Kenny Vera talks running a small business, launching his LOOT Lifestyle brand, learning new languages and overcoming mistakes.

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Show Notes

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Part 1

Part 2

This episode is brought to you by Peralta Project. Well not officially, I didn’t actually speak to Tony and his team but I’ve love what they’re doing over there. I’m a fan of Tony’s art and of course I love the clothing. Plus he’s been a guest on the show, click here.

Photography by Laurie Markiewicz

When Tony opened up his shop Taller Peralta, he connected with today’s guest to paint the front gate. Today’s guest is James K. Alicea aka BlusterOne. This is going to be a two part episode. In this episode, Bluster and I talk about growing up in the Lower East Side, his early graffiti days, Rakim lyrics, religion, spirituality, the Five Percent Nation and his introduction to Islam.

Enjoy.

Keep Up with BlusterOne

1. Official Website
2. Instagram
3. 1xRUN

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Part 2 Show Notes

1. Islam
2. Quran
3. Hadith
4. Hafiz
5. Islamic Cultural Center of New York
6. Charlie Hebdo shooting
7. How are you trying to grow as a human being?
8. Christianity
9. Buddhism
10. Dogma
11. The globe is bigger than the books
12. Nuyorican
13. Latin communities that are Muslim
14. Moors
15. History of Spain
16. Mecca
17. Make it to Mecca
18. Malcolm X Explains His Pilgrimage to Mecca 1964
19. PNB Nation Part 1 from The Limited Edition Magazine
20. PNB Nation VIBE Article
21. The 50 Greatest Streetwear T-Shirts of All Time by Jeff Staples in Complex Nov. 19, 2013 (Just a note tying this all together- Jeff was on the New York Said Podcast too- here’s his episode: Jeff Staple talks Streetwear Ambassador, 20 Years of Staple Design and Reed Space
22. PNB Logo
23. Post no bills
24. Cooper Union
25. Hardcore into Stamps
26. Casey Rubber Stamps
27. Afro-Latin Americans
28. Afro-Puerto Ricans
29. Shout out to Chessa
30. Graffiti Culture
31. Racking- stealing supplies for graffiti writing
32. Sullivan County Community College
33. Writer
34. Behold the Pale Horse (book) by milton william cooper
35. The Spook Who Sat By the Door YouTube Full Film
36. SS3Tony
37. Kahlil “Zulu” Williams Twitter @sergefc
38. Yuri Kochiyama (political activist)
39. Roger “Brue” Mchayle Twitter @Brueroc
40. Issac “West” Rubinstein
41. Sung Choi Twitter @sungchoi_
42. Post No Bills
43. Free Stylin‘: How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry: How Hip Hop Changed …By elenaromero
44. Futura (artist)
45. 48 Laws of Power by robert greene (book)
46. Hello my name is…
47. Sean John
48. FUBU
49. Rocawear
50. Phat Farm
51. Phillies Blunt Street Wear
52. The 50 Greatest Pop Culture References In Streetwear by Complex
53. School of Hard Knocks (visual)
54. School of Hard Knocks Founder
55. 555 Soul
56. Union
57. FUCT
58. Stussy
59. Eric Brunetti Book FUCT
60. West Coast Streetwear
61. GAT-Gypsies and Thieves streetwear brand
62. Freshjive Streetwear brand
63. Tribal Streetwear
64. D12 Logo for Anger Management Tour
65. Keds
66. RockRubber45s Original Poster Art was done by BlusterOne
67. What’s Good with Stretch & Bobbito Podcast
68. ‘Rock Rubber 45s’ Q&A with Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love New York Said Episode
69. Respect for the culture
70. WBAI FM Third World Cypher Radio Show with BlusterOne and Brue
71. Shabba Ranks – Wicked in a bed – YouTube
72. Duffed
73. Lose with the mouth
74. Quality of Life
75. We don’t want no smoke
76. Many an L taken
77. Cool with those who are cool with me
78. If I have my headphones in that means don’t ask me
79. Amon is giving out fives
80. That was brought to you by the letter…
81. Most important lesson thus far is to be about your word. BlusterOne
82. Honesty
83. Deathstyles vs. Lifestyles
84. Forward
85. Fuse Green Episode: Gun Pockets: The Triumphs and Challenges of Fuse Green
86. Tony Peralta Episode: M. Tony Peralta shares Insight from his Growth as an Artist and Entrepreneur
87. Leo
88. Vault of Culture
89. Arturo Vega shares his Journey to the Ramones and Beyond Episode
90. TMNK – Art is my Weapon Episode
91. Lower East Side

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We’re back in Brooklyn, DUMBO to be exact and this time we are kicking it with Vikki Tobak. Vikki is a journalist, producer and the author of Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop. In this episode we talk about growing up in Detroit, her photography moment, working with Gang Starr, working at Paper Magazine, interviewing Diddy when he was on the come up and her journey to Contact High.

