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G-HAMP Movement launched

2009-01-21T15:25:00.002-05:00

If you have been following us on the G-HAMP Apparel blog we have some exciting news for you. We have now launched a new blog/website http://www.theghampmovement.com On the site we are going to be focusing on the people and organizations that are bringing real change to Boston.

This also represents a change for this blog. As of today this site will be focusing on news relating to G-HAMP Apparel. If you have been coming to this blog to read our thoughts and feelings about current events than be sure to check out The G-HAMP Movement.

As for this site we are working on an update and some other goodies so check back soon.

Progression

2009-01-04T18:10:00.002-05:00

I remember my freshman year of high school, well not all of it, but some traumatic moments in Hip Hop history. I remember when Tupac got shot and thinking he always gets shot so he'll be alright, than a week later while getting suited up in the school cafeteria for a football game someone came in with the paper saying Pac had died. Months later I remember seeing one of my teammates Vlad being surrounded by crowds of people. See Vlad use to freestyle (rap off the top of his head) and was really good. So I went up to see who was going to get the tongue lashing this time around, but the lashing he was about to lay wasn't the one I was expecting. I remember the words like it just happened "yo I was coming to school and heard on the radio Christopher Wallace, Biggie died last night in Vegas." You know when you watch a movie and camera focusses on that one person and there no sound, that what I felt like at the moment. My favorite rapper was gone, Chistopher Wallace aka Notorious B.I.G bka Biggie Smalls.

Fast forward to present day or about a few months back. Its like 96'-97' all over again. This time its not an east coast or west coast thing, the war is taking place in New York. The battle between rapper Jay-Z and Jim Jones has escalated way beyond the wax (music or records). Just before the Christmas holiday there were reports that some of Jim Jones goons beat up someone that was close to Jay-Z and rumors swirled that Ne-Yo may had been assaulted also. Did Jim Jones Fight Jay-Z's Best Bud? After this incident Jay-Z was forced to beef up his own security. What happened to just keeping it to just music?

How can Hip Hop ever progress if we are doomed to repeat it all over again. Rappers talk about how the death of Pac and Biggie effected them, but no one is stepping in to keep this feud from going into the streets of New York or wherever the two parties may be.

G-Hamp apparel is all about progression, and most of us were raised listening to Hip Hop, but we're not influenced by the ways of today. We're humble men really trying to give back and help our community and we know our history, but unlike the current events of Hip Hop we're trying to enrich our community through the history and not fall into the vicious cycles of today.

Color Magazines: All Inclusive Award

2009-01-02T12:17:00.006-05:00

The other week I was very fortunate to attend the Color Magazine first annual All Inclusive Awards. Color Magazine is a new publication here in the Boston area. It is a monthly magazine focused on professionals of color and businesses that embrace diversity in the work place.

It was a great event which recognized a number of different people and organizations for there work promoting diversity in the work place. It was nice to see that there was even a diverse group of people that where honored that night.

The guest speaker was Soledad O'Brien who is an anchor and special correspondent for CNN. She had some wonderful stories about the challenges she faced growing up in regards to color in the work place. She was lively and very entertaining. I got to meet her after the event and she had some wonderful advise about how to give an entertaining talk.

It is great to see a magazine focused on this kind of important topic. Diversity in the work place is not about filing quota's or have an equal amount of black and white employees. It is really about recognizing that we all come form vastly different backgrounds and by working through our differences we can make great things happen.

This is a great magazine that we hope to see more great things from in the future. You should check them out. Better yet download a copy of the magazine and send to someone you know. http://www.colormagazineusa.com/

Humble

2008-12-15T06:32:00.003-05:00

As George stressed in the previous blog entry (please read very insightful), G-Hamp apparel "humbleness + helpfulness + dedication = success." And such this very true, without these key elements than a person or a team is looking at failure. In this case it would be a team.
This pass week I've found myself disgusted with the behavior that of Terrell Owens (T.O.). He is far from possessing any characteristic of sportsmanship. His long line of baggage is well documented in an article by Bob Glauber, and it shows that its really nothing new with T.O when he's losing or at worst not getting the ball.

Don't get me wrong he's a great athlete and a very likely candidate for the NFL Hall Of Fame, but the legacy he'll leave behind is very shameful. A role model to the position he plays, but his demeanor is ugly. The man is so talented and I wish he would understand you can't the ball 20 times every game when a team designs a defense just to stop YOU!

