has done over the 40 years he has been working in this fickle industry. No matter who you support or… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Ralph McDaniels

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Wes Jackson

Wes Jackson has been giving back to the community in admirable ways. He has over 25 years of experience as a leader, entrepreneur, innovator, creative, and executive in entertainment and academia. He’s currently president at BRIC Arts, located in Brooklyn, NY, and has been in this position since July 2022. Wes has been leading BRIC,… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Wes Jackson

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Derrick McKinney

To be an independent label is a tiresome job and many don’t have the business acumen to succeed in this industry. But, to be in business since 2011 and to STILL be doing things is a testimony to dedication and business intelligence. Derrick McKinney, co-founder and CEO of L.O.U.D. Muzik (The acronym is Live Out… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Derrick McKinney

My Friends Are Better Than Yours: Tracey Lee Is Still The Man With Many Facez

Many people transition from being an artist to going into another field or finding another vocation to take on in the same field. Recording artist, Tracey Lee, Esq., an entertainment attorney has successfully obtained his license to practice law and has been an entertainment attorney for many years. We were first introduced to him in… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours: Tracey Lee Is Still The Man With Many Facez

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Daryl ‘Chill’ Mitchell- Beyond 50

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Daryl ‘Chill’ Mitchell- Beyond 50 Growing up in the New York City area is challenging, yet fulfilling, especially back in the 1970s- 1990s. A young boy, born in the Bronx but raised in Long Island took a chance by entering the world of hip-hop at a time when… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Daryl ‘Chill’ Mitchell- Beyond 50

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Jamie Roberts

Not everyone can handle entrepreneurship, but for comedian Jamie Roberts, owning a business is not a funny thing. The man has been on the comedy scene for years and has had a hand in running several shows in the New York City area. Roberts was the host and executive producer of a weekly show every… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Jamie Roberts

My Friends Are Better Than Yours: The Choice Is Yours- Dres From Black Sheep- Beyond 50

There are many recognizable songs in hip-hop history that all you have to do is hear four bars and you instantly know the song. Or, you know the most known and heavily recited lines, in this case, “Engine, engine number nine on the New York Transit line, if my train goes off the track, pick… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours: The Choice Is Yours- Dres From Black Sheep- Beyond 50

My Friends Are Better Than Yours: A Conversation With Special Ed

You knew him as the youngest in charge! Legendary Hip-Hop artist, Special Ed is still around and doing his thing! I got a chance to speak to the Brooklyn-bred artist to discuss what he has been up to lately. He is still performing and traveling the world as the hip-hop audience still gets a kick… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours: A Conversation With Special Ed

My Friends Are Better Than Yours: Newark Councilman Dupre Kelly is a Politician Who Can ‘Do It All’

Newark Councilman Dupre Kelly is a Politician Who Can ‘Do It All’ Hip-Hop and politics are two things that are needed in the community and it was only a matter of time before both would intersect with each other. We have always known that there would be politicians who claim hip-hop but to actually see… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours: Newark Councilman Dupre Kelly is a Politician Who Can ‘Do It All’

My Friends Are Better Than Yours: A Conversation With Markuann Smith, Executive Producer of Godfather of Harlem

My Friends Are Better Than Yours: A Conversation With Markuann Smith, Executive Producer of Godfather of Harlem This episode of My Friends Are Better Than Yours features a young man I’ve known for over 20 years. I’ve literally watched him grow up from being the younger brother of Uptown Records recording artist, Father MC to… Continue reading My Friends Are Better Than Yours: A Conversation With Markuann Smith, Executive Producer of Godfather of Harlem

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