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EXECUTIVE MEMBERS.
Brian Wentzel
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Referred to as "The REAL Spiritual Gangsters" which is also a podcast he created, Brian Wentzel's journey led him through a paradoxical blend of opposing environments. Born into the backdrop of the largest bust of organized crime in US history, the true story that the movie Casino is about... he would suddenly be ripped away from that chaos in early childhood and taken to the spiritual community of Sedona, AZ where his grandmother was the minister of the Unity Church.
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Eventually joining a gang at the age of 17, in the mid- 90's, during the height of gang warfare, he would end up spending his early adult life walking between these two opposing worlds. Through this journey Brian developed a unique worldview that is both spiritual and grounded in the principles of honor, respect, loyalty and courage taught through gang life.
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Even throughout his life's journey, Brian was an avid student of human history which caused him to understand systems and its impact on the world through its flow of power. Armed with these historical facts, ideals and his reverence for the Hip Hop Culture which he is a ride or die member of, Brian set off to gather a group of individuals of like-mindedness to implore the Hip Hop Community to use their voting power to affect change in their Communities and ultimately America.
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As CEO of Hip Hop Vote, Brian sets the stage for the most important moment in our history to date... the general elections to decide the 46th President of the United States of America!
Dewry Bradford
Chief Branding Officer & Founder
In 1999, Dewry L. Bradford set out to pursue a career in fashion. After attending the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) in New York City, he officially launched his career in fashion. His very first collection was for the famed music group Wu-Tang which he created and developed their brand “Wu-Wear” with then creative designer, Kevin Leong. From there, he created and designed collections for various celebrities such as Outkast, J-Lo, Nelson Mandela, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jay-Z, Fabolous, Michael Vick, Richie Rich, Vinnie from Naughty by Nature and Russell Simmons.
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Mr. Bradford enjoyed years of success in lifestyle-outerwear as Creative Director of Sean John, Ecko International, Steve Madden and Phat Farm. In 2005, after head designing for a number of brands, Mr. Bradford launched ASQUI LLC that became the force behind many of the ready to wear collections today. Quickly making a favorable stamp in the Fashion Industry as an expert Outerwear and Leather Designer, Dewry set his sights on the Athletic aspect of the Fashion Industry. He acquired deals with conglomerates such as Americo/Highlife to manage the K1X, And-1, Protégé’ and Michael Vick brands. Underneath the Pirigi Group, he designed for Puma Kids. Mr. Bradford was notably chosen in 2012 to present a collection of new directional designs to Brand Jordan’s executive team in Portland, Oregon.
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Under the ASQUI LLC umbrella, which later became ASQUI Ventures, Mr. Bradford cultivated many brands and launched new collections annually. He repurposed his knowledge, skills and relationships to manage celebrities from a branding aspect. Mr. Bradford’s past clients include Marvel – The Avengers, UFC, Alice + Olivia, Heatherette, Popluxe and BET’s 106&Park just to name a few. During Mr. Bradford’s time as head designer of Sean John, Sean “Diddy” Combs received the CFDA Men’s designer of the year award for his Sean John Collection.
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As a visionary and creative, Mr. Bradford, through ASQUI Ventures, forges strategic partnerships with existing fashion brands such as Fourfront, One Wonder and Design & Co; Concert Promotion and Branding such as Central America Branding, International Branding Cartel and 180 South Group in 2016.
In a move to expand his coffee business, Mark Sutton partnered with fashion designer and branding expert, Dewry Bradford – owner of New York-based ASQUI Ventures who connected L7BC to Phase-2 of their enterprising plans to launch Lucky 7 Coffee Brand’s “Coney Island Salt Water Roast” coffee towards the end of Summer 2016. Using the same sand-roasting method created by Chef Chardon in Atlantic City, Dewry will now take the sand from Coney Island and roast the Cameroon Coffee Bean - launching L7BC’s new branded signature coffee “Coney Island Salt Water Roast” in honor of Coney Island’s illustrious history catering to the people. The team is also establishing a brick and mortar on the boardwalk. In 2017, Chef Chardon became the "HempStar Chef" and began creating various BBQ Sauce flavors with Dewry as the Branding Director. In 2020, Mark and Dewry branded their own CBD alkaline water, a CBD Hookah and Shisha Goddess Collections.
In the midst of this, Dewry met Brian and began building what would become the "Hip Hop Vote" platform along with a new movement called United Nations of Hip Hop whose motto is: "Protecting hip hop culture from all enemies foreign and domestic". Dewry and Brian launched both companies within the same year - 2020.