It seems like A$AP Mob is never not striving and prospering whether it’s with music or contributing to fashion; this week’s “Work” can really testify to that statement. Not long after announcing his tour with G-Eazy next year, our very own “Hood Pope” A$AP Ferg dropped a new single produced by Hit-Boy entitled, “Tatted Angel” to give us a journey into the Traplord‘s current state of mind. Along with releasing the single, Ferg dropped a very dope sneaker collab with Adidas that might just be a must cop for the season. No, this isn’t Ferg’s first fashion collaboration being that him and one of the dopest visual artists of today Justin West (who showed out this past week for Art Basel) collaborated with Bape just two years ago. At this point, it seems to be more so beneficial for an artist to not just want to be an artist, but to have consistency and a vision. What Ferg is doing…well, he’s making moves for his artistry to be a visual masterpiece.

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Lets face it, we all aren’t lucky enough to bask in the sun-rays of Miami while sipping white wine while witnessing All-Star artists face-off at a Secret Walls event for the international modern art festival Art Basel. There is good news: DJ Boston Chery is providing us with a touch of what we’ll be missing with her hot, new mix “Welcome To Miami”. She definitely takes us back in time and back to present day and back in time again.

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Fabolous is letting us know he’s living the good life in the new black and white video for the Pusha T assisted track “Life Is So Exciting”. The cut is featured on Fab‘s recently released mixtape Soul Tape 2, and was shot during Miami‘s Art Basel by director Jon J. The duo show off their stylish wardrobes, bad chicks, and exotic whips while rapping about the good life. Get a glimpse of it below.

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Last year, Barry Mcgee, Os Gemeos, Shepard Fairey were among several artists that put up murals at Wynwood Walls, Miami as part of the Art Basel 2010 show. This year, RETNA is already there kicking off a mural for the reunion, to open this December 2011.

Pics via Street Art News

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As part of the production duo The Neptunes, Pharrell Williams has won Grammys, helped to sell millions of albums, and become the face of nerdy cool in hip-hop. More recently, Williams has branched out into fashion and art, designing sunglasses and modeling for Louis Vuitton, working with Paris boutique Colette, as well as launching his own clothing line, Billionaire Boys Club, a footwear line, Ice Cream, and partnering with textile firm Bionic Yarn. Last year he collaborated with artist Takashi Murakami and jewelry house Jacob & Co. to create The Simple Things: a cupcake, a bag of Doritos, a bottle of Heinz ketchup, a Pepsi can, a sneaker, a condom, and a bottle of Johnson’s Baby Lotion—encrusted with 26,000 rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds inside the mouth of a Murakami sculpture—shown at Art Basel in Switzerland. Oh, and he still finds time to make music: Last month, Interscope released the soundtrack to the animated comedy Despicable Me, which Williams co-wrote, and this fall, he will unveil his fourth album with his group N.E.R.D, which includes Shae Haley and Williams’s Neptunes cohort Chad Hugo. As the name of the alt-rock trio suggests, the 37-year-old Williams is a connoisseur of cool, but not a slave to it.

What is less known about Williams is his interest in science—specifically, the brain. He recently became fascinated with the work of Dr. V.S. Ramachandran, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, San Diego. Ramachandran, director of the university’s Center of Brain and Cognition, has been called one of the “hundred most prominent people to watch” in the 21st century by Newsweek magazine. Still, it would be difficult to imagine two less likely collaborators: one is a pop-music icon, the son of a handyman and a schoolteacher from suburban Virginia who now rolls around Miami in an Enzo Ferrari. The other is a neuroscientist, born in India and educated at Cambridge. What could they possibly have in common? A lot, as it turns out. But in the following conversation, it’s easy to see how both men feed off of each other with the thrill of discovery, and take mutual pleasure in zigging while the rest of the world zags.

To read the full interview click HERE

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