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west coast hip hop awards ceo mr.octavius miller

octaviusmiller@yahoo.com westcoasthiphopawards@yahoo.com www.myspace.com/nextlevelpromotion www.myspace.com/westcoasthiphopawards

ceo bio octavius miller

PORTLAND - OAKLAND - SEATTLE - LOS ANGELES - BAY AREA i am president and ceo of West coast hip hop awards 2008 ,seagram records,next level promotions,one love records,and the phat show im a ACTIVIST,WRITER,AUTHOR,LIFE COACH,MENTOR,PAINTER/ARTIST/MINISTER/PROUD FATHER/HUSBAND/BROTHER/UNCLE/IM PRO PROGRESS AND SPIRITUAL ADVISOR AND LIFE COACH TO MANY ENTERTAINMENT STARS AND ACTORS,BIG AND SMALL CORPORATIONS AND UPSTART BUSINESSES PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME OCTAVIUSMILLER@YAHOO.COM FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS OR WORK SHOPS FOR YOUR BUSINESS FOR ALL ENTERTAIMENT COMPANIES PLEASE GO TO MY BUSINESS SITE www.myspace.com/nextlevelpromotion .  i am a workaholic and a promoter and consultant to all major and independant record labels have promoted and traveled around the world quite a few times been to every state in the united states except alaska  west coast i call home but i lived in virginia for 3 years ,grew up in flint,michigan,oakland california,live in seattle/portland/fresno/i will retire to hawaii or africa................... i produce and run 3 radio shows,im interested in films producing and directing i have had the pleasure of bieng able to work for myself and be my own boss which is harder than than i thought! because i work so hard i started my career back in 1975 dancing on tv shows delivering newspapers and singing  did my best in school and as an athlete in both basketball and football i went to cook school then longfellow jr high then my mom moved us to oakland california,thats where i fell in love with politics ,music even more and blackness,i was agood kid in a bad inviroment  and had to fight my way to school everyday the gangs in oakland are plenty but my dad taught me how to throw a jab then the right ,so i made it throught the mean streets of east oakland,thanks for the love i got at the boys club off 85th ave,to my old schools elmhurst jr high,my  teacher miss thomas!!!!!!! mr pepshake my art teacher cool for a white guy!castlemont for the fights and horrible teachers,fremont was much better plus we had m.c hammer to entertain us at lunch time,and too short and dru down,at castle mont we had tony tony tone,rapheal in flint we had ready for the world whats up melvin riley,so the music was in me and i promoted shows every since then and threw some of the hottest parties ever! and concerts as my list of celebrities and recording artist grew so did my pockets so now a million dollars later i went to work i opened ,3 record stores,2 recording studios,writing for magazines,over 500 concerts 300 rap shows writing 3 books on music politics and love after loosing seagram miller brother (rapper) tupac (friend/homey) mac dre (friend/homey) plan b,mc ant,rappin ron,cougnut,mr cee(RBL POSSE) hitman ,and a gang of homies friends foes sisters brothers uncles im at the point of no return im currently writing a book about what else myself!!!!!! and the life of a true promoter my journey not over yet what about yours? i started a lot of rappers careers off with putting them on the first out of state concerts and promoting them natiowide and turning ametures into proffessional entertainers some big now some still making a living off the industry ive trained about a thousand promoters now everybody want to do concerts and produce cd's which is a good thing music kept me from bieng in the penitentiary and thats why im showing my support and putting on this awards show to give back to the music and fans that love the west coast music so keep busy!stay positive and dreams do come true ive worked with thousands of artist and got love for them all and wish them the best one love to all my peoples in oakland,portland-seattle los angeles houston- atlanta ny america! and make sure you come out and support the west coast hip hop awards 2008 in july on the 19th in portland oregon at the roseland theater go to www.myspace.com/westcoasthiphopawards , for more info one love to all my artist homies and friends too short-celly cel-poohman-tuffy-rico-sandman-yuk -keek- caz- kokane-sugafree-master p-devin - budd love-big trell-lil cs-knight owl-frost-ice t-c-bo-hakim j mack- chill t-devil-dove-audio-fab sat-misschiviss-mac matt-west coast stone-ice cube-mack 10-playboy t-bushwick bill-james berry-alonzo campbell(mentor)u krew-pleasure-ready fo rthe world-tony toni tone-hammer-357-sos band-midnight star-dazz band-club nuveau-barkays,andre taylor made records deon sanders-jr rider-shakir- mike tyson all the ladies across the country i met one love all the recording artist that i met one love all the homey's across the country one love all the rappers and singers i met around the world one love theres so many people politicians activists movers and shakers in and out of the business thanks to everyone that gave me positive energy to pay it foward if i didnt put your name on here forgive me i know at least 50k people foreal but i love you all and without this west coast music i think there would be a big void inthe world  so come support this biggest west coast hip hop awards show in history july 19th 2008 if you cant make it we will be streaming live around the world so log in !
peace. octavius ....................................................... octaviusmiller@yahoo.com seagramrecords@yahoo.com nextlevelpromo_llc@yahoo.com westcoasthiphopawards@yahoo.com westcoasthiphop@live.com my instant messengers aol OSMILLER503- yahoo octavius miller- west coast hip hop @live .com

PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR:

MARIE STRANE

marie@westcoasthiphopawards.com

About me:
I first started in the business of Rap Music in the Year 1992, when my little brother Gabriel Dasalla and his partner Maurice Tyner formed a RAP Duo called " AS ONE", We learned the business by attending talent showcase and we hired a manager and found an investor to fund the recordings, warerobes, travels, consulting fees & Start up Capital to form "AS ONE PRODUCTION". We hired an Attorney to put together our business & management contracts. We were showcasing the talent at various showcases that Major labels use to have like the time Sony Records sponsored and we meet an A&R Rep by name of Michael Strane. We were supported by a Local D.J Bobby G with Soul disco. At the time Davy D was on the Air on KMEL. In 1993, Mike introduced us to Mark Hooker known as Shakur he owned AMG Productions and his office was located at the Preservation Parkway in Oakland, CA next to Dwayne Wiggins Office "Boomtown Records" He was involved with the Marketing and Promotionm of their label. He took us in and presented us the "Seagram" Rap A lot Project. Seagram was an Oakland Rapper who was the first artist to their label that was located in the west coast. Our jobs was to promote and travel with Seagram and open doors for him. We met his brother Octavious Miller, who is one of hard working man in the rap biz. Rap A Lot Records was one of the very few Indie labels in the scene. Our Company was the West Coast Promotions Company represented RAP A LOT RECORDS. We attended our first Urban Network Convention in 1993 when it was at the LAX Airport Hilton. We met various artist such as Heavy D, Michelle, Eazy E, 2 Pac/Thuglife to name a few. Mike went on a West Coast Tour sponsored by Rap A Lot Records which featured Seagram & Big Mike. They performed at the Glam Slamp (Prince old club)with Conscious Daughters, 2 Pac/Thuglife, which also proceed to the bay area during the KMEL Summer Jam. Mike's nephews was Ice T's Tour Manager "Charlie Boot" Johnny Rivers was Musical Director for the Isley Brothers, Tina Marie & Rick James Tour. We spent countless days on tour with them. Lots of fun backstage with Musical talents on tour. We met a TV Executive/Owner of KBI TV channel 30, local bay area channel (Non cable) Named "Warren". He had a Live Nightly video show called "Video Preview" hosted by Kalyn Sloan. We featured local talents such as "Guce, Mystikal, Eight Ball and MJG, 2 short producer and many others. In 1995, We met the a distribution company in North Hollywood who brought us several projects. They distributed various artist such as Conscious Daughters, & Raven-Symone. We offered Business Management to the Conscious Daughters. That same year i met Krayzie Bone and Steve Lobell at the Urban Network Convention, and where was interested in collaborating with the Conscious Daughters. We eventually became Ravens Tour Management in 1999. Mike and I toured with Raven-Symone to various Military Showcase & NSYNC tour. Her independant Project "Invincible" Album. In Year 2000, I met Angel Tenes who was the founder of Unity Corps a Progressive Non Profit Organization and he invited me to be part of Board of Directors. Together we met people who was sincere about peace and unity. We received alot of web blogs from people about the September 11 tragic event on the website. I also met a record executive in Hollywood name Barry Gordon. He taught me about the game and art of the deal. He introduced me to Joe Jackson (Michael's Dad). We met Jerry Jackson a talented Producer from Chicago who had a monthly talent showcase and he asked me if I can assist with Talent coordinating for the showcase. Kat Williams (Fridays After Next, Norbit & Pimp Chronicles)hosted the show and we featured various singers, dancers & rapper at the Rumba Room, & BB Kings Club