So, I’ve really been wearing less jewelry lately and even though I’ll always have my wide range of clients from Tom Cruise to Dipset, more recently I’ve been selling more to a different audience outside mostly hip hop heads.
Now even though there are so many fake diamond stud/solitaire chains floating around, the real recognize real and it’s pretty much all I’ll wear these days if I’m stepping out and have to floss on cats… I’ve been stepping up my NBA clientele and trying to fill in the gaps to steer away from anything that remotely could attach me to the bozos wearing joker pieces….

anyways, I just got back from Chicago, Milwaukee and Indiana…. so I’ll post that blog later, but I don’t have a photoshop installed on this mac as of right now…. So bare with me as the next few days will be challenging ones.
especially when it comes to my jewels. when you see them in person, even the greatest photograph does it no justice.

We just finished my new “IF” logo piece, we had one before, but this one buries that older joint!
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22 carats! all VVS / E color diamonds with also black diamonds (7ct of black)

30 carat diamond solitaire necklace with 7 carat diamond double row prong set cross (SI1 / H color)

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thank you again Mayor Villaraigosa and Xavier for the wonderful opportunity!
check out the cool videos from influential people who were involved in this project!

http://www.lacounts2010.org/index.php/la-voices-of-census

check out my video here:

my boy John Gotty who’s been running a very successful music/lifestyle site, who I met via Niketalk.com is running a series called “Whats on My iPod?” a random select dj’s, directors, tastemakers and more to come were asked by him, so I got down with it…..

peep it here : http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2010/03/whats-on-my-ipod-ben-baller

ironic I posted mac or pc earlier this week….. AND GUESS WHAT? my PC took a shit. it’s done, no fixing it. right before I left out of town, so I’m thinking fuck a desktop, just gonna mainly use my macbook pro and get right on there…

I do need to import all important files off my harddrive off the busted DELL(pos) to an external… anyone in LA want to help me next week?

ANYWAYS!
thank you to all my new advertisers, as you may be seeing, quiznos, under armor, bellagio hotel, sprint mobile, national guard (lol fuck it!) ….. thank you Ryan D (bnqt) and Chris CtotheJL for building that network!

I’m gone til monday, but I’ll be posting what I can from this basic ass hotel room…. I’m also USTREAMing now…. so peep out my twitter page to catch up with me (i’m on central time)
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it’s fucking freezing here!
also, all my pics and illustrator/pshop programs are on my desktop, not my mac smh….

stay tuned. happy friday, god bless!

I wanted to blog a few things last week, but the blog was trippin, I didn’t have my laptop, now I do… was on the road, been busier than ever. twitter gets me lost in the matrix at times, etc etc…
but ever since I was a little kid, my favorite car was the Toyota Supra… shit was just so tough…. well 20+ years later I’m still reppin a different Supra… the footwear brand. Most of y’all know, some of you don’t….

I rock out early’s, sometimes I rock out samples, sometimes I’m late and that’s my bad… but I take what I’m feelin… Supra doesn’t push shit on me that I won’t rock for the simple fact that they need a push. 1. they don’t need the push, 2. if I’m not gonna wear them, I don’t like to waste time or space or my family’s money…

these 3 pairs that I got in the past couple weeks are stupid… my top shit right now and you know it’s hard for me to not be rocking black shoes. Black is my favorite color, but something about Patent Leather makes me a sucker everytime…

enjoy y’all.
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(L TO R) PURPLE PATENT SKYTOP, GREEN PATENT VAIDER HIGH, RED CANVAS SKYTOP HEARTBREAKERS….

thank you Joy, Ash, Angel as always… continue to rep

so after almost 3 years on a MAC (took a 23 year absence from macintosh) I still can’t just the hang of being on an Apple… so I am at a crossroads again… Mac or PC, both need to be upgraded soon and 1 is going to be gone as I no longer have an office at L-R-G anymore…. so what do you guys think? I lost my macbook pro last year at starbucks in downtown LA in Little Tokyo because I was in such a rush, I got up to get more vanilla for my latte and left the macbook pro on the table… by the time I realized this, I was on 3rd and Alvarado… smh… so going back was just not an option in LA traffic… so I just let it go to some lucky student hopefully….so since then I just very very recently copped a 13″ macbook, but it’s mostly for travel, etc…
NOW!
what do I get rid of or what do I upgrade?
dump my office set up? and keep my crib PC set up and upgrade? or vice versa???
holla and let ya boy know!
I’m listening and reading ALL OPINIONS!

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OKAY, THIS IS MY SET UP AT HOME…

AND THIS IS MY SET UP AT THE OFFICE… (YES I HAVE THE SAME DESK, SO WHAT)

I wanna hear it all!!!!
gotta get a lotta work done today… HEADED OUT TO THE MIDWEST/EAST COAST!

thank you Robin McGraw, Jordan McGraw and the whole Dr. Phil family!
I’m very happy to be at your service… (blog on this coming soon too!)

p.s. I just finished an ill black diamond on black gold pvd ring! and a very clean 2 row prong set diamond cross to match a prong set chain… will post later!

y’all keep thinking that Mister Cartoon aka my Mentor and 1 of 5 people on earth who got me to where I am today (1. Lou & Nic Adler 2. Denzel Washington 3. Dr. Dre 4. Mister Cartoon) is JUST ABOUT TATTOO’S. NOPE! honestly, he’s tattooing less than ever in the last couple years… think of Cultura! Lifestyle… La Raza! Real talk, one day If I can look back at my career and life and be 1/2 of what he’s done, I’ll be amazed. congrats homey! much love! Not only was he my inspiration/motivation… he is my big brother truly…

peep game!

Mister Cartoon Launches Second Sanctioned handset With MetroPCS.
MOTO VE440, With Two Interchangeable Backs and Original Tracks From Snoop Dogg.

A legend in the tattoo, graffiti, and fine arts communities, Mister Cartoon has become a larger than life figure. His collaboration with MetroPCS, through his agency, SA Studios and their Sanctioned brand, is sure to satisfy existing fans while exposing Mister Cartoon’s richly detailed style to a new audience.

The MOTO VE440 Limited Edition handset features two interchangeable back covers adorned with custom Mister Cartoon artwork. Additional features include exclusive wallpapers, ringtones, and a 1GB MicroSD memory card preloaded with two brand new, unreleased tracks from multi-platinum recording artist Snoop Dogg.

“The goal was to make the phone a full-on lifestyle accessory. The art, the music, the whole thing has a life to it ” said the big homey Mister Cartoon

and here’s a short Vid of my homey Snoop co-signing Toons hard!

So I just got home from a short but very tiring trip to SF… thank you Anthony aka Tonic for treating me like the celebrity that I’m not, but it’s all good. can’t imagine how you would treat someone who was actually famous lol…. cuz DEEEZAAAAMMMMMM we gots it IN!
Twitters and Texts was so crazy that even my lil homey Jimmy Boi had to fly out to fux with us….
the parties I hosted were to sort of to set off this car show on sunday(yesterday) wekfest(spelled correctly?) which I couldn’t attend due to business(fuck that, let me keep it ultra real… because of a woman/girl lol)….
but here is the weekend wrap up… enjoy it and I’m sorry the blog was down here and there, it’ll all be worked out very soon!
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Sorry for the blog being down, we are working on the back end of things. More updates soon to come.

shout out again to my lil homey Drama Beats and Rob Dyrdek and of course Diamond Supply for holding down the event… shout out to my lil brodie Chris from CtotheJL for the video footage…

like how Ocho Cinco is showing mad love before copping jewels?