The Core DJs Retreat 10 attracted a variety of people from across the country. Ro ran into some interesting faces in the crowd. Check out what they had to say. –jh
Name: Kid Mist, rapper
Representing: Denver
Personal Motto: “Let’s get it in. No time for sleep. Sleep is overrated.”
Where you can find me: bossinupmusic.com
Name: TC2, singer
Representing: Milwaukee
Personal Motto: “How can you cross the finish line if you stop running?”
Where you can find me: myspace.com/timboski, himpheadinc.com
Name: Lady ReRun, celebrity hostess
Representing: Hampton, Ga.
Personal Motto: “Say what you mean and mean what you say.”
Where you can find me: myspace.com/portiachuck
Name: Bayku, songwriter
Representing:/strong> Atlanta, by way of West Africa
Personal Motto: “Live life and don’t worry about what anybody thinks about your decision to do so.”
Where you can find me: warriormusic.com
Name: Bravo
Representing: Atlanta
Personal Motto: “No sacrifice, no victory.”
Where you can find me: twitter.com/branden_bravo
Name: Pill, rapper
Representing: Atlanta (Westside)
Quotable: “I’m the medicine, the cure for rap cancer. I’m just trying to fill up that medicine bottle and get you right …”
Where you can find me: mmyspace.com/gangstapill
Name: Jerry Clark, music executive, JMJ Legend Award recipient
Representing: Atlanta
Quotable: “Something I’ve always been told from one of my mentors is to surround yourself with good people, and not just coat riders.”
Where you can find me: jerryclarkfoundation.com
Name: DJ Jelly
Representing: Atlanta
Claim to Fame: Legendary Oomp camp DJ, social influencer
Where you can find me: astheworldspins.com
Name: Killer Mike, rapper, JMJ Legend Award recipient
Representing: Atlanta
Quotable: “I’m not a pseudo activist. I didn’t become an activist after I became a rapper and [I] felt guilty for my daily influence on the world. I became an activist when I was 15 years old, selling dope, and started to feel guilty for my daily influence on the world.”
Where you can find me: twitter.com/killer_mike
Name: Bone Crusher, rapper, JMJ Legend Award recipient
Representing: Atlanta
Claim to Fame: Never being scared!
Where you can find me: myspace.com/atlbonecrusher
Name: Pastor Troy, rapper, JMJ Legend Award recipient
Representing: Atlanta
Claim to Fame: Wondering what would happen if things got flipped “Vice-Versa.”
Where you can find me: pastortroy.net
