BO "THE HUSTLE HOLIC" IS THE CEO/MANAGER OF EXCLUSIVE SOUND RECORDS & ENTERTAINMENT AND THE FOUNDER OF THE BIG "O" PLAYAS COMPILATION SERIES. EXCLUSIVE SOUND SPECIALIZES IN RAP CONCERTS (MIKE JONES, PAUL WALL, CHAMILLIONAIRE 2K3,4, BIZZY BONE 2K5), COMEDY SHOWS (B.E.T. COMEDY JUMPOFF SERIES 1-6 IN 2K4,5 FEAT. MICHAEL BLACKSON, SCRUNCHO, JABBER GOLD, ETC.), CLUB MANAGEMENT (EXCLUSIVE THURSDAY’S @ LA CARRETTA 2K5), PARTIES (MEMORIAL DAY WKND. JUMPOFF, BLACK & WHITE AFFAIR 2K5, BIG O PLAYAS CD RELEASE PARTIES 2K3,5), COMPILATIONS (BIG O PLAYAS VOL. 1 & 2), AND A UP AND COMING RAP GROUP (BO & VEELO). EXCLUSIVE SOUND ALSO HAS 2 WEB SITES: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BIGOPLAYAS & BIGOPLAYAS.COM. THE COMPANY ALSO WILL HAVE MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE AGAIN, NAMELY T-SHIRTS AND THE "EXCLUSIVE HONEYS" CALENDER.............................................................................................. BO HAS BEEN RAPPING SINCE HIS HIGH SCHOOL DAYS @ OMAHA CENTRAL BUT DID NOT TAKE IT SERIOUS UNTIL A FRIEND, LUCKY B. (KNOTCH ENT.) PUT OUT A COMPILATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD RAPPERS CALLED "GARDEN RIDERS" IN 1998. IN 1999, THE SEED WAS PLANTED TO PUT OUT A COMPILATION AND PROMOTE LOCAL ARTIST WHILE PROMOTING HIMSELF AND HIS COMPANY (EXCLUSIVE SOUND RECORDS) AND WAS NAMED: BIG "O" PLAYAS VOL.1. SOME LEGAL AND FAMILY ISSUES STALLED THE RELEASE OF THE COMPILATION, BUT IN 2000, BO BECAME MORE FOCUSED AND FORMED THE RAP GROUP "BO & VEELO" AND STARTED WORKING ON THE COMPILATION AGAIN. BO ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA @ OMAHA AND RECEIVED A BUSINESS DEGREE IN 2K2, BUT IT WAS WHAT HE SAW ON THE STREETS, NOT THE CLASSROOM, THAT MOTIVATED HIM TO NOT FALL VICTIM OF SEVERAL TRAPS IN SOCIETY. SEVERAL TROUBLING LEGAL AND LIFE OBSTACLES WERE OVERCOME WHILE @ U.N.O. AND AFTER MUCH HARD WORK BO FORMED EXCLUSIVE SOUND RECORDS AND CONTINUED TO PLAN THE RELEASE OF BIG "O" PLAYAS. THE COMPILATION WAS FINALLY RELEASED IN APRIL OF 2K3 TO MUCH FANFARE WITH A HUGE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN ON HOT 107.7, TV, AND A RELEASE PARTY @ SOUTH BEACH NIGHTCLUB WITH OVER 450 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. SEVERAL ARTIST PERFORMED @ THE RELEASE PARTY INCLUDING BO & VEELO, L-MAC’N, BLACKGUY, LIL Q, DOEZHA, LIV ENT., DIRTY CHUCK BOYZ, AFTALYFE, U.H.O., AND TRUMP TIGHT TO NAME A FEW. BIG O PLAYAS COMP. VOL.1 ALSO FEATURES NAT’L RECORDING ARTIST MESSY MARV AND MARVALESS, BOTH OF HUGE INDEPENDENT FAME. THE BIG "O" PLAYAS MOVEMENT STILL IS GOING STRONG TODAY, WITH A COMPILATION BEING RELEASED SUMMER 2K7 WITH SOME OF OMAHA’S HOTTEST ARTISTS AND A SURPRISE NAT’L ARTIST AND THE RE-RELEASE OF THE BIG "O" PLAYAS T-SHIRTS..................................................................................... BO WAS FEATURED IN THE NOVEMBER 2K5 ISSUE OF THE OMAHA WEEKLY AFTER THE RELEASE OF BIG "O" PLAYAS VOL. 2 AND FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITHIN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IN THE OMAHA AND MIDWEST AREA BY AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY MARCY PROJECTS FROM HOT 107.7 FM. BO IS A RAPPER/PROMOTER/ENTREPENUER IN ONE, WITH HIS RAP DUO "BO & VEELO" GAINING POPULARITY EVERY YEAR AND A MUCH ANTICIPATED BO & VEELO ALBUM COMING IN 2K7. BO & VEELO HAVE PERFORMED @ SEVERAL LOCAL AND NAT’L VENUES OVER THE YEARS. THEY HAVE OPENED UP FOR NAT’L ARTIST SUCH AS TWISTA, LUNI COLEONE, MIKE JONES, CHAMILLIONAIRE, PALL WALL, 8-BALL & MJG, TO NAME A FEW. THEY HAVE PERFORMED @ RANCH BOWL (BATTLE OF BANDS, UNSIGNED HYPE), LA CARRETTA (EXCLUSIVE THURSDAYS 2K5), THE ROYAL GROVE (BET COMEDY JUMPOFF), SHEA REILLY’S (THE VERSITILE SHOW, TRUUTH OMAHA), SOKOL AUDITORIUM (HOODMADE SHOW), PLANET SOULL TO NAME A FEW. THERE SOUND IS UNIVERSAL, WITH BOTH ARTIST HAVING A KNACK FOR PICKING THE HOTTEST TRACKS, NO MATTER WHO MAKES THEM. MANY OF THEIR TRACKS ARE MADE BY ONE OF THE MIDWESTS HOTTEST PRODUCERS, L-MAC’N, BUT HAVE ALSO USED TRACKS FROM OTHER HOT PRODUCERS LIKE KOOLAID, CUJO V., KINGPIN, S.K., TO NAME A FEW. THEY ARE BEST KNOWN FOR THEIR CROWD PARTICIPATION SHOWS AND UPBEAT PERFORMANCES, BUT ALSO DROP STREET KNOWLEDGE FROM THE LESSONS LEARNED BEING BLACK MEN IN AMERICA. BO & VEELO HAVE DONE COLLABORATIONS WITH SEVERAL HOT ARTISTS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING L-MAC’N, BLACKGUY, LON MEEZY, B.U. OF L.O.T.H., Q DEEZY OF DIRTY CHUCK BOYZ, TRUMP TIGHT, U.H.O., JR COMBS AND JAIZE VAN CRUMP OF H.O.O.D.M.A.D.E. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THEIR RAP CAREERS WAS DOING A SONG WITH BAY AREA RAP LEGEND LUNI COLEONE CALLED "WAR" WHICH WAS FEATURED ON THE COMPILATION: BIG "O" PLAYAS VOL. 2 CD RELEASED SUMMER 2K5. BO & VEELO PLAN TO STAY ON THE GRIND AND RELEASE A MUCH ANTICIPATED ALBUM AND MIXTAPE IN 2K7...................................................................... BO HAS ALSO RELEASED HIS FIRST EVER SOLO PROJECT, THE UNDERGROUND: BO "THE HUSTLE-HOLIC" MIXTAPE VOL. 1, IN SUMMER 2K7, WITH SEVERAL REMIXES AND ORIGINAL MUSIC. BO SHOWS HIS SKILLS AS A RAP ARTIST BY REPRESENTING THE STREETS AND THE CLUB WITH EQUAL ABILITY. HE HAS COLLABS WITH VEELO, L-MAC’N, LON MEEZY, LIL Q, B.U., Q-DEEZ, BIG TERREL, FAT PAUL, FREDDY DEAD, AND BABY DREW. BO PLANS TO RELEASE ANOTHER UNDERGROUND MIXTAPE THIS WINTER: BO & B.U. PRESENTS..."2 FOR 1" MIXTAPE VOL. 1: "DUECE4 MUSIC" WITH SEVERAL RAP ARTIST FROM THEIR NEIBORHOOD AND THE REST OF THE CITY......................................................................................................... BO HAS DONE SEVERAL COLLABORATIONS ON THE PROMOTIONS/BUSINESS SIDE BY BRINGING MIKE JONES, PAUL WALL, AND CHAMILLIONAIRE W/ PLATINUM PROMOTIONS (2K3,4), BET COMEDY JUMPOFF SERIES 1-6 W/ O.B. PROS, Q-TIME ENT., N-DA-MIXZ (2K4), CALEDARIA LATINA RELEASE PARTY W/ J. CHAVEZ PHOTOGRAPHY (2K4), AND EXCLUSIVE THURSDAYS @ LA CARRETTA JUST TO NAME A FEW. HE PLANS TO SEVERAL COLLABS. ON THE BUSINESS SIDE IN THE FUTURE ALSO, INCLUDING THE B.E.T. COMEDY JUMPOFF SERIES AND SEVERAL OTHERS IN THE MAKING, PROVING "THAT BLACK MEN FROM DIFFERENT CLICKS CAN GET ALONG AND MAKE PAPER".............................................. "THE MOVEMENT IS OFFICIALLY HERE"-BO "THE HUSTLE HOLIC"