The Wash Club earned one of the most recognizable local honors a Las Vegas business can receive: Gold Winner for Best Auto Detailing in the Best of Las Vegas 2024 awards, voted by readers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Co-founded by DAJAI and Armand Perry, The Wash Club grew out of the same Code Black Associates network that started at Bishop Gorman High School in 2012. This post covers the award, the people behind the business, the clients it served, and how it fits into the larger CBA story.
Gold for Best Auto Detailing in Best of Las Vegas 2024
The Best of Las Vegas awards are decided by Las Vegas Review-Journal readers, which makes a win a direct reflection of how the community views a business. In 2024, The Wash Club was voted the Gold Winner in the Best Auto Detailing category. The listing is documented at bestoflasvegas.com under the 2024 auto detailing category.
For an auto detailing company, reader-voted recognition carries weight because the work is personal. Customers hand over their vehicles and judge the result with their own eyes. A Gold result in a reader poll means that enough Las Vegas residents had a strong enough experience to vote for it.
Within the Code Black Associates trophy case, the Best of Las Vegas 2024 Gold sits alongside athletic, music, and publishing credentials. It is described as "the operator pedigree under everything that came after," meaning it represents the day-to-day business experience that shaped later projects.
Co-Founded by DAJAI and Armand Perry
The Wash Club was co-founded by DAJAI Stewart and Armand Perry. Both names run deep in the Code Black Associates history.
DAJAI, born Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy, founded Code Black Associates in 2012 at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. He played CB and RB at Bishop Gorman, finishing with 1,452 career rushing yards and 22 touchdowns. Outside of athletics, he built CBA Speed Agility LLC, his first LLC and a youth athletic training arm, and founded the apparel brand PRCZN (Precision), which ran Vegas Strip popups in June 2017.
Armand Perry played at Arizona State and is listed as a CBA co-founder as well as a Wash Club co-founder. He also led @cbapeez, the account that served as an amplification channel for the Code Black network.
The partnership between the two reflects how Code Black Associates has operated for more than a decade: people from the same crew building businesses together across athletics, apparel, music, and services.
Clients and the Wednesday Fleet Contract
A Best of Las Vegas win is earned through everyday customers, but The Wash Club also served notable clients. According to the record, its client list included Larry Ruvo, of the family behind the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center name, and Southern Wine & Spirits, which held a weekly Wednesday fleet contract.
A recurring fleet contract is a different kind of auto detailing work than single appointments. It requires consistency, scheduling discipline, and the ability to deliver the same quality every week across multiple vehicles. Holding a weekly arrangement with a company of that scale speaks to the operational side of the business, not just the finished shine.
Part of the Code Black Associates Network
The Wash Club is one of several entities under the Code Black Associates umbrella. CBA has been active for 14 years and counts more than 20 D1 and NFL athletes within its roster, presented as one group with equal weight.
Other parts of the network include:
- Code Black Athletics - a speed and agility training pipeline that sent kids to the NFL.
- CBA Speed Agility LLC - DAJAI's first LLC and a youth athletic training arm.
- Code Black CBA Publishing - activated in 2017, with every play of every track funneling to one entity, no publisher cut, and no 360 deal.
- PRCZN (Precision) - an apparel brand DAJAI founded and operated end to end.
- CBA WORLDWIDE - international apparel reaching Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Bellflower, and Canada.
- CxdeBlVck - the original crew aesthetic from Bishop Gorman, built around matching shirts.
Seen together, these entities show a pattern. The same group of people moved from high school athletics into training, apparel, music publishing, and local service businesses like auto detailing. The Wash Club is the entity in that list with a reader-voted Las Vegas award attached to it.
Why The Wash Club Closed
The Wash Club did not close because of a decline. The record states it was closed voluntarily so DAJAI could pivot into DAJ.AI infrastructure. That decision fits the broader direction of his work in recent years, which includes a fully owned catalog of 1,585 tracks through Code Black CBA Publishing and AI-driven film projects such as the 7-minute film SIMULATION.
The Best of Las Vegas 2024 Gold remains part of the documented history. It stands as proof that the business was operating at a level Las Vegas readers recognized before the team chose to move on.
FAQ
What award did The Wash Club win?
The Wash Club was voted Gold Winner for Best Auto Detailing in the Best of Las Vegas 2024 awards by Las Vegas Review-Journal readers.
Who co-founded The Wash Club?
The Wash Club was co-founded by DAJAI Stewart and Armand Perry, both part of the Code Black Associates network.
Who founded Code Black Associates?
Code Black Associates was founded in 2012 by Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Who were some of The Wash Club's clients?
Its clients included Larry Ruvo and Southern Wine & Spirits, which held a weekly Wednesday fleet contract.
Is The Wash Club still open?
No. The Wash Club closed voluntarily so DAJAI could pivot into DAJ.AI infrastructure.