Ha pasa'o el tiempo Y yo aqui campeando,
Muchos me quieren ver muerto, Pero yo sigo vivito y coleando..
- Eddie Dee
--- [ GRAPHIC & LOGO DESIGNER | EXEC.] ---BORN: Year of the rooster. Neil Armstrong is first man on the moon (supposedly), Rock festival invades Woodstock, Neyflava is born (Ney Aquilino Pimentel Medina) in Santo Domingo, D.R.1977: Begins lifelong martial arts training in various styles - Kung-Fu, Ninjutsu, and Tae Kwon Do with prestigious teachers as Master Kim (holds Olympic Gold Medal) Olando "The Warrior" Rivera (holds 4 championship belts and 4 world titles in professional kickboxing) and Taimak (star of "The Last Dragon").1981: Begins the 4-year illegal but artful craft of graffiti in the crime-ridden streets of Washington Heights, South Bronx and Harlem. "Spit" fucks up most of his 'pieces'.1983: Becomes a member of the break dancing crew, 'Breakin' Away', and Zulu Nation's break dancing chapter (under Phizz 5). Neyflava's specialty: Electric Boogie.1983: Attends George Washington High School, one of the most dangerous schools in New York City at the time, forcing Neyflava to join the infamous Dominican gang, The Manhattan Blood Brothers (even though he had friends in rival gangs, The Playboys, Zulu Nation and The Ball Busters).1985: Neyflava comes home to a suitcase full of his clothes. Mama says, "No' tenemo' que ir de e'ta maldita ciuda' (literal translation: We gotta leave this damn city)!!!", due to too many "street situations" occurring in Neyflava's young life.1987: Attends Montclair State University with a major in Graphic Design and a minor in Marketing. Becomes first Latin homecoming king at a time when Latinos can be counted with one hand.1992: Upon graduation, Neyflava gets his first tattoo. Two full sleeves & 14 tattoos later, the obsession continues.1995: Neyflava launches NYC-based graphic design firm, DesigNey. The creation of Wu-Wear and the first graphics and website for Rocawear (Jay-Z), are among the great things to be born inside these walls.1997: While running DesigNey he begins fiddling around with a side project on the web called, Latinflava. Eventually sponsored by Urban Box Office Network (ran by head honchos George Jackson of MoTown fame and Adam Kidron) the venture went on to become the most prominent and exciting urban-based Latin magazine-style video show on the web, before the needle industry decided to burst the infamous Internet bubble.2002: Urban Box Office revamps to become a distribution/marketing company with Latinflava becoming Latinflava Records, UBO's in-house label. Neyflava becomes President/A&R and Designer for the label that managed acts as, Andy Andy, who went on to be nominated for Premio Lo Nuestro Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Song of the Year as well as Billboard Award's Winner for Tropical Album of the Year, Tropical Album of the Year New Artist and Tropical Airplay Song Of The Year (Male).2004: Becomes a member of the elusive Freemasons and gets promoted to Master Mason after three 6-month periods (666) later. No further information is, umm, available.2005: Signs a joint venture with Urban Box Office and creates label, Clavo Music (President/A&R/designer for the label), along with Miguel Cardona (MickeyMac).
TODAY Watches "The Secret" and is now ready to take on the world : )
