Features, Music Big Boi
Big Boi, also known as 1/2 of Outkast, has very little to prove these days. With tens of millions of records sold, a burgeoning acting career, and his own imprint, he’s pretty much done it all; except ballet. His project…
Author: Daniel Weisman
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Fashion, Features LRG
Albert Rosario and Kevin Delaney work in marketing at LRG and have both been there over seven years. They have seen LRG rise from a niche skate brand to a global lifestyle phenomenon. Since interviewing them, I’ve spent a lot…
Features, Music Clipse
With just two major label releases over the course of five years and one legendary unreleased album from 1997, Clipse’s career spans across a decade and a millennium. They redefined hip-hop and defined coke rap before Jeezy was moving keys,…
Features, Music Diplo
From rocking parties at a Ukrainian Social Club in Philly, to touring worldwide and producing for some of the coolest kids on the block, Diplo, one half of Hollertronix, is building a name for himself that not only encompasses music,…
Features, Music Datarock
It seems like in music these days it’s impossible to be original. Datarock will be the first ones to admit that they are an exercise in original unoriginality. Calling themselves “a mediocre band with great communication skills,” the self-deprecating humor…
Features, Music Mark Ronson
I met Mark Ronson Memorial Day weekend 2005 in Las Vegas. I had recently graduated from college in Atlanta, where I was also DJing and promoting parties, and was well versed in Ronson and his interesting career trajectory. Being a…
Features, Other Billy Blanks
Although you may not have heard of Billy Blanks, chances are you’ve heard of the martial art he created and mass marketed worldwide. Tae Bo, a hybrid of Tae Kwon Do and Boxing, was the work-out hype of the 90s,…
Features, Other Ricky Powell
If Lyor Cohen is the white godfather of hip-hop, Ricky Powell is hip-hop’s grumpy old man. For the past 20 years, Ricky Powell has watched hip-hop grow from a New York niche culture to a worldwide phenomenon. He has been…
