DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ MEMBER CLEARED TO TOUR

Dem Franchize Boyz have cleared up their legal problems stemming from the arrest of Parlae and are back in action. Keywords: BET Awards, Making Big Moves, An…

Parlae of Dem Franchize Boyz has rejoined the group for the Up Close & Personal tour which kicked off last Thursday, August 17th, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The rapper, who was arrested during a drug raid on an Atlanta recording studio on June 13th, has been cleared to travel. He was unable to perform with the group at the BET Awards Pre-Show in June because of travel restrictions.

Parlae was released on $100,000 bail and a plea hearing which was scheduled for July 24th has been postponed to later this month. The rapper and Making Big Moves Records CEO Anthony Blalock were two of the eight people arrested at the Making Money studio, where police recovered 11 pounds of marijuana, $150,000 in cash, two handguns, and some pornographic materials.

“We starting our own trend of music, you know what I”m sayin’, called snap music, you know what I’m sayin’, a.k.a west side vibe. You know what I’m sayin’? Better known as the west side vibe, you know what I’m sayin’, the west side of Atlanta. You know what I’m sayin’? We started a whole other trend of music called snap music, you know what I’m sayin’? And ‘White Tee’ was the creation of it, you know what I’m sayin’? So every song we gonna come out with gonna damn near sound like ‘White Tee’, you know what I’m sayin’? The only different was is promotion, our promotion. You see us on TV every day. It’s almost not fifteen, twenty minutes go by and you don’t see us on TV. You don’t hear us, see a video, a commercial or a show. You know what I’m sayin’ so that plays a major part. Like I said the Universal album, album was hot, promotion was too weak.”

The Up Close And Personal tour is being headlined by Chris Brown and Ne-Yo with Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana, and Dem Franchize Boyz serving as opening acts.

Parlae explained that the group has benefited from the Virgin Records promotional push while Universal Records failed to promote their 2004 debut album and hit single, White Tee. The rapper said,