R.I.P Jerry LaVigne Jr.

Check this out this is crazy, 24 year old artist from Miami, FL Jerry LaVigne Jr. is an amazing illustrator, Jerry reports "This is my all pencil portrait of the President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama! Estimated completion time = ....still calculating." -R.I.P. Jerry LaVigne Jr. 1984-Present


Kanye West by R.I.P Jerry LaVigne Jr. 1984-Present

You can contact him here
J_La_84@hotmail.com
http://Add on Myspace
Check out Jerry LaVigne Jr. Tshirts here

New Penny Released Today

Today is President Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday today and the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent, the U.S. Mint will issue four new 1-cent coins. The first will go into circulation today. The rest will be released in each calendar quarter throughout the year. The heads side will bear Lincoln’s likeness. The tails side will have one of four designs depicting aspects of his life. They should have made it out of real copper to honor the man, but wait if they did that it would be worth something.

Get Over It

Monday Shepard Fairey’s attorneys–the Stanford’s Fair Use Project and a San Francisco law firm–wasted no time, filing suit against the Associated Press over the artitst’s re-purposing of a photograph taken by Mannie Garcia while on assignment for the news agency. Garcia has said:

I would see the artwork, I would photograph it, and think what is with this image? But it didn’t snap. It never occurred to me it was my picture. I thought, ‘that’s familiar.’ …

The San Jose Mercury New reports that Garcia says he never signed an explicit photography contract with the AP and that they hired him for just one month. He adds:
"I feel very proud that I made the photograph. I never would have imagined that it became what it is, and it’s pretty cool. The AP is being very aggressive with Fairey, and I don’t want to be a part of that. My last conversation with the AP was that I own the copyright, and that’s what I’m maintaining." Last week the Associated Press issued a statement saying they had determined that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its use required permission. The news agency sought credit and compensation (duh) for the use of the image. Hundreds of thousands of the “Hope” version were given away for free by Fairey’s studio as part of grassroots campaigning, while other versions became official Presidential Inaugural Committee merchandise and fine art prints. A different version of Fairey’s image was used on the cover of TIME magazine and a large print hangs in the National Gallery. Fairey received a thank you letter from Barack Obama during the campaign. The Associated Press needs to get over this its not even really there image, the photographer has the rights to it and if he is cool with it why shouldn't they be. It's art work, and I feel like the AP is just trying to capitalize on Shepard Fairey, Get Over It!

Kiss My Ass

New Jadakiss Mixtape Download it NOW!

via Associated Press

It was quite a moment at the end of President Obama's town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Fla., yesterday. As The News-Press writes, 19-year-old Julio Osegueda "rocketed from a Cape Coral teenager who flips burgers for $7.85 an hour at a McDonald's to an instant celebrity of sorts." And he got a temporary job. Why did Obama tell the boy you thought I pointed to you but I didn't, that's funny.



Read more about how Julio Osegueda got a job here.

Kobe is a beast.

Did anyone see the game the other night, Kobe dropped 61 in Madison Square Garden breaking the all time record for most points scored in a game at Madison Square Garden that was held by Jordan. Hate him or Love him, Kobe Bryant is a beast.
Peep some highlights..

Wow: The Scam of the Year

MY Fox reports " - A Fox 5 investigation exposes a worldwide ATM scam that swindled $9 million and possibly jeopardized sensitive information from people around the world. Law enforcement sources told Fox 5 it's one of the most frightening well-coordinated heists they've ever seen."

Serious Jones vs Charles Hamiliton

Charles Hamiliton tried to go in on Serious Jones he should have known better..

Your New Drug

Let me introduce my man FLO, Myspace bio reads "No Hype, Just Facts! It seems there are very few artists you come across nowadays as having “that thing”. The thing that I’m speaking of has what few rappers these days posses: true charisma, heart, posture, a brain of consciousness, skills, talent, relevance, substance, continuity, tone, oh yea and of course, FLO! I want to introduce you to an artist who, at first listen, is automatically and irrevocably known to assist with the revolution of the current urban music scene." This my dude right here, we connected on Twitter which lead me to listen to his music and I was hooked. I had his myspace playlist going like the whole day while I worked one day, I don't know it's just something about his joints they just got a fresh sound. And he comes across as a regular cat who can just FLO, you won't catch him rapping about what he don't have, or what he didn't do..




@PisonFLO
myspace.com/PisonFLO
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Street Artist: Poster Boy

This is truly inspiring right here, man this is crazy. Let's all open up our creativity.. I have been reading up on Poster Boy a street artist from New York, and just about everything he has made is hot. All of his stuff is done with nothing but a razor. I was gonna post a bunch of links and even Youtube clips but yall gotta do your own research, Google him: Poster Boy.

The Late Show - Farewell to George Bush

With George W. Bush's presidency at an end, Dave presents the final edition of "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches." After watching this clip I realized how big of a nut George W. really was, good riddens.

John Forte Is Home

I had to update this post when I saw this video.. John Forte listen to this he is a lyrical beast. Welcome Home!!

"Homecoming" John Forte + Talib Kweli from The ICU on Vimeo.
Life has just begun, man I'm so happy for my man, his first cd was hot and I thought we would never hear from him again after seeing his mug shot on the cover of the source. Stay tuned for more video updates..

