Karen Civil hosts 3rd annual Karen Civil Day. Photo Credit: Angie Vasquez

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If you paid attention to Twitter and Instagram, you may have noticed a minor snafu that had folks talking during the first half of the Brooklyn Nets’ contest against the Washington Wizards at Barclays Center last night.

Apparently, Barclays Center staff thought that Power 105 The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee was social media influencer Karen Civil. 

Barclays Center got Angela Yee and Karen Civil confused last night at Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards game. Photo Credit: Scoop B Radio

Civil, is a rising cultural influencer who turned her fascination with the internet into a lucrative career. Her website, LiveCivil.com is a hub that aggregates content in news, music releases and celebrity interviews.

During a timeout, Brooklyn Nets public address announcer, Olivier Sedra invited the crowd to welcome, a courtside seated, Civil who was seated next to rapper, Dave East.

Except, WELL, Karen, wasn’t there. “I missed my flight,” Karen Civil told me last night.  

“So I’m coming from LA. So I definitely, I told myself I’m going to sleep for 15 more minutes. It turned into three hours.”

Joked Civil: “So Angela is my doppelganger,” she said.

“It worked. She might fill in for me a little more. Nobody could really tell the difference.”

Wait cause Kai face is priceless ?? @DaveEast pic.twitter.com/z85WUoq28U

— Melanin Mamí ? (@BiigNBeautiFULL) December 13, 2017

we just gon ignore the fact that they called Angela yee Karen civil ? ?? https://t.co/3qZzjmhYsd

— tay ? (@richgirltay) December 13, 2017

ok 1 why they called angela yee karen civil ?? & 2 why she at the game with him? ? pic.twitter.com/CqN1tXIXJg

— allure. (@RIDE0RDIETY) December 13, 2017

 

Civil would eventually arrive to Barclays Center and the arena’s game time staff corrected the slight error by rolling out an evergreen video tribute of Yee, a Brooklyn native and acknowledging her as the host of Power 105’s The Breakfast Club.

Salute to @karencivil for having her 3rd Annual #KarenCivilDay at the Barclays Center tonight in BK!!!!!

A post shared by Charlamagne Thagod (@cthagod) on Dec 12, 2017 at 7:18pm PST

The Brooklyn, NY-born and Elizabeth, NJ raised Civil would later be acknowledged, as well.

When you late for your game and @angelayee your doppelgänger. #karencivilday pic.twitter.com/VfJnXWtl0E

— Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) December 13, 2017

I’ll take those @KarenCivil checks any day! https://t.co/Qws6NjsvSZ

— Angela Yee (@angelayee) December 13, 2017

Oh and by the way, it was her day: Karen Civil Day, that is. An annual event, last night marked its third annual celebration at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

Along with Angela Yee, Civil sat courtside with her best best friend, Ming Lee, Roc Nation’s Lenny S, rappers Dave East and Cassanova, singer/actor Mack Wilds and Lip Service Podcast host Lore’l. 

Karen Civil’s Live Civil Foundation has been active in Haiti. Most recently, in 2014, her foundation, according to Forbes’ Sidnee Michelle, began the planning and production of the Live Civil playground in Pétionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince Haiti in 2014. The Live Civil Playground, with the help of funding from notables like Meek Mill, Nipsey Hussle, Mack Maine and DJ Steph Floss will afford approximately 300 kids to learn and help teach children strategy building and problem-solving.

A special thank you to our #LiveCivil High Fivers! ?? #KarenCivilDay pic.twitter.com/Tq6JztVa6H

— Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) December 13, 2017

“It’s just about giving back and making sure that I create a platform and a space for people to learn, grow, educate themselves and their business and entrepreneurial endeavors,” she said.

Of Haitian descent herself, Civil’s point of entry in mainstream began as an intern with Funkmaster Flex. She’s also been responsible for connecting the dots on a marketing level with Beats by Dre headphones during their early stages with Monster headphones by marketing artists and athletes.

Last year, Civil was the director of cool during the Presidential election for Democratic hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Clinton, of course lost the election to Republican candidate Donald J. Trump.

A year later, Civil is still trucking. She’s added producing as a feather in her cap. The media artige recently produced a commercial with retired Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and rapper Teyana Taylor.

According to Civil, she has two more commercials coming with one more forthcoming on Christmas.

While she’s mum on the commercial and its contents, Civil hinted at a certain basketball marathon on Christmas day on ABC, TNT and ESPN. “It’s great because it’s about integration,” she said.

The Nets beat the Washington Wizards, 103-98. Brooklyn’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Caris LeVert each scored 16 points.

After the game, Civil stuck  around for a meet and greet that was curated by Ashley Taylor and her Cleveland-based Elmnt 13 branding company. Civil signed copies of her book, Be You & Live Civil: Tools for Unlocking Your Potential & Living Your Purpose

Sold out! Thanks to everyone who came out tonight to @barclayscenter! #karencivilday pic.twitter.com/DLyTqp74c4

— Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) December 13, 2017

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Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller drops in with Eric Salvary on the Get Fit Radio Podcast webseries. Photo via Instagram

Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller has a huge ten round fight against Gerald Washington on Saturday. The Brooklyn native’s match is an undercard to Mikey Garcia and Adrien Broner’s bout at Barclays Center.

‘Big Baby’ is excited to see it. In an interview on the Get Fit Radio Podcast and webseries, Big Baby Miller weighed in on August’s big fight. “I mean, to beat Floyd he is gonna need a gun,” Jarell ‘Big Baby’ Miller told Get Fit Radio’s host Eric Salvary on McGregor.

The conversation began at the 3:00 mark

“I mean there’s nothing he can do to beat Floyd at this point. I’m not sure he has a legit boxing coach, but he would have to get with a legit boxing coach. It would take years to get those fundamentals down. He does have natural ability on some movement and pretty decent hand eye coordination, so he’ll definitely pick up a lot of fights. I mean, he is a fighter, but to stick with boxing, he would have to focus on boxing and get an enthusiastic coach that knows what he’s doing.”

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16 year-old Brooklyn rapper Bishop Nehru has dropped the latest visuals from his mixtape, Nehruvia,  which was released last winter. Coming out of an aggressively lyrical tradition, Nehru is obsessed with the technical aspects of rhyming. But he’s more than just a skilled rapper. The video for “Fickle Mind$” showcases his awareness of his social world. The Brooklyn he lives in isn’t where you’ll find the Barclays Center. Watch and stream his mixtape below.

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