STR8 EXCLUSIVE: TINIE TEMPAH @SOBs
TweetWords & Flicks by Anthony Campusano Edits by Lucas Alvarado Farrar Hot 97 and Peter Rosenberg are known for giving a lot of artists their first NY show with the “Who’s Next?” concert series. Why not add Tinie Tempah to the list? Hailing from the UK, Tinie Tempah is quick on the rise. A lot [...]
STR8 EXCLUSIVE: JUICYMAG LAUNCH PARTY IN NYC…
TweetOn Tuesday August 9, 2011 in a swanky Manhattan loft Juicy Magazine celebrated the launch of JuicyMagOnline.com with countless supporters, readers and friends. The event was filled with notable attendees including WBLS radio personality Egypt Sherrod, R&B singer Mashonda, multi-faceted artist Amanda Diva, Billboard editor-in-chief Danyel Smith and many other popular NY celebrities and tastemakers. [...]
STR8 EXCLUSIVE: AUDIO DAX, OCD & WHITE PANDA AT HIGHLINE
TweetWords & Flicks by Anthony Campusano Edits by Lucas Alvarado Farrar A thick crowd came out to the Highline Ballroom July 21 to show some love to Audio Dax, OCD, & White Panda. A couple stops in to the pandemonium tour, I got the opportunity to kick it and get some pictures of this show. [...]
STR8 EXCLUSIVE: DOM KENNEDY GETS PRESIDENTIAL AT SOBs
TweetWords by Lucas Alvarado-Farrar SOBs exploded Tuesday night with the arrival of LA’s finest, Dom Kennedy, in front of a packed house. The show, easily stamped as one of the sweatiest of the summer, had a line winding down the block all night. DJ Wallah of Hot 97 (who stepped in for Rosenberg) had the [...]
STR8 EXCLUSIVE: DJ SYLO x CHIP THA RIP x KID CUDI
TweetWords by Lucas Alvarado-Farrar This past Saturday Kid Cudi continued his nationwide Cud Life Tour with a stop in Columbia, Maryland at the Merriweather Post Pavilion. Performing in front of a crowd of over 7,000 the Cudder killed yet another show that had his fans gleefully singing along and screaming for encore after encore as [...]
STR8 STYLIN’: ROCAWEAR DEBUTS NEW STORE
TweetWords by Lucas Alvarado Farrar Last night the STR8NYC team headed down to the final showing of the Rocawear Style Suite for a preview of the new store soon to open in SoHo. As part of an initiative to “re-imagine the brand” Rocawear hosted a three day event at their new retail location to give [...]
STR8 EXCLUSIVE: J*DAVEY ROCKS LADIES NIGHT AT SOUTH PAW
TweetWords and Flicks by Sade Joseph It was a female dominated night as Shyvonne, Jasmine Solano, Zoe Kravtiz and J Davey rocked the mic on Tuesday, June 21st at Prospect Heights’ underground music venue, Southpaw. Solano’s opening words herself commented on the evening’s all star line-up, in which she shot out the talented “fly Bohemian [...]