I had the good fortune of being his mentor. I am proud of him! Like I always say, "There are 2 types of people... those that make excuses and those that make it happen!" .. ..
The following are a few of DaHipHopShop's Hall of Famers. In 10 years, hundreds have been members and thousands have walked through the doors of DaHipHopShop representing "hoods" from all over the world.Letno & Otomatik (the MALAVE BROTHAz) The first time Otomatik battled in public was at DaHipHopShop's 2nd "16 BARS" freestyle battle when he was still "Oz Dille." He defeated Hydro for the Crown and set the foundation for a Battle reputation that eventually took him to Hot 97's Summer Jam stage and had him "...burn down Heaven to smoke Angel Dust!" at Fight Klub. It has been a long time since Oz who rips cyphers by "Oto" these days was a rookie. He is now a studio manager that has worked with the likes of Ashanti, Fat Man Scoop, Capone and Noriega, Mary J. Blige, Busy Bone, B2K, Capicu, Jim Jones, Lady Luck, Tony Sunshine, Tru Life, DJ Goldfinger, Opera Steve, Remy Ma, Corey Gunz, and the list goes on.Now be on the look out for Otomatik and his brother Letno whose first experience on a stage was at daHipHopShop too. On a few selected tracks they even brought another brother to the scene "Tony Mirk". The MALAVE BROTHAz are hitting the scene hard these days. The only Hip Hop artists that won the audition to be featured in Dara Fieldman's movie "Musical" and the only crew to perform at a Hot 97 - Boost Mobile Rock Corps event.Bboy FlashBack The first time FlashBack ever hosted an event was at DaHipHopShop. Now he's an all around entertainer that has fused his Bboy background into his performances as a Magician, an MC and from the looks of things an aspiring film director. Peep how Red Bull hit up Flashback and sent him on a tour of the Dominican Republic to promote the main 4 elements of Hip Hop! DatBalla DatBalla says he "was just a Bum until he found DaHipHopShop." He won a scholarship from Da Shop to attend Graphic Design classes, went on to college as he was the Web Master for DaHipHopShop.com Website. He is now the Director of Web Development at a Multi Million Dollar internet marketing company. He digitized the Logos for daHipHopShop and Da Shop's Bball team - Reservoir Dawgs.Kid Chocolate Peter "the Kid Chocolate" Quillin is known as "ShakeBangout" at Da Shop. On the Website, ShakeBangout was always ready to battle it out when he wasn't trying to impress the ladies with his suave poetry. Today, Petey still grabs the pen and lets the ink do the talking. But if push comes to shove, he grabs the gloves. daHipHopShop was an escape for Kid Chocolate while he was training to become a Pro Boxer at LPAC in the Bronx where daHipHopShop currently hosts sessions twice a week. He is now a Middleweight Pro Boxer with a perfect record of 17 - 0, 14 Knockouts with 9 first rounders and 5 in the second. His fights have been aired on Sports Channel, ESPN, Pay per view and Madison Square Garden has his 2nd Pro Fight repeatedly broadcast as one of its best knockouts ever. Check it out, I posted it for you.A&X Another remarkable story. Alcover and DJ Xtassy, well known in the latin music industry as A&X did not let a language barrier keep them from breaking down the walls at DaHipHopShop. As young teens they did not care that daHipHopShop was an English Spoken event. They stormed in at a "16Bars" freestyle battle with there turntables, performers, entourage and a crowd of 50 to follow. They ripped the show and had everyone pumped up, even those that didn't understand a word of espanol. Today, A&X have worked with Looney Tunes, Yavia, Zion & Lennox, Fulanito, Akuakate, Fat Joe and are on at least 20 Major Label projects such as Sony, Universal and Capitol Records. They are founders of Tigueraje 809 and have guided the careers of Judiny, Chacka and many regional Latin Artists. They own there own studio and Los Mejores Music record label. Fulanito's "Mira" is getting massive radio play.S.U.P.R.E.M.E. SUPREME quickly made daHipHopShop's Stage his Kingdom and fought hard to keep the throne. Supreme won more "16 BARS" freestyle battle championships than any other MC that ever graced the stage. SPREME has moved thousand of units with his many CD and DVD projects. His performances have spanned the Globe from Da Boogie Down Bronx to Germany.Ivan "Bboy Flipz" Velez has worked with Janet Jackson and has been seen in movies like Honey, Stomp the Yard, Spiderman 3, You got served, and was even the dance reference for Chicken Little. He is making a loud bang in the movie industry, a far cry from the quiet kid that used to practice at daHipHopShop b-boy sessions at 86 whenever he was in NYC visiting from Florida.
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