Grand Hustle wants you to know that promoters Don P and Dave Swagga (pictured above) of D.O.T. Promotions are in no way affiliated with Grand Hustle Records, T.I., or its artists. Just to be clear, Don P is not the same Don P of Trillville.
Don P and Dave Swagga are not A&R or executives for Grand Hustle and can not sign you as an artist, model, etc., at Grand Hustle.
According to Grand Hustle exec Clay Evans, all Dave and his company was ever hired to do was pass out fliers last year. Since then they have misappropriated Grand Hustle and T.I.’s name in all of their business dealings and promotions without permission and led other labels and artists to believe they are partnered with Grand Hustle.
Over the weekend, DOT Promotions held a model search and casting for a reality show supposedly featuring T.I. at Obsessions nightclub in Atlanta using Grand Hustle and T.I’s name. When confronted by Grand Hustle’s Clay Evans at the club, Don P ran from the premises.
“As I started finding out things, and talking to different people, they start telling me different things,” said Evans. “By no means do we want to mislead women. I told them our brand is too solid for that type of ***. When I confronted him, he takes off.”
DOT Promotions also recruited interns for industry online training program “for Grand Hustle Records” and posted ads on Craigslist like this one.
Evans wanted the women who came out to Obsessions to know that it was Akini The Blak Mac (Ryan Cameron’s producer on V-103) who came through and “saved the day” and “cleaned the mess up” by bringing his staff through and interviewing them, taking their pictures without asking for compensation. “He didn’t get compensated a dime. That was very nice of him,” said Evans.
Evans said even though the auditions were not authorized by GH, he would still hire some of the women anyway for Grand Hustle events in the future, including Young Dro’s birthday party at Luckie Lounge tomorrow night.
Evans said Grand Hustle does not want anyone taking advantage of people or giving anyone false hope.
They need there asses whooped…scary asses
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People are so shaddy nowadays…you gotta be careful!!!
yes, you have to be very careful. I hate when shady people will use the name of others to mislead and take advantage of people.
wow!
where is everyone
“Over the weekend, DOT Promotions held a model search and casting for a reality show supposedly featuring T.I. at Obsessions nightclub in Atlanta using Grand Hustle and T.I’s name. When confronted by Grand Hustle’s Clay Evans at the club, Don P ran from the premises.”
what a clown! wonder how long he thought he was going to get away with this shyt!
a reality show involving TI and women? I woulda been mad had I heard about it.. flew all the way down there and it been a hoax. LMAO @ him running though.
Can’t be mad at that. You have to protect your business.
Ain’t that what everybody does nowadays. The intern for 1 month and then have a promotions company and list the company they interned for as their client. Common industry practice.
Had that happened to my company where the interns gave interviews at newspapers claiming to be executives and owners. Used to get phone calls from girls telling me you know that guy that works for you, he told me he owns the company, etc…
They just don’t know that this industry is very small and whenever you name drop, they will call! beleive that!
zzzzzzz!!!
What’s up with these posts today?
eh? glad they cleared that up??????

Cinderella Says:
What’s up with these posts today?
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That’s my ?
Yawn!
They’re stupid for doing something like that. Anything to try and get their name out there.
Cinderella Says:
What’s up with these posts today?
Eventhough I’m kind of busy today, I’m still looking for something juicy.
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OMG
Who cares??? The whole industry is shady. You gotta do what you gotta do
Two thumbs up for this post Sandra!
Surely Grand Hustle has a website where people can find out info about these “star search at the club” competitions? Isn’t this the most common way for women wanting stardom to get kidnapped/assaulted through these fake model calls? Craigslist ads? Sounds dubious that a label like Grand Hustle would use that as their only means to announce a model call.
co-signing #8
and #22
how dare they do this? dont they know t.i. and grandhustle gets first dibs on exploiting chickenheads? am i the only honest criminal in this bish?
Wow. That’s crazy. And homie running from the premises (I’m picturing him in a Flash Gordan suit) is just the cherry on top. Damn.
pointhimout Says:
how dare they do this? dont they know t.i. and grandhustle gets first dibs on exploiting chickenheads? am i the only honest criminal in this bish?
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Yes you see how they swooped down on homeboy’s event that HE advertised and scooped up the aspiring video h*es for future projects anyway and they didn’t compensate him. I hope he got the door or something. Still he was wrong, but they definitely got dirty to beat him at his own game.
I also saw several of those listings on a web site called talent hunter. I was wondering if it was legit–now I know, lol.