Whoo Kid and Alesha Renee at Harlem Lanes
WORDS BY KHALID STRICKLAND a.k.a. BLACK PACINO
PHOTOS BY E-PILLS
It looks fun, but since I don’t rock funky shoes worn by other people (unless they’re Prada), I don’t bowl. Some folks enjoy bowling very much; celebrities, in fact. Recently, the homie E-Pills and I attended the cleverly-titled “Bowling with the Stars” event at Harlem Lanes. It was a private, invitation-only affair to launch the Shooters Bowling League. Coors Light, who apparently sponsors everything, also backed this tight shindig. New York’s tastemakers, industry hustlers, radio personalities and the usual freeloaders were networking up a storm.
The Shooters Bowling League is a 29-member team that features Ed Lover (of Power 105FM and Yo! MTV Raps fame) as team captain. Juelz Santana and G-Unit’s DJ Whoo Kid are also key players on the squad. All three hip-hop luminaries showed up to support. Alesha Renee, host of B.E.T.’s show The 5ive, was also in attendance with her fine self. Fonda Rae, who sang the hit songs “Over Like a Fat Rat” and “Touch Me (All Night Long),” was in the house with a smokin’-hot, tight grey dress hugging her ample curves. DJ Blazita, winner of “Best Female DJ” at the 2008 Justo’s Mixtape Awards, passed through Harlem Lanes with her publicist (and my homegirl) Cynamin Jones of Soul Pitch Media. Speaking of mixmasters, DJ Don Juan and DJ Cee-Lo shared the honor of spinning records that evening. Also spotted was the legendary Teddy Ted of The Awesome Two and Julito McCullum, the young actor who played Namond Brice on The Wire.
There was also an assortment of mouthwatering honeys sauntering around. Is this usually how it goes down at the bowling alley? ‘Cuz if it is, I may have to rock a pair of those athlete’s foot-infested shoes and give it a whirl…
The Coors Light babes weren’t bad either. Wrapped in their tight silver mini-skirts, they looked almost like tall, sexy beer cans. I wanted to crack ’em open and quench my thirst.
After promising us a photo if we waited for a few hours, Ed Lover shooed us away while slithering out of the premises. “Nah, I’m out,” he muttered without eye contact, knowing that it was a media-covered affair. Even Stephanie, the event’s publicist, couldn’t corral him for one measly pic. Oh well, at least I meet down-to-earth dudes like Raekwon, Bun-B and Capone-N-Noreaga to balance out that bulls**t.
“Bowling With The Stars” gets a Facebook-style thumbs-up from me. Shout-out to Stephanie of the Carnegie PR Group, a lady who’s very much on top of her business. With bone-headed publicists epically failing me as of late, I can appreciate some professionalism every now and then.
‘Til we meet again, here are some more flicks of the action. Peace!
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