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Phifer was the 2004 winner of the Celebrity Poker Showdown Championship, defeating Neil Patrick Harris during the fourth season. Phifer plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Love Our Children USA charity. Phifer is chairman of the board of trustees of The Vine Group USA. a non-profit organization established in 2000 to provide educational resources to universities in Africa. He has signed up with Full Tilt Poker. He has his own well on the poker forum 2+2
Phifer is an owner of six Athlete's Foot athletic shoe store franchises in California.
In January 2011 Mekhi Phifer launched Third Reel Films The stated mission of the company is to provide an environment for filmmakers to showcase their work to entertainment representatives, acquisition executives and other key industry professionals.
In May 2012, Kanye West rapped, in his "I Don't Like Remix", "I was in too deep like Mekhi Phifer". Kanye West incorrectly references Mekhi Phifer to the film In Too Deep. Mekhi Phifer was not featured in the film, the film starred Omar Epps; however, Kanye West was not referencing, incorrectly or otherwise, Mekhi Phifer in the movie In Too Deep, he was referring to the movie Paid in Full. In Paid in Full Mekhi Phifer was deeply involved in the drug game. He was also mentioned in Eminem's song Lose Yourself.
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