I grew up like a lot of people in my age range watching Michael Jordan and the Bulls, and one thing that he did was share the wealth. Jordan may have gotten most of the endorsement off court, but on the court Jordan was distributing to all teammates that were open. He made house hold names out of Scotty Pippen, Phil Jackson, B.J Armstrong, Steve Kerr, John Paxson, and many more. Jordan possessed true sportsmanship, he made the team great by making the supporting cast around him better.

T.O needs to take a page out of Jordans book and learn that he can make his team power house, if you have 3 men defending just you than you know that its likely that your quarterback (who he cried about once) has someone else available to throw it. After a while the ball will come to you. I know losing isn't easy but to point fingers and arguing with your teammates is shameful. I can no longer follow T.O the player anymore, because he taking away from what happening on the field where it counts with his acts of foolish.

G-Hamp apparel stands for- Gentlemen's Humble Actions Manifest Progression and to continue on the sports theme if I wore to give a sportsmanship award it would have to be to Stephen Curry of Davidson. He is the NCCA men leading scorer, he went scoreless in one game because a team decided to set their defense against him. Davidson still won by
30 points by his distribution to his other teammates proving that he can make his team and its not just about him.

Going back to what George said "humbleness + helpfulness + dedication = success."

weekend update: 12/14/2008

2008-12-14T18:46:00.002-05:00

Dear G-HAMP Organization Public,

Today we're dawning on a new day for G-HAMP Apparel. We are putting together new initiatives that will broaden the scope of G-HAMP Apparel, not only deal with clothing, but a wide range of other things that represent giving back and better ones future. The G-HAMP organization's primary goal is to develop programs and strategies that give back to the community. Not just by donating money, but generally being a helping hand. An organization that looks at the importance of obtaining information and developing skills for individuals so they can have more of an opportunity to progress and succeed in life. G-HAMP Apparel's founding concepts are humbleness + helpfulness + dedication = success. Though we still have G-HAMP Apparel, the crux of the G-HAMP Apparel movement is to reach out and lead a movement of youths, young adults, and young professionals to the forfront of the city displaying their talents, skills, and education that the general public wouldn't know of them.

The G-HAMP Apparel team is working on putting together another blog that is geared towards the G-HAMP Movement. The movement that talks about what young adults as well as adults, want to do to make a difference in their lives. Also the goal is to connect with others that share the same skills and vision that is the cornerstone of G-HAMP. The blog will be positive and informative with event updates, pics and videos, and progress reports on the success stories in the community that are direct reflections of G-HAMP involvment.

I hope and pray that everybody had a good weekend. Continue to be humble and righteous in life as we move towards accomplishing goals throughout our lives.

ONE LUV,
George H. (CEO)

Weekend Update: LEADERSHIP

2008-12-07T19:03:00.003-05:00

Hello G-HAMP Apparel public,

Through-out this week I've been doing a lot of reading and research on leadership and how I can help lead G-HAMP Apparel to the direction that fits solely on the G-HAMP Apparel message. The importance of my leadership along with Frantz's and Nelson's leadership within the G-HAMP Apparel organization is vital because we're not trying to just change the market in the clothing industry, but trying to make a positive impact through-out the world. Our leadership in carrying out G-HAMP's organization missions to everyone relies upon us (the G-HAMP Apparel leaders) in making sure the people have the same understanding, belief, and vision we have putting forward the G-HAMP Apparel organization. As we lead our G-HAMP organization messages to the communities through-out, we're continuing to work hard and implent strategies, and ideas in pushing forth G-HAMP Apparel's movement.

The Red Hott t-shirts we'll be out this week. We'll have pics of the shirts be modeled this week to give you a hands on look on how the shirt will look with an outfit. We also have the article/write up coming up in the Boston Bizarre magazine.

I hope everybody had a good weekend and continue to be humble as we all move forward in improving our lives.

Suggested books on Leadership:
-"Tribes" by Seth Godin
-"The Art of the Deal" by Donald Trump
-"From the Hood to the Hill" by Barry Black

ONE LUV...
George H. (Creator and CEO)

Griffin Edition

2008-11-20T22:27:00.001-05:00

check out or Griffin edtion shirts. On Sale Now!!

REDHOTT

2008-11-17T20:00:00.005-05:00

AVAILABLE THIS WEEKEND ONLY!!!!LIMITED
EDITION REDHOTT TEE'S

Obama The Six Black U.S. Presidents?

