GTA V Trailers: Michael. Franklin. Trevor.

Rockstar Games unveiled 3 brand new GTA V trailers, 1 for each of the main characters of the game. This game looks ridiculously amazing. I wish September would hurry up and get here so I can get back to playing my favorite game series, It has been long enough!

FjällRäven: Kanken Collection and more

Yesterday, my good friend David and I were strolling through SoHo in
NYC. We came across Fjällräven, which is located on 262 Mott Street. We were familiar with the line, because they sell the brand at Urban Outfitters. Definitely a cool Swedish collection. Check it out.

Video Premiere: "I Hit It First" By Ray J

STAPLE SUMMER 2013 COLLECTION

Staple never disappoints me. Look at some of the pieces from their new summer 2013 collection. Staple has been around since 1997, and originated in NYC.  Staple Designs is not only a clothing line, but a creative agency as well.  Take a look at there lookbook.

NEW JERSEY'S "REVOLUTION RICHE": NEW COLLECTION

Revolution Riche was founded by a group of young individuals in 2011 straight out of New Jersey, and has already been worn by Waka Flocka, and the trendy Trinidad James. What else is there to say? Here is the link to their "Brooklyn" collection Look Book. 

MOVIES: "Thor: The Dark World" Trailer

The first official trailer for Thor: The Dark World, coming to theaters in November. The sequel to Marvel's Thor, starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston and Christopher Eccleston.

RICH KIDS HOOLIGAN SPRING COLLECTION: JAY-Z WEARS RICH KIDS HOOLIGAN SWEATER

During the BK Nets and Chicago Bulls game this past Sunday, Hov sat courtside while wearing a Rich Kids Hooligan collection Sweatshirt. Take a look at some of the pieces from their 2013 spring collection.

 

DQM: SPRING COLLECTION

NYC line DQM drops some cool basic pieces for us for their spring collection. Take a peep.

SSUR PRESENTS: NYFC X HARLEM RELEASE

SSUR better known for their Comme De F*** Down collection is paying homage to the great Harlem USA with their NYFC (New York F***in' City) + Harlem release. Check it out.

BEHIND THE SCENES [A.K.O.O. & The Cast of Black Ink Crew for 'Rags to Riches' Line

Go behind the scenes with Puma, Sassy, OhS*t, and Waltz from the Blank Ink Crew as they shoot for their collaboration with Akoo on the Rags to Riches collection. Check out Rags to Riches here.

LIMITED EDITION NEW BALANCE: TOP PICKS

We all know that New Balance is never going anywhere, and will never go out of style. Looking through there Limited Edition Collection these were my top pick. Take a look!

Limited Edition NYC 990

 

Movies: "Man of Steel" Trailer

Warner Bros. recently released a brand new "Man of Steel" trailer , this trailer goes a bit more in depth than the previous one. This superman movie looks like it may actually be the one that we've been waiting for. Check out the trailer and let me know if it gets you even more excited about going to theaters on June 14th.

Introducing "Almost Home" The Web Series

 

Written by actress Reagan Gomez & directed by Matthew A. Cherry. "Almost Home" is about a woman named Lisa (Reagan Gomez) and her younger brother DeJuan. Lisa & Dejuan  move to L.A from Chicago after the passing of their mother. Lisa is a stylist and DeJuan is a musician. The show also features it's share of drama, including Lisa's crazy ex fiance randomly showing up in Los Angeles. Lisa and Dejuan are both forced to make changes and face their fears while ensuring that the family stays together. One of the standout elements of the show is that it features original music and unique fashion.

The show also features cameos from Jackie Long, Wesley Jonathan, & (the extremely beautiful) Denyce Lawton. The cast also includes indie musicians DeJuan Turrentine (who was featured on this site), Queen, and Ryan Hahn.

Reagan Gomez created and funded this series herself. She started an online campaign to raise money to continue filming additional episodes after she funded the first few.

"This project is so important to me. We NEED more women of color behind the scenes in Hollywood. And, if all goes well with this campaign, my ultimate goal, is to continue to use INDIE GO GO to create, original content for actors and actresses of color. A webseries now, a film later?" - Reagan Gomez

AKOO X BLACK INK RAGS TO RICHES

Some of the "Black Ink Crew" members from the VH1 reality show, teamed up with Akoo to bring you their Rags to Riches summer collection. Sassy, Puma, OhS***, and Waltz had some camera fun. Side Note: the show will air for a second season. Check it out!

Video: "I Need Your Love" By Calvin Harris Feat. Ellie Goulding

Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding have finally premiered the video for their collaborative track "I need Your Love", which is from Calvin Harris' "18 Months" album and Ellie Goulding's "Halcyon" album (bonus track).

This is definitely one of my favorite tracks from Calvin's album, it always gets the party movin no matter where you are.

Drake Releases Two New Songs: "Girls Love Beyonce" & "No New Friends" (EXPLICIT)

Drake has been busy lately, he's been constantly releasing new tracks as he prepares to release his third solo album. He just released two new tracks to share with his fans via his "October's Very Own" blog.

NICE TO OUR POCKETS: ISABEL MARANT TREND

By now everyone is familiar with the Isabel Marant sneaker that was made popular by the lovely Beyonce and Alicia Keys. But there is hope for the ladies that like to budget their money when it comes to style. Between footwear names like Nike and Puma, let's take a look at these trendy worthy picks that are nice to our pockets. 

"Injustice: Gods Among Us" Official Launch Trailer

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment released the official launch trailer for the upcoming DC Comics fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us. Releasing next week on April 16, this new trailer gives a look into the game’s original storyline, which includes DC Comics most popular heroes and villains choosing sides in a world where the lines between good and evil have been blurred. In the world of Injustice: Gods Among Us, players must ask themselves – what if our greatest heroes became our greatest threat?

