Lady Ga Ga is going in the books for complete supremacy. She has shocked POPTOPIA and I would bet my life that this isn’t going to stop anytime soon. Here are a few pics from tour earlier this month. Rock On!!!

Is it the red hair? No it’s just her style and keen sense of fashion that makes this girl ROCK!!!!

As the market editor of VIBE Magazine, it’s something I’m constantly asking myself. Who exactly are we speaking to? Is it the guys with the saggy jeans that hang out around the 6 train in Harlem outside our offices? Is it the kid with the Billionaire Boys Club raw denim jeans and $400 Gucci kicks?

In the 80’s and 90’s, Hip Hop was uniformly about baggy jeans, oversized Jerseys and enough diamond ice to sink the Titanic. The look was part hood gangster, part nouveau riche with an emphasis on flaunting newfound wealth. Think Beverly Hills Hillbillies, except from Compton and The Bronx.

As taste generally becomes refined overtime with money and Diamonelle chains could be found on Canal Street for little more than the price of a Big Mac, such overt and obvious displays of wealth became passé. If you wanted to show you were truly successful, you had to have the rarest, one-of-a-kind pieces: hand painted dunks, jeans from a little factory in Japan that only produce one pair a day. A whole new movement and look diverged that both inspired and was inspired by downtown street wear. Still, there are plenty that aren’t rocking Nudie jeans with Lanvin kicks.

The two camps seem to be easily divided into the artists with cross-over or mass appeal: the Ushers, Kid Cudis, and Kanyes whose music is on the iPods of white suburban kids next to Katy Perry and Lady Gaga embrace a flexible view of fashion that can range from Japanese-inspired street style to tailored gentleman in Tom Ford. The other camp is occupied by the more hood artists: Lil Wayne and Soulja Boy, who could easily pass for Wayne’s offspring, born fully tattooed from his dreadlocked head like the Greek goddess Athena from Zeus, and who unlike Kid Cudi, would never be caught dead in a kilt.

The reason may also have something to do with physical size. “Hip Hop fashion is physically made for Hip Hop guys,” Phillip Bloch, celebrity stylist and author of the new book, The Shopping Diet said. “Most brotha’s can’t wear a skinny jean. The thighs are too thick. Kanye is tiny, he can work it. LL Cool J in a skinny tie and jeans? That’s not happening. The fashion side is leaning to that, but the reality is the function. They can’t wear it: they own the Gucci belt, the hat, and sunglasses, but they can’t fit into the clothes. They rap about it but they can’t really wear it.”

Ralph Reynolds, creative director of AKOO, rapper TI’s clothing line agrees. “Now, it’s the slimmer, trimmer look [inspired] from the skate kids and the Japanese kids. But that body type doesn’t necessarily fit an American. While Kanye and Pharrell may be able to do that, I don’t think that look can go through all of Hip Hop, because everybody can’t wear that type of that thing. The next era is about relaxed and comfortable. As it’s growing into its adolescence into urban fashion, it’s growing into the main stream of American fashion.”

Even so, one can’t discount the geographical divergence. While kids in New York and Los Angeles might be dressing one way, the interpretation can change entirely in the South or Midwest. “If you go to hoods in Atlanta, Miami or Houston, chances are you’re not going to see people dressed like Kid Cudi,” said Jermaine Hall, Editor in Chief of VIBE. Fashion outside of major cities has always been slower to evolve, so whether that means the sagged, Dopey the Dwarf look is on a slow Shakespearean exit or ingrained into the culture is yet to be seen.

Ultimately, the truth may be that both styles: the vintage baggy look and today’s hipster-co-opted style equally represent the Hip Hop movement, two sides of a gold-plated coin. “They have made the category so small,” Reynolds said. “They’ve tried to make one look represent what the movement should be. There should be a wider range in that look. The kids wearing baggy jeans hanging off may be representing an older look. The slimmer, trimmer look is probably the leading edge of where it’s going. But both truly represent hip hop and urban fashion.”

Persona Magazine will be releasing the long awaited look book of the infamous beauty AMBER ROSE this summer. With a special launch on Zinio.com, Boarders, Amazon.com and Books-A-Million nationwide. Amber will display her true modeling talents in a full picture album of herself. This will be a great look for the newcomer who is rumored to star in a new feature film with Will Smith Next summer 2011.