2008-11-11T21:18:00.003-05:00

(Note this is an email I received and is pre the election of President elect Barack Obama I'm not sure how reliable the sources are, but it was an interesting read. Enjoy)

The Six Black U.S. Presidents

If elected, would Barack Obama, be the first black president of the United States?
What determines if a person is black or of African descent? In the 19th and 20th centuries, the standard for determining one’s race was, one drop of black blood, made you black, socially and in the eyes of the law. So by that standard, it would appear some U.S. presidents would have been considered black or mullatto.

Mulatto (-noun 1. the offspring of one white parent and one black parent: not in technical use. 2. A person whose ancestry is a mixture of Negro and Caucasian. adjective 3. of a light-brown color.

In February of 2004, an article was written by C. Stone Brown, titled “Who Were the 5 Black Presidents?” for DiversityInc magazine. The article was based on a book by Dr. Leroy Vaughn an opthalmogist titled “Black People and Their Place in History”. The following text is a collaboration of his theories and authors.

*Thomas Jefferson the third elected president, who served two terms between 1801 and 1809 was described as the “son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginia mulatto father,” as stated in Vaughn’s findings. Jefferson also was said to have destroyed all documentation attached to his mother, even going to extremes to seize letters written by his mother to other people. Only in recent years did the family of Thomas Jefferson acknowledged he was the father of the (5 or 6) children born to a slave on his plantation, Sally Hemmings.

*President Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president, was in office between 1829 and 1837. A renowned African-American historian J. A. Rogers, author of the “Five Black Presidents” wrote that Andrew Jackson Sr. died before his son, President Andrew Jackson Jr., was born. The president’s mother then went to live on the Crawford farm, where there were Negro slaves and one of these men was Andrew Jr.’s father, Rogers wrote. Vaughn cites an article written in The Virginia Magazine of History that Jackson was the son of an Irish woman who married a black man. The magazine also stated that Jackson’s oldest brother had been sold as a slave.

*Abraham Lincoln, the nation’s 16th president, served between 1861 and 1865. Author Vaughn, states Lincoln had very dark skin and coarse hair and his mother allegedly came from an Ethiopian tribe. His heritage fueled so much controversy that Lincoln was nicknamed “Abraham Africanus the First” by his presidential opponents and cartoons were drawn depicting him as a Negro. In a book, titled “The Hidden Lincoln” written by William Herndon, Lincoln’s law-office partner, said that Lincoln’s father of record, Thomas Lincoln, could not have been Lincoln’s father because he was sterile from childhood mumps and later was castrated.

*President Warren Harding, the 29th president, in office between 1921 and 1923, apparently never denied his ancestry. According to Vaughn, William Chancellor, a professor of economics and politics at Wooster College in Ohio, wrote a book on the Harding family genealogy. Evidently, Harding had black ancestors between both sets of parents. Chancellor also said that Harding attended Iberia College, a school founded to educate fugitive slaves. Professor Chancellor says the Justice Department agents allegedly bought and destroyed all copies of this book.

Harding suffered nervous breakdowns at the age of 24 and had to spend some time in a sanitarium. Between 1889 and 1901, Harding paid five “protracted” visits to the J.P. Kellogg sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan “to recover from fatigue, overstrain, and nervous illnesses.” Some speculate his illness was due to the pressure of not fully disclosing his black heritage and living as “white”.

http://stewartsynopsis.com/8percent/
Warren%20Harding%20and%20Jim%20Crow.htm

*Calvin Coolidge, the nation’s 30th president, served between 1923 and 1929 and supposedly was proud of his heritage. He claimed his mother was dark because of mixed Indian ancestry. This notion was disputed by Auset Bakhufu, author of “The Six Black Presidents” who said in her book that by the 1800s, the New England Indians hardly were pure Indian, because they had mixed so often with blacks. Coolidge’s mother’s maiden name was “Moor” and in Europe the name “Moor” was given to all blacks just as Negro” was used in America. It later was concluded that Coolidge was part black.

