On Friday June 25, Warner Bros. Records along with Ciroc, Asylum, K-SWISS, and RESPECT. mag threw a pre-BET awards celebration at the Highlands in Hollywood. D-Nice and Felli Fel provided the sounds and guests were entertained by special surprise performances by Lyfe, Kandi & New Boyz. Celebs in Attendance included; Eric Benet, Lisa Raye, Kandi Buress, New Boyz (who received their [...]
By: John Esposito
“… Fareal man, if it was not for you guys man, I would not be standing up here right fucking now. ”—Eminem
Those were the last words spoken by Eminem as he exited the stage after Monday night’s Red Bull EmSee: The Road to 8 Mile surprise NYC performance. Curated by Eminem himself, [...]
Zach Wolfe on Alfamega:
This shot is front of the Hilliard Street [Residence] Hotel, which is off of Auburn Avenue and Edgewood Street, downtown [in Atlanta]. It’s abandoned now and completely boarded up; it was in the process of being shut down at that point. The nickname on street is Pink City—crackhouse, whorehouse, pretty much one [...]
excerpted from RESPECT. Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 3, on sale now:
As a sophomore at Mount Vernon High School in Iowa, Zach Wolfe took a photography elective to fill out his credits. Despite having grown up painting and drawing under the influence of creative parents and a grandmother who was an abstract artist, he had no [...]
Yesterday, Team T.I. unleashed the cover for his seventh studio album, King Uncaged, due out August 17th. While we’re not pleased with ourselves for going after the obvious “unleashed” wordplay in the previous sentence, we’re pretty self-satisfied at being able to get the rapper’s thoughts behind the cover, shot by world renown photographer Warwick Saint:
I’m known [...]
PHOTO: Reggie Casagrande/Corbis Outline.
Today, Reggie Casagrande, aside from being one of the only women we know named Reggie, is the founder of online enterprises Lipsticktracez and theFETE—where photographers, designers and other cultural architects congregate to share ideas and display works. But, in 2000, she was a newbie photographer for the Alternative Press on assignment to shoot [...]
In Part 2 of our discussion with Chris Buck, he shares his memories of shoots with 50 Cent, Chuck D, Nas and Missy Elliott. Which includes meditations on African-American manhood, the history of slavery in America, and why he was kicked out of a New York restaurant.
Part 1
50 Cent:
Chris Buck: When we did that shoot [...]
I can remember vividly growing up in the suburbs of Cleveland. I had just purchased a new boom box with money from cutting lawns and raking leaves. My friend named Joe Mantey, who I knew well because alphabetically we were always somehow next to each other in grade school, said he was coming over with [...]
Chris Buck, who, amongst other things, snapped the photo adorning the front cover our latest issue, was actually featured in our second issue. During our time with him, we found Chris to be incredibly insightful and courteous. And we have no good excuse for not having put up our interview with him sooner. Please forgive [...]
Cruised around the L.E.S. in a three-Cadillac caravan last Saturday before the STKxNYC show to check out the shoot for Bambu’s “Paper Thin” (off the …paper cuts… EP) music video featuring Chace Infinite. Directed by Andrew Graziuso of LightWork Media, the same team who did Bam’s “Quit” video, shot last year during the Philippine Independence Day Parade. Photos were shot with [...]
