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Salieu Jalloh for Fiasco Magazine

2010-10-18T17:19:00.000-04:00

Top model Salieu Jalloh stars in a striking new story by Zackery Michael in the latest edition of Fiasco magazine.

Pharrell Covers Man About Town Magazine

2010-10-18T16:30:00.000-04:00

Pharrell Williams covers the Autumn/ Winter 2010 issue of Man About Town magazine - the British publication dedicated to mens high fashion. The editorial piece provides an in-depth interview and is complemented by some photos (after the jump) captured by Alasdair McLellan.

Kanye’s 'Runaway' Movie Gets a Premiere Date

2010-10-18T16:04:00.000-04:00

Kanye tweeted on Saturday and Def Jam confirmed this morning the premiere date of his film: At 8 p.m. on October 23, the 35-minute Runaway will debut simultaneously on MTV, BET, MTV2, MTV.com, BET.com, and VH1.com. Also confirmed by Def Jam: "Monster" is officially on the album, and so are Kid Cudi, Raekwon, and production work from RZA and Q-Tip. Now let's get back to staring at that album cover, which according to Ye' has been banned in the US.

Willow Smith 'Whip My Hair' Video Premiere

2010-10-18T15:39:00.003-04:00

Watch after the jump..

Willow Smith proves that the offspring of Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith will one day take over the world with the premiere of her new music video for “Whip My Hair”! The nine year old who is scheduled to appear on 106 & Park tonight is working on her debut album on Jay-Z’s Roc Nation imprint. The video was directed by Ray Kay.

What Do You Think of G.O.O.D. Music's latest singee, CyHi Da Prynce

2010-10-15T21:55:00.001-04:00

Most of the world was introduced to CyHi da Prynce via Kanye's “So Appalled,” where he vowed that “if God had a iPod I would be on his playlist,” and generally held his own alongside Jay-Z and Pusha-T. CyHi (that's pronounced “Sy High”, for the record) had already been active on the mix-tape circuit and making slow and steady in-roads before getting the Kanye call-up dramatically accelerated the process. Check out the much anticipated mixtape from the latest G.O.O.D. music signee below.

Giuliano Fujiwara Varsity Jacket

2010-10-15T20:08:00.000-04:00

Yep, we’re still recommending varsities – we really don’t care whether someone else says they’re out or not – as long they still look good, we’ll keep posting them. And this one does look good. Available at The Corner

T.I. Sentenced to 11 Months in Prison

2010-10-15T19:48:00.002-04:00

The four time felon who was just (getting back) on top of the world violated the whole damn parole code and back in. Atleast he didn't sell his misses out. But answer me this.. name ONE 'king' in history who messed up this many times without being demoted. Get used to that wave...

music: N.E.R.D – “Hypnotize U”

2010-10-15T19:39:00.001-04:00

Having premiered this on Letterman a few weeks back, N.E.R.D. now follows up with the long-awaited studio release. This version has been mixed and mastered and proves to be just as amazing as the live performance. It comes from their upcoming album, Nothing, out November 2nd. Produced by Daft Punk.

Download: N.E.R.D. - Hypnotize U (prod. Daft Punk)

Kanye West 'Power' and 'Runaway' LIVE on SNL

2010-10-03T13:51:00.001-04:00

Kanye West was the musical guest on last night's Saturday Night Live and he straight up killed it with his two performances of "Power" and "Runaway" f/ Pusha T (below). 'Ye rocked a full red outfit amidst the white floor and background and was also flanked by ballerinas in all white as well. Kanye West also continues to raise the bar for every artist with his live presentation - creating true art. He elevates the music to another level of energy with his creativity, perfectly executed concepts and stage presence. Simply amazing.

P.S. He threw a curve ball at us by premiering a brand NEW 2nd verse for Power!

music: Kanye West – Christian Dior Denim Flow (feat. KiD CuDi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks & Ryan Leslie)

2010-10-02T19:54:00.001-04:00

With two songs leaking this week ahead of Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Friday schedule, he decides to go against his earlier decision & lets loose of another song… Thank you sir.

Download: Christian Dior Denim Flow – Kanye West feat KiD CuDi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks & Ryan Leslie

video: N.E.R.D. – Hypnotize You (Live On Letterman)

2010-10-01T16:52:00.000-04:00

Video after the jump

N.E.R.D. took to the stage of the Late Show with David Letterman this week, where they premiered new single, “Hypnotize You,” from their much anticipated new album Nothing . The tune was produced by famed French duo Daft Punk.

