Puerto Rock
- Actor
Shot to celebrity overnight thanks to the success of the "Whassup"
commercials. The campaign ran for over two-years, with 12 commercials.
The New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Vibe, TV Guide,
Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, People and Forbes, as well as
many other magazines and newspapers across the country, all featured
articles about the sensation surrounding the commercials. The
Commercial was aired on many national & local television & radio shows,
including: The Tonight Show, Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, The Today
Show, CBS This Morning, Live with Regis and Kathy Lee, The Howard Stern
Show, WWF Raw, 48 Hours, Inside Edition, Talk Soup, E! News Daily,
VH1's The 25 Greatest, CBS's Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials, TNN's
Fame for 15', The 2000 Source Awards, the A&E documentary America's
Favorite TV Commercials, and the BBC's television special Best Ads
Ever. The commercial "Whassup True" in 2000 was nominated for an Emmy,
won the 2000 Grand Clio Award for Best Campaign and Best Commercial,
and "Wasabi" won the 2000 Cannes Film Festival Golden Lion Award for
Best Commercial in the world.In 2006 The commercial was inducted into
the CLIO Hall Of Fame.