Kanye West and A.P.C. have revealed official photos from their collaborative A.P.C. Kanye Capsule Collection. The limited mens line consists of minimalistic pieces ranging from two pairs of Japanese selvedge denim, two basic long sleeve hoodies, three t-shirts including one featuring a BEEN TRILL graphic, and one short-sleeved hoody which we seen Kanye spotted in last week.
Available now on A.P.C.’s online store in Europe, the collection releases on A.P.C. USA at 10 a.m. EST today.
You can check out more over at the magazine’s website.
On the eve of the release of his latest work, Love in the Future, Legend talks to UPTOWN about being “competitive,” the ugly rumors surrounding him and Teigen and their upcoming nuptials, his close relationship with West, how being a child of divorce still affects him today, and why he believes that the American education crisis is the civil rights issue of our time.
Shawn Chrys’ latest — which is executive produced by Timbaland — drops July 23rd.
The sequel officially drops September 30th (you can preorder here).
UPDATE: From MTV, where you can read more of the story…
Cory Monteith died of “a mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol,” the British Columbia Coroners Service announced late Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, the coroner’s office had revealed that the initial autopsy of the 31-year-old actor was inconclusive, and had ordered toxicology tests to pinpoint the actor’s cause of death.
In their announcement of Monteith’s cause of death, the Coroners Service added that their investigation into the case was continuing, but added that “there is no evidence to suggest Mr. Monteith’s death was anything other than a most-tragic accident.”
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CNN reports:
Cory Monteith, who played heart throb Finn Hudson in the Fox hit “Glee,” was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room Saturday, Vancouver police said. He was 31.
Police said the cause of death was not immediately apparent, but they ruled out foul play.
Monteith spent time in rehab early this year, checking into a drug addiction treatment facility in April.
He had been frank about his struggles with substance abuse, telling Parade magazine in 2011 that he began using drugs at 13, and by 19 went into rehab after his mother and friends intervened.
Monteith had been on the musical comedy show since it began in 2009.
In 2011, he won a Teen Choice award for top actor in a comedy. The show’s cast won a Screen Actors Guild award for an ensemble in a comedy the prior year.
After long hours of deliberating, the jury returns to the court room and find George Zimmerman not guilty of charges for second-degree murder and manslaughter relating to the death of Trayvon Martin.
From MTV:
The ARTPOP revolution finally has a start date. After more than a year of teasing her third full-length studio album, Lady Gaga announced on Thursday that her latest musical menagerie will be released on November 11.
In a florid Facebook post full of fantastical, arty language, Gaga also promised an as-yet-unnamed single on August 19 and an accompanying app that she said will bring, “ARTculture into Pop in a reverse Warholian expedition.”
The post explained that the app was built by TechHaus, a technology-focused offshoot of her Haus of Gaga creative team. “The app itself is a musical and visual engineering system that combines music, art, fashion and technology with a new interactive worldwide community — ‘the auras.’ Altering the human experience with social media, we bring ARTculture into POP in a reverse Warholian expedition.”
The album (and app) will be available for pre-order on September 1. While details about the music have been few and far between, Gaga opened a small window into what fans can expect in the post. “The album ARTPOP musically mirrors Gaga’s creative process as she passes through the mediums of each artist she collaborates with, scoring a blueprint of her journey,” it reads, without mentioning anyone by name.
For those who have been following this, it looks as if Chris Brown has lost the war and has decided to paint over his monsters (even though he says it was his choice).
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Taken from the L.A. Times. You can check out the pics on the next page:
Chris Brown’s attorney is slamming neighbors who are demanding the star remove street art-style murals from his Hollywood Hills home.
Neighbors claim the monsters are scaring neighborhood kids and ruining the hillside aesthetic of the area below Lake Hollywood.
“There are lots of babies, lots of children, and they’re literally frightened. It’s like devils on the wall — big scary eyes and big scary teeth, and just the whole vibe is not what we’re used to,” said Patti Negri, president of the Hollywood Dell Civic Assn.
