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Un World Life, founded in 1999, is a Social Lifestyle & Media hub where people share, discover and review lifestyle topics. Un World’s mixed-media show helps lead people to discover new things from new counterculture lifestyles, connect with other like-minded community members, discuss lifestyle issues, find great prices on products, and make holistically informed decisions. Our community members connect, share advice and lifestyle suggestions, and engage Live On-Air with other people.
Celebrity, politics, music, lifestyle, tech, and fashion are woven into original narrative. Both music-based video series and talk radio show are hosted along with blog-styled articles.
At the core of Un World is an engaging, fun, and motivated community of people who love to seek fulfillment in life.
Our Mission: To Help you Make it PISE! Our job is to provide lifestyle assistance so that you can live a happier and more fulfilled life.
The Unknown World is for everyone Above the Mainstream. Everyone who is Passionate, Responsible, and not afraid to Push the Status-Quo.
At the core of Un World Life are values of:
- Freedom of expression and creativity
- Fiscal Responsibility on the part of our own Families, as well as our Governments
- Free Market Economics, in which Constitutionally Limited Government simply protects certain inalienable rights; (i.e. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness for ALL peoples)
Un World Life stands for the Men, Women, and Families who are both Tough enough, and Savvy enough to be Responsible for their own lives. We serve to Build & Maintain Legacy Wealth in P.I.S.E.
“Our first priority is to Serve and Help our guests & members…we break it down and truly get into the public’s opinion, as well as advice/experience, on different Lifestyle choices. It’s not so much about just the Music & Media alone, or just the Fashion & Gadgets by themselves, it’s really about the core Culture and Daily Life that these things help inspire.”
How did we get here?…
About Us / Our Story…
1. Summary
2. Timeline
3. FAQ – Such as “Why are you going through all of this?…Why don’t you go back to school?…Why not just live a normal life?”
Contact Us: jamal_jasmine@unworldlife.com
and earning a Small Net Worth of over $2.5 MILLION
Un World – U Dot are Dark, Bad Ass, Intelligently Insane, Revolutionary Leaders… the Unknown Disciples of Truth
Jamal “Un Reaper” Rose and Jasmine “Charm” Rose are a husband & wife duo rocking it out.
U Dot is the pioneering band of what’s been coined “ParaDox Music”. It’s an occult and cathartic blend of an Electronica-Alternative Urban-Industrial soundscape, taking you on a kick ass journey through Intellectual, Spiritual, and Emotional Dimensions.
They’ve survived the viscous streets of Baltimore, MD (home of HBO’s “The Wire”) which alone has a higher homicide-rate than all but 4 countries in the world. They’ve survived Child Abuse, Gang upbringing, and Drug addictions in family life as kids. Un World has gone from working with Def Jam Recordings (2002) and Sony Urban (2004), to attending the 24th ranked U.S. University, to sacrificing & becoming Homeless as a family. Durability and Tenacity are the best terms to describe Un World’s dedication.
attended 24th ranked university in U.S…Depended on Food Stamps & Welfare…worked with major record labels Sony Urban and Def Jam…been served with an eviction notice…graduated high school with 3.8 GPA and scored 1180 on SAT…had our baby girl born into an intensive care unit…held full-time employment, paid taxes, and remained free of any criminal charges/convictions and serious drugs…survived child abuse and household of violence and drug addiction…Published in the Baltimore Sun and Highlights Magazine…Labeled a Manic Depressive…Un World was founded in 1999, it has since evolved into a Social Lifestyle & Media Organization based in Community and Culture.
After overcoming a turbulent and abusive childhood, we started going broke in 2006, when we foolishly decided to become Dependent on the “Job / Career / Liberal Government / University System” to help us achieve our goals. We went against Personal Responsibility and put Blind Faith into the W2-Enabler world, the Cubicle world, the Wage Slave world… and the Recession of 2007/2008 reminded us of what our TRUE PURPOSE was!
