Video – Poem & Song By Guest DJ Verrett ‘Outta Myself’

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-wU6l_cGz8&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=3[/youtube] [powerpress] This blew me away! My favorite part of my interview with DJ Verrett, was when he read his original poem, ‘Outta Myself,’ which inspired his rap song by the same title. We captured it on camera and later he sent me his song to share with you. The last line in the poem gets me every time! POEM –  OUTTA MYSELF Now once upon a time,  when I was on the grind, out committing crimes, I thought the Read More

Video – 16 Years In Prison: How DJ Verrett Found Himself

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5R4HN67-H4&list=PLQIikebAPmLXfBSdF6-wWrzcpt-4cS2zg&index=2[/youtube] [powerpress] DJ Verrett spent 16 and a half years in federal prison for drug related charges, being constantly transferred to 13 different prisons throughout the United States. He tells me that during this time, he finally figured out how to heal and free himself by going inside of himself.  ‘Imagine being locked up in Federal prison as a teenager and coming out 16 years later a grown man! Mista DJ Verrett made a decision to change everything about his Read More