BUZZ CLUBS
L.A. teens get hip-hop Access
Eric Holt and Jordan Llavanes are working on becoming teenage millionaires. Or at the very least, successful club promoters. Holt, 18, and Llavanes, 19, teamed up with the owner of L.A.’s Realest, 20-year-old promoter Steven Ojo, to pump up the volume on an all-ages Monday-night club called Access. L.A.’s Realest is a youth-oriented promotions company and through good word of mouth, Access has become the largest teenage hip-hop club in L.A. Although it moves from venue to venue, holing up at such clubs as Forbidden City, the Bee (formerly Larchmont), Sports Club, Cinespace and Pearl, Access attracts young hip-hop fans angling to show their moves. “Our focus of the club was to get kids off the street during summer and into an environment that’s safe,” Holt says. “We hire a lot of security and invite patrol cars to come by and make sure everything is secure.” DJ Mustard provides the tunes, and although the partners primarily mount events during the summer months, they’re also known for their “SAT After-Parties.”
Sugar snags a sweet booking
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