…so we rose back into Glory by 2010!!! It took YEARS of grinding, but a few short years! We Decided to forsake the “physical comforts” of this world to strengthen our Intellectual – Spiritual – Emotional devotion. Ventured back to “rock bottom” to Refine our Focus & Dedication.
We were forced into the ultimatum of homelessness, but did in fact have the option to crawl back on our knees for scraps… we said FUK THAT! We Deserve Better! (not recommended for most people to follow… only “Very Strong – Enlightened” individuals should even attempt this. Without the necessary Vision, your life will crumble.) We STILL live a Lifestyle based in Simplicity as a Personal Choice, with a few vices here and there for the Finer things Life has to offer.
High Net Worth, yet live a voluntary life of Simplicity. Realism… it allows us to navigate this world more precisely. It forces us to never “fall out of touch” with the very people we Serve. Consumerism isn’t a religion we subscribe to.
Lower expenses, less stress, more investments, greater wealth.
Full of LOVE, HAPPINESS, FULFILLMENT, HEALTHY living!!!
and a small Net Worth of over $2.5 MILLION
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Un World Life is a personal lifestyle & media organization. All of our officers & guests are not necessarily mainstream professionals, so if seeking mainstream results, our audience and community should not make any grave decisions based on the information published here alone. If you want more typical & mainstream advice, seek a trained mainstream adviser.
* held full-time employment, paid taxes, and remained free of any criminal charges/convictions and serious drugs // I guess we were headed down the wrong path somehow…
* Checking accounts overdrafted, closed, and sent to collections after going through a horrible business deal & fraud encounter. We were paid $500 total for providing 2 full months of service, as well as additional labor hours to “help our ex-partner” get the money to compensate us our owed payments. // Debt. The American way. And we’ve always prided ourselves on paying bills on time.
* Health Insurance cancelled // Jasmine has Diabetes Type I, I guess it’s not serious enough of a condition to need prescriptions…even though you will die without insulin and proper management!
* Food Stamps & Welfare // For months we only received $125 per month, how much do YOU spend on groceries? For all we pay in taxes and give for charity, I guess this is “living the undeserving high-life off the system” right?
Being educated people, the environment at Social Services and the treatment of our family was dehumanizing and demoralizing to say the least. We were never even asked for Resumes or Transcripts of any kind. It was automatically assumed that we somehow “deserved” to live in poverty. No one who is honest and willing to WORK for their goals deserves to live in poverty.
* Our hometown: the homicide rate in Baltimore is nearly seven times the national rate, six times the rate of New York City, and three times the rate of Los Angeles…Baltimore still has much higher-than-average rates of aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, and theft. As of 2003, 20% of Baltimore’s population lives in Poverty. // We actually have grown up and lived through this on the DAILY basis (research Park Heights, NorthEast Baltimore, Woodlawn, and Essex for specifics). // Icing on the cake, against all odds.
* our baby girl born into an intensive care unit // Our greatest gift, our passion is to provide a Legacy. Having a beautiful child…Something else they told me I could not do.
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* Un World, Founded in 1999 by Jamal Rose. Jamal & Jasmine currently serve as activists, artists, analysts, & generals…the term Ambassadors can be used to sum it all up. In 1999 we used music as our starting ground to achieve our mission and provide legacy
* Kanye West, Juelz Santana, Def Jam Execs, Chamillionaire, Jay-Z, Rodney Jerkins, Remy (via our dudes Knockout, Viktory, and Darien Dorsey) // Acceptance from OUR peers, so why do the people closest to us shower us with Negativity?
* Play was nominated for Center Stage, Baltimore’s premier fine arts theatre
* Studio, Shows, Clubs, Mixtapes // Moving in the right direction, or so it seemed
* Published in the Baltimore Sun and Highlights Magazine // as a gifted young writer, my dreams were always shut down by family…but apparently some major publications liked me.
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* MD Kings and ‘The World Tour’ series // Traveled from state to state, building our company, and they said it would be impossible
* graduated high school with 3.8 GPA, 1180 SAT, and even won Homecoming King // What else should I have accomplished? Like really?
