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My Adventures with Tupac...Brainchild gone ROGUE - Part IV

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqJAnQTwmJs this series is continued from Part III. Had to take a break from it bcuz of so much happening in the world. For Part's I - III, go here I http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/2015/06/my-adventures-with-tupacbrainchild-gone_19.html II http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/2015/06/my-adventures-with-tupacbrainchild-gone_23.html III http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/2015/06/my-adventures-with-tupacbrainchild-gone_26.html Rule number 1  Never lie! A man only has 2 things in this world & that's his word  and his balls. Never shall the two part was my motto. I despise anyone who lies. Never trust them or anybody you can't throw 20 feet. Plus if you tell them the truth they can’t use it against you. Rule number 2   Never use the word like when rapping  because there is no greater thing than self & so why compare? It only makes you look less than what you are referring to. I believe to use simile...

My Adventures with Tupac...Brainchild gone ROGUE - Part II

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Part I of the series here at http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/2015/06/my-adventures-with-tupacbrainchild-gone_19.html A Spark Battery in ya Back One day while  on tour after a heated argument with LL over creative differences with the label, management and Todd against me; I wanted to do a booked show where fans were expecting us vers u s a bigger show in Atlanta where we weren't headliners and M.C. Hammer was also on the show. The label could not confirm if we would go on after him or not. Needless to say, the argument got heated as they all up ganged against me. They reminded me that I was only the 'Choreographer' and not in a position to run anything. As y'all already know, I stood my ground and never backed down. I was out of options as we all knew that Hammer was making a lot of noise and that he had copied LL's show format that I had created the year before. Russell had already offered a record deal to me to come out as an East coast "Hammer...

My Adventures with Tupac...Brainchild gone ROGUE - Part I

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These are only short excerpts of accounts of My History with ‘Tupac’. For full disclosure, look forward to a book release. by Donovan Niccolo Henry (the Don!) In 1989 on the Nitro Tour, I Donovan Niccolo Henry was a Dancer/Choreographer for Platinum selling rapper, LL Cool J. Walking with a Panther was the third studio album by him and as it was released in 1989, the album was a commercial success with several charting singles ("Going Back to Cali," "I'm That Type of Guy," "Jingling Baby” "Big Ole Butt," and "One Shot at Love"). The album however was criticized by the hip-hop community as being too commercial and materialistic and for focusing too much on love ballads. LL Cool J was set to headline his first major tour and I was hired as the only male dancer & choreographer for the six girl dancers & LL. The entire Def Jam Tour at that time included Slick Rock, Big Daddy Kane, Del La Soul, EPMD & Public ...