With their child due in less than four months, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are making final preparations for parenthood. Selecting a name for the new baby is one of the tasks still left on their agenda, and West reportedly has a few possibilities in mind. British tabloid The Sun reports that West is considering [...]
Yasiin Bey or Mos Def: Stylish By Any Name
September 12, 2012 | Posted by
Mos Def may have made his name spitting rhymes, but Yasiin Bey remade himself by working his lines on TV (last season’s Dexter), on Broadway (A Free Man of Color), and now in fashion—he’s a collaborator at N.Y.C. shop Ale et Ange (where the jacket, shirt, hat, and pants he’s wearing come from). Here the [...]
Erykah Badu Cast in New Role, ‘Maker of Saints’
August 18, 2012 | Posted by
Singer Erykah Badu is set to star in a movie adaptation of Thulani Davis’ art world/political thriller Maker Of Saints. Veteran actor Roger Guenveur Smith joins Badu in this project, reports IndieWire. Yasiin Bey (formally Mos Def) is also rumored to be involved in the project. The novel Maker of Saints is inspired by the 1985 death of NYC [...]
Robert Glasper on Jazz, Blending Genres, ‘Black Radio’ – Video
July 6, 2012 | Posted by
Robert Glasper has been a rising star in the jazz world ever since he made his debut eight years ago. But despite the acclaim, in many ways, he felt like he was operating in a vacuum. That’s because the pianist yearned for recognition outside the genre, which he says has done a poor job of [...]
