STR8NYC.COM- All The Juice in HollyHood! » EXCLUSIVE PARTY

EXCLUSIVE: GCH’S TRAVIS MCCOY x MTV CELEBRATE “STAY ALIVE FOUNDATION” IN NYC

LexAve — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:31:00 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: GCH’S TRAVIS MCCOY x MTV CELEBRATE “STAY ALIVE FOUNDATION” IN NYC

Str8NYC joined Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy and MTV to celebrate the “Staying Alive Foundation” at Broadway East in NYC. It was celebration for all their awesome work the Staying Alive Foundation in their latest initiative on HIV/AIDS prevention this year, as well as the global premiere of MTV’s new documentary & Travis McCoy’s “Unbeaten” track.

As ya gurl arrived at the venue, the lowkey scenery seemed a bit a sketchy and I began to doubt my attendance. However, as I awaited admittance into the party I spotted UK’s finest Estelle hop out the tinted-up SUV with her all boy entourage…that was enough to convince me I was at the right spot. Luckily I rolled my gal pals, Aishah & Danica, otherwise being one of the first ten people getting the party started would’ve bit somewhat difficult. And thanks to the complimentary patron cocktails and the tasty hors d’oeuvres, made this party all the better. After a few sips of our cocktails and a lil’ chit chat, we quickly made our way upstairs were more action and mingling began. Within thirty minutes into the party I made it a point to chop it up with Estelle…for anyone who knows me, knows I’m huge a Estelle fan…if you’ve listened to her album then you’d know why. We laughed, sip on cocktails, she introduced me to her brother and her boy a DJ Trauma from ATL. Shortly after Travis McCoy and the Gym Class Heroes stepped in the room and took their seat at a reserved table. As my girls rushed to the bar for more Patron, I held down the fort and managed to strike up a lil’ convo with Travis…talking about my college town aka his hometown, Geneva, NY- six hours north of NYC.

After about an hour, MTV’s Kim Stolz got the crowd’s attention and began presenting some important people such as Natalia Coles, Co-Founder or “Carolina Empowerment Group, Inc” in South Carolina- an organization focused on ‘empowering people day by day’ and educating the community about HIV/AIDS prevention. Did you know that 1 in 20 people in South Carolina are either HIV/AIDS infected? WOW! Travis also took the stage to talk about his world-wide effort with MTV’s “Stay Alive Foundation” as well as gave the crowd a sneak peek at a new documentary and premiered his new video “Unbeaten”.

The celebration continued shortly after the speeches and videos…the bubbly kept flowing and food kept coming and that’s when the dancing began, at least for a lil’ bit. Hands down this event gets an A+ with flying colors. Check out some of pics and video I snagged…Enjoy!

EXCLUSIVE: HONEYMAG.COM CELEBRATES “CHANGING OF THE GUARD” IN NYC

J'More — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:21:15 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: HONEYMAG.COM CELEBRATES “CHANGING OF THE GUARD” IN NYC

Last Friday (September 25^th), HoneyMag.com celebrated the “Changing of the Guard” at Collective Hardware in NYC. The festive event commemorated the introduction of New York’s trendsetters and tastemakers to the new faces behind the new Honey. Fab guests included video director Va$htie, Donnie Klang, celebrity hair stylist Ursula Stephen, Mashonda, Dee Vasquez and many more. Honey definitely knows how to throw a party as the event featured custom studding, hair cut remixes, balloon animals as well as an abundance of bubbly.

POP THE TOP FOR MORE PICS!

EXCLUSIVE: ROCAWEAR 10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY IN NYC…

LexAve — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:14:22 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: ROCAWEAR 10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY IN NYC…

