MEET THE NEW BROWNS PT.1



Brigham Young



Kody Brown and his 4 wives



MEET THE NEW BROWNS

Kody Brown and his 4 wives situation bares a striking resemblance to the man nicknamed "The American Moses", Brigham Young. Kody and family represent a fundamentalist Mormon family not to be confused with modern Latter-Day Saints or 'Mormons". Brigham Young who was the president of the L.D.S. church led the Mormons in a mass exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois to Utah that was Mexican territory at that time. Kody and family also migrated from Utah to Vegas but not because of the ridicule that the L.D.S. church had to face, but they were criticized by Mark A. Perigard of The Boston Herald. Perigard accused Brown of opening his family to possible criminal prosecution for the sake of being on television. Elizabeth Tenety of "Religion Dispatches", accuses the show of not engaging in the theology of plural marriage. Tenety says Kody is always  saying how dissimilar Fundamentalist Mormons are from mainstream Mormonism without giving the viewers information they need to compare each situation. What I can say about Mormons without going into the doctrine and proclamations, is that you will not find many black or women priest in their denomination. Nor will you find many black students in the University of Utah or Brigham Young in which they founded. We can thank them for bringing us the Grammy Award winning Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Hall of Fame quarterback and great-great-great grandson of Brigham Young and Superbowl XXIX MVP Steve Young. Kody Brown did protect himself with lawyers and disclosed that he is only legally married to one of his 4 wives but when asked by Wendy Williams if the wives ever thought about cheating on Kody and they said no because Kody had never cheated on them. Are you confused yet??? Well besides the big "Cake Boss" debut in 2009 this was one of the biggest premieres on TLC with 2.26 million viewers. I'm gonna keep an eye on the new Browns and keep you updated.

If you didn't know, now you know Peace and Blessings

~DAJOURNALIST~

WILL YOU BE WATCHING THE NEW BROWNS???

N.E.R.D. how cool pt. 3

The Neptunes joined with Shay Haley in 2001 as a side project and formed a group called N.E.R.D. Creatively some producers and artist as well reach a plateau in their career when they have made enough money to express themselves musically. The sound they created if you were to label it would be funk/hip-hop/rock. It may have took the N.E.R.D.S two gold albums to equal the usual platinum touch but the trio were achieving a success that had no boundaries. When you visit  n-e-r-d.com the creative swirl of music colors and water in the core of the site represents one of the most interesting home pages I've ever seen. In 2005 they took a break for 3 years and left Virgin Records signing with Interscope under Star Trak Entertainment, which was founded by Pharrell and Chad. Even though the sound they were known for was machine produced the difference in N.E.R.D. was a live band. They toured with Kanye in 2008 and opened for Rihanna and Lupe Fiasco in the Glow In The Dark Tour. The 2010 album Nothing was the fourth studio album that Pharrell explained to Mark Hoppus in an interview as the feather representing peace and the helmet war. One of the more recent collabos Pharrell has under his belt is working with Gloria Estefan the Queen of Latin Pop. Pharrell was the inspiration for her "Little Miss Havana" album. With all the things going on today these artist express themselves and take you away leaving you with one thought about their music, "beautiful". I guess it is cool to be a nerd because those seem to be the people with longevity in music and business. Quite appropriate when the acronym stands for "No one Ever Really Dies".


