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PUFF THE EXECUTIVE

William J. Askin (born May10,1974) is a entrepreneur, entertainer, street promoter and former woman hustler ( plus part time rapper) more commonly known as Puff the Executive, formerly known as The Notorius Captain Kirk. He is the founder of Boy Genius Entertainment, one of the driving forces in the streets for hip hop music, salons, clothing and models, created in the earlier 1990s. Puff first skyrocketed to fame as a hard work on such projects as TLC debut album and the soundtrack for the movie Juice. BIOGRAPHY EARLY YEARS

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Puff grew up in Wanye County, Livernois & Elmhurst area. After completing his middle school education at Ann Arbor Trail Middle School, he went on to attend Northwestern High School where his passion for radio/ television lead him into the world of promotions. During his year to get out, he was kicked out of school and than kicked out the house, so he wasforced to live on the streets from May 1992 to Januray 1993. While homeless, Puff learned to skills and patients to walk no matter where you at and keep his pride never to ask for ahnd out, all the while he kept on doing promotions and finished up school at night.

Only a few years later, Puff was a street promoter and executive at what he could do, that helped break ground for Ain’t To Proud 2 Beg (TLC; 1992), Flava Unit (Flava Unit Family; 1993), and Diary of A Madd Band (Jodeci; 1992) before being hired in 1993 by Undercurrent Records to handle the promotions for R&B singer KEM and underground rapper Lodd Manafess. Without a national buzz, Puff was able to get Lodd in the pages of one of the hottest magazines around, Right On!!. And once out of school Puff was proud to have been the only person to had ever did promotions on the corrut police driven rap group, Out Cold Cops.

ESTABLISHING BOY GENIUS ENTERTAINMENT

With the help of Shawn P. William, he successfully went on to working with such labels as MCA, Motown, Epic, Laface, EMI, Virgin, and even more labels started to pour in. In 1994 Boy Genius Entertainment took it upon themselves to branch out into the world of clothing promotions, helping out of state designers get noticed. Their first client, Douglas Owens Gear was ready for the task of being handled by them. Also came the pressure to be seen and do better than the last job that the company took on. No one was promoted the same.In 1997 another clothing line that BGE started promotions on was Julian Tizol Designs which was really strong in the Detroit hip hop world and also by 1997 Puff had hooked up with fleeing techno label, Assault Rife/ Electro Funk. This label was behind the hottest ghetto tracks ever to hit the streets.

Once Puff join up with them to handle their promotions, things really began to pick up speed. Traveling with the artist Dj Assault to a few of their shows and taking part in a few of the parties, people began to notice Puff more for his will and somehow to be everywhere at the right time with the right stuff.

PUFF'S PERFORMING CAREER

Puff rapped on record as W1D as early as 1990 "Maplewood" with The Maplewood Posse however Puffs' performance career in the international spotlight as "Puff the Executive" didn’t happen till 2000, with the Dj Assault released "Jefferson Ave Album", followed by the single "Who’s Fuckin 2 Nite". What followed was Puff going on the road with Dj Assault opening and performing with such groups as The Lords of Acid, Snoop Dogg, D-12, Hush and Mindless Self Indulgence. Puff was set to release his solo album in 2001 with the lead off single begin the Dj Godfather produced “ Nasty Ho” but due to feelings better Assault and Godfather, Dj Assault never released Puff’s album plus. It wasn’t till 2004 Puffs' finally released his debut album “ The Promoter, The Pimp, The Premium Dick” to luke warm reviews. The album featured a freestyle from the one artist Puff is proud to have broke on radio, Lodd Manafess as well as upcoming artist Nosaj and Coe. It also featured a Dj Assault produced track “ Dick Is On Hard” and the Dj Godfather produced single “Nasty Ho”.

Controversy

On March 1997, A friend of Puffs’ was accused of recruiting young girls from the high schools in Detroit and having them dance or perform sex at these parties. . Though Puff was known for afterhour parties that he tossed with his cousin, Blondie, this one party Puff had no hand in. It would seem that during his free time, Puff would give back to his high school and the young kids that went there, Puff would speak about how the outside world really was once they left the safe of high school or home. On this date, Puff arrived at the home of a friend who was holding a party and to his surprise was two young ladies that Puff knew from one of his speakings and he knew they were underage. Once seeing this he went to ask the friend how these girls got there, but before that could happen, the police had raid the house and took Puff along with 4 others to jail for perform sex with young women.

One of the young women even as far as to lie and say Puff was a teacher at her school and was making her dance to receive an A in his class that he was teaching. Not being a teacher and feeling betrayed Puff did nothing but sit in the house and focus more on Boy Genius Entertainment but by that time the damage was done. The record labels that Puff was doing the street promotions for had heard what happen and wanted her to find “legal” girls to go to radio stations and visit on air jocks. They wanted this done to get such artist as Alzono Hunter on the radio with “That’s the Way Players Play” and Deangelo’s “Pretty Brown Eyes Remix” feat Redman played.

After that came Blondie ( Puff’s cousin) being sent by Puff’s Virgin Records rep to travel with Rappin 4 Tay while he did a mini midwest tour to keep him “company”.

That same year, Puff had his first encounter with home town rapper Trick Trick who Puff looked up to and to this day loves how he gets things handle. The incident was another walk-in as he arrived at Legends Night Club. It was college night given by Charles Hicks and Puff was in the club with a bullhorn promoting Alzono Hunter. Mr. Hicks asked Puff to annouce his party over the bullhorn as well and he would pay him, however the guards at the club didn’t go for that and took the bullhorn.