So after enjoying a few outings for Fashion Night’s Out, galpal Aishah and I headed uptown for the Rocawear 10th Anniversary Party. Upon arriving and checking our names off the list, we were presented with a waiver to sign granting permission to be photographed and videotaped. Soon after the waiver was signed our mugshots were taken. *weird* Anywhoo once at the Rocawear showroom floor, Aishah and I hit the open bar, mingled, walked around, peeped the view of the NYC skyline. At first the party was sorta bleak, but shortly after people began flooding in. The alcohol was flowing, people were dancing courtesy of DJ D-Nice, and having a fab time. After about 2 hours of mingling, drinking, and dancing…Jay-Z made his grand entrance. One minute Aishah and I are dancing, next minute everyone in the room flocks to Jay-Z like herd. The groupies were on high alert trying every move to get close enough to Hov but his guards weren’t having it. Five minutes later, the hottest chick in the game steps in the room…BEYONCE! Looking carefree with very light makeup and shades…Bey stepped to Jay, gave a smile, kiss on the cheek, whispered in his ear, smiled for the groupies and bounced. No lie Bey made a 2 minute appearance…following in his wife’s footsteps, Jay-Z, was out the door leaving groupies baffled and in starstruck high. Shortly after Aishah and I called it a night. Enjoy the pics I snapped, excuse the blurriness, camera holding skills were bit unsteady thanks to all the bubbly.

~~Video of Jay & Bey on the way!~~ Video is up!!
POP THE HOOD FOR MORE PICS & VIDEO!!…

EXCLUSIVE: EVA PIGFORD, RAHEEM DEVAUGHN, BOBBY V & MORE @ “THE PARK” IN DC

J'More — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:03:53 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: EVA PIGFORD, RAHEEM DEVAUGHN, BOBBY V & MORE @ “THE PARK” IN DC

Last night, ya girl J’More hit up “The Park” in our nation’s capital where ANTM Eva “The Diva” Marcille Pigford and girl group RichGirl played host for the night. Now, if you’re not familiar with DC’s night life, make no mistake that “The Park” is the place to be each and every Thursday night; even celebrities seem to think so! Not only was the club jam packed from wall to wall with clubgoers, but celebrities such as DC’s very own Raheem DeVaughn, Bobby Valentino, and (much later) Mario were in attendance as well. As for RichGirl, my eyes never spotted them and even if I did I didn’t know it was them. Later on in the night, Raheem got on the mic and sang a lil’ medley, while the DJ showed Bobby Valentino some love and spinned hits “Beep, Beep” and “Slow Down”. Throughout the night it was announced that Mario was on his way. Well, I don’t know what took him so long, but he ended up strolling in about a half an hour before the club officially closed its doors for the night sportin’ a freshly shaved baldie, a blue fitted and some black wayfarer shades. All in all, I had a great time aside from the fact my poor lil’ feet suffered from the abuse of my 4 1/2 heels and I was bumped into a couple times.

Shouts to TEAMBBC for making yet another Thursday night in DC sooo damn good!

Sidebar: Sorry for the grainy looking pics, my camera was trippin’ last night!

POP THE TOP FOR MORE PICS + VIDEO OF RAHEEM DEVAUHGN!

EXCLUSIVE: RYAN LESLIE & FANTASIA @ “THE PARK” IN DC

J'More — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:32:53 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: RYAN LESLIE & FANTASIA @ “THE PARK” IN DC

Last night, ya girl J’More hit up The Park in DC where R&B phenomenon Ryan Leslie played host for the night. At first I didn’t believe Ryan was in the building until I spotted him much later vibing to the tunes hiding behind the DJ. I expected to hear at least a few words from Ryan, but dude didn’t say a peep! Anywhoo, later on in the night, I was tapped by my homegirl who informed me that Fantasia was also in attendance. I almost didn’t recognize her ’cause she looked really casual. Fanny rolled in with her homegirls and they danced their @sses off in the VIP section the rest of the night.

POP THE HOOD FOR MORE FLICKS!

BUSTA RHYMES x YRB AT “B.O.M.B.S” ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

LexAve — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:03:00 +0000

BUSTA RHYMES x YRB AT “B.O.M.B.S” ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

Last night ya gurl trekked all the way from the east side to the far west to M2 lounge for Busta Rhymes “B.O.M.B.S.” Album Release Party x YRB’s “How You Rock It 3″ photo shoot. Realtalk if it wasn’t for the flowing bubbly and the good company, I would’ve chucked a duece way earlier. With FunkMaster Flex on the wheels and random d-listers to Soulja Boy in the building I just tried to make the best of it, bugging out with SFPL, LowKey, W2NL, FlyStyleLife, Blogxilla, NYFab and others. The free tattoos, hotdogs, photobooth and a bunch of entertaining nick nacks, definitely kept us entertained for the 4 hours ’till Busta’s arrival. Unfortunately for me, Busta wasn’t worth me waiting around for long. Check out this video footage W2NL captured…

I also managed to recognize the dudes from CW’s The Game…needless to say both were on that player tip.

