Cultivating The New Looks Of Fashion With An Array Of Styles And Textures Blended Together As One. TOMBOGO Is Moving Forward As The New Age Brand Alongside New Age Designs. Today Respect Magazine Spoke With The Twenty-Five year old Designer & Founder Tommy Bogo

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Robbie: Hello how are you feeling today and What have you been up to today?

Tommy: I’m great, thanks. I’m currently working on upcoming Tombogo product releases, sample projects, and filling orders; the grind don’t stop!

Robbie: The prestigious NYFW may have passed But would you mind telling us about your recent NYFW experience and Overall what has been your favorite NYFW experience and why?

Tommy: I recently had my first NYFW Presentation. The show was treated as an interactive look book photoshoot, allowing attendees to take their best shots of the models. Having just moved to New York a few months prior, I didn’t realize how many people really show out for fashion week…that night I found out lol.  I rented a gallery for the presentation, and the space packed up quick making for a hectic, but really exciting night. There was nothing but good energy in the gallery and I really appreciated how everyone that came through had a keen eye for details of the Presentation. There were people analyzing the show in ways even I hadn’t considered, so it was really interesting to hear everyone’s dialogue on the Presentation—much more fulfilling than Instagram comments haha. The best part of having the NYFW Presentation though were all the new faces I got to work with, from the models to photographers, videographers and press. I’m still lowkey new to New York, so it was sick to connect with a bunch of like-minded creatives from all over the city and work on this show together.

 Latest Designs Scouter Glasses Available

Robbie: The Tombogo brand has been around for a few years and continues to grow but from the start who or what were some of the things that inspired you to initially start doing designs and customizing your own pieces.

Tommy: I’ve gone through a few phases of designing pieces that have to lead me to where I’m at now. Skateboard brands with cool logos like Spitfire, Element, etc. originally inspired me as a kid to start screen-printing graphic/logo t-shirts. As time went on though, printing t-shirts became more and more accessible, and I knew I had to step it up. In 2017 I was blessed with an opportunity to travel to Japan, Italy, and Mexico City all in one year.

Throughout my travels, I took note of various designers, products, and shops that inspired me to define Tombogo as a brand that I could hold in the same regards. That same year I started designing cut and sew pieces, which eventually lead to completely rebranding Tombogo, and updating the brand’s aesthetic and style to match the new level of product that I was making.

Tommy Bogo Alongside J. Belvin

Robbie: As a creative what is the process like for when you create and finish a new piece and want to premiere How do you go about the unveiling of a new item?  Also, what would you say has been your favorite item and why?

Tommy: The goal in premiering a new product typically is to communicate the product’s unique features, functions and/or details. Functionality is a big theme in my designs, so illustrating the utility is important, and it also doubles as entertaining content to watch. My favorite product changes every drop haha…so Ima have to say the LED Scouter Glasses. The LED Scouters started as just a small summer project, but ended up damn near changing my life, and connecting me with J Balvin along with Bad Bunny who wore the glasses at the VMAs.

Robbie: At the beginning What were the steps you took to start Tombogo and what advice would you give to anyone young designers looking to launch their own brand?  What has been the biggest lesson you’ve learned about branding and making a name for yourself?

Tommy: When I started Tombogo I was resourceful as possible. I built my own screen print press, printed my own shirts, etc. Its important to understand the process of creating your product, not to mention you’ll save money if you do it yourself! I tell everyone that’s asked me ‘how to start a brand’ to be as self-sufficient as possible and use what’s in your means to get started. The more you do, the more you’ll learn, the more you’ll grow.

Robbie: How much influence would you say Hip-Hop has on you and your brand as a whole and what are you listening to as of recently?

Tommy: Hip Hop, in general, has always gone hand in hand with fashion. All my pop-ups back in the day always featured performances by Bay Area rappers and DJs. I had artists like Guapdad 4000 and Larry June, performing at the Tombogo popups before they were as popular as they are today–we were all coming up together. The dynamic between music, specifically hip hop and fashion definitely laid out the foundation for Tombogo and helped me find my style and audience. If we’re talking hip hop I’ve been on this new IDK album ‘Is he Real’, and that Bosslife Big Spence ‘The Life Chose Me’. Fun fact, Spence made his DJ debut back in the day at one of the first Tombogo popups*

Robbie What can we look forward to seeing from you as we close out 2019 onto 2020?

Tommy: Man, I can’t even speak on it but stay tuned.

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Deadstation Productions is a talented visual artist moving forward by using his outstanding ability of structure as a versatile videographer out of Long Island New York.

DP, video credits range from new artist onto established and notable artist such as Chief Keef, Rae Sreummurd, Squidnice Famous Dex and the list continues to grow but as of today I wanted to highligh this Videographer for his latest production Space Music, Vol 1. Deadstation brings together Twelve songs from various artist and producers.

Deadstation Productions artwork and creativity shines bright and we look forward to see what more this talented artist will showcase but here and now get familiar with this hard working artist and his friends.

Below I had the chance to speak with Deadstation & Jusstheloyal about Space Music, Vol 1

DeadStastion Productions

”When it comes to making videos my main focus is to make the artist look bigger than life. If you’re watching any sort of Deadstation visual think of it as a reality enhancer with good & fun vibes throughout… Space Music Vol.1 is a collection of music between a couple of the artists I’ve worked with. I always thought it was cool when producers made projects and such with artists they have worked with… I thought it would be dope if I experimented and tried to do the same thing with the people I worked with. So far the feedback has been amazing and I’m totally grateful for all the amazing people who believed in being apart of my vision. Expect to see a lot more musical projects down the line!”

