Casting Leonardo DiCaprio as Chosun Read the first part of the story here.

The Tale of Chosun's Good Heart (continued).
By Chosun.

Ignited with a fire under my ass, I proceeded to call up my brother who runs a weekly party called Direct Drive, and has connections with a myriad of nice venues in Manhattan. After speaking with him, he assured me that I could get the legendary Roxy nightclub in NYC. Ok, let’s think about that for a second.

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THE ROXY!!! Ok, I won’t get into the relevance that the Roxy has to Hip Hop music, or how HUGE it is to get the Roxy for an event like this. Rather I will continue with my epic odyssey…but rest assured that there are few venues in the entire Northeast of the US that I would want more, but I digress.

Before calling CL’s manager, I sought to get at least one name on the list to add ‘meat’ to it and that would give CL’s manager that belief that it was an event worth devoting time to. I checked my phonebook again and came across DJ Evil Dee’s number (of the Beatminerz & Black Moon fame). I had met him briefly through my brother, and had run into him a few times since. Upon calling him, he agreed to do the event without hesitation, and therefore provided me with a little more ammunition to bring to CL. I now had a renowned venue and a big-name DJ…how could I go wrong? That was when I placed the call…

Once Nick (CL Smooth’s manager) answered the phone and heard my referral (Mike Loe), he was immediately friendly and willing to talk to me about the event. I explained the overall theme and location of my event, and he immediately agreed to put CL on the lineup! He told me that CL was VERY interested in helping out in any way possible to provide relief to the Hurricane victims, and even thanked me for asking him to be a part of it. Holy sh*t!!! Was he serious? He also mentioned that he had a meeting with Kanye West and Common the following week and would ask them if they were interested in participating as well. I immediately felt like K-Fed must’ve when he wed Britney: I hit the motherload!


Since I could do no wrong AND had Evil Dee and CL Smooth on-board and the Roxy as a venue, I felt like Ronaldinho competing in a Middle School soccer game—I was unstoppable! I figured I would aim high and started to make calls to all kinds of agents, managers, labels, etc. I wanted headline talent which would guarantee a crowd—one that would put the entire event over-the-top. I linked up with a young friend of mine, Anders, who shared the same passion for Hip Hop and humanitarian efforts as I did. He immediately jumped on-board and started rattling off name after name of artists he had connections with. From Slick Rick to Masta Ace to the Wu-Tang Clan, he had somehow built up a serious database of connections…and he’s only 20 years old! I told him to get on the phone, and I spent the next few days calling around and trying to make connections to seal a more current major artist’s support. I now was not alone in my quest.

Over the next few weeks, I had garnered a bit of interest from many artists, but nothing concrete. I was forwarded onto a guy in Cali, Rex, who represented an on-line/print publication and radio station from the West Coast. He claimed to have many big-name connections, and convinced me that opening the evening with a discussion panel was an added way to ensure attendance. He told me of events with well over 30,000 attendees he had organized on the West Coast, and told me that many people in NYC have been asking him when he would do an event in NYC. Additionally, Rex wanted to be a part of my event, and offered to give whatever help he could, including top executives from the magazine/radio station to be on the panel. Things were going from good to great, and I was on top of the world, baby, floating along on an unsinkable ship.

Wow, Chosun seems well on his way to having 30,000 people at the Roxy, and probably P Diddy or something. An event of TITANIC proportions. Unsinkable, after all. More tomorrow.   ¶ 11:27 PM