DJ Judah

This weekend my son along with his Grandmother rented a booth at a Back To School festival in South Dallas. He decided he wanted a new drum set and this is the way he will pay for it. He has been playing drums for over 8 years. Up until this point in his life, I have bought all of his drum gear. Under the training of his Grandmother, his story was honed. He started of by saying he was raising money for ANOTHER drum set without much emotion. Granny told him to say "Hello, I have been playing drums most of my life, I am raising money to buy myself a drum set. Would you like to support me by buying some M&M or Skittles for $1?" She also told him not to just sit at the table but to walk around and target adults. It worked like a charm!! He netted over $90 in about 4 hours!! I learned that as a sales person when you make a good sale that you IMMEDIATELY go on another sales call to keep your MOJO working. So when he got back home, he approach our next door neighbor about walking their dog for $5 a day. She said yes!! Here is the best part: He told her that she could pay by the day OR to make it easier she could pay the entire week in ADVANCE!!!! She took the entire week option and handed him $40. After paying for his candy and booth, little man pocketed $92 and has a $45 a week paying gig. WOW!! At the end of the day, he sold me a pack of M&M's. When I opened them, asked for some!! Some things never change......Now I know how I am going to retire

         

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Last weekend I went to my family reunion on my father's side of the family in Fayette Alabama. I have been going since I was 10 or so but never enjoyed it. In fact this was the first time I wanted to stay longer!

                                                       

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Since I am the only black guy in my office, I have been tasked with developing the Workplace Diversity program. I DO NOT have a background in Workplace Diversity so I set it up my way. I wanted the people in the office to have the black experience in the workplace. So I bought out my DJ equipment!! My meetings are held behind the turntables. From time to time I will DJ during lunch to get morale high. From what I have been told, sales go up a little bit during that time. At the end of my morning meetings, to make sure the staff gets the full black experience, I pass an offering plate!! Last time I got over $15.00 in the plate. I think they are learning how we do it in the black community! They even responded when I said "Somebody say HO, Say HO HO!!" and can I get a "AMEN".....Do you have a DJ in your office?

                           

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My buddy Jerome has a unique perspective on the phenomenon of "Trickin". There are a lot of youngsters going around and saying "It Ain't Trickin, If You Got It". Jerome thinks it is ESPECIALLY Trickin if you got it. He explains that if you really had GAME, you would not need a Bentley or feel the need to make it rain in the club!! It takes more than a fancy car and some shiny jewelry for Jerome to co sign that a person had GAME!! What do you think? 

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I don't get to the hood that much anymore. I stopped by a grocery store in South Dallas yesterday and what I saw disappointed me greatly!!! My child hood sports idol. My business idol and Hall of Fame basketball player, Earvin "Magic" Johnson is a spokesperson for of all places "RENT A CENTER"!!! What's that all about!! What message does that send? "If you can't afford a $300 laptop, we can sell it to you for $25 a week for only one year!! WAKE UP! That is $1200. Hello - I guess Magic is a business man and that is one hell of a mark up in the name of "helping families rebuild their credit". I bet when they go to buy a house, the lender will laugh a person out of the office if there only good credit line is a loan shark, furniture store called Rent A Center. What's next Magic, "Rent A Rim"? How about Magic Johnson Pawn Centers or Magic Johnson Detention Centers, where you can get on probation if you can make 8 out of 10 free throws!!

The message needed from someone like Magic is, 'If you cant afford a $300 laptop, cut your Cable, Caller ID and Ring tones off, save your money, THEN get your laptop free and clear. Until then go to the library or the computer lab at the Workforce Commission or at school. It's called DELAYED GRATIFICATION!!. I watched the commercial on the Rent A Center website.....It started off well. Magic was explaining how hard his parents worked to provide a better life for his 10 brothers and sisters. BUT then it went left when he said "Rent A Center helps provide you with what you WANT for your family"...Not what you NEED!! Then they show the nice furniture, fancy laptops and big screen TV's. That's is just what people NEED now.....More stuff they can't afford, high interest and added debt. Yet another TRIPLE DOUBLE for Earvin Magic Johnson!! What do you think??

       

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Most people who know me are aware that Austin is my favorite city. I moved there from Long Beach, California when I was a teenager. It took me a while but I grew to love it. I joined the Air Force and served 7 years. Upon my discharge, I moved back to Austin and started a business. My organization started growing as well as my family. I started to notice that I was normally the only black business person in the room. It did not bother me at all. What did bother me was there were no other black families for my children to connect with. Austin is a melting pot but only 6% black. While I love diversity, I believe you have to know your own culture first. In Dallas, the African American culture is evident. My daughter is in a all teen black play company at The African American museum. My son has had a private lesson on drums with Lil John Roberts (Janet Jackson's drummer). My son's baseball coach used to play for the New York Yankees. He plays in an historical African American community - Oak Cliff. In fact - In every sport he plays, the kids look like him. The day after the 2008 Olympic Basketball Gold Medal game, we were sitting on the front porch of our loft building. We seen a dude who looked like he was 7 feet! He had on an Olympic sweat suit AND a gold medal!! It was Dallas native, Chris Bosh!! He was actually on the front page of the Dallas newspaper and didn't know it! These opportunities do not exist in the African American community in Austin. So while my heart my be in Austin, my family and me are in Dallas!!

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Tony Neal from the Core DJ's is one of those dudes who is constantly on the grind! To get him to sit still for 45 minutes is a major accomplishment. That is what happened when Tony was in Dallas and visited my studio to get a haircut by Sipp The Surgeon (The Best Barber In Texas!!). Check out what Tony says about the state of the music Industry. ALSO - Congrats to T. Neal on his new position - V.P. of Konvict Music

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This is a Grown Folks Nation Exclusive. Jerome speaks on the current economic climate. Let me know what you think:

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This is a video of Curtisha. She was one of the Upward Bound students that I have had the pleasure of working with for the 

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