*The last elected “black” president was Dwight David Eisenhower who served from 1953 to 1961, the 34th president. Eisenhower’s mother, Ida Elizabeth Stover was a mullato woman making Eisenhower part black. Eisenhower as president moved military integration from a law to reality. He battered Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus with federal force to desegregate Little Rock’s Central High School. He was the first President to elevate an African-American to an executive position in the White House. He established the first regulations to prohibit racial discrimination in the federal workforce. He was the first President since Reconstruction to meet with Civil Rights leaders in the White House. He helped turn Washington, D.C., into an integrated city.

http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/
forum.aspx?tsn=13&nav=messages&webtag=abracerelation&
tid=9705

The only difference between Barack Obama and most of the former “black” presidents is that none of their family histories were fully acknowledged by others or their selves. Even though Obama is half-white, he strongly resembles his Kenyan father. And not only is Obama open about his ancestry, most people acknowledge and recognize him as a black man, which is why people will identify Obama, if elected, as the first black president of the United States.

While here on the G-Hamp Apparel website feel free to look at previous blogs, check out or flickr pictures and check out our shirts on flickr and www.etsy.com (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16498460)

What Obama's victory meant to me.

2008-11-05T16:14:00.002-05:00

Last night the world watched as Barack Obama was elected the 44Th president of the United States and its first black president. For me it was a very emotional and special moment. I watched as a man who has inspired me, who I identify with and who I voted for was lifted into one of the most important positions in the country. What blew me away about this moment was the beauty of seeing all these people come together, united as one, to celebrate a man who gave them hope.

Being Hispanic and growing up in a white house hold the issue of race was not important but it was always there. Through out my life I have been labeled as "Mexican" because of my skin or "White" because of where I grew up. The truth is I am neither and I am both at the same time. I am Latino, white, black, Asian, German, Jewish as well as a host of other races and cultures which is a reelection of the people I call friends and family. In Obama I see myself. Some one caught between racial identifies but at the same time represents the very best parts of what it means to be American.

What struck me the most about last night was all the faces of the people in crowd. White, Black, Latino, young and old all came together to celebrate this historic moment. You could see the hope in there eyes and the admiration they had for our new president. People like Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey who are leaders in there own right and last night were humbled to tears. Last night they were not famous celebrities, they were just one of the crowd.

This is where history is made. These are the moments we learned about in school. The moments that Obama himself talked about in his speech. Moments like women got the right to vote or when Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech. This must have been what it was like to be inspired by JFK. To be apart of it, to experience it for ones self is truly remarkable.

I feel I have to say congratulations to John McCain for putting up a real fight. While I don't agree with his politics, his devotion to America is unquestionable. His concession speech was classy, well spoken and sincere. Where was that John McCain during the campaign? Where was the John McCain from SNL? Last night he too rose above his parties politics and acknowledged the significance the moment with honor and respect.

To me this victory meant the realization of MLK's dream and the dream of millions of American who gave everything to make this world a better place. It represents the American dream and the ideal that anything is possible if we work hard. Last night wasn't about black or white. Republican or Democrat. It was about people coming together. People celebrating the possibility of change and the power of hope. It is a moment that represents the very best of America and a moment that I will not soon forget. Today I am proud to say I am an American.

Congratulations Barack Obama, our 44Th president of the United States of America.

Election Update

2008-11-03T15:31:00.001-05:00

Follow the Election on www.ghampapparel.com

G-HAMP Apparel Updatez: 11/2/2008

2008-11-02T15:42:00.000-05:00

What's happening G-HAMP Apparel public??? As you already know and prepared to do, election day is right around the corner and people are going to cast their votes this Tuesday in the next couple of days. On a good note, I'm happy that I was able to experience this presidential election of '08 in my lifetime, because it speaks volumes on how the United States of America has evolved and how it continues to grow, breaking beariers from race to gender. From now into the future, I see the United States prospering even further. But there is still a WHOLE lot of work to be done in order to acheive these national goals. In all I'm blessed to be alive, healthy, and humble thanking God everyday as we battle these tough times, but also overcomming obstacles.

G-HAMP Apparel is gearing up, putting together our own campaign on what G-HAMP Apparel is all about demonstrating what we stand for and what we believe in as a clothing line; pushing it forward from a local to a global scale. Through these tough economic times, G-HAMP Apparel is committing towards giving back rather than earning profits. The crux of G-HAMP Apparel is making a positive difference in the community and earning recognition for that more than just earning sales. The G-HAMP Apparel team is working to make that happen and putting together ideas and strategies to achieve our mission is we move forward.

