Throwback Article : Washington Post Magazine "Rhyme and Reason" 11 Page Cover Story on Capitol Gainz Entertainment

Here's a short excerpt of a story by Wells Towers of the Washington Post about my best friend / rapper Blyss and the early days of our journey through the music business. click here for the rest! 5 Pages on line, 11 pages in print, hope you have more than a few minutes! Here's the original link on WashingtonPost.com

"Broadway wears several hats at Capitol Gainz. He is the company's in-house engineer, Web designer, video producer and co-counsel on major decisions. A while ago, Blyss sold his car to finance his career, so these days Broadway's Mercedes-Benz coupe is the unofficial company vehicle. By profession, Broadway is a computer animator, and he has directed animated music videos for a number of famous rap acts. Broadway estimates Capitol Gainz has sold or otherwise distributed close to 5,000 copies of Blyss's "Mixtape" in the city and beyond, though, after expenses, the CD has netted Capitol Gainz only a few thousand dollars.

Capitol Gainz's headquarters contains three desks, at least half a dozen computers, a large flat-panel TV, a soundproofed closet for recording vocal tracks, red leather boardroom-style chairs, cans of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup -- and a chrome pistol with a pearlescent handle lying next to a computer keyboard, not far from a little red box of hollow-point 9mm bullets with eight rounds missing. Blyss, too, owns a gun, which, he remarks casually, is a necessary precaution when you cross paths with the sorts of people he and Broadway sometimes cross paths with.

The studio also has a brick-front bar with a large, murky aquarium set into it, digital audio tapes and a dry erase board spelling out the family dog's routine: "Duchess schedule: 5 am, let out, back in crate: Mom/Sarah, 9-10 a.m., let out, food, H2O, back in crate: Chris." Broadway shares the house with his mother and younger sister -- he took over the deed and the mortgage payments a few years ago."

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