                                  If you didn't know, now you know. Peace and Blessings,

                                                             ~DAJOURNALIST~

N.E.R.D. how cool pt. 2

I remember having a skateboard growing up but none of the group that I hung out with stuck with the boards. Pharrell Williams, a.k.a. Skateboard P was part of the hip hop movement that made it not only cool to be who you are, but make music that was not etched in stone in any music category. Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo were signed to Virgin Records as the hip hop duo called The Neptunes. Pharrell and Chad met in a summer camp for the gifted and talented at the age of 12. The range of hits they are responsible for range from hip hop, R&B and pop songs with Britney Spears. N.O.R.E.s "Super Thug" was the first successful hit for the group but who would have envisioned them being responsible for hits like Jay-Z's "Give It To Me", Mystikals "Shake Ya Ass", Usher's "You Don't Have To Call", Britney Spears' worldwide smash hit "I'm A Slave 4 U" and several other #1 club tracks. In 2002 the group was awarded by The Source and Billboard as "Producers of the Year". That same year they were responsible for the hit "Hot In Here" by Nelly. Worth over 155 million the Vibe magazine viewers voted The Neptunes the 3rd greatest hip hop producers of all time behind Dr. Dre and DJ Premier. The compilation of hits from the late 90's New Jack Swing sound to Britney Spears pop has lead this group to their own sound today. Not bad for a bunch of nerds huh???

N.E.R.D. how cool

                                                              N.E.R.D.

First I would like to give a shout out to the people in Belarus who came through to view my page. That's somewhere west of Russia and north of Ukraine, I always appreciate when someone takes time out for what i do even if you end up here by accident, Thanks and realize there are no accidents. The concept I always have planted in my seeds brain is be nice to the nerds even befriend them in school because they might turn out to be your boss one day. That's not advocating them to be a follower just be aware of the seating arrangement in class. You might be sitting next to Ron"Opie"Howard, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg or Pharrell Williams.

Touré: Tyler Perry is 'worst director' | Welcome to S2Smagazine.com

Touré: Tyler Perry is 'worst director' Welcome to S2Smagazine.com Although Tyler has made a big difference in Hollywood I have been on location at a few of his movies and the majority of his crew was not African Americans. I'm not in love with the message style of Madea but he gets to the masses and makes them laugh. I wouldn't go as far to say its cinematic malt liquor but its definitely buffoonery. The bottom line is Tyler has changed the approach to African American talent to Hollywood and showed his staying power on television. I wish he would have showed up at CNN to defend himself and his cause. However word is that he does pay his hired hands close to minimum wage in industry terms. After spending two years in Atlanta I have yet to see the man anywhere but I have never been to his studio and surely the man works hard. Obviously passing Steven Spielberg, Jerry Bruckheimer and even Simon.

whats your opinion on the Toure comment???

WHAT SOCIAL NETWORK RULES 2K11???

Its no doubt that social media makes the world go round. Every person that surfs the net today spends a big portion of their time on social networks.  Facebooks ever changing face is worth 70 billion which has converted over to corporate america in a big way. This addictive sight has recently got on many peoples nerves with the changes but have retained over 750 million peoples attention. How many times have you said "I'm deleting my facebook? ' Next in line surprisingly to some, is youtube with an undocumented 1 billion views or so daily. Im not sure what makes the views so hard to document but the 3 former employees of paypal made youtube one of the fastest growing sites in the summer of 2006. Many people have partnered with youtube in search of the $2.50 per 1,000 views or launched shows trying to get famous. The big question is does youtube own my videos or do I own them? In the terms of service that most don't take the time to read, it states that the person still owns the copyright but grants youtube a non-exclusive , worlwide license to re-distribute, re-publish and make money off your videos. I'm not gonna go deep into how to protect yourself and legalities that protect you, but I am developing a blog dedicated to the social networks. Best thing to remember when bringing in a videographer for your work is to have a work-for-hire freelance videographer agreement so you own the video unless you want the videographer to own them. Its also hard to count tweets and retweets but next in line is Twitter. With over 200 million users its the most rapidly moving social site of them all. Because it lacks the privacy settings of other sites its often the platform of celebrity "twitter beef". A recent fight took place with Fab and Ray J this weekend in Vegas when Fab and some other rappers joked on twitter about Ray J performing "One Wish" for Floyd Mayweather on his 24/7 show on HBO. Ray J approached Faboloso and a little tussle followed its crazy but twitter is instantly trending worldwide with hashtags that go global like #thingsharderthanrayj. You don't even have to be on twitter to hashtag a conversation and see whats being said all over the globe about the subject. Its hard to believe but Myspace is not dead yet. Recently being acquired by Specific, Media Inc. , and having Justin Timberlake as a part owner they may still rise from the grave. Last but not least is the infant of the group, GOOGLE+. Newly launched in June of 2011 they have surpassed 25 million users.  Is Google+ ready to challenge Facebook with unlimited resources? Did I mention they own Youtube? As a matter of fact, watch a live google+ hangout with will.i.am @ 9pm tonight. If google is your homepage you saw this big advertisement by the leader of The Blackeyed Peas. STAY TUNED

WHO WILL U CHOOSE???