Upcoming things to look for from G-HAMP Apparel:
-New designes geared up for G-HAMP Apparel/ Red Hott promo t-shirts.
-G-HAMP Apparel write-up in the Boston Bizzare Magazine.

I've been employed for the past month as a staff accountant for B.E.L.L org, a non-profit which is geared towards providing additional education tools to youth in lower income to working class neighborhoods. Half of my day goes towards that and the other goes towards G-HAMP Apparel and my personal life so I've been a very busy man of late. But that just means I'll be working even harder on G-HAMP Apparel with pushing forward our agenda.

I hope everybody enjoyed their weekend and I encourage everybody to go to the polls this Tuesday and VOTE...

God Bless,
George H. (Creator and CEO of G-HAMP Apparel)

An important voter advisory

2008-09-24T15:28:00.000-04:00

Please, please, please advise everyone you know that they absolutely can NOT go to the polls wearing any Obama (or whoever you are voting for) shirts, pins, hats, etc. It is AGAINST THE LAW and will be grounds to have the polling officials to turn you away. This is considered campaigning and no one can campaign within X amount of feet of the polls. They are banking on us being overly excited and not being aware of this long standing law that you can bet will be ENFORCED THIS YEAR!!!!!

They are banking that if you are turned away, you will not go home and change your clothes and return to the polls to vote. Please just don't wear ANY gear of any sorts to the polls! Please share this information with as many people as you can. If you are already aware of this, please don't take it as insulting your intelligence.

The 2008 Presidential Election and The American Future

2008-09-21T18:54:00.000-04:00

As you already know, the 2008 presidential election between Republican John Mccain and Democrat Barack Obama is the most monumental presidential election in American history. The 1st African-American to become the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party and the 1st woman to be Vice President on the Republican Presidential ticket. Both magnificent milestones in American history, but what will they offer we Americans as we look forward to a brighter future for ourselves and the next generation?

The United States is going through its toughest economic times since the Great Depression and we're still at war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Recently the stock market plunged then picked back up due to a possible bail out of wall street by the U.S. government, but that plan may hold sketchy results in the future for the American economy. Not to mention the recent home forclosures and job layoffs that have hurt middle-class and working-class environments where families are struggling to keep their homes as well as put clothes and food on their children and themselves. The problems in America seem endless and we need a whole new direction concerning our government policies while somehow making the "American Dream" more possible.

While the Obama/Mccain campain camps fight for our votes to become the next United States president, the economy is still in a dismal state where we Americans continue to struggle even more. When the next president is elected, the 1st thing I want to hear is how they will immediately start restoring the economy, ending massive home forclosures, creating more jobs/ending job layoffs, and bringing our troops home from Iraq...PERIOD. We Americans need substantive plans and ideas with details and specifics so we can get back on the right track. The presidential nominee who gives that outline and more with a passionate promise will most certainly get my vote.

With that being said, I'm not going to tell you who I'm voting for due to this being a bi-partisan type blogg. If you know me than you know where I stand LOL :-). Bottom line is that the next president must get to work and start putting together policies and plans to better the American future.

I got love for all of you guys and I want ya'll to keep checking out the latest news and designs that G-HAMP Apparel is working on. Tell a friend about G-HAMP Apparel and get involved with the movement...word up.

Check this link to find the latest news about the American economy and wall street: http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/akp5ytcrbhpe

ONE LUV,
George H. (Creator/CEO)

Family censorship

2008-09-02T00:55:00.000-04:00

This seems to be a topic that's not spoken about often and I wanted to really touch the subject of single family homes.

A single parent seems to be such a common thing in household now a days that I'm always asked how's my mother doing, but never my father. I call this family censorship (being sensitive to the fact that the person only has one parent). What was once abnormal has now become our societies norm.

I remember my first time hearing about parents separating, I was in the 6th grade and my friend Dennis told me about his step father. I didn't know what that was, than he explained to me about a divorce and remarrying. and a few kids in my class were also in the same boat. At. That tender age ignorance kicked in hard, so I thought anything could happen and my parents would break up. What I saw as a strong bond at that point seemed so fragile.

Recently I found it interesting when I had a conversation with a friend and she was shocked to know that I had a father. I was telling her how annoyed I was with all these errands my father was asking me to do for him. She just blurted out "you're father is still around?, and he lives in the same house with you? Man you're the only person I know who's father is around.". Of course I found her just exaggerating a bit, but at the same time it took me back that someone would just assume that I was in a single family.

