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^llortlanh (Dhsvruer April 16. 2008 Page B3 Hip-hoppers with ‘Cred’ Finding the right loan is not hard when you have a great Lender Relationship. Reduce your monthly debts starting today! Get rid of that 1st and 2nd mortgage payment for a O ne Loan Fixed Rate M o rtg ag e. Call today for your - Personalized Rate Quote! 503-972-2719 olTlce - 503-975-2769 cell ckylec@mtglender.com www.calvinkyles.coni DJ strives for positive influence Calvin Kyles - Broker t=l Commercial and Residential con tin u ed fro m M etro son, w ho was born in V irginia and grew up in the W atts district o f Los A ngeles. The OG O ne m oniker cam e from a group o f ex-gang m em bers who formed an organization called Origi nal G angw ay to focus on counsel ing and encouraging youth to seek alternatives to gangs. Even after the organization fell apart, Jackson kept the letters affirm ing forhim self by changing their definition toO ne God. O ne G od rem ains a personal re m inder o f the origins o f success, and Jackson would share a thought ful spirit to all o f his listeners by literally setting the tone o f hip-hop perform ances. T o avoid prom oting people as sim ple products o f their environ ment, he sees DJs as the "backbone o f the m usic,” able to fill a need for constructive influence. "N o m atter w h o 's not watching, being able to stay consistent for me personally is all about how 1 need to look another kid in the face and say that 1 do honest business,” he says. Jackson plans to extend his life long passion for the inspirational qualities o f music in launching an event called the G ood Look C loth ing Drive, with a banquet to give away the supplies set for May 9. He hopes the event will unite DJs from across the city in a yearly expres sion o f goodw ill. Drop-offs can be m ade through April 27 at Popeyes C hicken loca tions on M artin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the Portland O bserver offices, Terrell B randon's Barber Shop, 1330 N.E. A lberta, and the H u d d le S p o rts B a r, 825 N. K illingsworth. For more inform a tio n , e -m a il shakiylaharris@ yahoo.com . C lear C hoice D ebt R elief Oregon Bused Company Cool Nutz, the Voice o f Northeast Portland, takes flight for a tour o f Norway this past February in which he performed at major hip- hop venues. I Cool Nutz on national stage com plicated business. Scott is for tunate that he was able to enter into The m usic industry has changed the industry when rap music was significantly since the tim e Scott ju st beginning to em erge. was listening to his favorite artist in Now in his 30s, he has a 17-year- high school. Run DMC. old daughter and views the world “There has always been a co n differently as he has m atured into stant struggle o f staying with the adulthood. industry, and stan d in g stro n g ," "I tell my daughter to follow her Scott says. com m on sense,” says Scott. “O ur "B ack when we were kids, being society ean be dangerous and co m a rap artist meant that you w ore plicated and you ju st have to make sw eats and one gold chain," he good decisions in life. D on’t do adds. "T hat was achievable in our som ething if you know it’s the eyes. There w ere no private jets or w rong thing to do.” m ansions.” His music mirrors those words Despite the dram atically chang as he w rites his lyrics now to con ing music business. Cool N utz still vey his life experiences and turn his keeps up pace with a new solo music into “brain food.” album released at the end o f last "I want people to understand my year. King Cool Nutz. music and find m eaning in the lyr “I get more radio play than ever,” ics,” he says, "1 d o n ’t sit down to he says. "It has been a real struggle write m usic about Bentleys and to stand strong and persevere." m ansions.” The industry has changed so Recently, Scott's music had been much throughout his career that he chosen to be in the soundtrack of h as w ritte n a so n g ab o u t th e Gus Van Sant’s latest film. Paranoid changes he has seen. Park, making its world prem iere lo ‘T here i s a song on my new record cally last month. He did a tour o f called 'W ritten in My Book’ and it som e o f the hottest rap venues in really illustrates how I used to see the Norway last February and was fea music industry and how I see it along tured in Source M agazine in Janu with my life now,” says Scott. ary, a national publication for the W ith the internet, free music rap music scene. dow nloading and a loss o f fan d ed i S co tt's music and schedules o f cation over the years, writing and live perform ances can be viewed at selling music has becom e a more m yspace.com /coolnutz. continued fa c ilita to r and reso u rce for ad- d ressin g the ch a lle n g es the com - m unity faces. C o n c o rd ia U n iv ersity is also one o f the m ost eth n ica lly d i verse u niversities in the state w ith over21 percent m in o rities am ong th e u n d e rg ra d u a te p o p u la tio n I fro m M etro Over whelmed by debt? 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