NYC DUNK XCHANGE: OCCUPY WALL STREET

Terry McFly with Victor Cruz (Co-Owner of Young Whales)

Last week (April 6th), was Dunk XChange's NYC Occupy Wall Street edition event at 25 Wall Street. This year it seemed as if there were a lot more pre-teens accompanied by mom and dad selling/trading their kicks.You didn't really catch a lot of classic throwbacks kicks this year, just more contemporary oddities like the Nike Air Foamposite One Galaxy, Yeezy's I & II or the Nike Marty McFly's. If you were on a search for Jordans that you couldn't find in any store you definitely would've found them yesterday as well. The event was hosted by, Puma from VH1's Black Ink, Gary Hughes Co-Owner of DunkXChange, and Jack Thriller celebrity interviewer. They had special guest, Victor Cruz in the building from the NY Giants representing his Young Whales line, who is also a good friend over at TerryMcfly.com. The Source magazine had set up shop , and so the did the lovely ladies of Strawberry Blunt, who also went around with strawberry cupcakes. There was a Crook's and Castle's fashion show, live performances by local artist, and live paintings including the very talented Dez of FlyKickz. We came across some hot up and coming brands yesterday like, Yours Truly, PRBLM CHILD NYC, and BLK. ID. Shoutouts to Media Hunter PR, Sam from Yourstruly.com, and Istanza from PRBLM Child NYC.

Video: "Lost" By Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean just released his music video for "Lost", a song off his grammy winning Channel Orange album. The video was directed by Francisco Soriano.

Movie Review: "42"

The movie "42" was  supposed to be about the life of Jackie Robinson, at least that's what was depicted on the commercials. IMDB even describes the movie storyline as "The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.", only half of this is true. I feel like there's some sort of deception going on here. The movie "42" didn't really feature much about Jackie's life story, it was almost entirely about his baseball career. Hence the movie title 42, the movie is titled 42 because in the negro leagues, players did not have numbers on their jerseys so Jackie Robinson considered it an honor and rewarding to wear a number on his back once he joined the major leagues.

THE LATEST: BLACK SCALE 2013

 Black Scale was made popular by fashion forward rapper, ASAP Rocky. However, it was founded by Michael ‘Mega’ Yabut and Alfred De Tagle. Black Scale started in 2007 out of San Fransico, but now has flagships store in Los Angles, and New York City. Check out some of their latest pieces of their Spring/Summer collection. 

FOOTWEAR: THOROCRAFT SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION

This California based line has some cool looking footwear. Thorocraft was founded in 2007, and unfortunately I am just getting up on the line. The Stockist that carry Thorocraft can be found here. Check out some of their Spring/Summer collection. 

THE HAMPTON - FLORAL

Random: A Mom's Priceless Reaction To Wrestlemania

I have NEVERRRR seen someone's mom act like this about a wrestling match, LOL! I was pretty much in tears with laughter after viewing this. This is my goddaughter's grandmom reacting to the wrestler Alberto Del Rio defeating Jack Swagger at Wrestlemania. After viewing this, I think the WWE needs to hire momma to make a cameo or something. With all that excitement and shadow boxing, she definitely deserves something.

Video is courtesy of Aslyne "Izzy Baby":

Video: General Motors At The New York International Auto Show 2013

A quick look into the General Motors portion of the New York International Auto Show. Includes a close up visual of the 2014 Cadillac ELR and the 2014 Cadillac CTS, also an insider's view of the Cadillac and Chevrolet press conferences.

Music Video: "I.O.U." By Luke James

R&B singer Luke James has finally released the visual treatment for his latest song I.O.U. This is definitely one of my favorite songs from his catalog of music. I've heard him perform this track live 2 or 3 times within the last 2 weeks while attending concerts and events. I really hope that it gets the air play that it deserves because it's a hit!

This is a pretty cool video, you could just feel the New York City vibe while you're watching it. The style and the choice of video girl is so New York! ...Kudos to Luke for this video, job well done.

ALIFE COMES BACK TO LIFE

  After a temporary cease, NYC's infamous street-wear line ALIFE has re-opened its NYC flagship store this past week. The ALIFE Rivington Club store is located at 158 Rivington Street in the Lower East Side, and plans to re-launch their online-store on April 11th, 2013. We will keep you posted.

Behind The Scenes: Janelle Monae Essence Cover

Janelle Monae recently shot her first ever Essence magazine cover. HipHollywood was on set to capture some behind-the-scenes footage and first looks of the shoot and the outfits that she wore. The singer branched off from her normal black and white uniform, and experimented with pieces that fit in with her love of the future.

“Essence knows that I have a strong love for science fiction and the future. We wanted to pick locations and we wanted to pick pieces that represented the future and what that felt like without over stating.”

NEW ZEALAND LINE I LOVE UGLY: LATEST RELEASE

I came across I Love Ugly last year sometime, and it always excites me to see what different ideas they come up with for their line. The line was established in 2007 by Valentin Ozich. He says, "I like to extract beauty out of what some would describe as 'ugly' - taking trends, putting a definitive twist on them, the new cool. It's quirky, and I'm not afraid to let what I design speak out.”. Check it out below.

New Video: "5 AM In Toronto" By Drake (EXPLICIT)

SUPREME & THE NORTH FACE: Spring/Summer Collection 2013

Well, Supreme and The North Face do it again. This collection it's a little more focused on The North Face side. You might remember their collab last year, when Drake wore their Nuptse Down Jacket in his video "The Motto".