Responding to complaints about the monster art, L.A. city code officials cited Brown for unpermitted and excessive signage and ordered him to remove the art within 30 days. He also faces fines that start at $376 but could rise significantly if he fails to comply.
Brown’s attorney, Mark Geragos, said the musician is not backing down. He says it’s the neighbors who are harassing Brown.
“I’m scared of neighborhood busybodies like this,” Geragos said. “They’ve called animal control. They have sicced parking [enforcement] on him, and now they reached the heights of ridiculousness here. Shame on them.”
Geragos said the city can expect a legal fight over Brown’s personal artwork, which unwittingly thrust him into one of L.A.’s longest-running civic debates. Although the city has a reputation for being the street mural capital of the world, much of that artwork has been done illicitly.
City ordinances make it illegal to create murals on the vast majority of private properties.
“They are trying to suspend the 1st Amendment,” Geragos said.
CHECK OUT THE PICTURES OF THE MURAL ON THE NEXT PAGE.
From MTV’s Buzzworthy:
Have you ever had one of those moments where you look at a celebrity wax statue and become totally confused as to whether or not it’s REAL? (That’s, like, our daily existence over here. See: Adele’s wax “Grammys” statue, Britney Spears’ NYC wax statue, etc.) Because we’re having that exact moment right now with Rihanna’s way-too-real wax statue, which was just unveiled at Fame NY Tattoo parlour before it takes up permanent residence at NYC’s Madame Tussauds.
But seriously, would it be possible for us to give Rihanna’s wax artists a gigantic thank-you fruit basket complete with “GREAT JOB, GUYS” fireworks?! They got everything right! Ri’s wax figure is accurate down to the molecular level! All it’s NOT doing is grabbing its crotch! But we guess that’d be going too far, since, you know, Madame Tussauds tends to attract a lot of families.
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Plenty of pics to check out above, as J. Cole was in Brooklyn to film the visual for his next single, the TLC-assisted ‘Crooked Smile’. No TLC sighting as of yet (it would really suck for them to not appear in this video).
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Big Sean gets real player in the latest issue of Fault Magazine. You can check out more here, but the pics are above.
Love In The Future officially drops September 3rd. You can check out the tracklisting below.
1. “Love in the Future (Intro)”
2. “The Beginning…”
3. “Open Your Eyes”
4. “Made to Love”
5. “Who Do We Think We Are” feat. Rick Ross
6. “All of Me”
7. “Hold on Longer”
8. “Save the Night”
9. “Tomorrow”
10. “What If I Told You? (Interlude)”
11. “Dreams”
12. “Wanna Be Loved”
13. “Angel (Interlude)” feat. Stacy Barthe
14. “You & I (Nobody in the World)”
15. “Asylum”
16. “Caught Up”
Deluxe Version Bonus Tracks
17. “So Gone”
18. “We Loved It” feat. Seal
19. “Aim High”
20. “For the First Time”
You can read the full write-up over at Gawker (where we came across this)….I don’t really have any words for this.
Other major news media outlets (like the Huffington Post) have also revealed less-graphic crime scene photos (I’m guessing that these were all revealed during the trial), which you can check out below at the bottom of this post, if you care to do so:
A reader of mine sent me this photo last night. As the murder trial of George Zimmerman wheezes to its conclusion, the TV networks dutifully pipe in live pool video from the courtroom, as if it is force-fed to them and they have no choice but to excrete it, soft and undigested, into our living rooms, bedrooms, offices. Sometimes, the pool recorder or the networks’ producers don’t switch to a mundane image of lawyers being lawyerly quite fast enough, and we get to see snippets of the human cruelty, stupidity, and frailty that occasion trials such as this.
This is Trayvon Martin’s body. These are the last skinny jeans he wore, cuffed once at the bottoms. These are his stylish kicks, his sockless ankles. There are Trayvon’s taut neck, his slack jaw, his open eyes.