* Graduated from the prestigious Baltimore City College High School // So did David Abercrombie (co-founder Abercrombie & Fitch), Russell Baker (Writer), Elijah Cummings (Congressman), Ben Cardin (Senator), and David M. Rubenstein (co-founder of The Carlyle Group) ”, sounds great huh?
* Jasmine’s high school teacher, Ed Burns, Edgar Award-winning writer for The Corner and The Wire // He thought I could do it, why don’t my parents?
* Bucknell University (24th ranked as of 2003) // What more should I have done?
* Morgan State University // This will guarantee me a great job with benefits… won’t it?
* Jasmine’s father, professional photographer, but banishes talent to part-time effort, while working over-time as a C.O. Jamal’s mother, gifted in sewing & business mind, but banishes talent to part-time effort, while working over-time as a Registered Nurse // talent wasted, legacy never created, life along a ‘normal’ path
* W2-Jobs & Employment we’ve held: Mall retail (SportsZone), security officer (Allied Barton), FedEx package handler, assistant hair stylist, movie & video game rentals (Blockbuster, Game Stop), customer service/restaurant (Papa Johns, Quizno’s), kids amusement park (Jeepers), fashion retail (Filene’s Basement, D&D SportsWear), ramp agent (SouthWest Airlines), inventory counter (RGIS), sales associate (Sears, Radioshack), children’s recreation coordinator (Baltimore County Recreation & Parks), flea market worker, alumni contact personnel & mailroom (Bucknell University), food prep (Heavenly Ham) // Was this following our path in life? Of all the gifts and skills that we’re given by God (or higher being), were we living out our destiny?
* Jamal & Jasmine as Kids // You can be anything you want to be, if you put your mind to it and work hard
* Survived Child abuse, drug addiction, our video games & tv pawned, gang life, violence // Sounds fun to be a gangsta right? Real life often tells a different story.
* Depression, BiPolar, Anxiety…medication, counselors, CAT scans // They said we’re troubled/crazy, but is it really just the fact that I’m creating Mental Dissonance by not following my true path in life? Society also labeled Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, Michelangelo, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Hendrix, Ted Turner, and many others as being troubled/crazy as well.
* history of mother abandoning, most hurtful was lack of emotional & social contact // What doesn’t kill me, can only make me stronger… sure
* Jamal’s father, ex-basketball star in Baltimore turned ex-hustler and money maker turned drug addicted and violent // helped instill strong values and showed me wonderful things in life, yet still, through abuse and his example, showed me what NOT to do with MY life
* Served with Eviction Notice //
So we’ve decided to stop the cycle of negativity and hopelessness NOW!
So we’re hitting the road and filming our documentary, we’re serving our Community & Mission, we’re producing our Media, we’re releasing our Music, and we’re publishing our Writings & Arts…
and this is where our Story picks up, our Community’s Mission, our Family’s fight for success…
Before we answer a few questions you might have, let us ask you just 4 basic questions:
1) Do you have any social, cultural, or spiritual values?
2) Do you understand that the definition of Education is “the Acquisition of Knowledge”?
3) Do you have an understanding of and applicable knowledge of Economics, Sociology and Psychology? As well as Historical references of their application in the real world?
4) Do you understand the work, careers, and lives of: Albert Bandura, David Lizarraga, Edward Bernays, Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Yunus, Madam CJ Walker, Thomas Edison, Mahatma Ghandi, Malcolm X, Andrew Carnegie, Bea Gaddy, Che Guevara, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Michael Dell, Hugo Chavez, Booker T. Washington?
1) “Why are you going through all of this?”
Jamal:It all boils down to basic economics and Our Mission and Our Mantra. The ratios of our family’s life, happiness, community and very existence were illogical by default. We’ll explain by Weighing several factors of importance. These items should EACH have a healthy balance, swaying to one side, but NEVER skewed too radically one way or the other. Before we “woke up”, our ratios were all dramatically skewed AWAY from our family’s happiness, success, and goals.
