Amazing! News of 2 rappers going back to school in the same week. First up, Queensbridge emcee Nas had this to say at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s annual National Keystone Conference. The reality of it is, you need to keep educating yourself, and I wish I had stayed in school.” ~Nas He […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’re like me you’ve seen the commercials and wondered “What is the theme song from the FX show Justified? FX’s new drama Justified is being billed as the ultimate “modern day western” and features the song “On The Run” by Gangstagrass. Hard to get it out of your head I know. Who are these […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure it looks like that naked guy is about to jump off the top of that building in Manhattan but no worries. He’s not some crazy New Yorker with tons of issues (shout out to DMX, nobody lights up TMZ like him). Instead, this guy is art. Confusing and alarming I know, but
Photo Credit: “Green Equipment Still Life” by Gigi Bio “We’re doing a tribute so we can send some of this warm energy towards his well being” ~DJ3D “It would be good to finally do a tribute to someone who is doing well hopefully instead of someone that’s passed.” ~DJ C-Reality Recently Guru, half of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: “Cylone Nathan’s Wonder Wheel Astroland” by Josh Goldstein Today is the birthday of artist and bodega enthusiast Josh Goldstein. Josh has been doing some big things lately including participating in a huge Times Square ad for Target, museum exhibitions with fellow artist Gigi Bio and some new online treats at etsy.com.bodegaNYC. You can […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: Gigi Bio “2 Turntables” Black History month is now over but the Black History will continue on sofreshandsogreen.com as well as the Black future. Valentine’s Day is also over so I wanted to put this up for you guys to commemorate the month of love ending too…because I care! And what’s greener than […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This takes recycling to a new level. This collection was created to emphasize DHL’s competence in the fashion industry. These garments are made of packaging materials. For those who don’t know there is a lot of shipping involved in the fashion industry and reliability is vital cause they’re curing cancer… DHL’s motto is “DHL, the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They’ve done it again! House DJ for WBAI’s The Underground Railroad DJ3D along with Jersey’s own DJ C-Reality did their own sets recently on WBAI. Here’s a free download of C-Reality cutting it up first with some breakbeats on the rare side while Brooklyn’s own DJ3D got more current for the second set. The whole […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer There are so many layers to Gigi Bio. She’s a painter, illustrator, a real deal fashion designer by day and “Urban Reconstructionist” photographer by night. Layers are also a major feature of Bio’s work. In this part of the interview Gigi Bio explains where some of those layers came […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of Hip Hop’s latest golden boys, no not Drake, Raekwon the Chef released a mixtape this month. Ok, so many he would be more like a golden man, but this guy has managed to beat back the ravages of “old age” and the ageism in rap that goes with it. One of my favorite […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