This is what happens. Not just when we input “black” and “teen” and “hoodie” and “night” into our onboard computers and output “DANGER,” but also when we find the aftermath Newsworthy, and must consume it voraciously from start to finish, but insist that we cannot stomach seeing the bones and gristle on our plates.
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Kanye went off on a TMZ photographer today at LAX airport; this was after the camera man gave him props on Yeezus. Once the pap asked about Watch The Throne 2, Kanye then charged the photog.
“Don’t talk … don’t talk to me … I don’t want to hear paparazzi talk to me or anybody I know … and tell everybody never talk to anyone that anyone knows … don’t talk to themselves .. DON’T TALK EVER AGAIN.”
Above, we get to see some behind the scenes visuals for Nicki Minaj’s latest feature in the August 2013 issue of Marie Claire; below are the pics. You can check out more from her magazine spot here.
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Vlad TV reports:
If passed, the bill would limit funds to the Department of Treasury to approve “travel-related or other transactions incident to non-academic educational exchanges.”
Rep. Ander Crenshaw of Florida used Jay and Beyonce’s trip as an example of how loopholes could be made for travel to Cuba.
“I think that if we’re going to say that we have this policy in place that relates to travel in Cuba, that it ought to be enforced, and that becomes a grey area where they’re probably not really following the guidelines.”
Hov addressed backlash from the trip on “Open Letter” off his new album, rapping, “I’m in Cuba, I love Cubans/This communist talk is so confusing.”
I guess Kirk had enough, and took to Instagram to disrespect his wife with a post. You should already know after this hit the net, Black twitter would have something to say about it. You can check out the comments below.
I can’t say nothing is official just yet, but Fat Trel might be signing a management deal or an imprint deal with Roc Nation or another label. We will keep you updated.
From BitTorrent’s blog:
Our goal is to make it interactive; more like how we listen, watch, and play in our ordinary webbed lives. So, in partnership with Jet Life, we’re working on a new BitTorrent Bundle: a fan capsule built for the Internet.
“When the discussion began with BitTorrent, it became apparent that that Bundle format could help us reinvent and grow 2.0 mixtape culture. Jet Life has built a massive audience by embracing a DIY, direct-to-fan mentality from the start. We’ve always put listeners first. BitTorrent allows us to reach these fans – as well as one of the largest audiences online.”
Austin Leigh Briggs, Jet Life Digital Marketing and Brand Strategist
The Jet Life BitTorrent Bundle will feature new music from Curren$y, Young Roddy, Corner Boy P, Fiend, and the rest of the Jet Life crew. It’ll also contain HD footage, interactive tour posters, catalogs, exclusive contests, and rewards you can redeem offline, at shows. You’ll be able to unlock it right here, starting July 30th.
Red Eye Tour 2013: CornerBoy P x Fiend4DaMoney x Young Roddy
Aug 26 | Huston | Studio At Warehouse Live
Aug 27 | Dallas | Cambridge Room HOB Dallas
Aug 28 | Austin | Red Seven
Aug 29 | Phoenix | Club Red
Aug 30 | San Diego | Porter’s Pub
Aug 31 | Los Angeles | Los Globos
Sep 1 | Oakland | Grand Live
Sep 2 | Santa Barbara | Velvet Jones
Sep 3 | Santa Ana | Constellation Room
Sep 4 | San Luis Obispo | SLO Brewing
Sep 5 | Sacramento | SOL Collective
Sep 6 | Eugene | W.O.W. Hall
Sep 7 | Portland | Alhambra Theater
Sep 8 | Seattle | The Crocodile
Sep 9 | Salt Lake City | The Project
Sep 10 | Denver | Cervantes Other Side
Sep 12 | St. Louis | Old Rock House
Sep 13 | Chicago | Reggies
Sep 14 | Nashville | TBA
Sep 15 | Cleveland | Cambridge Room at HOB
Sep 17 | Baltimore | Soundstage
Sep 18 | Philadelphia | The Blockley
Sep 19 | Boston | The Middle East
Sep 20 | Providence
Sep 21 | New York City | Studio at Webster Hall
Sep 22 | Richmond | Kingdom
Sep 23 | Washington | Howard Theater
Sep 24 | Virginia Beach | Shakas
Sep 26 | Atlanta | Masquerade Hell Stage
Sep 27 | Jacksonville | 1904
Sep 28 | Orlando | The Backbooth
Sep 29 | Miami | Eve Event Space
Sep 30 | Tampa | The State Theater
Oct 1 | Tallahassee | Sidebar Theater
Oct 2 | New Orleans | Parish Room at HOB
UPDATE: Above is a visual of Twist leaving jail. Not really much else here, but still.