THE OUTLAWZ 2PACALYPSE NOW PT. 3

2PACALYPSE NOW THE OUTLAWZ PT.3

At the time of Tupac's release from prison his mind had to be flooded with facts and opinions about who was for him and who was against him. Rumors of the person who shot him had spread throughout the streets, to the walls of the prison and back to the streets. Some believe the sources of these rumors were actually F.B.I. informants that were purposely spreading false propaganda to stir up confusion. When Shakur touched down he immediately joined forces with his brother Mopreme and Big Sykes who were both in "Thug Life" and formed "The Outlaw Immortalz". As a natural leader Tupac emerged from prison as Makaveli a name derived from an  Italian philosopher that he took interest in by the name of  Niccolo Machiavelli. Big Sykes went by the name Mussolini after the Italian leader Benito Mussolini. The transformation Pac went through was evident in the message he had to send in his music and the names of each person added to the "Outlawz". The names coincided with various past and present tyrants and enemies of America. The obligation for Death Row was understood but the "Outlawz" were an assembly of his true family, a concept instilled in him from day one. Yaki Kadafi who was reported to be one of Mutulu Shakurs sons, in my book thats a brother I dont know where they get half brother stuff from but correct me if I'm wrong. Kadafi was named by Pac after the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Kastro who was also known as K-Dog, was Pac's cousin and got his name from Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Hussein Fatal who was introduced to Pac by Kadafi, got his alias from former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein. Napoleon who later left the group to be a motivational speaker, got his name from Napoleon Bonaparte French military leader. Storm the only female member was said to be found by Pac at a movie set . A member added just a few months before Shakurs murder was Young Noble . Although he wasn't given an alias with the group Noble spilled his guts on the album Makaveli from the first track "Bomb First". E.D.I. Mean was also on the track and came off almost as Pac transformed in "Just Like Daddy". E.D.I. named after Ugandan president Idi Amin, happens to be the only member that I met in Atlanta so I will make sure he gets to read this because it may stand to be corrected in certain areas so get at me Big Malc. Every member traded lines as if they were being channeled by Pac and shined all throughout the last recorded album. The sense of urgency that Tupac showed in recording this last album could be seen in the fact that the songs were made in 3 days and 4 days for the tracks. Makaveli is subtitled "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. The album had no other label mates from Death Row like the 9x platinum "All Eyez On Me". The producers used were QD3, who was Quincy Jones son and Pac's girlfriend Kidada's brother, Dre coproduced one track "Toss It Up", and featured 2 producers from the wack room. The wack room was a room in Death Row that nobody wanted to do tracks with these particular producers. For some reason Pac was able to bring the best out in people. Hurt-M-Badd and Big D Harper were those producers that got the chance to create with Pac on the album that MTV.com labeled a classic and the #9 rap album of all time. You can hear Darryl "Big D" Harpers vocals in the song "White Man'z World". And on the track "Hold Ya Head" you hear the other producer from the wack room Hurt-M-Badd, guess they were waiting for Pac to bring out what they always had in them. This album sold a record 664,000 copies the first week and 3,911,787 copies to this date.

OUTLAWZ of today

Tupac and Kadafi

OUTLAWZ including STORM

Mopreme and Sykes went there own ways for personal reasons before Makaveli and severed ties with Death Row. Kadafi who was riding behind Pac that fateful day in September 15 years ago, was actually one of the only witnesses that could identify the shooter. Unfortunately his brother met his own fate two months after Pac was killed in a New Jersey project building. I saw the interview of his girlfriend saying they heard a knock at the door and she said "answer it" and he said "what if its somebody tryin to kill me?" When he answered he was shot. Two years later Napoleon convinced his cousin to turn himself in over the murder. After the death of Pac and Kadafi, Hussein left the group and has since returned. Since 2010 the group has teamed up with allhiphop.com to release a song every week up until the release of their September 13, 2011 studio album called "Perfect Timing".