It kind brings up something really interesting, what happened to the people who looked up to the Cosby's. All the talk about of wanting to be parents like the Huxtable's or having them as parents. I remember wanting to go Hillman, having a family, and having a loving wife to build that family with. So, what happened? What happened to the generation who looked up to Cleavers, Partridges, Brady's and Huxtable's. A question which will go unanswered for a long time.

I just don't know why there are some fathers and mothers who were raised in single family homes doing the same, willing depriving their children of both parents. This was just a thought, but it really seems to be a norm in our society and communities.

Think about it people where have we failed or gone astray.

Obama Speech

2008-08-29T00:40:00.000-04:00

45 years ago MLK gave a speech that touched all nations of every race. In school I remember every year hearing about the "I have a dream speech" and the images embedded into my memory, and my father telling me where he was in Haiti when he first heard that speech. I can honestly say I never knew the whole speech, but I knew enough about it that gave me chills when I read or heard those monumental words that still give me chills.

Tonight 45 years later, at the aged of 26, I witnessed a speech that moved me like it did the young, old, black, white, Hispanic, and Asian on that faithful day in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

I saw a man whose story was so familiar to the families around my own community and was accepted by a nation, not for the color of his skin but for "skin but by the content of their character." I saw a dream tonight come to life, I saw what my social studies homework from the 6th grade present itself and say "here is my dream", I felt the chills and goosebumps rise as I too became that young American that became part of history on August 28th with a stadium filled of believers and dreamers.

What seemed like a dream deferred really wasn't, it was growing and 18 months ago none of knew what a man from Hawaii had in store for us. We didn't know that how far it would get, we didn't know if he could pull it off, we didn't think a nation would back an "unknown". But he prevailed, we prevailed and together we did and together we can.

And lastly I don't think MLK had a dream I think he prophesied what his work and vision would bring. "we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands"

Post Launch Event News

2008-08-11T15:17:00.000-04:00

What a weekend we had. Words couldn't describe the nerves, excitement, and relief we felt after months of planning. The crowd was large and seemed as excited as we were about the night. Nelson, George, I presented what we stood for and the reason why we are G-Hamp apparel and the crowd was very receptive to our goals and future plans. It felt good knowing that people felt our message, hours after the event people were still coming up to us telling us that they were having fun and loved what we stood for.

The fashion show was just great. The models were so professional and helpful (helped clean a little before the show). They helped make the event successful. We also have to give love to Ava the make-up artist her work was just phenomenal, we'll post up picks of her work and the models with their G-Hamp shirts.

Also we made great contacts that we will keep you posted to let you know the big steps that G-Hamp will be taking in the future. Keep tuning into the website for pictures and videos of our event.

And lookout for future G-Hamp events and possibly next years party.

G-HAMP Apparel News Update: 8/1/2008

2008-08-01T02:41:00.000-04:00

Whats going on ya'll? I hope every body's summer has been well so far.

G-HAMP Apparel is giving a launch party that's a week and a day from now (aug. 9th), which should really make your summer...memorable. With this launch event, G-HAMP Apparel is gonna have food (a delicious menu with snacks, dinner, and deserts...as well as a grill with grilled foods), bar-table (must show ID for alcohol), music, fashion show/runway, entertainment, swimming, and just having a great time meeting people and enjoying the festivities.

If you have guest that you want to invite than RSVP me or my partners and let us now how many you'll be bringing.

This event is expected to have 100+ people and there will be a lot of food and drinks to go around so save your appetites.

Stay tuned for a promo/commercial that G-HAMP Apparel will be posting days before the event, giving you a sneak peak of the location the party we'll be at. The scenery and theme you will not see until you arrive to the party, which will be a great scenery with elegant lights, props, and decorations giving it a beach/lou out theme from day to night time.

In the meantime, ya boy and the rest of the G-HAMP Apparel team will be doing further preparations for the party and anticipating your arrival to the Official G-HAMP Apparel Launch Event.

ONE LUV
George H. (Founder)

Injustice in writing

2008-07-03T11:16:00.000-04:00

I'm a big fan Of Teri Woods and her writing until I found it she wasn't a writer just someone who put her name on good books like True to the Game, Dutch, and Deadly Reigns..If you've heard of them than you'd love to read the Article in a blog by Caleb Alexander from interview he had detailing his issue with Ms. Woods:

T.U.B.S.: Rumors have been circulating for a while that you are the man behind Teri Wood's work? Is this true? When and how did you become acquainted with Teri Woods? What is your relationship with her now?

