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PPR 101: Professional Public Relations Conference

Section: Business

"DIVAdend Entertainment"

WHAT A WEEKEND!?!?!?!

EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS THAT I CAN BE WORKING DILIGENTLY IN MY ATL OFFICE ONE MINUTE AND THE NEXT MOMENT, I'M SIPPING COMPLIMENTARY MARTINIS ON A ONE HOUR FIRST CLASS FLIGHT HOME TO THE BIG EASY! THIS PAST FRIDAY I WAS LURED HOME BY A FEW ASPIRING ENTERTAINERS IN NEED OF MY SERVICES, LUNCH WITH MY GRAMMY FAM REID & AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME MUCH NEEDED TIME WITH THE "SOMEONE" WHO KEEPS ME SANE- WE FOREVER!!!!

FROM THE PLANE, I CHECKED INTO MY BOUTIQUE HOTEL OF CHOICE AND HEADED STRAIGHT TO BOURBON STREET WHERE I PARTIED TIL THE MORNING LIGHT. AT ABOUT 4AM MY HEAD HIT THE PILLOW TO ONLY RISE AGAIN A FEW HOURS LATER TO LEARN OF BERNIE MAC'S UNTIMELY PASSING. AND JUST WHEN I BEGAN TO COMPREHEND THE LOSS OF UNCLE BERNIE, I HEAR THAT THE FATHER OF FELLOW PUBLICIST DEE DEE COCHETA'S CLIENT ATLANTA BASED PRODUCER IKE DIRTY HAD ALSO PASSED - ISSAC HAYES!

BOTH HAYES AND MAC HAVE EXTENSIVE CREDITS TO THEIR NAME AND LEFT THIS LIFE WITH CURRENT AND NEW PROJECTS BREWING. WHAT A BLESSING! BOTH, MATURE MEN, HAVE MAINTAINED LONGEVITY IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FORCE FEEDING US IMMATURE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LACK PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL ETIQUETTE, ARTIST DEVELOPMENT, ANGER MANAGEMENT, OR EVEN A POSITIVE IMAGE. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BOTH GREAT MEN ARE A TRUE DEPICTION OF CHARACHTER, STRENGTH, DETERMINATION, CLASS AND TENACITY. THAT IS WHY BOTH OF THEM HAVE EXPERIENCED LIMITLESS SUCCESS...WE ALL CAN!

ENTERTAINMENT PROFESSIONALS LIKE BERNIE MAC AND ISSAC HAYES OR OTHER GREATS LIKE J ANTHONY BROWN, TOM JOYNER, OR EVEN RUSSELL SIMMONS DON'T MAKE HEADLINES FOR FIGHTING AT AWARD SHOWS OR BEATING UP ON A JOURNALIST FOR REPORTING EMBARRASING NEWS.

ARE YOU IN THE INDUSTRY OR ARE YOU IN THE STREETS?

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