A modern “Renaissance Man”
with a unique perspective on life

Vid Lamonte’ Buggs Jr. is an Athlete. Scholar. Entrepreneur. Philanthropist. Bestselling Author. Speaker. Poet. Consultant. Volunteer. Coach. A modern-day “Renaissance man. He is a man of diverse interests who directs his many talents towards bringing people together, encouraging them to look past their differences to unite to make the world a better place.

Vid and his two siblings grew up in Hampton, Virginia. An honors student throughout high school and college, Vid graduated from Old Dominion University in 2003 with bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Political Science. After starting his basketball career with the USBL’s Brooklyn Kings, he then went on to play in various pro and semi-pro leagues before retiring from basketball to focus on on launching and building his own company.

Vid is the founder and owner of VLB/VBJ Enterprises. When starting the business, Vid’s goal was to establish an umbrella company that incorporated a number of entities all focused on building and growing businesses, consulting, publishing and public speaking.

One of the entities within the VLB/VBJ Enterprises is 4-U-Nique Publishing. 4-U-Nique Publishing was founded in 2010 when Vid was in talks with major publishing companies about releasing his first book about his life. The more he found out about traditional publishers and the process of publishing, the more he realized he needed to self-publish his book. His company provides authors with quality publishing services as well as the ability to keep their publishing rights, providing them with higher royalties.

Vid’s philosophy is that perseverance, positivity and a heart full of love will enable us to rise above our struggles and become the instruments to spark constructive societal change.
Vid resides in Tampa and has a daughter, Sofia and two sons, Josiah and Dominique.