I hate to say it but, it was only a matter of time. A recent update also states that he had a lit blunt in the car at the time of his arrest. From TMZ:
Lil Twist — Justin Bieber’s lackey — was ARRESTED for DUI in Calabasas, CA early this morning … while behind the wheel of Justin’s famous chromed- out Fisker Karma … TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell us … 20-year-old Twist — real name Christopher Lynn Moore — was pulled over for speeding around 3:30 AM on Parkway Calabasas, while en route to Bieber’s mansion.
When officers approached the car, they believe Twist appeared to be under the influence of a substance … but we’re told he DID NOT appear to be drunk.
Twist was arrested and hauled to a nearby station where he was booked for DUI.
UPDATE: Nick Cannon gave the full details on exactly what happened, and it sounds like it did indeed hurt.
She’s such a trouper man, she definitely took a big fall. She was on a marble surface, she was in this beautiful gown, but she couldn’t maneuver properly. She went to reach out for Young Jeezy [and] kinda lost her [balance]. She was kinda sitting down but she fell off these platforms and kinda dislocated her shoulder because it was right on the concrete. She chipped her shoulder and dislocated it and she cracked a rib. I dove and tried to help her. Young Jeezy was like ‘Yo! Are you alright?’ because she was reaching for him and he was right there and she was like ‘Yo! Just pop it back in and keep shooting.’ I was like ‘What? No, you stay down’. We got her to the hospital and the whole time she was on the phone with me like still directing the video, while they were putting her arm back in and bandaging her up and she came back to the video shoot. She spent two hours and finished the music video. The doctor was like athletes come in here crying, passing out because of an injury and she just took it like a trouper.
Women know how to endure pain well. She’s recovering. She’s got a big show at Central Park and its going to be amazing. She’s still doing it. She’s probably going to have a blinged out cast. [The twins] gently touch her and kiss her and say ‘Mommy’s boo boo is going to be okay.’ They are like really gentle. Its nice to see.
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What kind of freaky shit was her and Nick Cannon doing? From E! (where you can read the entire story:
Mariah Carey was taken to a New York hospital last night after dislocating her shoulder on the set of a video shoot, the singer’s rep confirms to E! News.
“Mariah injured herself while filming a video for the remix of ‘#Beautiful,’ directed by her husband Nick Cannon,” the rep says. “She was taken to hospital late last night, where doctors reset her shoulder. She is fine and is recovering at home.”
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Yep, she can still get it. The above pics are from J-Lo’s recent cover feature and spread in the August 2013 of W Magazine. You can check out more here.
UPDATE: Above is a picture of 50 Cent with Tiffany Lighty (Chris Lighty‘s daughter). What’s now interesting is that, according to 50, his updated will apparently leaves his wealth to her, judging from his Twitter:
That was his mother texting me as him.she sold that to a web site.she hate me for Winning, it’s hard to replace me.
Read the text carefully you will see what I’m saying.
I rewrote my will today now when I pass away all my physical property’s and MOST of my money go’s to charities and TIFFANY LIGHTY so when I’m done she can be 50cent
Obviously, this raises eyebrows given his recent exchange with his son (below), who has certainly been on a Twitter campaign of his own:
Marquis has also apparently send messages to Oprah regarding the father issue, so I’d expect that this won’t be the last we hear about it.
