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By Toure Muhammad

CHICAGO, (January 2005)--In B-Cole’s first movie, he showed us how funny it could be to "love a crack head" and now he’s having a get together he guarantees is just as funny.

 That's right people, Chicago’s own B-Cole, has once again written, directed, and starred in his second movie called, Get2Gether.

I’m writing this article before its release, but B-Cole promises me that it’s full of laughs. Judging from his past work on BET Comic View and in other stand up performances, I believe his word is bond. "It’s the house party for the new millennium," said Cole, a the 1990 Julian High School graduate. "The ‘House Party’ is ‘Next Friday’, but tonight there is a Get2Gether.

The movie, which debuted in Chicago on New Years’ Eve, is currently in film festivals nationwide. Get2Gether is about Derrick (B-Cole), a college student who plans a small "get together" (name Chicago people often use to describe small parties) when he discovers his parents are going out of town.

But things get chaotic when his best friend (played by Comedian Tony Roberts) invites the whole neighborhood and turns it into a block party.

The cast includes Michael Coylar, DJ Kid Capri, Tony Roberts, Simply Marvelous, Marlon Mitchell, Muhammad, Wildcat, Meechie, Tiffany J. Curtis, and Gearld McQuarter. B-Cole shot the movie in nine days with a budget under $100,000. "We shot for 12 hours each day at a home out in Hazel Crest," he said.

Most comedy fans are already familiar with B-Cole who spent eight seasons on BET’s Comic View. In fact, inspiration for his first movie, I’m in Love with a Crackhead, came from an original poem he performed on Comic View. B-Cole also made appearances in both Love Jones and Barbershop.

Both independent films are a reflection of B-Cole’s Chi-town hustler attitude. Instead of just waiting for opportunities, this product of the south side’s "Wild 100s" neighborhood made some.

"Don’t sit around and wait for something to fall in your lap, you have to push yourself. God bless the child that got his own."

B-Cole will be selling his movies everywhere he goes and he encourages you to bypass the neighborhood bootleggers. Not only does this act keep him from reaping the benefits of his hard labor, but also if you patronize the bootleggers, you won’t get his first movie "I’m in Love with a Crackhead" which is included as a bonus feature.

Besides, it’s time to show the proper amount of love for our Chicago artists who we often don’t give real love until they get the stamp from New York or Los Angeles.

* Read B Cole's poem, titled "2004."

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