About Last Night XVIII: Hennessy Artistry Detroit
Last night I shot the Hennessy Artistry event in Detroit for my friends at Soul Bounce.
The event was on the low low & not many people knew about it. Of the few people that knew about it, no one seemed to know the artist line up outside of The Roots, Q Tip & D Nice.
Friday afternoon when I got the official press release, I almost, well no I did scream. For this edition of HA, we had The Roots, Q Tip,Jay Electronica, Big Krit, Marsha Ambrosius, Travie McCoy, D-Nice & special musical icon(?)!
So I show up at the event & the only thing on my mind was finding out who the special quest was. I didn’t expect to pry the information out of my contacts but I did get it after some silver-tongued bullshiting like only I do.
When I found out that the special musical icon was Chaka Khan, I busted on myself. Chaka Khan performing with The Roots? Are you serious? Chaka Mutha Fucking Khan!
After I collected myself, caught my breath & cleaned up the accident I had, I walked into the venue.
Immediately I began to wonder where I was. Was I in Detroit at Bert’s Warehouse? The place is pretty much a dump but not last night. Bert’s was transformed into a large ultra chic lounge befitting for the finest of Detroit tastemakers.
Sexy lounge seating areas were scattered about, an art gallery was up with life size hip-hop portraits captured by rapper/photographer D Nice and pieces from local artists also decorated the walls. And the VIP area looked like a REAL VIP area and not the shit we normally see in Detroit.
Just when you thought it could get no better, it did. Sexy model/goddess like women dressed in gold lamé mini dresses were handing out delicious mixed Hennessy cocktails. THEN the food. Oh the food!!!! Jumbo coconut shrimp, caprese salad on skewers & sausage stuffed pretzel puffs. I dined, drank, & mingled like a champ. I would also like to report that I danced my ass off as well, especially when the DJ played “Blow The Whistle” (that’s my JAM!).
Way before the show started, I was in love with Hennessy for transforming the space at Bert’s & creating an environment that made me feel like I was at some joint in New York or Miami. It really was all that. To illustrate, almost everyone that I talked to was tripping over the fact that the venue was Bert’s but didn’t look like Bert’s. The shit was like a dream. Crazy!
So the show happened, then it ended & I was all fucked up over it. I’ll get into those details in a post or two to come.
For now, please enjoy the video compilation of performances from last night. And of course photos will be coming soon!
Last night was amazing. The oil paintings at the entrance were done by Alonzo Edwards. He’s from Flint. http://www.fraternaleasels.com. And Chaka Khan turned that bitch out. I’m still burping up Hennessy. Detroit was treated to the party of the year.
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Talking about giving us a taste of the concert, this is pretty amazing. Chaka is still the TRUTH. This event was so fantastic, and again another great memory moment. You are killing it for 2010! Cheers brother. Good work, good share.
Love your pics!!! Hate I missed out!! You are so talented!!! 🙂
HOTT!!!
omg! This sounded awesome! You made me feel as though I was there when you were describing how Bert’s was transformed.
This is ALLL Goooooood for Detroit! Glad you enjoyed yourself.
PS> I am so ghetto,cause I wished you could have sneeked some of those “skrimps” out tho
Thx friends and LOL! Mary!!!!!
It was a magical night that will never be forgotten by the ones who were there!
I’d relive this night over in a heartbeat!!!!