TAG: King Towers

In 2009, www.purehip-hop.blogspot.com from France asked to interview me about my b-ball perspectives ranging from the difference of the playground and NBA to the legend of Joe Hammond. I invited them to meet up with me while I was shooting around in Foster Projects, Harlem USA, on a rainy summer day.

See if you can name the artist and album that the song at the end is from!

Photo: Bang Lee (SpaceBallMag.net)

A crowd of 10,386 was announced in attendance before the game started. At the 10 minute mark in the first half, the Kingdome reached full capacity or somewhere close to it with about 400-500 people. Faces like Duke Tango, Quentin “T2″ Hosley, Sean Bell All-Star’s Coach Rah, and Richie Parker were in attendance to witness the 2009 Championship between Dominican Power (blue jerseys) and Big Cuzin Entertainment (black jerseys).

One squad brought team-oriented style, while the other displayed individual talent. Kendall “World Premier” Provett, Kenny “Grown Man Stuff / Serious Satellite” Satterfield, Sean “Killa” Kilpatrick, Jazz “Total Package” Mansell, and Tyshawn “Bodywide” Valentine started the game.

Guess which team they were. Please don’t get it twisted though; the other team bragged names like John “The Franchise” Strickland, Raul Mercedes, Richard “Slasher” Rivas, Baby Shaq, and Frank “Frankie Chulo” Penn. Read More »