Legends Ball with Kid Capri, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh

Kid Capri

Sorry so late, I am really only catching up on some down time before I head back downtown to do more sight seeing. Washington has so much tourist stuff to do it's no wonder people take like 4-day tours. Here I am trying to do it in 2.

Anyway, after the Inauguration we were suppose to be heading out to LOVE. As we roll up, the entire block is empty. Not a person in sight. So we ask some lingering folks "what happened here?" Thank goodness they were kind enough to tell us that the party had been relocated (last minute mind you) to some club downtown called The PARK. So as we make our way down to the next spot, I realize that I left the receipt for the prepaid tickets back at home. It's reaching about 1:00 AM now and I am just really anxious to get off the street and into some place warm. Funny enough while standing outside of the second club I see Big Daddy Kane going in.

The bouncer at the club was adamant about seeing this receipt so I went back home. Probably about a 15 minute drive from where we were so it wasn't too bad. Finally got back, got the car valeted and again with the graces of the universe, we strolled in got our drink tickets and were in under 5 minutes.

Kid Capri was killing it with the old school and the girls and I were having a grand ole time. I haven't heard music like that in years. Check out the video with Kid Capri spinning and Bill Belamy standing in the background. My goodness Bill looks really good in person (sorry, I just had to let y'all know).

The Park had 4 floors, and the forth was reserved for VIP only. I always have this thing about paying VIP because it just seems like a money grab to me. Anyway, with my $20 admission I managed to head up to the VIP and you want to talk about celebrities. They were everywhere. Slick Rick was performing while Doug E. Fresh was beatboxing. The energy was amazing and people were all taking in the moment.


For the rest of the night, it very cool and relaxed. It felt like Hollywood was in full effect. JD, Angela Bassett, Isaiah Washington, Dana Dane and more. All without any security - not that DC wasn't the safest place to be that night. Check out the rest of the pics below.

AJ former BET Host for 106 & Park

Comedian / Actor Bill Bellamy

Actor Isaiah Washington

Hip Hop Icon Dana Dane

Akon, you know who he is.

It's the Kid Capri!

TO Remix Bus Trip to DC Delayed 7 Hours at US Border

You know given the magnitude of the events for the inauguration I would expect that the wait times at the border would be long and tedious. I crossed the border without incident and I can thankfully say that my encounter with the US Border Patrol lasted all but 2 minutes. Unfortunately Tyrone Edwards, a good friend of mine and his bus group could not say the same.

Plagued with racial profiling and a bad case of power control, the customs officers put these young people through hell and back. I didn't hear the whole story as of yet, but The Star did write an article about it. Read it now.

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DAY 2: Presidential Inauguration Swearing-In Ceremony / Parade

Words cannot fully explain the energy and the aura that was felt by actually participating in today's Presidential events. With no ticket in hand we called our cab and made it down to Capital Hill at around 9:30 AM. The crowds of people were definitely in the millions and even with tickets, not everyone was able to get in behind the barriers. The army was in full force checking and double-checking every single person that was let on to the grounds (and I mean not even within ear-shot of the loudest speaker on the entire premises).

After witnessing about 10,000 people jam down into a 4-lane street into a 1-door enterance, we decided that we would head down to the Canadian Embassy to possibly see some sort of TV screen and if we were lucky a snippet of Obama's speech. That much we were given and we moved on to the next point of interest - the parade.

No surprise, the parade route was completely locked off and we had to wessle our way through another heard of humanity. This took about another hour, but in the midst of all the action we seen a few celebrities Wyclef, Anne Hathaway and Lynn Whitfield. TOFLO them up and moved merrily along.

Anxiously awaiting the arrival of the 44th President, we stood in -5 degree weather for about 2 hours. I think I just had about enough until we were graciously engaged with several individuals all from different states talking about what Obama being President meant to them. Interesting conversation that made time just fly right by. And before we knew it, Barack and Michelle Obama were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue hand-in-hand. I-N-S-P-I-R-I-N-G, is the only word that could truly describe what the crowd was experiencing.

Through the cold, tears, screams, long lines, pushing, shoving and well you get the picture this one moment truly made it worth today's angry and at times patience-testing pursuit of history.

DAY 1: MLK Day

So I was suppose to volunteer to pack care packages for Military folks down by RFK Stadium... thought I would be slick and leave a half an hour before check-in. Unfortunately, the METRO was packed like roaches on a breadcrumb, got caught up in a 100-person line to buy a special edition Obama METRO card, and then got extra hungry. Before you know it, it was 4 o'clock and we were off sight seeing in downtown DC.

Check out some pics below, more to follow. For now, we about to get ready to go to someone's ball.

You gotta love the homeboy t-shirts!

"What is past is prolonged" monument, yes we are trying to get on the top of it.

Franklin Roosevelt tombstone perhaps?

Woohoo my favorite, men in uniform.

And of course, my first day wouldn't be complete if I did't do the cardboard Obama.

Check back for daily DC updates, we're editing the video as we speak!