On the front page of the Indiana Daily Student

Front Page of IDS 4/22/09

"If there's not going to be that level of success, then I'm not interested."

To read the full article click here.

CURRENT LOCATION: Still in Chicago... Wondering when my work will actually be finished here so I can head back to Bloomington.

So I'm sitting in Chicago for one final day before I make it back to the town that I'm honored to be seeing so much support from. All the texts and calls are greatly appreciated. Big thanks to Rachel Krasnow of the IDS for giving the story the spotlight it deserves as well as for the recognition. Rachel, you did a great job and on behalf of me and my team, it was a pleasure to work with you.

The article contained a few quotes from my close friends and individuals who have been involved in my project including my good friend Jon Stein:

"Stein, also a business student, said he met Udell through a friend and has gained skills that deal with effectively marketing campaigns. The term “Burbetto” comes from the suburban and ghetto culture, Stein said."

I woke up to a text from another one of my good friends Joby Wright. I had yet to read the article, but dragged my ass out of bed before responding to Joby.

I apologize to anybody who was offended by the misrepresentation presented in that sentence. The actual "term" Burbetto is does not come "from the suburban and ghetto culture"!   Allowing individuals to speak on your behalf always puts you at risk for situations like this. While luckily I'm not in the spotlight yet, this has allowed me to pledge my faith towards awareness of Burbetto by using viral marketing tools to help "SPREAD THA WERD".  Shoutout to Mani Manglish -- mmdot.blogspot.com !

I think Joby brought up some really great points and I appreciate him for coming to me before talking to anybody else about it. Hopefully in the future Burbetto will be represented accurately, but we all know how the media is and we were obviously not allowed to see this article before it went to print or that would've been changed.

On another note, Burbetto: The Mixtape is on its way. I wanna talk about it so bad, but you're not ready for it yet. When you are, I'll let you know. hahahaha Show love.

"See No Limits. Hear No Limits."

-JQ

OPENING FOR THE GAME Part 2: It's over...

Killin' Drumline

CURRENT LOCATION: Back at my fraternity after the after-partyyy...

I never thought I would walk on stage to people chanting "JQ" at a Game concert!

There were a lot of flugs in the crowd - "fake thugs"... Lots of real ones too -- Reppin' their city to the fullest... That's what's good though. My dude Joby and his girl Kelsi really did a great job of promotion and had the place packed. I went on an hour and a half later than expected which was really perfect because I wanted a real crowd.

It's good to see hip-hop fans still coming out to support their artists... even in this day in age and at this stage in the game.

Major shoutouts to everyone who came up from Chicago Momz & Crew (Aunt Janet, Erica, and her boyfriend), T-A-B-Y, J to the L to the E to the V to the I - 4.5 hour drive -- thanks for showing love. Lastly and most importantly thanks to everyone who helped me throw it down my drummers DJ Webz, Jordy Cohen, and Ross Donnewald for coming through and taking care of business, my good friend and coach Nikki Lynette, all the videographers (Rick, Isaac, & Aaron), and Brandon Mojica with the dope lighting ! Zach Walker at ImFlashy.com - I see you.

Now I know I'm ready for this "Game".

"See No Limits. Hear No Limits."

-JQ