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You still have time! Come join us. Parkside Lounge 317 Houston Street, NY, NY.

OMNI Blaize and 2 Shades Darker Live!!

Performing Live at Parkside Lounge (317 Houston St. NYC, near Ave. B) on Thursday, April 23rd is yours truly, OMNI Blaize and my crazy ass band, 2 Shades Darker. Show time is at 11pm. It's going to be a great show. Come out and support.

The Economist

The Rhythm Road has been an amazing experience that I am so blessed to have been a part of with my Vice Verse Allstar family. Check out the video article about diplomacy through music on 'The Economist'. You might recognize someone. ;)

I'm tired of the up keep

Yup...I cut it! Lol

New Friends

So so far our favorite places have been Mauritania, and now Cote d'Ivoire.  I am so grateful to have met such wonderful people in both places.  Unfortunately we were not able to make as many connections in Togo but I must give a shout out to Pretty Nyce's girl Sonya for taking us around when we needed it.  Check my boy in blue.  Crazy b-boy skills.  I am telling you guys that I am definitely making another trip to West Africa. More pictures to come y'all.  Stay tuned.  Same Blaize time...same Blaize channel.  Peace.

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PS.  Check out my facebook page for more pics.  If you are not a friend already look me up using my email, omniblaize@yahoo.com

Ivorians Know How To Party...In The City of Abidjan

So me and my people (Chris Rel,Denny Jackson and DJ Pretty Nyce) had this crazy performance at this club called K.fe Viera. We had a decent turnout. Even some of the USA embassy staff showed up and had a great time. Afterwards, we are taken out by some of the embassy staff. That's when the real fun began. We originally start out at this little lounge where the boss served us these coffee liqueur shots that were on fire and we had to drink it while it was burning!! Crazy!! Then at this same spot we run into Mark the Regional Security Officer (RSO) of the embassy. This little Cajun white boy from New Orleans knows where the parties are out here! So we all head over to this Reggae bar where the band is SICK! By the way, for those who don't know me that well we are drinking the whole time. Lol. Last stop was Le Mix. This club was out of here!!! The DJ played American hip hop and R&B and some local records. It didn't even get packed until like 1 am. We had a table, bought bottles (pop champagne, ooooo...lol) and danced the whole night. We left at 5 am and barely had enough room to leave! Ivorians really know how to party. Needless to say, I will be back here. I love it out here. Till next time...Same Blaize time, same Blaize channel.

Don't Talk About It...

Be about it. So we are in Cote D'Ivoire after spending a wonderful time with the Togolese in Lome. Now...the people were wonderful and the Beach was gorgeous. It was just a heart tugger for me to see the amount of Togolese who had nowhere to stay but on the beach. My plan y'all, for real, is to become more involved in supporting countries like Lome, Togo and Kaedi, Mauritania in whatever way I can. It was just hard as a human being to see people without access to water, knowing that in a few weeks I may take that NECESSITY for granted. I will also try to make it a point to stay in touch with the Ambassador of Togo just to see what efforts are being made to help those in need. Now don't get me wrong, I am not being naive and thinking that all can be fixed in a year or 2. I think I just might feel a little more comfortable knowing what the plan of action is because it seemed as though some folk has a habit of dwelling on how bad the situation is instead of looking for the silver lining. By the way...Togo has some REAL hip hop y'all. Shout out to my boy Eric MC aka baby Shaba. Signing off again y'all. Peace
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