Backstage at Wired 96.5’s Wired Fest in Philly with Nicki Minaj, B.o.B., Tyga, Big Sean, T-Pain, Kirko Bangz and more.
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Author: Marisa Mendez
Hosting: T.I.A. Industry Panel [Elizabeth, NJ]
Big shout to T.I.A., who put me on my very first panel as an industry expert! I repped for IFWT, of course!
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Interview: Mike Posner – Your Favorite Rapper’s Favorite Singer
A few weeks back just outside of Philly, I had the chance to catch a Mike Posner show, and chat it up with him afterwards about everything he has going on. (Thanks to Karen Civil, Aaron Camper and Patrick on that!)
The singer/songwriter/producer has been quite busy as of late, working on his next album, a Reebok deal, Justin Bieber’s new single…shall I continue? Decked out in a Coogi sweater and Timbs backstage at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center, Mike candidly spoke with me about all of the above, plus a whole lot more. (There’s a hilarious story about 2 Chainz’ recording process in there!) Get to know your favorite rapper’s favorite singer below.
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(Photos) Marisa Mendez for HTC [Miami, FL & Coachella/Indio, CA]
HTC just dropped their new phone with Beats Audio, and recruited a few select bloggers to talk about their product. The company flew me, Karen Civil and a few others out to Miami, FL in March to attend the shoot for the phone’s commercial, and then to Coachella in April to use the phone while there and discuss our experiences with it. Super dope phone and a ton of fun! AND I GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE TUPAC HOLOGRAM!
You can read one of my recaps over at IFWT.
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(Photos) Me Doing Misc. Cool Shit – 2011
2011 was a dope year. I worked as Joe Budden‘s assistant for a few months, so we had a lot of random adventures during that time – including the video of me being his hypeman in Miami over the summer for “OLS3”, LOL! There’s also my appearance in his music video for “Unison,” since it was taped at one of our pool parties over the summer. That’s below too.
I met DJ Pauly D randomly in NYC, went to a taping of Saturday Night Live and got to meet my fave Katy Perry, went to the premiere of Flex‘s MTV2 show, Tyrese dropped by Hot 97, hit a show in RI with French Montana and Wiz Khalifa, my homie DJ Ricky Ruckus flew me out to Cleveland to host a party, I helped put together 52 Fest – a festival to support injured Rutgers player Eric LeGrand and a bunch of other awesome stuff…but I’ll do separate posts for deeper dives into those!
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(Video) Marisa Mendez on MTV Rapfix
I had the honor of guesting on MTV Rapfix, courtesy of the homie Rob Markman. As an “industry insider,” I listed my current favorite songs, which were:
- J. Cole – “Lights Please”
- Rick Ross ft. Nicki Minaj – “You The Boss”
Big shout out to Mobb Deep, who were the guests on the episode! Check out the clip below.
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(Video) iKeepsIt100.com Interviews Marisa Mendez
My homie Fred Bear from iKeepsIt100.com reached out, and had me come in to the studio to answer “21 Questions” for his site. This was hella fun!