Purchase Hood News Volume 2 DVD $12.95

Hassan Haze created Hood News™ in his Long Beach apartment in the spring of 2005. The purpose of Hood News was to spread awareness in a community of the misinformed.

The first DVD focused on terrorizing police and the new injunctions placed in the law to target people of the Hood. The first volume went on to be an underground cult classic. The second volume “Freedom of Press” broadens the range from terrorizing police tactics to the homes of the people that this affects. Hood News™ covered stories from wrongfully accused, to medical marijuana Law prop 215. Hood News™ also stayed true to its form of being raw, uncut and unbelievable. The opening sequence is of a hold out situation involving a domestic violence suspect and the Compton sheriffs. The dialogue is simple and to the point then something tragic happens. Hood News™ also opens its entertainment reel but exposing the LA based Krump Dance phenomenal. The DVD is capped with a sermon by a religious leader who calls for peace among gang members for the sake of their grieving mothers. The total time of this video is 1hr 57mins but it is sure to keep your attention throughout.

Reporters:

S.O.S (Saving Our Soul) a.k.a Jay Wells was born March 11, 1981 in Culver City, Ca.

Jay learned at a very young age to put his words together in a song, while walking back and forward to school every day crossing the street lines of the LA gangs known as the Crips and the Bloods. It was the love of Hip Hop that kept him from the street of Los Angeles.

At the age of 10, it was while performing for the girls in the local talent shows when Jay's true talent emerged. At 15, Jay began winning talent shows and showcases in the Los Angeles area. During this time he also formed a rap group with his brothers, and they had some minor success. He hit the streets of Southern California with his demo in hand, selling 3,000 units, and released 2 albums on an Indie label. Now, at the age of 23, he has set his sights on a new career as a solo artist with high expectations for success in the music business. 

S.O.S is now a reporter and rap artist and is working on his new album.

Claudie Jones was born at Martin Luther King hospital in South Los Angeles in 1982. Rose in a single mother home after his father was tragically murdered at tender age of two. Claudie was inspired by the civil rights movement as a youth looking up to martyrs such as Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Malcom X and Huey P. Newton. Noticing a void in a community full of single parents, cocaine and crack addictions and a high level of gang activity, Claudie became inspired to make change. Being a basketball phenomenon since the age of eight, while playing Varsity at Culver City high school, Claudie got a chance to full fill a child hood dream by traveling to the white house and meeting senator John Lewis. Claudie studied journalism to uplift his community. Being a father less young man who has dealt with strife and ignorance he is here to give the community hope and is proof that miracles do happen.

J. was born and raised in Chicago, IL. In 1986 he attended the Actors Preparatory Studio of Fort Worth Texas. In addition to acting, he published The Positive Black News, a local urban newspaper for the Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolitan area. J went to Seminary school and became an ordained minister. He then left the Church and decided to go to Hollywood. J produced, directed and wrote comedy shows and performed in the Los Angeles area for about 18 months. J was offered a 3- month gig at the Comedy Café in Amsterdam that grew into 7 years of comedy performance in Europe.