First Hip Hop Event: Funk Yeah! 11.23.2011

Over the years social media has taken a HUGE leap. I remember when I first started using the internet, the cool thing was 'Xanga' it was a mini blog, where you could only post a profile picture. Then it was Tom, who created Myspace, which I was in high school at the time blew up to be a huge thing. As i graduated college you rarely heard about Facebook only because college students were allowed to have one. NOW, that has all changed. Social Media has changed the world & networking forever.

It was around the beginning of November when my friend Sammy Jo (@sammyjofox) hit me up & was like ' Hey my friend Renee needs a photographer for her event'. That right there caught me. Sammy connected me with Renee, and Renee and I networked.

 This was an event I could not miss to be a part of, free, and to help the community of Los Angeles.
Here are som pictures from the event, an words from the Host Renee Oquel (@damelush )


"I can’t describe how grateful and blessed I feel at this very moment.

I’m majoring in Public Relations and Journalism once I transfer to a University and have found ways to be around what I love just by doing what I love. Eventually I want to start a non-profit organization to give back to this world and start a public relations/media firm.
I’ve been wanting to throw a small music event in L.A. for quite some time, but never really knew how it all came together, or even how I could pull it off—and since I’ve started LUYL, I’ve come in contact with a lot of talented, independent, creative individuals and artists who inspired me to put together this event. The timing couldn’t be any more perfect.
Social media networks make the world seem so small—one way or another we’re connected through someone or something. As I’ve said before, music is a constant universal love…we connect through the same vibrations, waves and words.

I just want to thank EVERYONE who came out to Kika Fulo for Funk Yeah!…
All together we raised over $200 at the door and walked away with sooo many cans to donate to the East L.A. Women’s Center! 100% of the proceeds went straight to the center! Each and every one of you that came out took part in creating awareness and restoring hope to these victims of domestic + sexual violence, rape, assault and HIV/AIDS—but most importantly, took part in making their voices heard again. The center is in the heart of East Los Angeles where many low-income Latino families reside. In December ELAWC will be having a canned food drive, so it was a blessing to help them get a head start!

I know Funk Yeah! was the day before Thanksgiving, but that was sort of the point in throwing this event. Funk Yeah! was about giving back, the art, unity, and of course THE MUSIC.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
- @DjULTRACAT http://www.thaswhatsupLA.com
- @CupcakeMyHeart (Rachel Flores photography)
- @KillaKosher (Kosher Kris) www.aliensexmusic.com xwww.kosherkris.bandcamp.com + the entire SeXstyle crew that came out to rock with us!
- @PoetikForce www.poetikforce.bandcamp.com + BlakFace @KaleemWasif x @FunkLogik www.blakface.bandcamp.com
- @OfficialShneaky www.shneaky.net
- @Ahwlee http://bumps.bandcamp.com/
- @massrockz (The Sound Technician) http://thesoundtechnician.com/
- @LimitlessLfstyl (Limitless Lifestyle) http://limitlesslifestyleco.tumblr.com/


…..The list goes on. You know who you are.


+ Shout out to all of you! The artists, entrepreneurs, writers/bloggers, activists, music lovers, dreamers, visionaries, and creative individuals.
Keep making moves in this world where rising to the top depends on YOU.
Determination, ambition, motivation, inspiration….
One thing my momma always told me, “Nobody’s gonna do it for you in this life. You gotta do it for YOURSELF.”
You are all inspiring to me every single day and push me to want make a difference.
NEVER underestimate the POWER of YOUR VOICE.


XO,
DL


ENJOY!!

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