at Studio City, CA. We had tons of Funs showing artist who are now American Idols Finalist and Performing on TV, Commercials and Movies. We also had the opportunity to assist with A&R for Kenan Thompson for his solo/comedy CD project. In the same Year in 2000, We were introduced to Jonathan Rotem by his younger brother. He advised me that his brother went to Boston School of Music and he has a degree in Music composition/Jazz. He loved to produce Hip hop tracks and he was playing jazz music at a S.F jazz club nightly. I knew when I met him he was a star, so I represented J.R and sold his first tracks for $3K. I brought him to his very first music industry conference in Sacramento, CA and introduced him to Dwayne Wiggins, and he went on to produce Britney Spears, Rihanna "S.O.S", 50 cents "Best Friend", The Game and his first artist on his label "Sean Kingston". I was introduced Abdu Dandridge (Dorothy Dandridge's Grandson)from New York, talented film writer/producer & director. He presented various scripts and the rest is history. His first major movie project was shot in the year 2007 Urban Movie "Pressure". He had shot various commercials and short films. In 2003, We met up with Alex Aquino who at the time opened "International D.J Academy" at 2200 Cesar Chavez We started our Showcase in the Bay Area called "Hip Hop Skillz" we featured up & coming bay area hip hop artist. We started at 50 capacity club to finally to a 1200 capacity club at Space550. I was sponsored by URB Magazine and ASCAP. We enjoyed that so much, we also started a comedy show called "Whatz so Funny!" We featured bay area comedians such as Joey Guila, Tony Sparks, Greg Jones, & Jasper Redd. We were involved in various talent showcases, Night Club Promotions, and Clear Channel Events. We offered consulting to Major/Indie Labels where we were structure a plan to keep their single on top 5 billboards placement. We were in charge of Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Carl Thomas, Next, BabyFace, 112 Marketing/Product Placement and billboard positioning. We are a member of ASCAP, The Grammy Organization and Various Music Organizations. I have written report on "The Phenemenon of the American Idol Show" and "The Matrix of Music Distribution" and which I was invited to be a guest speaker at various music conferences including the "Asian American Conference 2005 and Career Day at Various Colleges functions. I produced various club ventures called "Kamasutra" All Female review show and "Groove Zone" a Supper Club. We met with Smokey Robinson and his manager to discuss the promotional campaign for his new product Frozen "Gumbo Seafood" sold at the local grocery.

Who We Are

We would like to thank everyone that have or has supported the west coast hip hop community our staff consist of industry leaders from the west coast with experiences in the hip hop and urban market nationwide for more than 20 years our ceo mr octavius miller has been on the forefront and fighting for hip hop around the world to help and improve the lives of millions of impoverished children with no hope hip hop gave hope to those who suffer daily we want to give back our goal was to create good music that portrayed the life as it was happening in our communities everything wasnt always in a good light because that was the realities of the late 80's and 90's it was pure hell for most inner cities across the world but lets go back before the reality rap lets go back to radio activity eygytian lover uncle jams army mr duffy all the poplockers and graffiti artists the west coast has been on the forefront of the hip hop community,our ceo has seen the rap music from the west go from dancing to g funk, reality to hyphy to what it is today our staff consists of all ages and all ranges of hip hop credentials our ceo bio read it !  and our presidents bio mr theo hall thank you!