Ready For Primetime, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #335 | @MDWorld
December 27, 2013 Michael Davis 0 Comments
“I’ve always wanted to act and model, so I decided to give it a try.”
That’s what “Ella Love” (her sometimes persona) decided just a few months ago.
With NO agent and NO idea how the modeling business works, she put together an impressive portfolio and landed a nationwide magazine cover.
No, it’s not the cover of Elle, but that’s not the point. The point is she’s as smart as she is beautiful. The cover is just one of the gigs she booked, and it’s (in my opinion) not the biggest thing she’s done.
That’s impressive.
She’s very humble, and despite overcoming real obstacles in her life, she stays positive and upbeat.
Around three months ago I met Allison Leung, a fantastic young artist who I have no doubt will do great things. When I met Allison, she was with another young lady who clearly thought I was going to kill them both and leave their bodies in a wooded area to be found months later by some nosey ass jogger.
Yes, nosey ass. Who’s always finding a dumped body? Who the fuck runs off a designated path to check out “something unusual”?
Nosey ass joggers, that’s who. And if we are being really real, nosey ass white joggers.
“I wonder what’s disturbing the natural flow of the fallen leaves over there by that hollowed out log that looks like it may have been disturbed also?”
And off to investigate John and Jane Smith go…
Now, Ray Ray and Wauneta Washington could SEE a dead body while on their way to the free Snoop Dog concert in the park (free concerts, walking dogs, playing with kids, cook outs, and short cuts are MUCH more likely a reason why black people are in the park. Jogging? Please) their reaction would be a bit different.
“I wonder who capped that fool?”
I joke! I kid! Yeah, sure I am…
But I digress, (SORRY PETER) this young lady Allison was with undoubtedly thought she and Allison would end up a 20/20 episode and did not try to hide it.
I get it — a middle aged (in another 10, maybe 15 years) Black (now) handsome (now) man was something to be wary of…in an art store…where everyone who worked there knew him…after he answered a question the sales person, the ART STORE sales person, could not answer…ABOUT ART.
Despite her misgivings, Allison stayed in touch and sent me her work, and she now has a painting hanging in the Geppi Entertainment Museum.
Her friend?
That little bitch is buried in a wooded area about a mile outside of Compton. NO chance of any joggers finding her.
I joke! I kid! Oh, before I forget, tune into this week’s Dateline. Why? No reason, I just LOVE me some Dateline.
I was in a particularly good mood when I met Allison — if my mood had been otherwise, the question she was asking could have been, “Does Michael Davis shop here?” And my response would have been to shoot the sales person a “NOT a word, motherfucker” look.
When I met Ella I was in a real shitty mood, and I did not want to talk to her or anyone — I just wanted to get the hell out of dodge, go home, and drink my Big Gulp.
I’m glad I didn’t. She had such a wonderful aura when she introduced herself, I didn’t have the heart to dismiss her. She (like a certain Tatiana El-Khouri) handed me a card and disarmed me with her charm. NOT an easy task when I’m in a good mood, but when I’m in a bad mood?
It would be easier to convince Ebony Magazine to do run a cover article called “Nigger-Why Our Kids Should Learn To Like That Word.”
She and I chatted for a bit, I told her she was much too old for me (give that a sec), to check out my website, and I gave her a card and I was out.
She emailed me a very charming email;–it turns out she’s this amazingly young and super talented person who’s booking gigs with nothing more than her wits.
Yeah, she’s pretty, but everybody’s pretty in Hollywood. Pretty is not special.
This girl is something special. This girl’s got something special.
I got an early Christmas morning (or REAL late Christmas Eve) call from three Bad Boy Studios alumni: Jean Segarra, Felix Serrano, and John Giuffo. Bad Boy Studios is the name of my mentor program and I was WAY before Diddy, DAMN IT.
That was by far, and I mean FAR, the best Christmas present I got this year, and one of the top 5 I’ve gotten in my life, and that’s saying something because I DO love me some Christmas.
That call I now realize is one of the reasons Ella is getting this shout out from me. Jean, Felix, and John all met at the studio, and like most Bad Boy graduates, they have remained friends and share a bond that’s unlikely to ever be broken.
What “Ella” has achieved, she did all by herself — until now.
Ms. “Love,” Tatiana, Allison, Felix, Jean (stay away from John, long story, two words: wooded area) and about a zillion other Bad Boy alumni as well as a zillion more in the extended MDW network are now in your corner.
Or as Michael Jackson sings so well, you are not alone.
Oh, by the way, I take 95% of everything you make. That’s industry standard.