Tyra's Homemade Fishnet Mask

2010-10-01T15:52:00.004-04:00

When Trya Banks couldn't find a suitable mask to wear along with her Roberto Cavalli gown for French Vogue’s 90th Anniversary Masquerade Party last night in Paris, she went on to plan B. She took a pair of fishnet stockings, cut them up, and made her own!

“So FRENCH VOGUE mask is sum cheap FISHNET stockings I got n crazy store n Paris!” Tyra tweeted. “I cut em up n made it y’all. N did my ow hair n makeup.”

What do you think of Banks’ homemade look? We’re kinda digging it.

Naomi Campbell for Interview Magazine

2010-10-01T15:12:00.004-04:00

Naomi Campbell appears looking absolutely flawless for the October cover of Interview Magazine. And while she may be a top model - a role model, maybe not, she admits inside the issue.

"Listen, I make many mistakes. Many mistakes. I'm not a perfect human being," she says.

"I have to learn from my mistakes. And a lot of the ones I've made have been public. So I always get nervous when people speak about something that sounds like a role model, because I don't know if I've been a great role model myself."

Campbell plays up her bad-girl persona in the provocative portfolio shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. And while the images may not exactly help change people's perceptions of Campbell, but she could care less.

"I mean, look, I'm controversial," she says matter-of-factly. "If people want to work with me, then they want to work with me. If they don't, they don't." LOVE HER!

Diddy Rocking a Skirt??

2010-10-01T15:05:00.000-04:00

Okay, fine - it wasn't a skirt, it was a kilt. He wore it during his performance with Dirty Money for MTV Crashes Glasgow on Wednesday in Switzerland -which, if you’re going to wear a kilt, is probably the place to do it. (We so do not approve of this look by the way.)

"I want to show you the utmost respect and embrace your heritage and culture," he told the crowd of over 1,500. "You've got to be a real man to wear this."

But isn’t it interesting that just when Marc Jacobs ditches the Scottish trend, Diddy decides to make it his new stagewear?

cover: David Agbodji for Numéro Homme Issue #20 A/W 2010

2010-09-28T02:07:00.000-04:00

David Agbodji fronts the striking new cover of Numero Homme issue No. 20 where he wearing Gucci and what appears to be a slight homage to Grace Jones. David is represented by Request/Success model management. Photographed by Matthias Vriens-McGrath.

NUMÉRO HOMME ISSUE #20 A/W 2010 / »MY JAMAICAN GUY« SHOT BY MATTHIAS VRIENS-MCGRATH FEAT. DAVID AGBODJI

music: Jazmine Sullivan – 10 Seconds

2010-09-28T01:48:00.000-04:00

While we're still blasting her banging “Holding You Down” single , Jazmine Sullivan slows it down with the Salaam Remi produced second single off her sophomore album Love Me Back (Nov. 2).

DOWNLOAD: Jazmine Sullivan – 10 Seconds

music: Nicki Minaj – Right Thru Me

2010-09-28T01:34:00.001-04:00

This leaked spread around like fire in fuel drenched grasslands. With her album due out this fall and Nicki Minaj’s buzz growing at the waking of each day, we wanna know if this will this be her next Billboard hit?

Pink Friday is scheduled for release in November.

DOWNLOAD: Nicki Minaj – Right Thru Me

cover: Kid Cudi for Complex Magazine

2010-09-17T16:15:00.000-04:00

Kid Cudi opens up in a new cover story for Complex Magazine. In a wide-ranging Q&A, Mr. Rager admits to heavy cocaine use over the past year, takes shots at Wale and announces that he recently fathered his first child, a baby girl named Vada.

A very candid Cudi addresses his cocaine usage: "I started doing cocaine to get through interviews, 'cause people wanted to know a lot about my personal life and I wasn't prepared for a '60 Minutes' interview every time," he says. "Doing bumps I was able to get through the day, but then I would smoke weed to calm me down -- it was the only way I could get through the day without people noticing I was doing it. I never thought it was a problem, but I was definitely high-fiving death a couple of times."

Cudi does claim that his recent arrest was a wake-up call: "No more blow. People do drugs to camouflage emotions and run away from their problems. Now I'm going to deal with certain things as they come, prioritize s---, man up, so to speak. Just for the record, it bugged me out that people said it was liquid cocaine. No, I'm just f---in' rich, and my blow comes in a jar."

As for Wale, Cudi took exception to a recent line where the D.C. rapper claimed to throw a wallet like a Cudi fan. When asked if he felt the line was meant to be a diss, the lonely stoner basically dismissed Wale's skills entirely.