1. What are some of your major influences fashion wise?

My biggest inspirations are Pharrell Williams and Kanye West, for fashion and everything else.

2. Explain your movement (YOUR CREW).
Our movement, Young crafters, is a movement made to inspire young, fresh people to do their thing and not to be afraid of doing fresh stuff. Haters are everywhere but we dont really give a fuck. I totally don’t!. Young Crafters is Me, Diggy Simmons and Jovany Perez.

3. Do you have a personal theme song?
I have so many! “Over” by Drake is a huge inspiration to me. There’s also, “Beautiful” by Pharrell,  ”Stronger” and “Good Life” by Kanye West, “Money to Blow” by Birdman. Every single album Pharrell and Kanye have ever made are my inspirations. They’re like my heroes!

4. Who is someone you can honestly say will be relevant in 10 years in fashion and music?

Pharrell Williams that’s certain as is Kanye West.  Lil’ Wayne, Drake, Kid Cudi, those guys are more than talented they will always stay at the top. In fashion I can’t tell because fashion is about coming with something new and being super creative. Someone like Karl Lagerfeld will is a staple.  Kanye West is so amazing fashion wise. This guy can come up with anything and it will be dope  because he is that amazing. Sincerely, he has never disappointed me. He is simply amazing.

5. What is your dream home, dream car , dream mate , dream life?

I live in my dream home because my family is with me. My dream car is  the Ferrari Enzo. My dream mate is Kanye West! My dream life is just living and inspiring others while having my family with me all the way.

6. What is your Persona?

I’m crazy! I love to just do 1000 things at the same time. I am fast and I am furious! I can handle 200 things at once but I hate to talk to 2 people at the same time. I love taking my time to do stuff and I get very nervous when someone disturbs me. When I want to do something or meet someone I always do it. I always get what I want. I work super hard for it all the time.

7. Favorite Food and why?

Indian! I love it because there so much taste and colors! But don’t get it twisted, I’m crazy about hamburgers too.

8.Favorite Designers?

Kanye West, Christopher Decarnin, Karl Lagerfeld, Coco Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Hedi Slimane to name a few.

9. If you could change one thing about fashion what would it be?

I would change certain peoples frame of mind. I was shocked when I saw models trowing up after a show on the street. That’s not fashion, that’s not art, ok! Nobody wants to see models that are 40 because we need perfect models to make the clothes look good i am not for the over size model i dont like it but anorexic models aren’t something good. If i could change something about Fashion that would be the anorexic models.

10. If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?
I would say stop racism because too many people suffer because of hate. But there is so much stuff to change in this world!

Kanye is undeniable when it comes to imagery. “Davie C” is the illest photographer to touch a cam. These pictures have hidden messages see if you can decode them. Cool thing about art is their is no right or wrong way to view it. Everyone has a different perception of art. Art is made to inspire,shock and motivate. Lady Gaga is that chick nowadays. Let’s hope she can continue shock us with her bold displays of artistic orgasmic content.

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When I first started my blog I did an segment called “Friday Love”. It’s a high 5 to that special girl on the best day of the week Friday. So if you will the Highlight of the week. This is a category for the Sexy,Hot, and down right Bad!…. I being a face,leg,hair,lips,hips and ass man. I would safely say Amber Rose is such an eye catcher. She has a very beautiful past a story of rough upbringing would attract any man who doesn’t want the goodie two shoes bit… I guess it’s the same as a chick wanting a real guy. Someone who may have a hard life and appreciates a real down to earth straight shooter. Amber Rose your beautiful but not because your body was hand crafted by the creator himself with extra special care, and enough to make a cat put you in a Louis Vuitton ad. It’s because you seem real and I say seem because we have not crossed paths. I can tell someone who lives by their own rules. You do it very well. All hail the “Ride or Die” Chick.
You may not know it but you inspire us all. Your aura exudes thru your captured moments.

xBecky Billionsx

What better way to advertise your new sneakers than with your girlfriends naked body, not any girlfriend, Amber Rose, the arm piece of all time. Good advertising? IDK, I glanced at the shoe but my eyes kept going back to her light bright body. Hats off to Amber Rose, turning 15 seconds into, well we’ll see:) Read the full story

WE MISS THE OLD KANYE’.. I mean the new albums dope. I bump it,but it’s nothing like when you see a cat come up and he’s hungry and humble. When you get money it actually does change you. But does it change you for better or worst. All depends on the person. Or the “PERSONA”

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