(Photos) Me Doing Misc. Cool Shit – 2011

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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

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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”
  • >T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen – “5 O’Clock”

  • 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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(Photos) Big Sean & Kanye West’s “Marvin & Chardonnay” Shoot [New York, NY]

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Thanks to my good friend Dana over at Def Jam, I was able to hit the NYC set of Big Sean’s video for “Marvin & Chardonnay,” featuring Kanye West.

While there, I got to preview Watch The Throne as it played over the speakers, and chopped it up with Sean – who was super nice! The final product can be viewed below.
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(Photos) Summer Jam 2011

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Summer Jam 2011 was so fun! I got to see so many of my faves, and I chopped it up with Lil Wayne, Drake and Mack Maine about what they’re wearing.

Tunechi is rocking a Fame hoodie (“Shout to Breezy,” he said), shorts by All-Son (he had to double check that one, LOL) Gucci belt (“You know that’s Gucci baby!”) Famous Stars & Stripes hat and Vans kicks. Shout out to his stylist Marisa (not me, LOL.) “Marisa said I can wear different things and they don’t have to match! It still look good!” So true!

Mack Maine is rocking True Blue Jordan 3’s, Polo socks (he wanted to make sure I mentioned that, LOL), an NY Giants snapback and a “Bury Me In My J’s” shirt by 8 & 9 Clothing.

As for Drizzy, it’s all Versace velour (he was appalled that I didn’t know that by looking at it, LOL!) and some black Timbs!

More pics below!
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(Photos + Video) Roots Picnic 2011 [Philadelphia, PA]

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Karen just started at Beats By Dre, so we drove down to Philly to gift some of the artists performing at the annual Roots Picnic with some custom headphones.

Shout out to Mac Miller, Wiz Khalifa and Young Chris! Check out a video I took while we were on stage with Yelawolf below.
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(Video) Marisa Mendez x Joe Budden for IFWT

I stopped by the studio to visit my guy Joey, and decided to ask him about the Slaughterhouse album that’s coming together since the boys signed to Eminem’s Shady Records label earlier this year.

Yesterday, MTV announced the album title would be Monster, but Joe tells us that’s not the case. Pardon the quality – videography isn’t my thing. LOL.