![]() ![]() ![]() Thirty percent of the population earns less than $25,000 a year, and although that figure has risen over the past two decades, it's still a plurality. 2017 data compiled by the current city council member, Dwight Boykins, says African Americans make up 53% percent of the district. With more than 200,000 residents, District D stretches into the south and southeast sides of Houston. "You can sit back and point out the problems or you can address them and bring solutions to the table," Jordan said Tuesday, referring to chronic poverty and crime that afflicts his neighborhood. (credit: Bob Levey/Getty Images for UrbanDaddy) Brad Jordan - at the UrbanDaddy Presents Grey Goose Le Melon Fruit Of Kings at Hotel Zaza on Jin Houston, Texas. But he's hoping he can persuade the voters who got him there to turn out again so he can represent the council's District D. Jordan says he knows his celebrity carried him into a run-off election slated for Saturday. Jordan co-wrote the early 1990s hip-hop anthem "Mind Playing Tricks on Me." The 49-year-old is now working to ensure Houston voters that no, their minds are not playing tricks on them: He is running for City Council, and he's a serious candidate. ![]()
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