STR8 VIDEOS: ADELE- “SOMEONE LIKE YOU”
It's been a minute since I've updated the blog, but just few moments ago I watched Adele's "Someone Like You" and least to say I was in tears. Just ...
STR8 VIDEOS: FRANK OCEAN- “SWIM GOOD”
Woman Down! Frank Ocean commits murder in his latest video "Swim Good." Ever since he premiered "Novacane," fans have yearned for more and it seems like Ocean is ready ...
STR8 GLOSSY: MARY J. BLIGE COVERS EBONY MAG
Check out the Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige, gracing the cover of Ebony magazine's October issue...on stands now! In the cover issue MJB sets the record ...
STR8 TRACKS: CONSEQUENCE ft. KID CUDI- “ON MY OWN”
Tweet After his public fall out with former BFF Kanye West, Consequence is back and ready to make it “On [his] Own”…well sorta. The former G.O.O.D Music co-founder has released a new track from “Cons TV” featuring Kid Cudi, written by Cons and produced by Kanye West and recorded over a year ago in NYC. [...]
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 STYLIN’: MARRIED TO THE MOB SUMMER 2011 COLLECTION
Tweet Married To The Mob has to be one of my favorite street wear labels, the collections always feature a variety of tees that stand out with in your face text and imagery. So Ladies if you’re a t-shirt and jeans kinda chick…here’s a collection must have for you! For the summer 2011 collection, Married [...]
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 COVERS: JAY-Z x KANYE WEST “WATCH THE THRONE”
Tweet After much speculation and anticipation, fans can now officially patiently wait for Hip Hop’s moguls Jay-Z x Kanye West collabo album Watch The Throne to drop August 2nd. For all you eager heads, be sure to pre-order it HERE. Jay-Z and Kanye enlisted Givenchy Creative Director Riccardo Tisci to design the gold metallic cover [...]
STR8 VIDEOS: TEYANA TAYLOR – “HER ROOM”
Tweet After the release of Teyana Taylor’s cover of Drake’s “Marvin’s Room”, there was news of a video on the way. Well, here is the video for “Her Room” starring Teyana and Omarion. “‘Her Room’ is a depiction of the battle between our hearts and minds when our worlds are seemingly shattered by the downside [...]
IN CASE U MISSED IT: BEYONCE: YEAR OF 4
Tweet Check out MTV’s latest documentary on today’s MJ, Beyonce. The doc definitely portrays Bey as a humble, hard working, driven, motivated, and admirable woman. After watching it with my galpal, Zunnania, even she was convinced to buy the album…surely it’ll do the same for other viewers. “Beyoncé: Year of 4″ is the story of [...]
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 [...]