Day Two: Team BLOODRAW Promo Tour
Jacksonville, FL

We woke up in Jacksonville. We headed to the ‘hood to pass out flyers and then made our way over to the Regency Square Mall where we were able to grab some lunch. We met up with Wayne and Tony from Street Hustle DVD. They decided to roll with us for the day, filming a “day in the life of BloodRaw” type DVD. They knew their way around town which made our lives much easier.

We arrived early to the Meet & Greet that Bigga Rankin had arranged for us. This gave me a chance to spend some quality time with his assistant Stephanie. Bigga Rankin came out of his own pocket to have this event with all of the local JAX DJs. Damn, I love Bigga Rankin. Raw says, “That’s my nigga right there, boy! He always looks out.”

After asking the 30+ DJs in attendance for their support, we headed over to a club called Reefer that has a bumpin’ Sunday night. WE got to have some appetizers and drinks before heading to the skating rink.

It was great seeing DJ Dr Doom again, plus Sunday night at Skate Station is off the hook. It’s in Orange Park, but everyone was there: local artists like Grand Prix, Uncle, Young Cash (who was nursing a cold), as well as street teams and promoters.

We didn’t get to stay very long because Raw was doing a show in Crescent, GA which was over an hour away and we needed to be there by midnight. Bigga Rankin was paid to DJ at that club, but instead of keeping his DJ fee, he passed it along to Raw so he’d be doing a paid show. We needed the money for our promo tour so we could press mixed CDs, CD singles, flyers, etc. We were sent out on the road with only 72 t-shirts, so we had to make the best of the situation. The club promoter, BG, was one of the coolest guys I’ve met in a long time, and even though the club was kinda far from Jacksonville, we hope we get to go back sometime. The club was the size of a 4 car garage set in a very rural area. We didn’t go on until about 4 AM, but Raw rocked it.

I give BloodRaw a lot of credit—he never complains, he just makes the best of a situation, does what he has to do, and over compensates for any short comings by working extra hard. I’m loving him and our road dogs (our team is awesome!) and am happy to be helping him for free. He’s making it easy to help him.

After the show ended, we got in the car for the long 4 hour drive to Orlando. King drove us all night while everyone but he and I slept. Eventhough we were dead tired, we had to be in Orlando by 11 AM for an interview and for a Noon lunch with DJ Nasty. We couldn’t blow off Nasty, I have known him over ten years now, and he’s kinda special to me.