Caleb: Okay, here’s the fifty million dollar answer. I did write Deadly Reigns I, Deadly Reigns II, and Deadly Reigns III. I also wrote True To the Game 2, and True To the Game 3. I have the notes, the e-mails, the contracts, and everything else to prove it. So if she ever denies it, she’s going to look really silly, when I’m sitting here with a notarized contract that says different. Let me just put that out there, in case she gets any ideas.I became acquainted with Teri, right after B-More Careful came out. We became very close. I thought of her and Lou and the kids as family. We argued all the time, fought like cats and dogs, or rather brother and sister, and it was always about money. I guess that I’m a pain freak, because I kept dealing with her, despite our disagreement over Deadly Reigns. Deadly Reigns was always something that we were like, look, we’ll let the lawyers settle that when we get to it. I should have let the lawyers settle it a long time ago. Instead of being like, hey, let’s get this money right now, and deal with the bullshit later.
Teri promised me a lot. At one time, she promised me Teri Woods Publishing. She told me that once she got into films, I could have TWP. She promised me thirty percent of her company. We had a deal, that she would pay me a certain amount of money every month, and that amount would entail, thirty percent of what she was pulling in. She promised me fifty grand, once her multi-million dollar deal with Grand Central went through. Did I ever see it? No. I went up to New York, went and chilled with her and Lou, and she had a yard full of Benzes! I’m like, wait a minute. You play the broke roll with me, but you sitting up here in a 1.8 million dollar crib, with a movie theater in it, and some more shit; A yard full of Benzes, and you feeding me this bullshit every month? It was after Deadly Reigns, when she moved into the Empire State Building. All of that other bullshit that she put out, didn’t buy that house, or move her into the Empire, it was Dutch and Deadly Reigns that paid for all that shit. I helped her get her magazine off the ground. I wrote over fifty articles for that magazine and got paid zero. I was writing all her shit. People would want endorsements and back cover blurbs, and she would e-mail that shit to me, and I would write that shit. I’m not going to set anybody out there, but if you ever got a back cover blurb from Teri, I wrote it. Hell, I was writing her daughter’s speeches when she was running for Ms. Delaware State University, I’m writing all kinds of shit.
My relationship with Teri is bad right now. The last time I spoke to her, was the day after New Years. She was telling me, that she wasn’t going to be able to send me no money in January, or February, but she might be able to in March. She wants me to write this book for her deal with Grand Central, called Alibi. I ain’t writing that shit. What really tore her drawers with me was that fact that she tried to high cap with me in December. Teri don’t know what I got. I went Christmas shopping in October, and was through with that by the beginning of November. But she didn’t know that. She was supposed to send my money for December, and she didn’t. She knows that I have kids. As far as she knows, my kids didn’t get shit for Christmas. And she had the nerve to call me Christmas morning. She is lucky I missed that call. I would’ve invented some words to call her ass! She doesn’t give a shit about me, my family, our contract, or nothing else. So now, since she’s violated, I’m going to let it be known. She couldn’t write her name on a f__king piece of paper to save her life, let alone a book! All that talk about loyalty, is fake. I was loyal to her. Why I remained loyal for so long, I don’t know. It’s just in me to be loyal. I wanted her to do well, I wanted her to change, and I wanted to work for an African American company. You know, I would call her sometimes, and say “Teri, it’s time to run me my issue for this month.” And she would tell me she didn’t have it, but then call me a week later from the Bahamas. Or call me two days later from Disneyland. Hell, my kids want to go to Disneyland too! And the crazy thing about it is that True to the Game 2 made the New York Times Bestsellers list. It was the first time in history that a Street Lit book has made that list, and the first time an African American title has made the list, without being a hardcover first. When she called me, do you think she said thank you? No.
So here is where Teri and I are at right now. She’s talking about Kwame broke his contract over Dutch. Which by the way, I want to tell my brother, I’m glad you did what you did. That was some gangster ass shit, kinfolk! And I’m sitting over here on a couple of contracts that she has broken with me. So have your attorney get in touch with me, and I’ll give him a copy, and a deposition. So when she walks into court talking about a breached contract, you can slap mine in front of her. People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Anyway, my lawyers are going to get at her about stealing Deadly Reigns from me. She was so shady with it, that she didn’t even tell me the book was out. I had to find out from a friend who showed me the magazine ad, with her name on my book. My lawyers are also going to get with her about violating our ghostwriting agreement. She didn’t pay me all my money. And since I ghostwrote True 2 and True 3, I hope that the lawyers get with Grand Central, and let them know that they are f__king with materials from a contract that she breached.
I really want to set her ass out, and tell all of the authors out there what she has said about them, but I won’t do that at this time. Teri just needs to realize, that I know where all of the bones are buried, all of the shady shit that she’s done over the years. She even tried to breach her and Kwame’s contract, and have me write Dutch III. She also thought about going back and re-writing Dutch II, and adding an ending to it, so there would be no need for Dutch III. Man, I know everything. Why she would want to trip with me is crazy, anyway, on to the next question.

