For as long as I can remember, there were no rules to a rap beef. Anyone can catch the smoke, anything can be brought out in the open and it was your job as the opponent to either a) go deeper or b) concede. The rules still apply even during this current war between G.O.O.D Music’s Pusha T and OVO’s
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Reign plans to solve purchasing problems for Sneaker lovers, one sneaker drop at a time. The NYC retailer has unveiled its new sneaker drop program ‘Reign Releases.’ The program is an exclusive registration platform for purchasing limited release sneakers. The website is designed to give all sole collectors the same opportunity to purchase limited sneakers, eliminating bots, while
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Pharrell is the blueprint for all things successful. Pharrell Williams has played such a huge role in my life, my choice in music, the moves that I’ve made and how I want to be perceived as a person. Yes, it is possible for a person to have this kind of influence on you and no, you don’t have to meet
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Nostalgia is the feeling that I get when I watch this video. Being a fan of Pharrell since forever, this video shows both his creativity and his sense of humor with the floating heads of himself and his bandmates/partners. The song peaked at NO. 6 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and features British TV personality, Alesha Dixon. Oh,
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There was a time when a Pharrell and Jay-Z collaboration was THE perfect duo. Between “Excuse me, miss”, “Change Clothes”, and of course, “Frontin’.” When this video came out in 2003, I was a Sophomore in high school, and Skateboard P was (and still is) the man. Featuring Lauren London, Mimi Faust, and even Lenny Kravitz, the video is a
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I remember when I first saw this video, the bright colors, and the assemblage of celebrities in the video, it was fun and exciting. The video was released a few weeks after Cudi announced that he was going into rehab and it was a pretty confusing time for everybody. Wasn’t sure if he was going to come back the same or
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So I was in the middle of writing another blog post about how hip-hop music and high-end fashion has co-existed in the industry for the last decade or so, and I started talking about Kanye West. And as I was making reference to his four-month internship with Fendi, I thought to myself, “This man needs a whole post to himself.
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As we began to unwind from what is considered to be the ‘most important night‘ of any musician’s career, I had to start this particular post by congratulating Solange on her big win. Last night, Solange Knowles won her very first Grammy award for best R&B Performance for her now Grammy award-winning album, ‘A seat at the table‘ released September of
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“Individuality is the new wealth.” In the first installment of my “To Be A MiSFiT” series, I broke down what the meaning of being a misfit meant to me. An individualist whom admires not only the nonconformity of themselves but of others too. A leader, a visionary and a lover of freedom of self-expression. As I spoke of Jaden Smith
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Influence is everything and there are people who will pay any amount of money to be able to influence the masses. When I think about rappers and just how much influence they have among their fan bases, collaborating with high-end fashion designers can (and has been proven to) be a good thing. When you think about how much influence hip-hop
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