At the sametime Dj 2 Smooth was there selling his mix cds. Around this time 2 Smooth was the hottest mix cd dj out next to Dj Assault. As Puff stood by 2 Smooth, Trick Trick walked up to confront the dj about his song “ Shake & Make Dat Booty Bounce” being on a mix cd. Trick Trick and The Goon Squad was known not to like to have their songs on no cd unlessed paid by the dj or asked for permission. They began to grab 2 Smooth cds and tapes, and start crushing them in his face. Dj 2 Smooth turned to Puff and told him to wait there he was going to handle it, went out the club to his car, and pulled off. Before he knew it, Puff took a shot in the eye from one of Trick’s goons. “Nothing againist you but you were with him. Someone had to get hit.”

Holding his eye in front to people who knew Puff from Shawn P. or for promotions, Puff left to go collect his things and his bullhorn only to be told by Charles, “ What bullhorn?”

In December 1999, Puff and his then-girlfriend, “Meme” Lynn, were living what he called the perfect relationship. After getting tried of the promotions scene, Puff went on to making mix cds and working a regular job. At this time former friend and dj, Dj June had approuched Puff about being the host of a new club that opened up. Believe this would get him back into the ghetto –celebrity spotlight Puff accepted the gig. Once there Puff took the club, June, the hoes inside and everybody in it to a whole nother level. The Democratic Club was the name of it and Puff was loving the fame. It was an afterhour like no other, and Puff was bring in peeps from all walks of life. Peeps from radio, police, the streets, drug dealers, you name it. When word got out that Puff was headlining at an afterhours people came.

Puff was trying to out do himself everyweek when it came to the microphone. But what really set The club on it’s ear was the vip set-up that Puff had put together. That room was not to be open until he gave the word. The room was big enough to hold 15-10 people seating, but once the words “The VIP room is open, Are you ready to F%@K!!” Came through the speakers, people would line up at the door with a hoe or two. What was a 15-20 became 30-40 in one room all having sex. But what really got Puff and the club noticed was their “brain contest”. Five guys and five girls and the first girl to make a guy “pop off” won $250. That’s when Puff’s name was back as the hypest mc man, and what followed was Puff hosting open mics, talent contest, mix cds, more touring. He was back.

The Promoter in the 2000s

Puff tried to reinvent his image, once the sour friendship between Dj June ended and he let go a lot of people in his left, Puff became a worknut. He began working four jobs, plus tour, and began getting back into djing. He was the host for St. Andrew Hall’s Sunday Night’s Electkic Kingdom from 2000-2004, only get paid to do it in 04’. He also began djing at the Jester Night Club, a rave like nightclub that help build on top of whatever it was he was trying to do. By 03’, Puff had moved to Las Vegas to once again reinvent himself in the work force, cause the promotions market was not feeling his street way to do things.

This was followed by a serious set-back for Boy Genius Entertainment, who hadn’t had a good product to promote. In 02’ BGE handled Moci Clothing, Gigi Hunter Clothing, Simply Casual the Fashion Party Weekend, plus a few other clubs including one Charles Hicks ran. Later in 2004, he made his way into a topless club called the Grind and started taking over where managers couldn’t. He starting holding some of the biggest events known, Blackplanet Gathering 1&2, Detroit Diva, and Battle of The Female Dancers, and along with his mentor, Greg B., Puff founded Lavish Ladies Modeling.

In 2001, Puff started a fund rasier for 9/11 at St. Andrews, however the power that be told him to end that crap real fast. That was the first time Puff’s American side had ever showed.. In a 2005 interview on his yahoo group website “ Puff’s Groove World”, Puff explained that he was developing a new album that would focus on things that Puff have been through.

Other work

Puff tries to be one of the most entrepreneurially-minded men in the Detroit/American music industry. In the year 2000, he was featured on four tracks of Dj Assault’s “Jefferson Ave” album. He did the “Intro”, “Deez Nutz”, “Who’s F%@king 2 Nite”, and “Bustos Brothers”. His modeling line, Lavish Ladies Modeling, has been hired by Big Bad D and Bad Boy Hair for a few hair ads. However, his modeling line also brought him criticism when it was revealed that one of their models, Jatonia Eason was on an escort site. Even though it was revealed that she didn’t know she was on there till Puff called her after an unknown soruce called him about it. He his also working on releasing an mystery novel by summer of 2006 right after the release of his second album. He was also featured in the November issue ( issue #19) of Don Diva magazine about his days at the afterhours and working on a gospel play with former street promoter, Shawn P. He is also the man behind the Bad Boy Hair Design Image, working to get his number one client in to mainstream America like he did with Lodd Manafess 11 years ago.

Also in the works is a childrens adventure book, based on a few radio dramas that Puff wrote while in high school, and a comic book based on art work he drew in 1986. The man has a lot of plans. And with the drive that he has, he might be able to pull all of it off.

Discography

Jefferson Ave. Album 2000

The Promoter, The Pimp, The Premium 2004

Singles

Who’s F@%king 2 Nite; Jefferson Ave: Dj Assault 2000

Nasty Ho; Trust NO 1 Records: 2004

Tongue Ring feat. Nosaj; Trust NO 1 Records: 2004

Di@k On Hard; Trust NO 1 Records: 2004

Get Yo Money; Hustle Boy Records: 2005

PUFF THE EXECUTIVE