Drahma Magazine Party Industry Meet and Greet

I sat down with Maino at the Drahma Magazine event and chopped it up for a second and he had this to say..."I loved performing (at Hot 97fm's Summer Jam) this year with 50,000 people waving their hands, singing along to my music. It was a beautiful thing, especially coming from the bottom, street route that I came from, like with the mixtapes, DVDs and things of that nature. I'm influenced by all the greats. I'm a student of the game but a fan of the music."

Even though it was a Tuesday evening it felt like Saturday with the enthusiasm people brought to the Drahma Mag Anniversary. By 8:30pm it was ram; jam packed with artists, publicists, industry heads, friends and of course media. Cable and internet video shows, DVD producers, mixtape DJs and of course internet radio was officially represented by yours truly, shadesradio.com. We caught up with a lot of old acquaintances and made some new connects as did everyone else. Special shout out to Big Phil who had to almost shut down the party because the Fire Marshal complained that it might be too many people inside. Once the Marshal came thru and made people move to the rear, then promptly left after heads complied, I began to smell the familiar aroma of herbals probably coming from one of the three large hookahs which were placed casually here and there. That was enough for Big Phil to throw down another warning about weed smoking. lol. Afterward, the sidewalk scene turned into a paparazzi-fest with pictures snapping and heads gettin their last chance at free video coverage.

Summer 2008

Kurt Nice