Art + Design

Young Money’s Drake and Roc Nation’s J. Cole hit the stage of the O2 Apollo in Manchester for the penultimate show of their Lightdreams & Nightmares UK tour on the evening of January 13 to a tightly packed, fanatical crowd – with several upset fans left outside having unintentionally purchased extortionately priced fake tickets, reportedly [...]

Renowned New York local artist Borbay created this portrait of Jay-Z, and took to his blog to take us through the process step-by-step. Voted Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker in 2009, Borbay has painted on location around the world. Head under the jump for the step-by-step look at art in creation. [...]

Art enthusiast and creator Swizz Beatz took to his twitter moments ago to share his first piece of artwork in 2011. Created with mixed media, the piece is called Young Brazil. Gorgeous. I wonder when Swizzy is going to do a public exhibition? [...]

Taking their name from Steve McQueen’s 1968 Bullitt thriller, an intriguing new “action adventure” musical outfit by the name of The Bullitts is on the way with creative concepts I have never seen before. The Bullitts forthcoming debut album is an audio movie narrated by actress Lucy Liu who plays the lead character Amelia Sparks [...]

Art enthusiast Swizz Beatz talks with Black Enterprise about how his upbringing in in the Bronx during the ’80s influenced his passion for art and why it’s important for collectors to invest in art they like rather than buying for value. The producer, who admires and collects works from painters including Keith Haring and Jean-Michel [...]

In the latest of his vlog series, Chris Brown talks about his passion for graffiti art, his favourite artists, and how the art has influenced his music. C Breezy also explains why he called his last album Graffiti, and his upcoming album, FAME (Forgiving All My Enemies). [...]

Ladbrokes predicts Avatar will be the most watched premiere over the Christmas period. In all truth, market research or consulting Nostradamus wouldn’t be required to validate this prediction. Avatar was the single most incredible cinema experience of recent years, maybe since Wachowski brother’s Matrix (1999). Blockbuster commercial cinema has been defined by the end of [...]

This week SoulCulture TV has hit the red carpet at the Tron: Legacy London premiere, spoke to Chipmunk about his past achievements, discussed J.Cole with Ski Beatz, talked Grammy nominations with Janelle Monae and spoke Michael Jackson with iconic producer Teddy Riley. Janelle Monae On Her GRAMMY Nominations: Moments after Janelle Monae stepped off stage [...]

Faith Evans’ gig at the IndigO2 in London on Sunday 5th December was perfectly timed to coincide with the release of her new album, Something About Faith. The 37 year old singer, with a career spanning around 18 years, was joined on tour by the popular ’90s formed R&B group SWV (Sisters With Voices). [...]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is another great example of an American celebratory Urban Streetwear cross brand clothing collaboration. Akomplice have, on the back of their first Wu-Tang collaboration project with Raekwon, partnered with Masta Killa of the Legendary Wu-Tang Clan to release four limited edition t-shirts with an accompanying [...]