Vellione ft. 4rAx x Bandaide x D-LO - RIsk My Life For It (@BankMoneyEnt @BearOnTheBeat)

BankMoney Ent Presents Vellione Featuring 4rAx x Bandaide x D-Lo on a track produced by BearOnTheBeat titled Risk My Life For It.

New Music: Crayola Box Chevy by @Freddydantastic ft @MistahFAB @GreenKing4 Bandaide @ZymeIsCool

Freddy Benz unites with legendary Mistah Fab, The Green king Win Cant lose, Bandaide Of The Hoodstarz and Zyme! A single off of Freddy Benz's NEW EP, Daydream Theory: Happy Thoughts so let's ride with them in this wild & colorful MONSTER OF A BANGER called "Crayola Box Chevy" Prod. By Tellie!

New Video: Actin Funny by Vernduzit & Bandaide (@VernDuzit @Bandaide650 @THEMEKANIX)

We dropped this single a few months ago now watch the official video!

New Video: 7Hunnit by Mac Reese ft. IceMeez & Bandaide of The Hoodstarz (@macreese707 @IceMeez @Bandaide650)

Mac Reese brings us the official video for 7Hunnit. Off that Fairfield Most Hated Pt. 4 (Welcome to the #700) Set to be released on 3/22/2016

New Music: Actin Funny by VernDuzit ft. Bandaide of The Hoodstarz (@VernDuzit @Bandaide650 @THEMEKANIX)

West Coast, CA VernDuzIt drops his new Super Banger called *ACTIN FUNNY* featuring Bandaide of The Hoodstarz. If you have not Heard young VernDuzIt yet, Wake Up, Push Play & Enjoy

New Music: My Way Remix by Outrageous Karina ft. Bandaide (@outrageous_k @Bandaide650)

Outrageous Karina & Bandaide of the Hoodstarz connect to bring us this dope remix to My Way.

In East Palo Alto, a Rap Duo’s New Chapter Begins (@TheHoodstarz @Bandaide650 @ScootDogg650)

For Band Aide, one half of East Palo Alto-based rap duo Hoodstarz, 2012 was a year of dramatic change. There came freedom: after an 18-month stint in San Francisco County Jail and a halfway house, he was finally free to return to his life and family.

But there was also tragedy. That same year, his stepbrother was shot and killed. The event admittedly had Band Aide “kind of going haywire,” and he knew he needed a change of pace.

Instead of jumping back into the music he and partner Scoot Dogg had been creating for nearly a decade (they were among the leading voices of the mid-2000s hyphy scene), he decided to take a step back and hone a new craft. After enrolling in a one-year program at Le Cordon Bleu, he dedicated himself to becoming a chef.

Once he completed eight months of formal study and four months as a line chef at Los Altos Golf and Country Club, Band Aide graduated from the culinary institution, a fascinating next step for the rapper — and one Band Aide admits he needed.

“I [cook] to get away from a lot of the madness,” he explains. “I try to practice my four T’s: Take Time to Think,” and points out that shifting his focus from rapping to cooking “gave me a lot of time to think about what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it, to get my priorities back in order… It’s definitely an art I can have and take with me forever, no matter how old I get. As long as I’m able to move around, I’ll always be able to cook.”

While his time at Le Cordon Bleu granted him some time away from beats and rhymes, his focus has since returned to music — he and fellow Hoodstarz member Scoot Dogg have been busy independently promoting their mixtape 56 Months since last November. But he’s still been able to put his culinary skills to good use. As he notes recently over hearty portions of Mexican food at El Burro in Campbell, he’s now able to better cook for “my peoples.”

He’s talking about the 20 people he and his wife, Tannea Gardner, oversee as part of their nonprofit, A Gardner’s Heart Independent Living, which supplies housing and services to mental health patients. What started with a single patient in a rented home nearly five years ago has since blossomed to three homes in the East Bay.

“Our main goal is to help them stay out of a hospital, to keep them positive and away from the dangers that come with being a mental health patient,” explains Tannea Gardner. Services include taking care of meals, transportation, case management, help with doctor’s appointments and day-to-day living.

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New Video: @GKEnt925 Speaks with BandAide of the Hoodstarz & 4Rax of the Mekanix (@4rAx @Bandaide650 @THEMEKANIX @TheHoodstarz)

GK kicks it wit BandAide of the Hoodstarz & 4Rax of the Mekanix to find what inspired each to be part of the music industry. They also discuss future projects & much much more!

New Interview: @TheHoodstarz Speak with @GODERMAG (@Bandaide650 & @ScootDogg650)

The Hoodstarz speaks with GODER Magazine about their recent release with DJ Drama titled 56 Months available below! Press play and listen to a dope new interview!

New Video: Bandaide of The Hoodstarz Speaks with Big Reid at 89.9FM The Mid Day Mix

Press play and listen to Bandaide of The Hoodstarz speak on the music business in the Bay Area. real chat! Below the interview continues!

New Video: Get Down by AG Cubano ft. The Hoodstarz

AG Cubano connects with The Hoodstarz to bring us the official video for Get Down.

New Music: N.B.A. by DJ Upgrade, D-Lo, Sleepy D. Cloe, Hungry, Bandaide, Rico Tha Kidd, ST Spittin & Too Short

Talk about some hitters on the payroll? New slap from DJ Upgrade and look bitch no he is not a DJ he just calls himself that because he stays in the mix! YEEEEEEE Featuring D-Lo, Sleepy D., Cloe, Hungry, Bandaide, Rico Tha Kidd, ST Spittin & Too Short