New shirts

2008-06-25T14:48:00.001-04:00

Whats up everyone? We have a few new shirts to show you. You may have seen the design before but we wanted to show what they look like in real life.

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G-HAMP Apparel News Update: 6/23/2008

2008-06-23T13:45:00.000-04:00

What up, What up, and another....What up G-HAMP Apparel Public??? The G-HAMP Apparel Team has been and still is very busy putting things together with events, designs, and apparel for this summer. As you all very well know, the G-HAMP Apparel Team is putting together an exclusive Pool Party/Runway show this summer (Aug. 9th, 2008) for our family and friends to celebrate our launch for the clothing line. The show is going to be CRAZY. We're gonna have a fashion in between the party, we're going to showcase up and coming musical artist's songs with the artist being in attendance, and a WHOLE lot more. With the fashion show, you'll see models both male and female modeling new design t-shirts from G-HAMP Apparel during the runway show. This is an invitation only party with the invitee inviting 4 people (the maximum). The day after the party we'll be posting pictures from the party to give to the public, pics to look at.

I want to thank the models for auditioning and coming thru these past couple of weekends...most appreciated, and the models who auditioned are all invited. So I'll be looking forward to seeing ya'll...word up. I'm in the works of creating a commercial/promoting video for the pool party/runway show that should be on the site soon so stay tuned for that.

Much Luv to everybody and I hope everybody is kicking off their summer with lots of fun and excitement. I'll be talking to ya'll soon...ONE LUV

LETS GET It!!!
George H. (the owner)

Celtics Parade

2008-06-19T23:47:00.000-04:00

Today we celebrated our victory 17th Larry O'Brien trophy in Boston. It was crazy and only few words can describe the atmosphere. G-Hamp Apparel and its fans were in full affect loving every moment of the day. Boston can't get enough of these parades. I'm looking forward to so much more in the future. So other cities need to just back up because its our turn now (New York Yankees lol). But enough with the gloating enjoy the pics and remember if you want to purchase a G-Hamp Apparel shirt...

Quick reminder we're having a fashion/pool party Aug. 9th we'll keep you posted. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

There's more

2008-06-11T01:30:00.000-04:00

Just when you thought I was done I bring to you another G-Hamp exclusive. Its our brand New Crown shirt..check it out these we only have a few of these left because they've been flying left and right. They are going by so fast I'm not even getting a chance to BUY MY OWN SHIRT!!! But who's to complain just,
Here's ladies and gentlemen the Crown shirt. The first pick is the front and the second is the back. We have them available in Large, Xtra Large, and 2XL.



NEW SHIRTS ARE IN
2008-06-11T00:30:00.000-04:00
Hey everyone I know its been a little while, but with NBA Finals here, we've been kind of glued to our television screen and enjoying history repeating itself, but here in Boston we're hoping to make it 9-2 against the Lakers in the Finals. Tonight we lost, but there were too many positive notes so I know things are going to look a bit better these next couple of games.

Well back to G-Hamp business. Are NEW SHIRTS are in and you can order them online. Yup online, just by clicking the




 button and your G-Hamp tee will be on the way. Below is the design that is now available on white tee's only for now.

We currently have sizes M, L, XL, and 2XL available. Just click 




 and you know what to do from there.



 








G Hamp Wallpaper
2008-05-30T16:53:00.001-04:00
Hi everyone. My cousin who designed the seeds logo has just sent me a wallpaper version for your computer. She said she is working on some more so check back. Let us know what you think!
   

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