New York prayer vigil for rapper DMX – in pictures
[ad_1] Supporters and family of the rapper DMX have held a prayer vigil outside the New York hospital where he remains on life support after being admitted on Friday after a heart attack Continue reading… [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
‘There was this incredible life’: telling the true story of the Notorious BIG | Film
[ad_1] “This was a four-year journey for us,” film-maker Emmett Malloy tells the Guardian of his ambitious new documentary that aims to tell the story of Christopher Wallace, more famously known as the Notorious BIG. He was murdered at the age of 24 in Los Angeles and a week away from the 24th anniversary if […]
‘I came up a black staircase’: how Dapper Dan went from fashion industry pariah to Gucci god | Society
[ad_1] It was a mentor on the gambling circuit in Harlem, New York, who gave Daniel Day the moniker that would make him famous. Day was just 13, but had revealed himself to be not only a better craps player than his guide, who was the original Dapper Dan, but also a better dresser. So […]
Tupac Shakur bares his torso: Danny Clinch’s best photograph | Art and design
[ad_1] I started shooting the music industry in 1992 just as hip-hop was becoming more popular. Some people thought it was going to be a fad and not all photographers were interested in these jobs. But I was, so I began to work with a lot of hip-hop artists, shooting everyone from Public Enemy to […]
FLVR of the Week | Vol. 67
Vol. 67 of the #FLVRofTheWeek is a Special Double feature w/ Partners in Crime/BFF’s Tehya @sky.fye & Soul Lorain @soul.lorain shot in the sexy Rolls Royce Ghost from our friends at @zadartrentals. These love models have so much FLVR be sure to give them a follow! We used two @profotousa #profotob1 as a main and accent light popping their highlights for some dynamic […]
TheGAWD Spreads Meaning through Music
by: Bryant BBOY Worthing @bboyworthing | Artist: TheGAWD @TheGAWD Being from Chicago TtheGAWD has seen many ups and downs in his city as well as endless changes within the big metropolis he calls home. After growing up in the LeClaire Courts in the Southwest side of the Chi he explained that the city has been going through a […]
World Wide Willie Joe
By: Bryant B-Boy Worthing @bboyworthing | Artist: Willie Joe @WillieJoeWB | Photos: Carlos Imani @carlosimani Get with the getters, move with the movers. Those are the first words on the Doper album intro which truly define what Willie Joe is all about. He’s a true student of hip hop who has also helped many other artist develop their styles all while […]
Branching Out
By: Bryant B-Boy Worthing @bboyworthing | Artist: Ant Branch @FlagrantFew In the third grade while attending the St. Therese catholic school Ant Branch, S Drane, and Yulogee would entertain students performing rap routines, spitting lyrics and overall entertaining. That foundation was the path Ant Branch has since followed while being artists is no act, it is who he is. While […]