on feb 7th 2008 I was awarded The Hearts of Hope Award for giving back to children thru my Hip-Hop Gives Back concert back in dec 07... the concert was at the grog shop and DJ Drama came... we collected 3 big boxes filled with toys, 2 computers, and almost $2,000 in cash which we all donated to Rainbow Babies and Children!I couldnt be prouder to win that award, and its not just my award, its also the Innovative Marketing teams award, cuz they did just as much work n planning as i did, so huuuuge shout out to Soul Kryziz, Nero, and D-Mac! i got alot of hate on the downlow for winning this award, because of jealousy and what not, and i think its was completely ridiculous... this award is for the whole hip-hip community, cuz by me winning that award, i showed the city that the hip-hop community CAN do sumthing poss.! all u see in the news is "shooting outside hip-hop club" but not this time... lets change the world!
heres my speech when i won (ps they said i was 20 yrs old... but i was 22)
Zups Speech for Hearts of Hope Award
check out the foundation:
http://beechbrook.org/
This was a big moment, and a big show. I never heard about people who were being haters though. Thats crazy that anyone would try to turn this to a negative thing. Some people are just never happy. Thats why they won't be in this industry very long.
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