Tupac spoke these words but we didnt get it until 2003 in the documentary "Resurrection", "Im not saying Im gonna change the world, but I guarantee I will spark the brain that will change the world."

He also said "do what you gotta do, and then out of you I will be reborn" 

If you didn't know, now you know

  ~DAJOURNALIST~

2PACALYPSE NOW 15 YRS LATER PT.2

2PACALYPSE NOW 15 YRS. LATER PT.2

"I promise to pay back Jimmy Henchman in due time, I knew you bitch niggaz was listenin the world is mine!" These lyrics can be heard on a song from "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. The track is called "Against All Odds". Pac was so animated in assasinating the character of several rappers including Nas, Dre, Mobb Deep, Puffy, De La Soul and even the murder of Stretch was mentioned when he said "I guess your new friends wanted you dead". The paranoia going thru his head at this point of his life even people who were friends were foes. Stretch and Pac went back to "Sons of the P" the 1991 Digital Underground album. He was murdered in Queens Village Nov. 30 1995 nine months before Makaveli The Don Killuminati was released. Stretch was shot twice in the back and his mini-van smashed into a tree, hit a parked car and flipped over. The deep raspy voice of  Stretch can be heard on the track "Pain", one of my favorites and one of the first recordings on Death Row. Ironically the murder of Stretch was exactly one year to the day of Tupac's Quad City shooting in November of 94. Like Stretch said in the song "Pain", "years and years of that rough life running crazy wild as a kid and growin tough wit a knife".....its a deep game and my mama always cryin yo theres so much pain".

Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemund

At the time of the Quad City Studio shooting and robbery of Tupac he was really acting out and pulling guns out on stages causing alot of venues to cancel shows and his pockets were low. The East West beef was about to climax but when Pac got the call from Jimmy Henchman and  Lil Shawn to record in New York he was on his way. Lil Shawn had just recorded a song called "Dom Perignon" with Biggie in July of 94 four months before the November shooting of Tupac. Its been 15 years and we still have not solved the murders of Tupac Shakur or Christopher "B.I.G."Wallace, but there was a confession just this week. Dexter Isaac who is now serving a life sentence for a bank robbery decided it was time to make a confession about the Quad City shooting. Isaac decided it was time to clear his mind conveniently waitied out the statue of limitations. Isaac implicated Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemund as the person who paid him $2,500 for the Quad City shooting of Shakur. Rosemund who is on the run for drug charges and a murder indictment told  rollingout.com, the man is a convicted felon and a liar. Isaac claims he still has the jewelry in his posession. Do you believe Isaac??? Or do you believe Jimmy???

Next article Dajournalist digs deep and gives you the Outlawz story

If you didn't know, now you know PEACE

2PACALYPSE NOW AFTER 15 YRS PT 1

2PACALYPSE NOW AFTER 15 YRS.



I remember the words of Daz Dillinger on the Chronic's "High Powered". "So if you cross the Row, remember the first name is death."No love for the other side." Upon release from prison Tupac was in debt to Suge Knight for the money Suge put up to get him out. The setting at the label was unprofesional and chaotic but Pac came out swinging with 2 songs done the first day out "Ambitionz Az A Ridah" and "I Aint Mad At Cha", subsequently produced by Daz. Snoop who was on top of the charts at the time made way for the homie Pac to come in with "All Eyez On Me" his first Death Row produced album. In October of 1995 after serving 9 months of a one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half year sentence Tupac was released on bail posted by Suge Knight. The 1.4 million bond came with the stipulation that Pac was to release 3 albums under the Death Row label. "All Eyez On Me" was a record breaking 9x platinum double album that left Pac with the obligation of only one album.

