Rap collective Odd Future are closely associated with the skate boarding scene, and are capitalising on their merchandise with new skate deck designs for their loyal fans to get their hands on. Already selling their unique designs on t-shirts, hoodies and hats, they’re now trying to break the skate boarding arena. [...]
April 28, 2012
Nura Abdela
Design, Sports, Style
A Photoshopped image of Jay-Z rocking a t-shirt bearing the new logo of the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets has been making its rounds across the web this evening. [...]
April 26, 2012
Max-El
Music, Sports, Tech
Beats By Dre are already taking over the audio world with their must have headphones and have recently sponsored professional BMX bike rider Nigel Sylvester, who fronts a new viral video showing him ripping through the streets of Barcelona. [...]
April 21, 2012
Nura Abdela
Sports, Tech
Just days after Jay-Z‘s esteemed Rocawear clothing label ran its first-ever commercial, which followed the path of its owner from “Marcy to Barclays,” the brand has now announced a partnership with famous Major League Basbeball squad the New York Yankees. [...]
April 12, 2012
Andy Bustard
Business, Hip Hop, Sports
Freshly premiered to millions during the popular televised talent show Britain’s Got Talent moments ago was the star packed advert for adidas’ Take The Stage campaign. The soundtrack for the advert was created by one of the UK’s finest rappers Wretch 32, who is also one of the lead faces for the campaign (which also [...]
April 7, 2012
Verse
Music, Society, Sports, Style
Avid basketball fans from the ’80s would have recognised March 29th as a special date, as it was when now legendary basketball player Michael Jordan was first thrust into the spotlight during the 1982 NCAA Tournament finals where he helped bring his team to victory. Thirty years later, Converse and the Jordan brand have put [...]
April 3, 2012
Nura Abdela
Sports, Style
On June 11, 2005, Kevin McBride shook up the world. Well, kinda. On this night, the 6-foot-6 Irish heavyweight stepped into the ring with “Iron” Mike Tyson — one of history’s greatest fighters and a man who made the first-round KO his trademark — and did something that not even The Fresh Prince could [...]
Though currently in the midst of defending his 2010-2011 Eastern Conference title with the Miami Heat, NBA superstar Dwyane Wade has also been busy completing his first book, “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball.” In the book, the former Finals MVP discusses his rough upbringing in Chicago and how his [...]
They say that records are made to be broken, but some are so astounding that we can’t imagine anyone even coming close to doing so. Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA single-game scoring record of 100 points has stood since March 2, 1962, and there are many who believe that it will stand forever. [...]
It seems as though A$AP Rocky wasn’t the only “high profile” rapper in Ottawa, Ontario this weekend as Canadian recording artist Aubrey Drake Graham was this year’s music guest at the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Game. [...]
January 30, 2012
I Am Ayo
Sports