Biography

Shot to celebrity overnight thanks to the success of the "Whassup" commercials. The campaign ran for over two-years, with 12 commercials. The New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Vibe, TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, People and Forbes, as well as many other magazines and newspapers across the country, all featured articles about the sensation surrounding the commercials. The Commercial was aired on many national & local television & radio shows, including: The Tonight Show, Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, Live with Regis and Kathy Lee, The Howard Stern Show, WWF Raw, 48 Hours, Inside Edition, Talk Soup, E! News Daily, VH1's The 25 Greatest, CBS's Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials, TNN's Fame for 15', The 2000 Source Awards, the A&E documentary America's Favorite TV Commercials, and the BBC's television special Best Ads Ever. The commercial "Whassup True" in 2000 was nominated for an Emmy, won the 2000 Grand Clio Award for Best Campaign and Best Commercial, and "Wasabi" won the 2000 Cannes Film Festival Golden Lion Award for Best Commercial in the world.In 2006 The commercial was inducted into the CLIO Hall Of Fame.
- IMDb mini biography by: Puerto Rock