                                               







Early in Tupac's life revolution and murder were part of his DNA. Being the son of Mutulu Shakur who was #380 on the F.B.I. ten Mosted Wanted List for four years over a brinks truck robbery and murderous shootout in October of 1981. Mutulu was caught in California  in 1986 on (RICO) charges and charged with helping his sister escape from prison. Assata Shakur was on the run between 1971-73 later charged with 6 felonies resulting in  3 acquittals and 3 dismissals although she was sentenced for the murder in the New Jersey Turnpike shootout of a state trooper. In 1979 she escaped from prison and since 1984 has resided in Cuba under political asylum and the Feds consider her a "domestic terrorist".

Both Shakurs were Black Panthers as well as his Godfather Geronimo Pratt that was a political prisoner for 27 years. Pratt died recently in June of 2011 in his native Tanzania of a heart attack.

                                     



Mutulu Shakur



Billy Garland





Also a Black Panther is Billy Garland the biological father of Tupac. His mother Afeni told Tupac that he was dead. After the first shooting of Tupac  was the first appearance of Garland in Tupac's life. When Pac woke up out of his coma he thought he was in heaven because he looked up and saw himself , which was actually his biological father Garland staring down at him. Later Garland sued Tupac's mom for half of the Tupac estate. Afeni Shakur accused Garland of being a gold digging absentee father for 17 years of his sons life that didn't even know when Tupac's birthday was. Having such a highly publicized life its not easy to find material that you have never heard so thats why I have tried to go outside the box and highlight the people that were in the life of Tupac.

Being that this is the 15th year we are going to make this a 3 part story join us tomorrow and we will get into a confession made about the shooting of Tupac that was just made this week.

And also the introduction of the illuminati while Pac was incarcerated stay tuned....

If you didn't know, now you know



   ~DAJOURNALIST~

IS THE MURDER OF TUPAC AND B.I.G.

A SINGLE CONSPIRACY

Peace... lights back on

PEACE.

As I sit and try to focus on the content of this blog its no doubt whats on everyones mind this day of rememberance. My mind as an objective journalist is to always seek the truth and purpose of every event. I can hear "Taps" being played in the background of the ceremony on tv this morning along with family members paying homage. Paul Simon one of the greatest song writers of all time is singing a song called "Silence". Its important to me that my thoughts are relayed to you just as they come to my mind. Usually I take a subject think about it and write my thoughts down but this day I want this story to go wherever my fingers take me as I'm typing. I do recall ten years ago I was a telemarketer at DIALAMERICA Mktg. The group of associates came from all walks of life. Uniquely we bonded as sales people no matter what was going on outside of the bulding. When it came time for business we made those sales. That was the common thread between aspiring rappers, college students, lazy weed smokers, parolees, spoiled kids, low self esteem broken women, mature associates who led great examples and self motivated entrepeneurs. If I missed your category leave me a comment. The point of the matter is no matter what issues we had amongst each other we made a record number of sales in that building. I was on the phones that morning and after several people hung up on me  I remember one person saying "do you know whats going on right now?". Several people where getting the same reaction and we all went to the conference room and just as we turned on the tv we caught the crash of the second plane live on air. One of the associates her dad was an air force pilot and because their was so much confusion about what was going on I remember her crying and alot of people consoling her. As a sales team that had done record numbers of sales we were now faced with a very touchy situation. How were we to approach this situation being that we all had mortgages, rent to pay, child support and car payments to make? We couldn't work for weeks and the impact of that day economically is still being felt today. I felt at that moment a certain bond being made between these people. Although we are now in different cities we still reach out to each other.We may have started as a group that didnt agree or even like each other but the outcome was a great bond that will last a lifetime. I suggested that we have a reunion this summer that didn't happen but maybe next summer. My point is instead of pointing the finger at who has the strangest name on facebook or whos lying about who they really are, lets concentrate on what we can find thats positive in each other. As you read this story I hope that you send it to someone who might have been a part of this group that I may have forgot to message because I cant remember everyone that was there. The idea is to share your thoughts and comments reflecting the positive about this day. Everyone has opinions and fingers to point but my mind leading up to this day said make it a positive. So as i can hear the army bugle playing "Taps" in B flat, in the service that usually represents lights out, lets use this as an opportunity 10 years later to turn the lights back on. I'm gonna end this with a quote from James Dean. "Dream as if you'll live forever". "Live as if you'll die today".......... God Bless the dead