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This is obviously in the midst of the recent domestic violence charges stemming from the alleged mother of 50 Cent’s newborn child. I guess they’re trying to paint 50 Cent to be…..the exact person he’s been since we learned of his rough upbringing in the first place. He’s been shot 9 times, for God’s sake.
You can check out the transcript below.
50 Cent exploded into rage at his 16-year-old son in the months before he was arrested on domestic violence and vandalism charges, hurling a string of obscenities at the teenager and calling him “f*cking stupid,” a “sh*t head” and a ”motherf*cker.”
The angry rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson III, told his son Marquise to cut all contact with him in a series of expletive laden text messages — “f*ck you stop texting me,” read one; “delete my number,” said another — after the pair was apparently unable to coordinate a custody visitation.
At one point in the vicious communication, 50 Cent admonished Marquise and told him: “I don’t have a son anymore.”
His shocking rant — obtained exclusively by RadarOnline.com — is an eerie echo of Alec Baldwin‘s repulsive attack on his then 11-year-old daughter with ex-wife Kim Basinger, Ireland.
50: Hey I’m out side the house at the front door. I came to the front door then lights went off. What’s up?
Marquise: U lying u outside? Lol. Lol u fronting.
50: I saw you looking out the window good luck in life. Your gonna need it.
M: Lol u fronting hard body now, how u going to see me when I’m in the basement lmao
50: F–k you. You are your mother child.
M: Lol why would u lie about that lol
50: I need a blood test cause that d–k sucking b—h you call mom was f–king the hole time. I don’t think your funny at all. I drove out here for nothing.
M: Pops ur trippen now, why u won’t been get one u had 16 years lol, I know u lying bc u [didn’t] even call me too go outside
50: Are you f–king crazy I don’t have time to play boy. I told you I would come see you. I came motherf–ker start turning lights out and looking threw the blinds. Are you f–king stupid. You had me drive over there why do you think I needed a address s–t head. I saw the lights go out then someone playing in the blinds and there was no party going on. F–k you to. You your mother and your sister f–k all [yall].
M: I might [be] dumb, come thru then, no need to get upset. Stop by and say hello too ur son
50: What the f–k are you talking about I’m not f–king with you after this I leave [for] Atlanta in the morning.
M: So come thru then
50: F–k you
M: No need for all that
50: You are bigger enough to know better so f–k you stop texting me
M: Ight
50: Tell your mother she won. She has you and I’ll make another. I will have nothing to do with you. Don’t text me ever again.
M: U keep texting me lol
50: It’s cool I will never go out my way again. You disrespectful little mothe f–ker.
M: Lol u never do I don’t know not father that doesn’t even call [their] son for his birthday or get him a ift for his b-day or Christmas
50: You are your mothers child I don’t have a son anymore. F–k you all you want is a gift like your mother and your ungrateful sister. Delete my number. You never call what the f–k I’m supposed to call you to give you something sorry
M: Welp if u feel that way, I don’t care about no gift it’s the thought that means the most, remember this money ain’t everything. I’m tired of calling u, why don’t [you] call me nd please I can’t wait to hear this excuse
50: Good luck with your life man. I tried to come talk to you. You didn’t have to have me come all the way out there if you didn’t [want] to see me you little a– hole. I don’t have to make a excuse for anything. I’m a grown a– man boy. You talking about money ain’t everything. Your right but when you don’t have any your gonna understand why I work so hard. I’m done texting you delete my number.
M: thank u, and u know dang well u ain’t come out here too see [me], but if that’s what you want to stick [to] then I’m sorry, and I [know] why u work hard, ok, god bless
50: Are you f–king stupid.
I don’t know why she keeps finding someone new to beef with on Twitter (where is her press team?), but at the end of the day, Azealia Banks lost. When it comes to Twitter, she always loses (simply because it’s all she’s become known for).
