The Interview

“No man is going to be better than me… I will not lose.”

- Jeremy Johnson, co-founder, WreckBoiz Promotion Team

Excuse my French; but fuck what you heard: the Wreck team is winning.

It only takes a few moments, and you realize something different – special if you will – about the WreckBoiz promotion team. The group, whose parties and unapologetic candor have made them a household name in the DC college party circuit, seem to have figured it out. Recognizing the importance of reliable professionalism, universal respect, and actually remembering why they’re in college in the first place, the WreckBoiz understand there’s more to life [and party promotion] than the fun.

But make no mistake the fun, the wrecklessness, is there.

With an affinity for doing any and everything to make each of their parties a memorable one, wreckless has become a synonym of sorts for Jeremy Johnson, Richard “Freako” Montgomery, Terrence Low, Montaque Jones, and the company with which they have created.

To discover the method behind the madness, and reveal the “other side” of the group who lives by the motto “two in the pink, one in the stink [you figure it out] MESH. took a moment to sit down with these wild students… err– Wreckless Scholars, if you will.

MESH: Who are the WreckBoiz?

Jeremy: Regular guys. We’re just regular people having a nice time. We see these movies of college life in high school, but we don’t experience them here. We see people going on road trips, we see wild parties, but before we stepped on the scene [at Howard] there were no wild parties.

MESH: On this campus alone you have The Yacht Club, The Dream Team, LGI, Gatsby Ent. Etc… Why do you think you are so successful?

Terrence: We don’t limit ourselves to just Howard. Initially, our introduction says ‘Howard is our stepping stone, but the world is our stomping ground’. We appreciate all that Howard does, but we branch out to George Washington [University], American, Catholic University, UDC.

Valdez: Also, it’s the quality vs. the quantity. We don’t have parties every single month.

Jeremy: We would rather cancel a party, than throw one that doesn’t pop to our standards.

MESH: Are you guys only about the reckless parties?

Valdez: Me personally, I like to meet people. That’s why I usually work the door. There are networking possibilities—we’ve definitely met more people and got a lot more connects. My dad always told me to network, and meet people because you never know who’s going to be what in the next 5 or 10 years.

Que: I did it for more than networking. Its my way of making another dollar and letting people know about my entertainment group that I want to take off eventually, and have fun at the same time. Hopefully we can expand it.

MESH: Describe the perfect party.

Valdez: My idea of the perfect party is one where I can actually leave the door and go party. I mean even when we’re packed to capacity there are still people begging us to come inside. So we’ve never really had the perfect party, because we always have to let somebody down and turn some people away.

Jeremy: The perfect party has a 60:40 ratio, beautiful women to men.

MESH: What would you say fuels your hustle?

Jeremy: I want to be the best. No man is going to be better than me .. I will not lose.

Terrence: I want to be the market when it comes to this promotional game and these parties. I feel like that’s why people are attracted to us, you can’t go to the club and have a WreckBoiz party experience.

MESH: Do you think the people see you as the best, or is it a debate?

Valdez: It’s a debate, a lot of people may go to the club, because they like the club and they only go because its at a nice club, it’s all opinion based.

MESH: What makes you MESHworthy?

Que: You felt like you gave birth to something, MESH. right? We did the same thing, so it didn’t just pop in the beginning; we actually had to sit in the backburner and be looked at as just promoters, and then gain respect. We actually put in our hard work an effort.

Valdez: I know these other promotion companies are usually like 10 deep, but really how many of them really chill with each other. I could live with these four. These are like my brothers. We do it because we love it and we love each other. There is passion for it.

Terrence: I personally don’t want to be around people who don’t want to better themselves.

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The Photoshoot

Check out the rest of the pics after the jump…

Richard “Freak-O” Montgomery

Kevin “Philly” Sheppard

Terrence “T-Low” Low

Montaque “Que” Jones

Valdez “Prolific” Steed

Jeremy “Quicktrip” Johnson

Bakari “Limon” Ibrahim

(photos by Janelle Wallace)

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