NEWEST BROOKLYN BOUND
At only 19 years old, GrandeMarshall is one of Philidelphia’s youngest and brightest hopes for the next rapper to break nationally after Meek Mill. Most refreshing is how different the two sound when compared, Mill, … read more »
GrandeMarshall is a Philadelphia rapper who’s Twitter account currently has a display name of “It’s Pull Up!” The phrase is a reference to “PMS,” a song from his Mugga Man mixtape, released in April, and … read more »
After GZA dedicated a recent afternoon to teaching us about chess, he strapped his Converse up tight to rock the Rubber Tracks stage. With a career spanning some 20-plus years, he had plenty of material … read more »
The video for the original “Crash Your Crew” from GZA’s 1999 album Beneath The Surface features skateboarders going ham in a skate park while GZA (and Hell Razah) warn of their wrath under the voice … read more »
For the lastest edition of FADER and Converse’s Brooklyn Bound, we sat down with legendary Wu-Tang MC, the GZA, who chose Greenwich Village’s The Chess Forum to talk about his love for the game of … read more »
When we spoke with Nina Sky at Brooklyn’s famed Saved Tattoo, they revealed that they were in the middle of a short show run, first bouncing around New England and then back to NY for … read more »
The beautiful twin sisters Nicole and Natalie of Nina Sky seem barely grazed by the tattoo needle in comparison with Tumblr’s unending stream of self-proclaimed tattoo models, but the girls have plenty of ink. It’s … read more »
Delivering the tongue twisting verses of Le1f’s “Wut” live would be challenge enough for any MC, but coupled with Le1f’s original dancing, a performance turns into full on aerobics, Le1f leading the class with his … read more »
For his Rubber Tracks performance, Le1f left the chiseled models of his “Wut” and “Soda” videos at home. The dancers he did bring held him down famously, recreating, among other things, the “Soda” video’s baptism … read more »
New York rapper Le1f, whose stage name (pronounced like “leaf”) is an abbreviated version of his actual first name Khalif, admitted to us that his screen name-style moniker is nearly impossible for most people to … read more »