My first introduction to Deadstation came through the emerging artist Jusstheloyal and his catchy single Mad Mad”

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While Writing MadMad i really kept thinking about everyone who doubted me and I decided to send them a message with a Song! Its a instant favorite of mine and i was planning on dropping it as a filler for an Album or Ep with my Producer Lord Casso but My friend and Videographer Deadstation decided to add it to first Mixtape Series “Space Music Vol. 1” as the intro. So we also linked up for the Visuals to bring it life”.

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On the rise as a talented artist out of Southern California Hook is making her name known, with Hip- Hop enthusiasts everywhere by offering her witty, hard hitting, and relatable blend of hip hop that continues to grow and connect with new listeners daily.

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Hook is pushing forward in 2019 while getting ready to release her third full project of 2019 “I Love You Hook” on 9/27 and without a doubt here and now you should get to know this talented artist if you haven’t already, we suggest you start by checking out her self titled mixtape Hook along with her debut album Bully

As of today the hard working and talented artist out of Riverside California has just released a new video and single “Stand It” prod by Two Thousan9 & Swvsh and directed by Hassan. Most of all we look forward to see this artist progression but in the meantime check her out.

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Big Narco 2 is the follow up to Dro Fe’s Big Narco project released in 2018 and since that time many things have happened in Dro Fe’s life but as of today Dro Fe is using his music to give listeners a front row seat into his private life, from the lost of his close friend onto his battle with cancer onto his family life Dro Fe puts it all out in the open. Overall this project is unlike any other release from the Texas native so here and now get I suggest you get familiar with this Texas native.

Dro Fe spoke with me about what it means to him to keep things authentic.

It’s a lot of music artists that are tasking the trap but never earned any stripes or even earned boss status before they started rapping, I like to think I’m the last of the breed of people who really put in work in the trap and really came up out the trap. A lot of these rappers were boring with clothes from their producers or depending on car packages from clothing companies, I could name you a few but it’s not really my business to mention. Instead of calling them out imma get money: Big Narco 2

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Southern songwriter, producer & engineer 6Tusk continues to rise as an artist dedicated to the craft of hip hop and without a doubt here and now we suggest that everyone to get to know this talented artist showcasing his pure talent and Nashville Tennessee influences as a true to life breakthrough artist moving forward.

As of today I had the chance of speaking with 6Tusk about his come up and his major influences from the start of his career to the present day.  Most of all here and now we suggest that you get to know this talented artist 6Tusk.

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Latin grammy-nominated artist Ricky Remedy teams up with Smokepurpp & Zay27 for his self produced single Body Bag. On location in Los Angeles at the uniquely built creative space Freak City visual artist and videographer Tragik brings Body Bag to life as a trip that won’t stop. Ricky Remedy is a highly talented producer and songwriter out of Miami that should be on your radar as he moves closer to the releases of his forthcoming EP Over The Counter.

Recently I had the chance of speaking with the Miami Native about his single release and

Seeing this song develop into what it is now was so dope. Zay & Purpp only met once at one of Purpp’s recording sessions in Hollywood. A few months later we recorded their pieces of the song separately on different coasts. Then when it was time to shoot the video in LA & see them both perform the song together it really came full circle. They vibe together well. I love to see two close friends of mine come together on a project like this.”

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Butch Dawson, is making his name known throughout the world as a dedicated artist full of energy and creativity while capturing the aura of West Baltimore through his jazz and drum infused self produced projects and numerous efforts empowering upcoming artist throughout downtown Baltimore city.

As of lately Butch Dawson is gearing up to join another breakout artist from Baltimore JPEG Mafia across 17 cities while his latest self produced mixtape Ollieworld continues to grow and make waves as the follow up to his 2018 project Swamp Boy and since his humble start in 2009 Butch hasn’t looked back at all as he shows and proves with without a doubt that he should be on your radar as an artist dedicated to producing captivating & quality work that reaches out and grabs listeners so with that said here and now I suggest you get to know Butch Dawson.

Robbie: Hello, Butch it’s great to hear from you? How’s the week been treating you so far?

Robbie: 10 years later and you’re still committed to the craft of hip-hip so from the very beginning what inspired you to want to do music seriously and what continues to inspire you as an all artist after 10 years? 

Butch: Well I been around music since I was a kid. My dad was a huge local artist when I was young so the idea of being an artist/rapper was easy to grasp. What really inspired me was rhyming words together and that shit started in 3rd grade so that was like my very first inspiration right there. What keeps inspiring me to make music is living, being a human you literally have to deal with all types of emotions and we all have different stories to tell so why not make my story a whole experience?? I live for ideas and expressing them however we can.

Butch: my nephew Ollie (Oliver). He gives me so much motivation to be great in this rap shit. Also for this mixtape project, I wanted to embrace my punk side, bring more experimental energy driven elements opposed from Swamp Boy where its jazzy but still raw. A lot of people don’t know that when I lived at this warehouse space called Bell Foundry, we had diy shows in the basement and id perform on shows with hardcore punk bands and we have the summer lit. I wanted to bring that back for this summer and give my people a good time.

Butch: Yeah JPEG the homie. We used to be roomies back in Baltimore so it’ll be cool to step back in that energy for a good amount of days to catch up and perform together like the old days. You’ll be seeing a bunch of energy ahahaha from the BOTH of us. To the fans of JPEGMAFIA who don’t know my music, I’m going to turn y’all to believers no doubt about it. Im really looking forward to performing in Toronto because its going to be on Halloween and its going to be my first time in the 6 lmao.

Butch: Man it feels good I just be having to lay low sometimes because I be socially drained out. When you doing good you get a lot of love. Some people happy for you, some say it but still be hatin, some people expect shit from you, some just want a follow on ig and the list goes on. But I’m very grateful that God has put me in this position. I’ll forever be respectful to those who respect me, I’m down with dropping knowledge and wisdom I just be having to chilllll

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