Let’s examine our ratios:
Perceived Stability vs. Legacy Wealth
Security vs. Meeting our Goals
Fitting In To Societies “norms” vs. Happiness
Risk vs. Reward
Investment vs. Yield (Return on Investment)
Status Quo & Mediocrity vs. Unique Solution & Success
….Life never requires a “one size fits all” approach to solving problems. Education is more deeply about gaining the skills of Analytical Thinking and the ability to Problem Solve, rather than simple Trivia Recollection and blindly Following Instruction.
Every path in life has it’s own separate “entrance exam and operations manual”… you can’t follow the same instructions yet expect radically different results. That my friend is Insanity. Plus… being selfish never HELPS anyone but yourself.
Just the entire housing, education, and employment issues in this world make me sick to my stomach. My life’s purpose IS to help… My current tool is Information & Empowerment in the form of Emotion/Motivation/Entertainment/Community. Since our family is currently not in possession of the Monetary Wealth to help as we envision yet, I still must utilize ALL of my talents to help improve people’s lives and the quality of our planet.
Jasmine: Because you have to go through the bullshit to get to where you want to be. This is a test of strength and willpower. If I can’t get through this, then what’s to say I deserve greatness or success? When I am sitting on my yacht in the middle of the ocean, or flying my private jet to my personal island for the weekend, I will not be thinking of this present bullshit. You can’t get to the top without experiencing the struggle, because then you do not value nor appreciate what you have, leading you to squander it away.
2) Why don’t you go back to school?
Jamal: 3 key reasons.
First let’s understand that School and Education are two DIFFERENT topics. Education is the acquisition of knowledge, School is an institution that is marketed as “providing education”. Even common-sense analysis shows that Knowledge can be Acquired via multiple sources. School is not the “sole resource of knowledge”. READ some History and Sociology…
Reason #1: School is an Investment, School costs Money, School costs Time, School is an Expense…If we’re struggling to buy food, pay for gas, and have a place to stay, how is it possible to create an additional expense in our families budget for school in the first place? More importantly it takes TIME and actual WORK when you’re self employed. Should we seek to all get more degrees in place of eating food or running our business to generate income?
Reason #2: School is allegedly used to prepare someone’s skills for the workforce and set someone up for their career/employment. My career and field of employment has NO employer looking for my resume. It’s called SELF-EMPLOYMENT for a reason. Degrees do not “earn or buy your way into” a successful business and provide you with legacy wealth. With that being said, if I were to theoretically hold 3-4 college degrees, would THAT in itself encourage partners/clients/customers/investors/banks to somehow fall in love with my business?
Reason #3: Economics (again). College is an investment from which you expect a certain yield. Business is also an investment from which you expect a certain yield. The key difference is that a Business in itself is an ASSET for your life, and can continually yield positive results on your own terms. The amount of income, amount of time for my family, and amount of assets that can be generated from our own business FAR EXCEEDS the possibilities of W2 employment. I choose not to limit myself, so I’m not sure why most people believe they’re limited in their aspirations.
Jasmine: Grade school taught me the basics. Life lessons are learned in REAL life. Everything that I need to know for my profession MUST be gained through experience, rather than taught to me in four years.
3) Why don’t you just buckle down and wait for a better job to come around?
Jamal: Wait….for a better job? Let’s make a deal, I’ll wait for a better job that achieves our Mission to magically “come around”, if you agree to not move from your chair and WAIT for food to mysteriously end up in your house, then in your stomach, without you taking your hunger into your own hands. E-mail me in a week and let me know how that all worked out for you, lol.
Jasmine: No offense, but I’ve worked at some of the “better jobs”. I’ve hopped form job to job in search of happiness and stability, with no success. In a sense I’ve been denying my true calling chasing 9 to 5 jobs. I could spend the rest of my life “waiting” on an opportunity. I am a writer, I hate being bound to a desk and a cubicle, surrounded by people I have nothing in common with. I have tried working in an office, outdoors, warehouse, a mall, food service, and with animals. What’s left BUT to go into business for myself?
4) Why won’t you wait until you’re more established?