Somebody Get Me 1 Of These For My Birthday

This is one of the hottest tees I have seen so far this year. A large would probably work for me and my birthday is March 18, and you can order them HERE!

Kanye Live From Paree

Stop spreading rumors and down talking my man Yeezy or should I say Martin LOUIE The King Jr. He just gon keep stylin on yall!
via Kanye's Blog

A message from kwest on Vimeo

Photo of the Day

I couldn't do nothing but start laughing when my boy Vince sent me this picture, his words not mine "Check out your boy hairline he got the sharpie and we aint talking bout the marker" LMAO


I got a little something extra for today, my YouTube clip of the day I think everybody should see this and watch how the youngsters execute this play.
via With Leather
here's video of Ike Nwamu and Deuce Bello of Westchester Country Day School pulling off a designed double alley-oop in a recent high school game. It's ridiculous.

The President's Mind Reader

When Barack Obama steps up to the podium to deliver his inaugural address, one man standing anonymously in the crowd will be paying especially close attention. Jon Favreau, 27, is, as Obama himself puts it, the president's mind reader. He is one of the youngest chief speechwriters on record in the White House, and, despite being of such tender age, was the lets just say master mind who came up with the content of Obama's Inauguration speech. I feel that the arise to prominence of our first Black President was largely built upon his powers as an orator(I like that word), Obama is well versed in the arts of speech-making though and it's like he can always deliver that "amen" line. But the inauguration speech had to out do all of the ones before.
And I was reading this about Jon Favreau and how he has helped Barack with his speeches and before reading it I would have gave all of that credit to Obama but it seems their are several people who should be thanked for that great inauguration day speech and all the others. I wonder if Martin Luther King Jr. had a chief speechwriter? Nah(shaking head) you think? Read More Here.

The Game vs Snoop Dogg In Celebrity Basketball

I don't know who they were playing against but it looks like they can play a little bit, I didn't know my Uncle Snoop had moves like that.. Plus the halftime show with the high school band performance is hot, I always enjoy seeing our youth perform. Anytime I see rappers doing positive, it's getting posted on my blog, because you can see the negative on all your other favorite blogs.

Just For Kicks

This is one of the most unique pairs to drop so far in 2009. This is a pair of extremely limited Nike Flight Lite High part of the White Men Can’t Jump Pack. This is a very unique pair that is limited to less than 72 pairs. This pair of shoes will not be made available any where else but Osneaker.com.

Kanye recently had the shoes he designed for Louie Vutton featured in there show during Fashion Week. A dream come true for Mr. West, and these are kinda hot, maybe if somebody I know wins the Publishing House, I might have some money to grab a pair when they are available in June.

Celebrating this 60 years in the game Adidas is releasing this orginal colorway of their Adidas Top Ten sneaker. I remember I had these in high school one of my favorite Addidas of all time, they're super fresh and mad comfortable to hoop in.

Benjamin Baxby?

I recently found out that Andre Benjamin bka Andre 3000 just launched his Benjamin Bixby clothing line a little over four months ago. Unfortunately for him, his timing was all wrong, the high-fashion but high-priced concept was launched at the start of one of the worst economic recessions in U.S. history. Although Andre’s clothing line is for the most part fashionable and hip, and I would rock some of his stuff but y'all know times is hard right now and who is going to pay $275 for a Benjamin Bixby sweater vest when we can barely afford to pay the rent and feed our kids? And even if you CAN afford it…you might think twice about copping that new Benjamin Baxby.

WoooHa.com exclusively reports that the Benjamin Bixby clothing line is facing severe financial hardships due to limited sales and excess inventory. Because Andre Benjamin paid so much attention to detail, his clothing line was not cheap to reproduce on a mass scale. Instead, limited quantities of the collection were made and sold primarily online through luxury fashion sites such as Barneys.com. The problem is no one is buying the clothing line because of the high price point and no brand equity. As a result, the Benjamin Bixby clothing line has had to dramaticly drop prices in order to move inventory and prevent retailers from shipping it all back to Mr. Benjamin. Read More HERE

Bigger and Better

New Mixtape from Biggie hosted by Talib, I appreciate them for releasing this, it gives us a glimpse at what B.I.G might sound like in 09. Download yours now HERE

All songs performed by Notorious BIG
All songs produced by Astronote
1.Intro
2.Young G's (ft. Talib Kweli)
3.N*ggas (ft. Buff1)
4.Don't Stop (ft. Big L)
5.Everyday Struggle (ft. Bahamadia)
6.Interlude #1
7.Party & Bullsh*t (ft. Erykah Badu)
8.Whatchu Want
9.Dangerous MCs (ft. Guilty Simpson & Busta Rhymes)
10.Let's Get It On (ft. Heavy D, 2Pac & Grand Puba)
11.Dead Wrong
12.Interlude #2
13.I'm F*cking You Tonight
14.Come On (ft. Sadat X)
15.Crush On You (ft. Junior Mafia)
16.Victory (ft. Puff Daddy & Busta Rhymes)
17.Outro
18.Bonus: Don't Stop Pt.2 (ft. Big L)