                                              If you didnt know, now you know  PEACE

                                                                  ~DAJOURNALIST~

CARTER VS CARTER PT 2

CARTER VS CARTER PT 2

Although some critics were not "Feelin it", the highly acclaimed album"Watch The Throne" by Jay-Z and Kanye West hailed top spots on the Billboard 200 albums and broke Cold Plays first week sales record of 282,000. Reaching nearly 290,000 digital units within 24 hours of dropping on August 8th, Watch The Throne was #1 on itunes worldwide in 23 countries. A huge victory for an album that had no magazine cover publicity or video release campaigns. There was opposition to their release method by independent record stores. An email was sent to Kanye and Jay-Z from the 1,700 independent record stores that formed a group called recordstoreday.com that was formed 4 years ago to combat the conglomerate stores that have tried to muscle out the mom and pop stores. The email stated that it was unfair to not only give itunes and Best Buy a 4 day head start in sales but to also give them the Deluxe addition that included 4 tracks that were not to be sold in the independent stores. These are the stores that have supported these artist from day one. It only seems right that the fans that supported these artist through the grass root stores be rewarded for their loyalty and money spent. The marketing team should of thought about the small stores of the world that have always invited the artist to sign cds and make contact with the everyday people but those days are gone.

Meanwhile in the other Carter Camp, aka Young Mula Baby, THA CARTER IV was released. The style that Wayne came out on the stage in some alleged "jeggings", on the VMA awards did not interfere with his record sales. As a matter of fact I feel that Lil Wayne performing on stage at the awards was a genius marketing idea. Wayne came out and performed songs from his album less than 2 hours from the time his album was released at midnight August 29th. Not only did the first week sales surpass Cold Play's and Watch The Throne's record sales but approached platinum status with 964,000 units moved. I can't comment on either album for the quality because I have yet to find time to critique them. But so far the numbers have spoken LOUD.

If you didnt know, now you know

~DAJOURNALIST~

HOW DO YOU FEEL???

                                             

REALITY TV-THE BRAND PT 2

REALITY TV-THE BRAND PT 2

After the reality show history lesson from the last article, this next level of the game will introduce you to the brands that have been created through these shows by their producers and or starring role players. As I stated in the last article Tami Roman who appeared on our tv screen first in 93 on "The Real World", has reappeared 18 years later on a show called "Basketball Wives". The executive producer for the show is the former wife of Shaq "Diesel" Oneal. Tami does plan on making her stardom pay off this time with a line of 100% Virgin Hair. Shaunie has created a buzz over several seasons. Starting with her first episode of Season 1 the shows ratings were above a million viewers. By Season 3 the Reunion Show pulled in almost 3 million viewers. Also involved in the show from the first season are friends Evelyn Lozado who snagged Chad Ocho Cinco via twitter and Jennifer Williams the ex wife of ball player Eric Williams. These two friends rocked their door knocker styled huge earrings that can be seen showcased on poparazzi im not sure who has the trademark on them but im sure Evelyn and Jennifer are paid in full through this endorsement. Shaunie also made a move to create "Basketball Wives L.A., starring Gloria Govan the fiancee of Matt Barnes who you can see below in the cast photo of the original "Basketball Wives. As a matter of fact Evelyn and Tami Roman hosted parties at different clubs in Atlanta over Labor Day Weekend. Count that money ladies.