"It wasn't a shot, it's just a simple-a-- rhyme by a simple-a-- rapper. You can't let that s--- faze you. That's one of those raps that just shows the world that you wack. Why would you even use that as a metaphor?" Cudi continues: "People like Wale get mad that 'Ye ain't give him no beats. 'Ye ain't give you no beats because we ain't f---in' with your raps. It's not a conspiracy theory. We don't f--- with you musically, so we're not going to provide music for you."

YSL Fall/Winter 2010 Sneaker Collection

2010-09-17T16:08:00.001-04:00

Yves Saint Laurent has once again expanded upon their classic silhouette with sneakers tricked out with fur, leather, suede and patent leather. The clear winners of the bunch are these babies, equipped with the combination of the premium materials. They've got our attention so they're sure to excite sneakers heads everywhere. More from the colleciton after the jump.

Rihanna Debuts New Song and Video, "Who's That Chick"

2010-09-17T15:44:00.002-04:00

The brand-new song, which was put together by electro-house producer David Guetta and hasn't yet been officially released, will presumably appear on Rihanna's upcoming album.

Willow Smith’s ‘Whip My Hair’ Video Teaser

2010-09-17T15:23:00.001-04:00

Willow Smith, the 9-year old daughter of Will and Jada Smith has a new record deal with RocNation and her song was playing at every party during Fashion week… Check out the Teaser for her upcoming‘Whip My Hair’ Video

We LOVE Cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model

2010-09-17T14:58:00.001-04:00

So we're only two episodes in on the 'High Fashion' cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model and we're already loving it! On this week's episode, reality television's best judge ever, Andre Leon Talley took his seat next to Tyra Banks wearing an extra fabulous cloak of black sequins. Tyra was also quite put together in a one-sleeve Helmut Lang getup. And everyone on the judging panel seemed a bit more authoritative and intellectual thanks to the presence of the guest judge Diane von Furstenberg. The challenge this week was for the girls to identify something they're made fun of for, pick a power word associated with that insecurity to have painted on their bodies, and then pose wearing swimsuits and their power word.

DVF was the perfect judge for this challenge, because female empowerment is such an important part of her work as a designer. One girl says, crying of course, that her word was "free." DVF responds with so much sympathy, "Free is the most beautiful word you can choose because nothing is more important than freedom. And if you look for the freedom, then you will fly." And of the girl who gets kicked off for being freakishly thin, "Beauty is health, and if you're not healthy, you lose your beauty."

Did Elle Lighten Gabourey Sidibe’s Skin??

2010-09-17T13:14:00.000-04:00

Gabourey Sidibe is one of four celebrities who cover Elle's October 25th anniversary issue and alot of people are saying that photo editors digitally retouched Sidibe so that her skin looks several shades lighter than it does in other photos. Elle claims no wrongdoing. In a statement the magazine said that “nothing out of the ordinary” had been done to the photograph.

We have four separate covers this month and Gabby's cover was not retouched any more or less than the others.”

“We had 25 cover-worthy subjects in our portfolio and we chose Gabby because of who she is.

“We shot this as a story of exuberant young women changing the world. If you take a look at the portfolio, each of the women were shot in different ways and for different reasons."

Different ways, for different reasons, huh? Question: Why did Elle crop Sidibe from the chest up, while fellow cover girls Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, and Lauren Conrad's actual figures appear in their cover shots. The cropping on Sidibe is somewhat unusual for the magazine, which uses pretty similar crops on all its cover girls, not just these three.

Amber Rose on the Runway at Indashio SS11

2010-09-17T12:56:00.000-04:00

Earlier this week at Indashio's spring 2011 runway presentation, Amber Rose (the muse for the collection) opened the show wearing a fluorescent pink, feathered mini-dress. The crowd, which included baller Ron Artest, Caridee English and Jasleen Gonzalez from America's Next Top Model, naturally went nuts. The designer, who is best known for winning Vh1's Vivica A. Fox-hosted Glam God TV show, said he was inspired by club kids circa the Party Monster era. Rose said after her turn on the catwalk, "I love Indashio! He's my baby. I love the fact that he's so over-the-top 'cause I'm so over-the-top." Hmm, you don't say...

Kanye West covers XXL's Magazine October Issue

2010-09-16T15:22:00.000-04:00

Kanye West appears on the October issue of XXL magazine. Not only did he write his own cover story, he also served as creative director for a 40-page spread for the mag's special 'collector's issue.' It hits newsstands on September 28th!