For the past few weeks, I’ve been spending any of my free time working on photos from Pow Wow Hawaii 2014 where the initial set of over 1,000 photos has now become around 250 final post processed products. So to most effectively share this experience, I have split up what could’ve been a giant inundation…
Spray Away Meth is an art campaign aimed at keeping teens off drugs. The three-island tour kicks off this week Wednesday and will travel to Maui, Hawaii Island and Oahu next month. Local artist and youth mentor, East3, is shaking things up in the community by reaching out to kids who want to take a…
The mind is grossly underestimated with how it can physically push our abilities to perform at a top level. There are the majority that subconsciously set their own boundaries in what we can achieve and then there are the chosen few that know they can reach much more beyond that unreachable point where they find…
The week of Pow Wow in Hawaii is amazing. Art all around the neighborhood and artist sharing ideologies and styles with one another. Apexer and I had plans to open the store with his art in Orange County but the planets didn’t align. Fast forward almost a year later, Illest Hawaii was born, and everything…
“Centered around a week-long event in Hawaii, POW! WOW! has grown into a global network of artists and organizes gallery shows, lecture series, schools for art and music, mural projects, a large creative space named Lana Lane Studios, concerts, and live art installations across the globe. The central event takes place during Valentine’s Day week…
“Legend is a big, big title,” says Nas. But, it’s not the only title Nasir Jones carries. There’s also poet, father and inspiration, to add a few. “To me, Nas is the complete emcee,” says Rick Ross. VIBE honored Nasir Jones at our second annual VIBE Impact Awards on Friday night (Jan. 24) in Los…
It’s the first month of the new year and having had PLENTY of pre- AND post-holiday marinatin’ bliss it’s now time to wind up and get the creative juices flowing again. And thanks to Joanne Ludwig (aka Jojo aka Mizz Joanne aka Oakland Angel) we did just that. With the new ARTISTs LOUNGE happening at Somar,…
I hit the streets this weekend. And with the weather being so tragically gorgeous, how could you not take advantage of the unusually warm temps when states to the right of us are suffering through what seems to be one of the worst winters in recent history. I do say tragically because on the other…