Hours after being awarded the French Legion of Honour in Paris by French President Francois Hollande, Sir Paul McCartney made a surprise appearance at the closing Africa Express event in London last night, Sept. 8, to share the stage with an already stellar line-up. [...]
September 9, 2012
M. Gosho Oakes
Performances, SoulCulture:TV
“If you ready for this ride get your saddle up” commands Ciara, promising an intense lesson in sexual education on her new song “Sophomore.” [...]
September 9, 2012
M. Gosho Oakes
New Music
Pay very close attention to 19 year old RCA records-signed singer, songwriter Tinashe, as this young artist is set to soar to exospheric heights. [...]
September 9, 2012
Verse
Mixtapes
Ahead of the release of his Rhyme or Die album, DJ Kay Slay aka The Drama King aka Mr Slap Your Favorite DJ has dropped off a brand new 20 track mixtape titled The Return Of The Gatekeeper, featuring cuts from a plethora of hip hop heavyhitters including Busta Rhymes, Slaughterhouse, Vado and many more. [...]
September 9, 2012
Verse
New Music
High-end fashion designer Alexander Wang recently opened his first flagship store in Beijing, China, and he put together a show to celebrate his arrival. Harlem-repping rapper A$AP Rocky and superstar DJ Diplo turned up to perform at the event, with actor Penn Badgley also attending in support of the designer. All three stars now take [...]
September 9, 2012
Nura Abdela
Menswear, Style News
London-based indie band The xx helped cap opening night of this year’s Bestival with a stirring performance on the four-day festival’s main stage. [...]
September 9, 2012
Max-El
Music
Only a few days removed from the song’s full premiere, Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean‘s Cruel Summer collabo “Clique” gets a thorough re-working. Nashville-based DJ Wick-It The Instigator puts an Electronic spin on the Hit-Boy production, preparing it perfectly for dance clubs and discotheques around the world. [...]
The folks at M·A·C Cosmetics are surely patting themselves on the back after this one. After announcing their collaboration with Azealia Banks on a limited edition lipstick — which debuted during last week’s Fashion’s Night Out — the mermaid-loving rapper’s excitable fans came out in droves and damn near shut down M·A·C’s SoHo store as she [...]
September 9, 2012
Nura Abdela
Event Listings, New York, Style News
Twenty-one-year-old spoken word artist George the Poet provides an amazing delivery with his take on Frank Ocean‘s “Pink Matter.” [...]
September 9, 2012
Melissa Sinclair
Arts News, Books & Poetry
It was a mere few days ago that we brought you designs from singer Alicia Keys‘ new collaboration with Reebok, but unlike most of their celeb partnerships, Reebok seem to have pulled out all the stops on this one by shooting a commercial to show off the new designs. The ad was aired during the [...]
September 9, 2012
Nura Abdela
Footwear, Womenswear