Should you trust any medium other than your inner voice? Yes.
When it's your inner voice that guides you to that medium.
The current administration, the controlling forces of reality TV
innundated, negative news driven media, and what appears to be outright
pedophelia on music video channells, makes us consider are we loosing that voice
in the cacophony of so many others?
The collective communities are further subdivided by cultures. Proud to
wave a national flag, there are still many who are not protected under any one
banner and therefore make up a counter-culture that cannot be properly fed when
isolated.
The blurring of harsh national lines that are being drawn by Bush and Co. is
taking place only because music, art and talent seek each other out despite
borders.
Individual voices in agreement create a harmony which bespeaks an
age. This is that age and On The Real is giving voice to
it.
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Gia'na Garel 'Gypsee Mama', Co-Hostess OTR
Writer, producer, filmmaker Gia'na Garel
began a film production career in 1989 when she produced short films under her
company Meridian Pics and acted as co-executive director of Westside Stories,
Inc. an Atlanta based production company producing music videos directed by
Keith Ward (TLC, Arrested Development, Digital Underground, Brandy)
and commercials (Sprite, McDonalds). The team worked during those
years under an umbrella formed by Garel & Ward - Noir
Cinema (Featured on BET's Screen Scenes 1991). Garel was featured in
Upscale Magazine's 'Upwardly Mobile' Column in 1994
In 1995 Garel relocated to Los Angeles, and co- founded her Beverly Hills
based business- A-List Consultants, Inc. an entertainment
consulting firm that worked with agents, managers and industry publicists to
create crossover campaigns for music and sports figures looking to connect
with film/TV, book publishing and fashion.
In 2004, she co-produced with Director Darryl Lassiter the Stellar
award-winning, Vickie Winans' video, "Shook."
Gia’na Garel has successfully prepared a niche in the entertainment
industry by spreading her talents into all genres for over nineteen years;
most notably as a writer (novelist, journalist, playwright, specs
for film/TV) as an actress and performer, filmmaker (six film shorts,
music videos, commercials and television) and motivational business
consultant. Past clients have included The Sun's of
Light (Formerly Motown's The Boys), Marlon Jackson, Chuck D, 400 Films, DDL
Entertainment, painter Benjamin Allen, Master Chefs Afreeya Robinson and
Trinna Moore , Cory 'Zooman' Miller, Leslie "Big Lez" Segar, Steve Harvey,
Usher Raymond/Jonetta Patton, Attorneys Chambers and Thomas
and many others).
Recent endeavors include appointment as spin doctress and head of artist
profiles for Slam Jamz
Records and a non-fiction book
entitled:
"The Sinister Plot Behind My Self Destruction."
Personal projects also include a WHILE WE WAIT
campaign of tours providing motivation to disheartened soldiers
needing inspiration via the arts, as well as upcoming music projects.
www.giagarel.com
gia@slamjamz.com
Chuck D, Host OTR
As leader and co-founder of legendary rap group Public
Enemy, Chuck D
redefined rap music and Hip Hop culture with the release of PE's explosive
debut album, Yo Bum Rush The Show, in 1987. His messages addressed weighty
issues about race, rage and inequality with a jolting combination of
intelligence and eloquence never seen before.
"…one of the most politically and socially conscious artists of any
generation…"
--Spike Lee
"Chuck D is the towering artist of hip hop culture and a leader public
intellectual of and for young people. His voice challenges all of
us."
--Cornel West
The group's subsequent seven albums were released over the next 13 years,
all meeting with critical acclaim from publications as disparate as
Time and The Source, and worldwide sales in the millions. And
at the close of 1999, The New York Times named Public Enemy's music to their
list of the "25 Most Significant Albums of the Last Century."
The numbers that reflect their extraordinary career are staggering.
The band has embarked on over 33 tours, performing over 1200 concerts
to fans in 40 countries. Three albums are certified multi-platinum; three more
are gold, with four gold singles and a platinum-selling home
video.
The critical and commercial success of Public Enemy opened the doors for
Chuck to deliver his message through a number of different mediums, extending
his reach to all segments of the population. He has hosted his own segment on
the Fox News Channel, published a best-selling autobiography, "Fight
The Power." Is a highly-sought after speaker on the college lecture
circuit (lecturing at universities ranging from Harvard to Howard), is a
prominent member of music industry non-profit organizations MusicCares and
Rock The Vote (which honored him with the Patrick Lippert Award in 1996 for
his contributions to community service) and started the record label SlamJamz.
He served as national spokesperson for Rock The Vote, the National
Urban League and the National Alliance of African American Athletes,
and appeared in public service announcements for HBO's campaign for national
peace and the Partnership for the Drug Free America. He is also a regular
guest on numerous television shows including Nightline, Politically Incorrect
and on CNN.
Most recently, the media has anointed Chuck as the spokesperson and major
proponent of music on the Internet. In September, 1999, he launched a
multi-format "supersite" on the Web, Rapstation.com. A home
for the vast global Hip Hop community, the site boasts a TV and radio station
with original programming, a slew of Hip Hop's most prominent DJs, celebrity
interviews, free MP3 downloads (the first was contributed by multi-platinum
rapper Coolio), social commentary, current events, and regular features
dedicated to empowering rap artists with the knowledge to turn their craft
into a viable living.
He is currently working on a second book, has formed a rock band that will
release an album later this summer, is booked to deliver keynote addresses and
sits on panels at over a dozen conventions this year alone, and continues to
appear as a guest lecturer at colleges across the country
The Library of Congress recently inducted Public Enemy album "Fear
of A Black Planet' into their list of it all time recordings
to be preserved for our posterity.
www.publicenemy.com
www.rapstation.com
www.slamjamz.com
Jam On, and...
Straight ahead, albeit in a spiraling sort of way.
ALL
Faith, supported by Knowledge, PROTECTS.
Rama Demetrius Dyushambee, DD
AKA: INspector Out Rageous, Cosmic
Detective
Founder, www.YOUtopiaINstitute.org
Tel: 619/584-0542 Fax:
619/269-4561
ON THE REAL
"The outer voice representing the INNER
voice."
What cha gon' do for YOUR Soul
self?
Up & On to
"The Mind Is The Last Frontier..."
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