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drama mama charity auction

A little birdie told us that Drama Mama will be auctioning off four handmade dressed on eBay where the proceeds will go directly to charity. And what charity pray tell deserves such an exclusive auction? Well, there’s a very brave woman out there who needs all the help we can give. Yvonne Foong was diagnosed […]

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lupe & rhymefest: chicago’s got next

There must be something in the water they pump through those Chicago pipelines. Sure, MC JUICE (no product placement there; that’s really what he calls himself) might have put Chi-town on the map in the early Nineties with his mic-killing freestyles, and Common and Twista have been representing the city’s cutting edge hip hop aesthetic […]

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a hip hop summit with brains, yeah?

Look, forget what you heard about the Power Summit, that annual hip hop industry elbow-rubber which maps out the course of mainstream rap music and hip hop culture for each year. That’s kid’s stuff, a staged professional wrestling event in comparison to the National Hip Hop Political Convention. Organized in part by Jeff Chang, co-founder […]

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bape cafe, tokyo

If you can’t afford the threads there’s always Bape Cafe. The location of Bathing Ape parties and launches, the food is averagely priced for Tokyo but apart from being a little like heaven for Bape junkies – the ceiling and tables are ape shaped, the stools are decorated with the trademark camo-ape – it’s no […]

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police shootout outside paul’s place

There’s something about Paul. I came across this thread post in the Malaise Forum, one of the best Malaysian independent rock hubs I know. Here’s the skinny:two nights ago, at approximately 8.30pm, a plain clothes policeman approached a group of indie rockers hanging out at the cafe close to Paul’s Place in Old Klang Road […]

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kl hip hop activism

I’ve been getting updates from not one, but two separate groups of people who’ve been itching to educate the masses on hip hop culture. (I can’t say who they are yet, because everything’s still on the ground floor, and you know how things are at that level. 50/50 chance of survival, yes?) Anyway, they’re looking […]