LexAve & Rae & Gabe from STFP
“Arab Money” after the cut…

EXCLUSIVE: KID CUDI PARTIES AT MR. WEST

LexAve — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:58:17 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: KID CUDI PARTIES AT MR. WEST

Last night ya gurl kicked with LowKey, Andreas, Aura, Monee, & DDub. We hit up MIMS album release party at Citrine in NYC. After an hour of sipping some complimentary drinks that tasted like Nyquil, we rolled over to Kid Cudi’s private party at Mr. West. Not to mention the random and hood crowd made the party less than worthy. After working the door for a good 10 minutes, we were in. And though the crowd was very industry and super exclusive, the lack of open of bar made it too stuffy. With loads of people just standing around waiting for Kid Cudi to make his grand entrance, my mission was just to snap some pics and peace out. LexAve + No Open Bar= Early Night. Check out some the flicks and video footage below…

Peep Cudi addressing the haters below…

More pics after the cut…

Rap Radar’s Elliot Wilson and Sylva Rhone kick it at Kid Cudi’s party…good times!

BLOGGERS RHYME FOR ROC4LIFE.COM

LexAve — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:42:11 +0000

BLOGGERS RHYME FOR ROC4LIFE.COM

Roc 4 Life launch party from StraightOuttaNYC on Vimeo
Last week Roc4Life held their official launch party and ya gurl LexAve got the chance to hang with the realest dude in the game, Mike Brown the REMIX. Get real familiar with the man…INTERNETS IS WATCHING!
Though Jay wasn’t in the building, industry folks were extra content with the flowing bubbly and nice departing gift bags. Shouts out to Monee, NYFab, MoeRoc, RealTalkNY! And in case you haven’t done so yet, LOG ON TO ROC4LIFE! Step ya internet steez up!

EXCLUSIVE: BLOGGERS AT KERI HILSON’S ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

LexAve — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:43:49 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: BLOGGERS AT KERI HILSON’S ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

So after hitting up RnB Live w/Case, Trey Songz, Bobby V, & J.Holiday, ya gurl and other fellow bloggers/writers hit up Keri Hilson’s album release party. Assured it was set to be mayhem, we didn’t think access would be denied. Check out LowKey, Blogxilla, Fly Guys, Simone, KevClark, CChery, and ya gurl LexAve vent our frustrations…

Keri Hilson “In A Perfect World” Album Release Party from StraightOuttaNYC on Vimeo.

Note to artists…never piss off bloggers & writers!
But after spending a few minutes in the press pit, PR extradionaire Tamar got ya gurl into the VIP party…once inside I gotta say it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. DJ D-Nice did his thing and after downing 4 drinks of Ciroc I was done for the night…Akon and his darkness was in the building and the Hot 97 crew apparently took over Keri Hilson’s table, somewhat awkward but it all worked it out. After hitting up Keri’s joint, LowKey & I slided over to Velour where Ray-J was in the building partying it up!

Ron Brownz at Keri Hilson’s album release party from StraightOuttaNYC on Vimeo.
More pics after the cut…

Ray-J and guest at Velour…after 5 minutes of being at Velour, ya gurl called it a night and cabbed it home!

EXCLUSIVE: RYAN LESLIE’S NYC AFTER-PARTY

LexAve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:06:15 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: RYAN LESLIE’S NYC AFTER-PARTY

Earlier last week ya gurl stopped by Ryan Leslie’s S.O.B.’s after-party at Greenhouse in NYC. Also in the building were a load of model chicks and “Make Me A Supermodel” host Tyson Beckford. All in all it was a well executed party and not to mention the impromptu performance of “Diamond Girl”, “Addicted”, and “How it was supposed to be” was hot. And this past weekend I got a chance to fully listen to Ryan’s debut album…say what you want but the album is hands down hotter than the Dream’s Love vs Money. Yeah I said it!