About Vikki

1. Purchase Contact High: A Visual
   History of Hip-Hop
2. Twitter
3. Instagram

VIKKI TOBAK is a journalist whose writing has appeared in The Fader, Complex, Mass Appeal, Paper, i-D, the Detroit News, Vibe, and many others. She is a former producer and columnist for CBS MarketWatch, CNN, Bloomberg News, TechTV, and other leading media organizations. Vikki is also the founding curator of FotoDC’s film program and served as the art commissioner/curator for the Palo Alto Public Art Commission in Silicon Valley. She has lectured about music photography at American University, VOLTA New York, Photoville, the Library of Congress, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

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Show Notes

• Medium
• Website: https://www.contacthighproject.com/
• “It is a photography book but it is a storytelling book.” Vikki Tobak Quote
• Kazakhstan
• Stevie Wonder
• Stevie Wonder – For Once In My Life
• Aretha Franklin (RIP…we miss you)
• Aretha Franklin – I say a little prayer – YouTube
• Hitsville U.S.A.
• Motown
• House Music
• Detroit House Artists
• Sister Sledge
• Sister Sledge – We Are Family – YouTube
• Marvin Gaye
• Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On – YouTube
• Public Enemy
• Chuck D Interview With Vikki Tobak
• Pentax K1000
• Nell’s (Club)
• Paper Magazine
• Chi-Ali (Rapper)
• Clark Kent
• Stretch Armstrong
• Just be curious…
• Kim Hastreiter (Paper Magazine Co-Founder)
• David Hershkovits (Paper Magazine Co-Founder)
• Underground culture
• HipHop culture
• Uptown
• Sean Puffy Combs
• Biggie Smalls
• The Notorious B.I.G. – “Hypnotize” – YouTube
• Mary J. Blige
• Mary J. Blige – Family Affair – YouTube
• Jodeci
• Jodeci – Come & Talk To Me- YouTube
• “Life is not a game.”
• Neale Easterby
• Patrick Moxey
• Payback time: Patrick Moxey and Neale Easterby on Payday Records’ global relaunch Article by Andre Paine
• Payday Records
• Patrick Moxey Relaunches Classic Hip-Hop Label Payday Records: Exclusive Article by Dan Rys
• Gang Starr
• Gang Starr – Moment Of Truth
• Guru (RIP)
• Gang Starr – Manifest – YouTube
• Jeru The Damaja
• Gang Starr – I’m The Man (Feat. Jeru The Damaja) YouTube
• Group Home
• Group Home – Livin‘ Proof – YouTube
• Public Relations- You protect your artist and have their backs
• Director of Publicity and PR
• Jamil Diaz
• Xavier De Nauw Photographer
• Danny Hastings Photographer
• Five-Percenter
• Part of the ether
• Knowledge, wonderful, mathematics & alphabet
• There will be no google
• Ernie Paniccioli Photographer
• Public Enemy
• The importance of 7
• Hard to Earn
• You get that decisive moment
• Telling it like it is and being direct
• The right hand person and their importance
• Playing mental chess
• CNN, CBS, and Bloomberg
• Creating, collaborating, and believing in something
• Having good instincts
• Vikki Toback on Mass Appeal
• Navigating around the media training
• Keep scrolling for more show notes…

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Salt-N-Pepa // Photography by Janette Beckman

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Show Notes Continued…

• One Love One Photo: Photographer Esther Anderson Early Bob Marley Photos
• How you treat the archives?
• What are the iconic images?
• Who are the photographers?
• Janette Beckman on photographing styles upon styles of early A Tribe Called Quest
• Gordon Parks
• Jamel Shabazz shares his Journey to Documentary Photography– New York Said Episode
• The book is going to be produced as an exhibition in April 2019
• Annenberg Space for Photography – CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop is an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers, as told through their most intimate diaries: their unedited contact sheets.
• Hotboxing
• To tell a story and present it well
• Photoville
• Celebrity culture
• So this book is about the photographers
• Questlove
• Swizz beats
• Blue Note Covers
• Undon
• Things Fall Apart
• Jenni Zellner
• Nas
• Nas and Tupac Photo
• Lisa Leone
• Illmatic
• Robert Whitman talks photographing Prince Pre-Fame and the Common Humanity
• Keepers Of The Underground: The Hiphop Archive At Harvard
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Highlights Hip-Hop Archives
• Cornell Hip Hop Collection
• Google Cultural Institute
• A Great Day in Hip Hop
• Nov. 7th 2018 Event A Great Day In Hip Hop: A Visual History 20 Years Later by SchomburgCenter for Research in Black Culture
• Have a conversation with the people you are photographing…a tip from Jamel Shabazz
• Integrity of the culture
• FotoDC
• Barron Claiborne Cinematographer
• THE DAY BIGGIE SMALLS WAS CROWNED “KING OF NEW YORK”
• Belly
• Malik Sayeed
• Andrew Das Senu
• Juice Film
• Adger Cowens
• Bradford Young
• Ava Marie DuVernay
• Haile Gerima
• Howard University
• Queens in the house
• Live Squad
• Stretch (rapper)
• Live Squad – Heartless | Official Video
• Stay with what you love and give it power

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