Jamal: Established? That all depends on YOUR definition of established. Success is when an accumulation of actions achieve a desired outcome. So in order to even make $0.01, you’ll have to actually put forth some effort and action, all while being “non-established”, because according to your question you are inferring that “establishment” is something that we are not born with. But if you wait until “established” happens, you’re theoretically at a constant of ZERO. That Isaac Newton guy had a universal law that proved that objects at rest will remain at rest. So HOW does the “non-established” become “established”?…. My guess is to take some course of ACTION.
Jasmine: More established? There’s never a “right time” to take the leap. You can always make up an excuse, no matter what your circumstances. How does an unknown artist gain a dedicated fan base? If he does nothing but wait, how will they ever become established? Therefore, they forever remain unknown, never reaching their full potential.
5) Shouldn’t you hold off until all your children are adults?
Jamal: No, I shouldn’t. I live my life to make my children’s lives better AND provide them and generations to come with an array of Assets that they can utilize to make the world a better place. I’d prefer to have my children learning how to analyze P&L Statements and Market Share reports than to sit on their ass and watch SpongeBob and YouTube 24/7. (not that SpongeBob and YouTube are innately “bad” or anything, but a mind is a terrible thing to waste)
Jasmine: And miss my children’s life altogether? Let’s say I do wait and take a salary job for now, I’d be forced to spend 40 (maybe more) hours per week away from my family. Missing my daughter’s plays and my son’s football games, only to make it home in time to put them to bed and crash myself. Then wake up and repeat the cycle over again. I will wake up one day and my children will be grown, with their own families, and I wouldn’t even be able to answer when my grandchildren ask “what was Mommy like when she was my age?”
6) What about security? Isn’t running your own business risky?
Jamal: Life is risky. You could take a trip to the grocery store and there are a few hundred possibilities that you might never make it back for dinner. LEARN TO MANAGE RISK! I’m sure you proceed with safety in mind and drive the probability of an unfortunate demise as close to zero as possible. The same very logic is applied to your own career and business. Now, I’d personally rather hold the majority of my family’s “security” in our OWN hands, versus the hands of many others who 100% do NOT have my best interests at heart.
Jasmine: Life is risky, there is no such thing as job security. People get fired…sorry, I mean laid-off, every day. Jobs are lost to machines, technology, and overseas outsourcing. I would rather rely on my own actions to determine an outcome. Rather than some “big-wig” CEO or manager who doesn’t give a damn if my family eats or not. I do not live my life to be threatened. “If you don’t come in this weekend, you’re fired” or “your husband can video tape their graduation, we need you here!”
7) Everyone isn’t born to do great things, right? Why not just live a normal life?
Jamal: If you believe that everyone isn’t born to do great things, then you ARE indeed correct. YOU are not born to do great things, and I’m very sorry to hear that. Only God/Higher Being or even scientific evidence can even begin to dictate what anyone is capable of. As for the term “normal life”, being successful and achieving greatness IS normal! It happens every day, of every week, of every month, of every year… and History matched with Factual Evidence proves this to be true. If you’re asking me “why not just live a sucky life?”, then my answer is “because I do not have to”.
Jasmine: I am not EVERYONE, I am for lack of better terms…a VIP. I can not be photocopied or imitated. If I don’t fulfill my mission a piece of society will be missing. There will be an unexplainable void if I chose to be selfish and hide my gifts from the world. The world will be a better place because I was HERE, and I am willing to put my life on the line to empower my people. I will not accept a “normal life”. I am an extraordinary person. “…I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” ~ Robert Frost.
To Build & Maintain Legacy Wealth in Physical, Intellectual, Spiritual, and Emotional aspects for the ‘Unknown World’. The ‘Unknown World’, is the Global Community disrupted or misplaced due to family, financial, social, health, or societal issues. The World, which is generally left behind, un-represented, mis-represented, and “unknown” as far as our destinies are concerned. We provide Economic Empowerment and Social Development via Arts, Media, and Culture. Media Mentorship and Community is our cause.
Un World exists not for the people who see the glass half-empty,
not for the people who see the glass half-full,
but for those of us who Question “WHY isn’t my glass 100% full in the first place?”
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