AfroToe.» miami

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afrotoe — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:44:59 +0000

I am more worldly than 95% of my friends, so I often get hit up by people needing travel advice, wanting to ask me about certain places, and looking for hook ups abroad. I just wanted to show y’all the shit that I have to deal with on a daily basis. I wish I could say that this girl was joking, but she wasn’t. This is completely serious. I started off teasing, but when she didn’t clue in… I just had to run with it! For the record, it would take 24 hours to drive from Florida to Nebraska. Oh, and you know I fucking love Miami.

I Have No Words For This.

Please don’t add me on Facebook. If you want to talk, hit me up on my Twitter. I try to keep my FB for friends and family only.

Blowing Money Fast.

afrotoe — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:41:27 +0000

I previously posted a video from the release party for Teflon Don at King Of Diamonds in Miami, but now I have some photos from the inside to share with y’all. My homie Corey Shapiro from The Vintage Frames Company was in attendance and shared these with me. Enjoy.

Corey with Maybach Music Familia

Corey x DJ Khaled.

Blowin' Money Fast.

Click HERE to see more photos.

Flashback – Venice.

afrotoe — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:49:31 +0000

When I was an 18 year old freshman attending Florida International University in Miami, I did something that will likely (forever) remain one of the most spontaneous things that I will ever do. On a Wednesday night, I was bored in my dorm room browsing Expedia for cheap flights (just out of curiosity) and I came across the best deal I have ever seen. For $450, with all taxes and fees included, I could fly round trip from Miami, Florida to Venice, Italy for 6 days. The only catch was that the flight departed in 12 hours, on Thursday morning. I was immediately excited and knew that I wanted to go, because travel is one of my favorite things in life, but I had no one to go with. Fortunately, my roommate had a friend over at the time who overheard my excitement. His name was Jimmy. This was the first time I had ever met him – but he was equally as crazy as me – so we flipped a coin to decide if we would take the trip or not. The coin flip determined that we would book the flights, and the rest is history. Less than 24 hours later we landed in Venice – having told no family members back home about our travel plans, and having shown complete disregard for the classes we should have been attending. Over the next 5 days we explored the mazes of canals that make up the city, we drunkenly walked out on a $800 bar tab after drinking WAY more than we could afford, we hopped a train to Milan to eat pizza, and we slept on the ground outside in Saint Mark’s Square after missing the last bus to our hotel – which is, by the way, not very comfortable at all in January. HAHA! Needless to say, this was a CRAZY trip. Check some of the photos.

Me x Jimmy.

Pasta & Wine.

Venice.

Water Bus Station.

Train to Milan.

Milan.

Click HERE to see all of my other Flashback posts.

Rick Ross.

afrotoe — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:19:56 +0000

Teflon Don (the new album from Rick Ross) was released in stores yesterday. Last night he had the official album release party at the King Of Diamonds strip club in Miami, Florida. Check out this dope video of him arriving to the party in a helicopter. No wonder they call him the BAWSE.

I bought the album, and think that it is very solid front to back. What about you?

Casino de Montreal.

afrotoe — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:40:54 +0000

Last weekend two of my closest friends, that I attended high school with in Costa Rica, were both here in Montreal visiting from their Universities in Miami and Boston respectively. It’s been a while since we all got together so it was good to drinks beers and watch the UFC with them, we also played some poker at the Casino de Montreal. Word.

Casino de Montreal.

Happy Birthday Robby.

Steady Mobbin.

afrotoe — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:01:52 +0000

This is not really a new track at all, but this is a totally new video. Lil Wayne filmed his part before he started his prison sentence (which he is currently serving) and Gucci Mane filmed his part after he was released from prison in May. Weezy welcomed DJ Scoob Doo into his Miami penthouse to film the majority of this one.

Flashback – DJing.

afrotoe — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:35:00 +0000

I was looking through my Facebook timeline earlier today and came to the sad realization that 98% of men between the ages of 16 and 22 have given themselves the title of “Disc Jockey” – that title is usually accompanied by “Producer” as well, due to the fact that they illegally downloaded some production software. It’s all really kind of pathetic, but hey… whatever helps you guys get laid, I guess. As I was thinking about this, I thought to myself “Hey! I used to be a DJ too!” If you have been following this blog long enough, this is probably one of the few things you didn’t already know about me. I haven’t actually mixed any music for about 5 years now, but back in the day I played electro house in clubs from Manila, Philippines to Miami, Florida – from San Jose, Costa Rica to Victoria, British Columbia. I had a lot of fun doing it, and met a lot of really cool people. However, what caused me to stop was the fact the all of the sudden everyone and their neighbors grandmother wanted to start DJing. DJs started to gain rock star like status. This caused the market to be over saturated and, of course, the law of supply and demand came into play. There were so many DJs willing to play at a club all night for free, that it became impossible for me to continue making money from it. After all… money is what makes my world go around. Anyways, check some of the random photos from various gigs I did.

Being Interviewed on Camera in Manila.

Club Alchemy - Manila, Philippines

Victoria, BC

Victoria, BC.

San Jose, Costa Rica.

Look At My Fucking Hair.

TV Wrap Party - Tambor Beach, Costa Rica

Miami, Florida.

Click HERE to see all of my other Flashback posts – shit I did (and places I went) before I started this blog.

Kite.

afrotoe — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:41:29 +0000

This is fucking dope. Check out this indie music video that was filmed in Miami, Florida starring my twin sister Chantel. This song is actually really good! The band is called People From Venus and the video was directed by Chris Video.

Shout out to my sister – she’s the coolest!

No Go.

afrotoe — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:51:26 +0000

My bag was already packed and I could just about hear Will Smith’s “Welcome to Miami” playing in my head. Party plans were made, tickets were paid for and shit was hyped. And then I realized something fatal…. my passport was nowhere to be found. I am not usually the type of person to lose this kind of thing, having traveled extensively since a young age. I don’t mean to point fingers but I am skeptical that the cleaning ladies snatched it for some unknown reason last time they were here. Anyways… I called to cancel my flight in time to be credited with a voucher for the cost of my ticket… so whenever my new passport comes I will be heading down for the weekend. Hopefully this will take place during the Winter Music Conference… stay tuned.

Me on South Beach Previously.

Now… what to do with my weekend?

Super Bowl – Miami.

afrotoe — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:47:32 +0000

Most of you probably know that the Super Bowl game is being played this Sunday in Miami, Florida. If you have been following this blog long enough, you know that I frequently visit the 305 as I have a lot of friends down there. I was actually just skydiving down there in November. Well… I am hopping a flight down there again tomorrow to take in all of the Super Bowl weekend parties. I am seeing Snoop Dog tomorrow night when I get off the jet, then Young Money the next night -that’s Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Tyga ect – followed by the big game on Sunday before flying home early Monday in time to get into the office for work. I will have my flip camera rolling the entire time so expect some crazy updates on this blog soon. Bags are packed with the essentials…

Packed.