Monday Fashion Feature: “Brand Profile: Rocksmith”

Rocksmith Tokyo is Japanese street couture blended with New York City swagger.  The brand launched with The Lifestyle Entertainment Company in 2002, on the Tokyo club circuit. Rocksmith has since partnered up with the NYC based Kilo International to take it worldwide. Jay-Z in the Notorious 81 Tee by Rocksmith   AllHipHop.com recently got a […]

Michael Vick, Hip-Hop, and the Politics of Punishment

“What if Peyton was fighting dogs instead of Mike Vick?/” —Jadakiss ft. Nas, “What If,” The Last Kiss, 2009. “They say I’m all about murder-murder and kill-kill/ But what about Grindhouse and Kill Bill?/ What about Cheney and Halliburton?/ … How’s NaS the most violent person?/” —Nas, “Sly Fox,” Untitled, 2008. “What if history was […]