Could Ik
'Ty on b
olng Bra ?
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Tyson' Iady bro . Inan
't re by Don �'s
�r aa:ourant, over the past
ftve � may have been
tdpinghirmelfto n' boxing
millio The affidavit' part of a
lt �n Tyson mI his
· Conner matIlF' Bill Caykln.
The document alleges King
· charged Ty on S750,()()() for
"ovedm" at King's New York
office.
In addition, there were
· Sl(X),OO)doUars incomulqmes
b' King' wife. $2 million Cor
King k> acquiJe ot1a' boxers and
other extmvagant \.11m spent on
· travel mI pelSOnal security. But
· 8pp8I'Cntly that's rot all.
· Thc affidavit eo says Tyson's
aoomey Vhxent Fuller 8OCl!lCd
King of exploiting Tyson finan­
cially am hiring PUWC D repre­
sent Tyson in finm::ial marers.
King calls the claim lies and
fabricatio . But of the sro mil­
lion, Tyson has earned. he had as
little as S15 million left last year.
In fact, he was forced to bonow
against hip $2 million in legal ex-
�I_IU"IU'" • trial.
Freedom
Declares
Independence
Freedom Williams, featured
perfonner and co-writer of �
C&C M..mc Factol)', has filed a
$10 million lawsuit against
producem David Cole aIX1 Robert
Civillie , charging that they
ctatcd himoUlofhis royalties and
failed k> pertorm duties outlined in
his recording and management
contract.
Wil.liaIm, who led tbe gro� to
five American Music Awards,
MIV awards and multi-platinum
uceess, oow intends to pursue a
career as a solo artist
By The Way
. Word has it that Prince's
current girlfriend, actress
Troy Beyer, will make him a
father sometime this fall.
Big Name for
Fall Lin up
Leading the JIldc is Patti La­
Belle, woo stars in m- own series
as the owrer of a bltes club in
NBCs "Up AU Night'. Vanessa
Wtlliarm 1m 1m1eda staningrole
in a new Aaron Spelling series,
"M�Plire",settodebutin�
time slot tbllowing "Beverly Hills
00210".
Robin Givens maIcrs her return
k> J¥:twork 1V � a female lethal
weapon type in "Polish Hill".
Aoother fBmillar� ThnReid,
will make M1V colMbackon �
Family�l. He's set 10 star in
OJ¥: of three J¥:W half�hour series
b 1993. � series, "M'LortI� is
the tol)' of a blu: collar worker
(Reid) who inb:ri1S the Scotmh
ti1le of lord So�1bl. Reid will
also S1BrinaIXl produce a hisk>rical
dmma, called "UntIergroundRJJi­
rootI'.
Of course, Malcolm Jamal
Warrtt plays a gradua� tulent
wo�inacommunityce�ron
NBC. (O>sby castmate Raven
Sytm� as> � a 'IV � �
development, but at present It 1$
� s1a� es a possible mid-
n replaceImlt). .
Love, BHe".
Three letters - BHC - they sig­
nify 0 much. Primarily, they rep­
resent Brother Hood Creed, the
ideal and the name of the new
rap/hip-hop/ R&B duo, comprised
of Tyrone Ward (Shy Tai Love) and
Sean McDuffie (The Mack); but the
concept of "brotherhood" is not to
be mi construed for a racial stance.
Rather, the boys have a much
broader vision. "Its the brother­
hood of all races, the unity," ex­
plains Sean.
But there's more. BHC also
stands for their motto, their chosen
lifestyle, according to Tyrone,
"Being Humble and Creative."
THI AND ALL of BHC'
songs are metaphorically rich ex­
cerpts of real life, love and fantasy,
but .they al 0 are intentionally
devoid of heavy, mindful politics,
anger or bitterne s, replacing
negativity with playfulness. Sean
explains, "When people are having
fun together, nobody has problems.
It's when the fun stop that the
problems start. We want our entire
album to be positive, 0 people can
break the rewind button, break the
fast forward.button and just play it
all day."
Adds Tyrone, "It' good to be
aware, but we don't want to dwell '
on or contribute to the negativity.
They already hear all of that in the
new . We just want to make things
better and happier and put smiles on
people's faces."
The duo's first single is "Hel­
luva", a song about everyone's
dream girl. Sean comments, "I'm
on a constant search for Helluva, so
I won't have to go through that
route again, playing Nintendo, for
twelve days straight, 24 hours per
day, trying to forget my heart­
ache."
" W l" rc all on
t hat .if mrncv
UP\\'ClI·d,
rising from
II( )P(.} I(.'ss 11 (.'SS
and poverty."
-- Sr-un McDuff!!' (HI(' rJl,lC�)
Their values of brotherhood are
exemplified in their own partner­
ship, where drawing the best from
one another and complementing
each other's life is commonplace.
"I write, but I can't write without
Ty. He doesn't even have to say
anything; he just . has to be there,
bringing out the 'hype' in me," says
Sean. Consequently, Sean devoted
an entire verse to Tyrone in "P.S.
Smile are only natural when
one hears the upbeat, melodic R&B
rap with positive lyrics, such as in
the "Sheils", the band's theme song
which promotes achievement. The
song denotes rising from the bot­
tom of the ocean floor of destitu­
tion, depression and stagnation up
to the sea shore, which represents
attaining one's goals. "We're all
on that journey upward, rising from
BROTHERHOOD CREED - Shy Tai Love and The
,
ack
was the ugliest bug in the world
until we painted it with our own
personalities," says Tyrone. "We I
don't'have to have a fresh car like a :
Mercedes. We're just down to :
earth people who like colors and
brightness in our lives."
hopelessness and poverty," says
Sean. "Nobody wants to be down
on the ground, but we've all been
there.
our shoe, but that's where inner
strength come in, our shells. We,
all of us, have to keep ascending,"
rays Sean.
And they deliver all this from
their bright colored VW bug, which
to BHe !s yet another metaphor. "It
•
WE'RE STILL pulling off the
seaweed and getting the sand out of
y
t
By SHOCK ROCK
Drayz recalls how he and
Books (DAS EFX) got started.
"We met at Virginia State Univer­
sity. I came from Jersey and
Books from Brooklyn. "In 1988
we were freshmen in college and
we met through a mutual friend.
We made demos, but no one
re ponded until we met EPMD."
"On February 1, 1991, there
w a talent how in Virginia that
DAS EFX entered a group. On
the same day, EPMD was in town
doing promotions for their album.
We lost the talent show, but
EPMD approached u and asked
if we wanted a $100 prize or a
million dollar bank" Drayz
recalls."
tyle" ays Drayz.
"Hip-hop is on its way up. It
flow in so many directions. Ten
years ago people didn't expect
hip-hop to come this far. It's hard
to call, it's going to get-larger but
it's up to us," ays Books.
DAS EFX HAS an unusual
rhyme style it's calls "straight
from the ewer". The album talk
about "the ewer". Drayz say the
sewer is where you chill out. It's
a mind state. Books says a deep,
deep mind tate.
"DAS EFX writes their own
lyrics, but their rhymes are free-
DAS EFX will tour thi um­
mer with EPMD, K-Solo and
Redman. Currently, their ingle
"They Want EFX" is number six
on the top ten ingle chan. Their
album "Dead Serious" is coming
soon.
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