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17th Annual Watkins Award Dinner

4 years, 99 days ago - By Rylan Branch

“Un-dumbing you down since around 1998!”
THINKERTAINMENT
 
Press Release For Immediate Release

17th Annual Watkins Award Dinner

Emcee’d by Claudia Jordan and Lamont King

 

Inter Continental Hotel, Century City, California

Claudia Jordan

February 23, 2008 6pm 

The Watkins Award is presented annually to African American scholar-athletes since 1992, the Watkins Award is named for Franklin D. Watkins, the coach of championship football and basketball teams in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Previous awardees include Arizona Cardinals Robert Tate, Darnell Dinkins of the Cleveland Browns, LaVarr Arrington of the New York Giants, Grant Irons and Ronald Curry of the Oakland Raiders, Deryck Toles of the Indianapolis Colts, Marcedes Lewis of Jacksonville Jaguars, Ernie Sims of the Detroit Lions, Ted Ginn Jr. of the Miami Dolphins, Justin Blalock of the Atlanta Falcons, and Darius Walker of the Houston Texans.      Funnyman [Lazee] Lamont King

The National Alliance of African American Athletes was founded in 1989. The mission of The Alliance is to empower African American males through athletics, education and public programs.

William C. Rhoden, New York Times Sports Writer and author of the book $40 Million Slaves is this year’s keynote speaker.

Media representatives are invited to cover the awards ceremony. For more information about the Watkins Award, The Alliance, or to get tickets for the awards ceremony visit our website at NAAAA or email Everette Pearsal, Executive Director at everedy@aol.com

Watkins Finalists

Watkins '08 Elite 5Please click on the photo to learn more about them.

Watkins Award Weekend

Watkins Awards Dinner Click on image to see the Watkins Award Weekend full schedule of events.

“It is my absolute pleasure to emcee this prestigious event.  I think it is imperative and necessary that we salute and acknowledge the positive achievements of our young Black males whenever we can.”

Lamont King aka ‘Lazee Lamont’

Actor/Comedian/Writer/Activist 

THINKERTAINMENT 2008

Jay Z Moves to Translation Advertising

4 years, 99 days ago - By Rylan Branch


After stepping down from his post as president of Island Def Jam Recordings,
S. Carter now finds himself in the Co-Chairman Position of Translation Advertising Company.

Contrary to reports, the company was already in existance as Translation Marketing and Branding, and headed by its founder Steve Stoute.
The company is set up to assist in bridging gaps between Hip Hop and Corporate Cultures, to assist companies in the use of the branding power of Hip Hop as a whole.Many of the popular Hip Hop/ Corporate culture mashups were initiated by this company including The Jay Z Blue GMC deal, and the popular HP Computer Commercials and many other popular marketing initiatives.

PimpHop.com Perspective-

Sounds like an excellent idea.
Imagine if they also had the power to take the products to the streets as well as instantaneous , on demand global reach.
Just Thinking Out Loud.

See You At The Top
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Written By
R. Branch
Code Name
Scotty Pimpin

B-Rock Obama- How The West Was Won

4 years, 99 days ago - By Rylan Branch

As of 2-20-08, Barack Obama (B-Rock) has secured two additional victories in is approach to the oval office, now adding up to a complete tenth consecutive victory in the democratic nominee competition.

It appears to me that all of the hype is simply for entertainment, and better ratings as the race has already been decided before the beginning of the new year.The decision maker is none other than the young lady seen on the left although most uninitiated people would not quite be able to fathom the true effectiveness and power of her choice.

Hillary Clinton is on a self sabotage course, as she has the thought of defeat in her mind which she and her campaign team are fighting against. It appears that her campaign is on the attack, and whenever an individual goes on the offensive, it’s usually is a defensive reaction, which indicates a feeling of fear and concern.

Simply put, its the application of this same tactic that makes Muhammad Ali , the greatest fighter of all time.
Contrary to popular belief , it was not his physical abilities which resulted in his excellence, as most boxing experts claim many fighters past and present were of equal or better build physically. it was his uncanny ability to place the seed of fear and doubt inside of the minds of his opponent , effect them on an emotional level, and cause them to sabotage themselves by having them focus on his words which led to a self fulfilling prophecy for each of his opponents.

Hot Dawgy-
Thats why I get paid the BIG BUCKS.
Any other political candidates running for office, should feel free to contact me for my services and rates.

Fidel Casrto- Going Out On His Feet

4 years, 100 days ago - By Rylan Branch

Just In.
Fidel Castro, the communist commander and chief of Cuba has officially resigned as of
Tuesday, February 19, 2008. The statement was released and hit government run media outlets in Cuba shortly thereafter. As of now, Fidel’s brother Raul Castro will continue to act as the nations head of state, as he has been since Fidel’s absence due to health related issues.

A video clip can be found below.

PimpHop.com Perspective.
Things Are Definitely A Changin’
for 2008 and beyond.

Rise & Fall Of The GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY Part 1

4 years, 102 days ago - By Rylan Branch

In recent news, Federal Agents arrested
roughly 50 members of the Gambino Crime Family, including top rank and file members, in a sweeping range of indictments against the organization in one of the largest organized crime arrests in history.

According the the New York Post.

“The indictment names Gambino acting boss John “Jackie Nose” D’Amico, underboss Domenico “Italian Dom” Cefalu, consigliere Joseph “Jo Jo” Corozzo, capo Nicholas “Little Nick” Corozzo, the late “Dapper Don” John Gotti’s brother, Vincent, and his nephew, Richard Gotti Jr.”

A History Overview Of The Gambino Family
Carlo Gambino