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“With his major label debut, Oxymoron, Los Angeles rapper Schoolboy Q paints a bleak and relentless portrait of an artist on the come up. As a product of the same TDE camp that birthed Kendrick Lamar, Q has built a rep as a purveyor of aggressive and craft-oriented hip-hop while also maintaining a humorous streak. Google Play recently sat down with him, as well as his crew, to talk about the making and meaning of Oxymoron.”
Californian photographer Estevan Oriol released his second book: THE Portraits – Volume 1. In this new book of 136 pages published by Drago, we have the chance to see scenes of everyday life in some hoods of Los Angeles, Available on Amazon.com.
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Have you been looking forward to your weekly fix of Basketball Wives? The wait is over, watch episode 3 of Basketball Wives Los Angeles in full below.
After a successful show at Art Basel in Miami, Reebok Classics teamed up again with photographer / director Jonathan Mannion to take his “CLASSIC” exhibition to Los Angeles during Grammy week. Another 17 images were carefully selected to add some west coast flavor, a female dimension and an R&B presence to the show. The expansion yielded a total of 52 prints on display. Continuing his collaborative series with artists, Mannion showcased the visual contributions from Nipsey Hustle, Pharrell, DJ Quik and Big Daddy Kane on their respective images.
Last night Melanie Fiona stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! and graced the audience and television viewers with a performance of her hit single “4 AM” and “This Time” off her sophomore album The MF Life set to hit stores on March 20th. In case you missed Melanie’s performance, watch her performance of “4 AM” below
Check out Kanye West’s protege Big Sean performing Celebrity from his debut album Finally Famous. Uploaded on November 22nd 2011 as a private video and previously not available to view in our territory, the live performance was recorded for Vevo’s series of Go Shows. The short clip is narrated by Detroit rapper Big Sean himself as the visuals document the before during and after of the performance which appeared to spontaneously take place on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Check out the performance below.