IN LOVING MEMORY
Every tree has roots you can no longer see, and branches that were taken too soon. D1MediaPro was not built by one man. These are the ones who helped plant it, water it, and give it a voice — and we carry them into every broadcast. Once D1MediaPro, always D1MediaPro.
JUAN “SUPAEARS” GOMEZ
The Man Who Wired the First Stream
Before there was a crew, before there was a log sheet, there was Juan. A Newark producer and engineer — founder of Supa Ears LLC and co-founder of The Hip Hop Press Conference — Juan showed Mustafa how to connect everything so the first livestream could happen, and helped him piece together the original gear, bought off eBay, that carried D1MediaPro’s first broadcasts. No Juan, no first stream. Rest in peace, Supa.
MIKE DAVIS
Mentor — and an Early Voice of D1MediaPro
He dedicated his life to the youth.
Mike Davis was a mentor — East Orange’s PA announcer, and one of the first men Mustafa ever shared a booth with. An early, early voice of D1MediaPro who taught him a lot, Mike called games alongside Mustafa across many Friday nights and Saturday afternoons in the beginning. His voice is part of how D1MediaPro learned to sound. Rest in peace, Mike.
Gone, but never off the crew.