Shaunie Oneal Executive Producer



The summer of 2000 saw an epic number of reality shows being aired none more successful than "Big Brother" and "Survivor". Both of these shows were aired Sept. 5th 2001 and both were interrupted for 3 weeks due to the circumstances that would follow on the 11th. Ratings also suffered due to a saturation of reality shows on different networks but the same night. "Survivor" lived up to its name and topped the ratings several times after being aired with these obstacles. "American Idol' led the ratings six consecutive years from 2004-2010. Viewed in several dozen countries and reaching global syndication were shows like "The Amazing Race", "Americas Next Top Model", "Dancing With The Stars", "The Apprentice" and "Fear Factor". Television executives became concerned about the appeal for dvd sales and syndication of these shows however they stood tall in competition with scripted shows. "America's Next Top Model" and "The Amazing Race" were ranked among the top dvd's sold on amazon,com. The reality show marketing staffs came up with brilliant ideas to draw viewers like creating marathons and documentary style shows that air outtakes and extended interviews not seen on original airings. This style of marketing was successful in "Basketball Wives Reunion" in its third season by almost tripling viewer ratings. It was also successful in "American Idol Rewind". Shows like "COPS" as of 2011 in its 24th season had no problem competing with scripted police shows. Its probably the most popular show among prisons and county jails which will keep them atleast a million viewers every season. "Cheaters" in its 11th season, is syndicated in over 100 countries. 3 channels have been devoted to reality shows. Fox Reality aired from 2005-2010 and the remaining networks in the UK, Zone Reality since 2002 and Global Reality in Canada in 2010. In 2001 the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences added the reality genre to the Emmy Awards. The category that was added was Outstanding Reality Program. In 2003 another category was added  Outstanding Reality-Competition Program. 2008 brought about the third category Outstanding Host for a Reality-Competition Program. A new horizon in television was reached and the viewers choice of program seemed to be pointing to the new breed of producers.



THE NEW BREED

As I was finishing up my research for this article at 2 a.m. a show called "Hell Date" came on and the man responsible for this show was none other than DuBose Entertainment CEO James DuBose. This "new breed" producer uses an old fashioned formula of success that we saw in the 60's, 70's and 80's that Chuck Barris used in his string of successful shows. DuBose uses smart and interesting programming along with a well equipped staff to make the magic happen. With production credits that go beyond the 96 Olympics we will just start there. This Wake Forest alumnus and award winning producer has over 100 hours of television programming in the archives. Recent shows include:

Toya Wright after success of "Tiny and Toya" takes you to New Orleans to meet her siblings and follow up on her mother and daughter. She saw huge ratings for the wedding show.

Tameka "Tiny" Harris and best friend Toya Wright balance their lives, family and careers in efforts to find where their entrepeneur interest will take them.

Monica "Still Standing" is this singers personal journey of her return to fame and enlightening struggle as a mother and as an entertainer.

This 10 part docu series follows R&B sensation Trey Songz through the "Blueprint 3 Tour" along with Jay-Z and the development and release of  Trey Songz fourth cd .

This young singer shares candid experiences over 3 seasons about her hardships and efforts to support her family and realize her true purpose.

This mother and daughter duo find it hard to break away from Keyshia Cole Frankie's daughter and Neffe's sister.

This road to redemption story takes you inside the mind of Michael Vick this returning football player and the family that is bound together by him and his love for them.

This show is a behind the scenes look at the top 24 basketball players in america an espn collaboration

"Brothers to Brutha" is a series that follows 5 brothers who make up the R&B group "Brutha". These 5 Central LA raised brothers had to work very hard in a 13 sibling family.

MC Lyte

                                      

The legendary rapper,songwriter,and actor is the Executive Vice President of DuBose Music Group and serves as Music Supervisor for DuBose Entertainment.

This well rounded production company is also working on a full length feature film "BMF" based on the life of Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory. So we are going to keep our eyes peeled for this new breed production company. The outcome of the stars of his series equate to 3 successful marriages, 3 R&B successful campaigns and one NFL Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year. Not to mention a recent signing of a 6 year 100 million dollar contract along with the tag of franchise player by Michael Vick.

Being positioned as one of the most influential production companys of our time the synergy, partnerships and movement of DuBose Entertainment promises to intrigue you and keep you enlightened.

Thats my word for the day so if you didn't know, now you know....peace and blessings

                                                             ~DAJOURNALIST~