WHOOP THIS!

Sorry for the delay, I’ve been trying to get back in motion with my life in LA. It’s not easy being gone from home and work for a week.

It’s been weird being back in LA, I look at everything a bit differently now. I feel like none of us have it that hard – Of course we have issues when it comes to friends, work, money, relationships, school or whatever we have issues with these days, but nothing compares to their problems. To be honest, the people of Haiti wished they had our problems(sorry for being such a downer)… With that being said, here’s the last post about my trip to Haiti…

We spent our last day mostly sightseeing.

It’s crazy to see how much damage could come from a natural disaster.

For souvenirs, we dropped by the once destroyed Iron Market.

Once we finished grabbing souvenirs, we were off to an orphanage. On our way there we popped a tire. Luckily, there were Haitians who were able to repair the tube(for only $2.50!!).

The orphanage was the hardest part of the trip for me. Seeing a kid who doesn’t have parents is way more heartbreaking than any destroyed structure.

My trip to Haiti with Zodiac USA/Brown Shoes and Souls4Soles is one I would never forget. It was an amazing first time out of the country experience. It was great because it wasn’t a vacation, it was meant to be a learning experience , and that’s what exactly I got out of it. Super thanks to Melissa, S4s, Todd, and everyone on the trip who made it great for me!

My homie, Switch, over at EYLTH(NSFW) just dropped his second mix. Check it out!!!

You asked for it, so here we go again, Everything You Love To Hate Mix II.  Not as long as the last, some repeat artists, and a little slower mix.  Click the image to download, and here’s the last mix just in case you missed it..  Track listing below.

• Justice – Civilization (demo version)
• Devin the Dude – Jus Coolin’
• Mayer Hawthorne – Don’t Turn The Lights On
• Frank Ocean – Novacane (remix Steel Town Sound)
• Dom Kennedy – CDC feat. Casey Veggies & Carter (chopped & screwed)
• Crystal Castles/Mike G – Crystal Castles – Magic Spells Chopped And Screwed By Mike G
• JJ – ANGELS
• The Jet Age Of Tomorrow – Welcome Home Son (ft. Casey Veggies & Tyler, The Creator)
• Lil B – Still Cookin’
• Waka Flocka Flame – Call The Squad For Him (Feat. Rocko) [Prod. By Bobby Beats]
• Gucci Mane – Gucci Time (Feat. Swizz Beats) (Sinden Remix Feat Tinchy Stryder)
• Earl Sweatshirt – Dat Ass
• Blakroc – On the Vista (Mos Def)
• Waka Flocka Flame – Bustin’ At Em
• DJ Quik – Fire & Brimstone
• Lil B – Pretty Bitch

Totally forgot that I was apart of the video production crew last year at EDC 2010. The trailer to said event was sent to me in an email this week and I saw a decent amount of shots I filmed in it. Check the vid out below.

Day two in Haiti…

We had to be out of the house by 8:30am to trek it out to the top of the mountain to distribute shoes to the students of MTM(the school/church).

We gave away about 700+ pairs of shoes. It wasn’t an easy task because we had to take down their shoe size, wash their feet(I skipped that part), and I find shoes that they would like(that was only for the older kids)

We spent all our day with the kids of MTM, I was even able to get in their face a bit and grab some snaps.

While I’m working on getting my day 2 & 3 Haiti posts up, check out the pics I took with my iPhone. Click the pic below to be directed to the gallery!!

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Getting out of the states for the first time was definitely one of my new years resolutions, I’m glad that it went through *checks that off the list*. We Melissa(Zodiac USA), Todd(Brown Shoes), and the Brown Shoes team, teamed up with Soles4Souls organization to service shoes out to Haitians at orphanages and schools…

My jaw was fully dropped when we were flying from Miami to Haiti(Port au Prince). I’ve never flown overseas and I was awaiting my first time stepping in another country.

After going through customs and immigrations with the Sole4Souls crew, we were then on our way to the place that we were going to be sleeping for the next couple of days. I was more than excited to be in a new country, but I then remembered that I wasn’t just in any country… I was in Haiti, a third-world country – The poorest country in the western hemisphere.

This wasn’t a vacation for me(us) and I had to get that in my head immediately. I’m here to put smiles on kids faces and pick-up a lifestyle that I could share with others once I come back to the states.

Our housing was at MTM aka Mountain Top Ministries. To be honest, I expected us to be living in something less amazing. This was a super nice stay for us. Once arriving to MTM, we were given a rundown on how things were going to go down in Haiti, I was stoked and so was everyone else in the group. Get ready for DAY 2!!

Traveling to Haiti from Los Angeles isn’t an easy one, especially with a 9 hour layaway in Miami…

Being in the Miami airport with Melissa was boring times. Miami was far too humid for us to go out and enjoy..

I was more than excited to get on the plane after being stuck in Miami doing nothing for 9hrs.

It was finally time to get over to Haiti…

[UPDATE]

Sorry, I accidentally deleted Pt. 1 of this post, will repost later.

April was so craze. I think I stepped up my rap game this month, in this set you’ll see a lot of  pics of rappers(Lil B, Snoop, Quik.. ETC) and a lot of crazy behind the scenes of my life taken through the cam of my iPhone. Click the pic below!

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