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Live At the BBQ


A host of Hip-Hop celebs, media and tastemakers celebrated the 3rd Annual 135th Street Agency BBQ & Fish Fry in Mount Morris Park hosted by MTV’s Fonzworth Bentley, Hot 97 morning show host K. Foxx and DJ S&S.features

Attendees included rappers Red Café, Ron Browz, DJ Cassidy, Papoose, Newz, Serius Jones and Saigon. “There's nothing like a summer gathering of positive young people,” said Bentley, who’s preparing for the release of his debut album this fall. “From the industry folks, corporate executives and artisans to the folks I’ve known from when I first moved to NY in ’98, the BBQ was diversity at its best. I was at the first 135th BBQ when it was only 20 people. Now it’s over 500. I left full in spirit, full of laughter, and a stomach ‘bout to bust!” features

Partners of the annual Harlem event included MetroPCS, Glaceau VitaminWater, Frito-Lay, Moet Hennessy, Heineken, and GoldenKrust Bakery.

Guests of the 3rd Annual BBQ include: ESSENCE Promotion Director Fred Jackson, TV Personality/Fashion Expert Bevy Smith, MTV Talent Bookings Director Whitney Gayle-Benta, ESSENCE’s Danielle Brown, VH1 publicist Nyle Washington, Celebrity publicist Simone Smalls, Stylist Dion Stewart, Comedian Damien Lemon, Rap-Up Sr Editor Georgette Cline, The Source General Manager Amy Andrieux, Sister 2 Sister Mag’s Donya Floyd, Momentum Worldwide’s Malcolm Gillian, AllHipHop’s Steve Raze, BET’s Thembisa Mshaka, Breeze (formerly of VH1), Stylist Sonya Magett, The Apollo Theatre’s Nina Flowers, Laura Johnson of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” Tammy Ford of the Tammy Ford Agency, Rick Broomfield (Ron Browz manager), Sherry Bitting, Jackie Rhinehart, SMACK, Asylum Records’ Eric Beasley, Universal Motown recording artist Ernie Gaines, AllHipHop’s Kathy Iandoli, Blogger Sowmya, MissTheda.com/Asylum’s Erica Hall and Kadilsha Cain.features

 
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