Slim Says We SO FLY In Hawaii

January 4th, 2009 | Print | By Vernon Brown

Last night was a “So Fly” night at Brew Moon Honolulu with a special appearance by Slim of the group 112.

As usual Saturdays are R&B and Hip-Hop at the Moon with an event called “Sauce” put on every week by local promoters, No Way Out Entertainment. Last night was a special surprise when it was announced that Slim (Marvin Scandrick) of the R&B super group 112, who was made popular in the mid 90′s under the amazing Sean “Puffy” Combs, was slated to take stage and perform.

This special event helped to spark up our popular trend in Honolulu called “Tweetup” after I mentioned the event to a group of friends on Twitter. Next thing I know we were calling a meetup/tweetup at the Moon which would come to be known as #slimbrew and another excuse to get out and hang with some great Honolulu people.

A good number of people turned out for #slimbrew where we enjoyed the wonderful food and drinks from Brew Moon located in the Ward Shopping Center. Some were planning to stay for Slim but when the promoters said he would go on around midnight everyone decided to leave, including myself. But wait! We must get back to Slim…but how? Well I left around 10pm and was headed out to the car. Actually got in and rolled off when the phone rings and a friend said HEY! Are you going to the Moon? I was like, I just left there…anyway long story short I returned to the Moon around 11pm and met up with 6 friends. We had a blast hanging out and waiting for Slim to come on stage.

Then…it was announced! Slim of 112 is in the building! The girls in the place went crazy because Mr. “So Fly” was in the house. After another 15-20min’s Slim finally took the stage. He started off with yelling “where my true 112 fans at?” People were yelling and screaming and he kicked it off singing some of the old 112 songs including “Anywhere” (PG-13) and “Peaches & Cream” (PG-13).

Then came the finale of the night. Slim stopped singing and started getting personal with the Hawaii crowd. He mentioned that he “LOVED HAWAII”, and that he had family here! How crazy…people never knew. Apparently he spent his New Year here lighting off fireworks from the garage roof of one of his family members places in Waipahu. He also mentioned that he loved Hawaii so much that he was actually looking for property here…he asked the crowd for suggestions. Sweet!

So final, final, final…he said to all those that have told you that you can’t do it or that you will never make it, you tell them just two things. Number one he quoted from Philippians 4:13 which says “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” And the second and last thing he said…was “So Fly.”

After the performance Slim said, “I’m not like those other artists who perform and then leave”…and with that he hung around and continued partying with the rest of the crowd till closing.

Thanks Slim for the awesome performance and for being so real with the people of Hawaii.