House Of Abdul: right on

Wednesday, September 1, 1999

Millenium: Right On! Magazine

It may not be the end of the world, but the beginning of the new rap generation. Youngsters whose first taste of hip hop was the Wu-Tang Clan. “I didn’t listen to much rap until I heard C.R.E.A.M.,” says the 18-years-old Millenium born in Baltimore and raised in D.C. “The joint was so beautiful, I immediately started writing.”
When Clinton Greene, a.k.a. Millenium started writing rhymes, he went out and got battle tested. He won his high school’s prestigious Blue & Gold talent show for 2 consecutive years.

On a local radio station, he dominated their weekend freestyle battle four months straight. His record is still unblemished – no one beat Millenium, he just stopped calling. “It was getting boring for me and the station.” He then called in to WPGC, one of the top radio stations in the country, and won the rhyme battle for the night. “I did not call again,” says Millenium. “People claiming to be me started getting on the air after that. It was so foul, that I no longer go by that name.” That was one of the reasons he wrote the first single, “How Far Will You Go” from the House Of Abdul’s debut album Kaos Theory.

Friday, December 11, 1998

Millenium: Washington City Paper

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com

Go for Broke

Eighteen-year-old MC Millenium's
manager and producer bet a
bundle because they believe
in his music. That makes
two of them.

The alley outside the Spy Club is still empty. Doors opened at 10 p.m., but as of 10:15, the crowd for the night's "hip-hop kulture" event has not yet arrived. Anticipating their arrival, Louis "Fahim" Smith patrols I Street NW with an armload of paper, strategically placing bright yellow posters on lampposts up and down the block. Fahim (Smith, he says, is his "government name") is co-owner of D.C.-based Ofphspringg Entertainment, a prospering local promotions company. He flacks for major rap acts such as Helter Skelter and the Cocoa Brovaz as well as for the hiphop magazines Double XXL and Rap Pages.

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By Neil Drumming • December 11, 1998