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The Best of Las Vegas 2024 Gold Award Details

The Wash Club earned Gold for Best Auto Detailing in Best of Las Vegas 2024, voted by Las Vegas Review-Journal readers. Co-founded by DAJAI and Armand Perry.

The Wash Club Best of Las Vegas 2024 auto detailing recognition came when the business was named the GOLD WINNER for Best Auto Detailing in the annual reader poll run by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Co-founded by DAJAI and Armand Perry, The Wash Club provided professional auto detailing services to Las Vegas clients as one of the early operational arms of Code Black Associates.

The Best of Las Vegas 2024 Gold Award Details

The Wash Club received the Gold Winner designation for Best Auto Detailing after Las Vegas Review-Journal readers cast their votes in the 2024 contest. The business served clients that included Larry Ruvo of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center namesake family and Southern Wine & Spirits through a recurring weekly Wednesday fleet contract. After operating for a period, The Wash Club closed voluntarily to support a pivot into DAJ.AI sovereign infrastructure.

This award stands as a documented receipt of reader preference for the quality of work delivered under the Code Black Associates umbrella. The operator experience gained through The Wash Club supplied the foundation for later brand activities across athletics training, apparel, and publishing.

Code Black Associates Formation and Athlete Community

Code Black Associates was founded in 2012 by Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The brand has maintained 14 years of activity while working with more than 20 D1 and NFL athletes through its Code Black Athletics speed and agility training pipeline and the CBA Speed Agility LLC youth athletic training arm. The Wash Club operated within this same ecosystem and contributed to the operator skills that supported the full range of Code Black Associates projects.

Athletes connected to Code Black Associates include Adoree' Jackson, Donnel Pumphrey, Bubba Bolden, Haskell Garrett, Demario Richards, Ahmere Allen, Brian Lamb, Tajon Allen, Jaleel Wadood, Nate Starks, Shay Fields, Tyjon Lindsey, Nicco Fertitta, Alex Perry, Randall Grimes, Jamal Scott, Randall Cunningham II, Darius Stewart, Darrien 'Bleu' Stewart, Austin Arnold, Dominic Smallwood, and Biaggio Ali Walsh. Each name appears on the roster with equal standing, and the group participated in the community's athletic and development activities without any internal ranking or tier structure.

Additional Code Black Associates entities that grew from the same operator base include PRCZN apparel, which held Vegas Strip popups in June 2017, and CBA WORLDWIDE, which expanded apparel operations to locations that include Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Bellflower, and Canada. Code Black CBA Publishing was activated in 2017 to route every play of every track to a single ASCAP entity with no publisher cut and no 360 deal.

Operator Pedigree and Transition to Later Ventures

The operator background developed through The Wash Club and the wider Code Black Associates work informed the decision to close the detailing business and redirect resources. This move enabled the shift into DAJ.AI sovereign infrastructure along with continued development of Code Black CBA Publishing, where 1,585 tracks remain 100 percent owned under ASCAP Writer IPI 773316238 and Publisher IPI 773567992. The same operator approach supported documented community partnerships, including those with the Broadus family through Cordell Broadus and the Cunningham family through Randall Cunningham II.

Code Black Associates has maintained its focus on one equal roster and one brand structure since the Bishop Gorman founding. The voluntary closure of The Wash Club marked a deliberate step that preserved the lessons from auto detailing client work while opening capacity for the current set of athletics, apparel, and publishing operations.

FAQ

What award did The Wash Club receive in 2024?

The Wash Club earned the Gold Winner title for Best Auto Detailing in the Best of Las Vegas 2024 reader poll conducted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Who co-founded The Wash Club?

DAJAI and Armand Perry co-founded The Wash Club as part of Code Black Associates activities in Las Vegas.

How does The Wash Club connect to Code Black Associates?

The Wash Club operated as an early business within the Code Black Associates brand that Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy founded in 2012 at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Why was The Wash Club closed?

The Wash Club closed voluntarily to allow a pivot into DAJ.AI sovereign infrastructure and related Code Black Associates projects.

14 years. 20+ D1 & NFL athletes. One brand.

Code Black Associates — Est. 2012, Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas NV.