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DUPRI, CURREN$Y, T.I.

JERMAINE DUPRI & CURREN$Y RECRUIT T.I. FOR NEW SINGLE “NEVER FALL OFF” FROM ANTICIPATED EP ‘FOR MOTIVATIONAL USE ONLY’

‘FOR MOTIVATIONAL USE ONLY’ EP OUT ON APRIL 4TH

With the release of their highly anticipated EP For Motivational Use Only right around the corner on April 4th, Grammy® Award-winning producer, songwriter, and rapper Jermaine Dupri and New Orleans-based rapper and founder of Jet Life Recordings Curren$y unveil a brand new single entitled “Never Fall Off” featuring award-winning rap mogul T.I., available today.

Listen to “Never Fall Off” HERE

Weaving between a heavenly vocal sample, powerful bass kicks, and sizzling hi-hats, Curren$y opens the track with a chantable hook, “I raise my hand to the lord, I pray I never fall off.” Dupri follows with a flurry of punchy flows and bold bars before T.I. adds an incendiary verse of his own. These three titans show up and show out together. They will never fall off…

The new track comes on the heels of Jermaine Dupri and Curren$y’s debut single, “Essence Fest.” Released earlier this month, the single has already racked up over 456k Spotify streams, in addition to receiving critical acclaim from the likes of RapRadar, Dirty Glove Bastard, and HotNewHipHop, to name a few. The latter praised, “Curren$y and Jermaine Dupri are coming through with some heat this summer.” Also, Essence Magazine and Billboard recently announced that Jermaine Dupri will be celebrating hip-hop’s 50th and So So Def’s 30th anniversaries with a star-studded performance at this year’s Essence Festival.

Listen to “Essence Fest” HERE.

In addition, From the Block recently debuted a live performance of Jermaine Dupri and Curren$y’s song Never Enough , which served as a preview of what’s to come.

Dupri and Curren$y have also announced their upcoming concert in Atlanta, GA, on Friday, April 7th, at The Eastern at 7:30 PM ET. For additional details and to purchase tickets, please click HERE.

ABOUT JERMAINE DUPRI:

Rather than impacting only one lane, Jermaine Dupri has changed the course of R&B, hip-hop, and pop throughout an illustrious career earmarked by some of the most recognizable hits of all time. The GRAMMY® Award-winning iconic songwriter, producer, rapper, artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist has powered game-changing, and chart-breaking smashes such as Mariah Carey’s 6x-platinum “We Belong Together,” Usher’s 3x-platinum “Nice & Slow,” Xscape’s platinum “Just Kickin’ It,” his own “Money Ain’t A Thang” [feat. JAY-Z], and countless others. “We Belong Together” not only toppled the Billboard Hot 100 for the year, but it also emerged as “the song of the decade” and “fifteenth most popular song of all-time,” according to Billboard. It took home “Best R&B Song” and “Best Female R&B Vocal Performance” at the 2006 GRAMMY® Awards. At the helm of So So Def Recordings as Founder, he has built a catalog of classic albums, including those of Da Brat, the first solo female rapper to go platinum, debut and historic Funkdafied; Bow Wow’s double-platinum Beware of Dog; Jagged Edge’s double-platinum J.E. Heartbreak; Anthony Hamilton’s platinum Comin’ From Where I’m From; and more. Simultaneously, he has launched JD’s Vegan as a mega-popular plant-based ice cream alternative available in major retailers such as Walmart. Plus, he notably stands out as the second rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame® following JAY-Z. Meanwhile, the GRAMMY® Museum paid homage to JD and So So Def with a dedicated exhibit entitled Jermaine Dupri & So So Def, 25 Years Of Elevating Culture. He has also appeared on-screen in the Aretha Franklin movie Respect, Hip-Hop Family Christmas, and Step Up. Speaking to his presence, Variety attested, “What isn’t recognized enough is his undeniable influence on the current cultural climate.” However, he never stops setting the pace for the entire game to follow.

ABOUT CURREN$Y:

Curren$y (a.k.a. Spitta Andretti) has cemented his status as an underground legend with his prolific and consistent output. The New Orleans vet is known for his refined taste and a straightforward yet sharp pen that he never seems to put down. Since his debut album, This Ain’t No Mixtape back in 2009, Curren$y has released countless studio albums, mixtapes, and collaborative projects with hip-hop heavyweights, including Wiz Khalifa, Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist, and Harry Fraud. He’s also the CEO of Jet Life — which houses his record label, an apparel company, a cannabis business, and a slew of other endeavors.

The rise to success was slow and steady for Curren$y — he got started in 2002 after signing with Master P’s No Limit Records, before joining Cash Money Records and Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment, and made it through struggles with various labels before starting his own label; Jet Life Recordings. Over the years, his smart lyrics would catch the attention of fans and other artists alike, and along with prolific output in the form of solo mixtapes, Curren$y had high-profile collaborations with Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Future, Freddie Gibbs, Rick Ross, 2Chainz and many others. Curren$y’s cult-like fan base, long-standing career, and adaptable flows have undoubtedly dubbed him as one of the king’s of the underground.

NICKI MINAJ’S “RED RUBY DA SLEEZE”

NICKI MINAJ’S “RED RUBY DA SLEEZE” OUT NOW

Nicki Minaj, formerly Onika Maraj, was born in Trinidad on December 8, 1982. She rose to stardom following the drop of her first album entitled, Pink Friday. This album took the world by storm as her beats and flow helped her to rise to the top of the charts globally.

Pink Friday featured the song ‘Super Bass’, a globally acclaimed release that reached number 3 on the Billboard charts. Her fan base ultimately grew and continued to span cultures and communities. Her versatility in genre and rap style attracts many different loyal fans and has gained the affinity of many. Her most recent single ‘Super Freaky Girl’ was a mega hit across social media and added to her ever-growing stardom.

Nicki Minaj continues to make her mark as a rapper, songwriter, actress, and singer; and this new release of ‘Red Ruby Da Sleeze’ is sure to top the charts and leave fans wanting more.

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NYFW DAY 3 × 4

Anna Wintour and Steven Kolb enjoyed Core Hydration® during a conversation moderated by Elaine Welteroth with Bozoma Saint John in celebration of her new book, The Urgent Life, presented by Spring at NYFW: The Shows.

Later that evening, Karolína Kurková enjoyed an intimate dinner celebrating Bozoma Saint John and the release of her new book, The Urgent Life, at Spring Place during NYFW: The Shows. Tamron Hall and Bethann Hardison, among others, attended the dinner.

Tamron Hall and Bethann Hardison attend NYFW dinner via 360 MAGAZINE.

Influencer Sydney Morgan visited the OTR™ Premium Cocktail Lounge between shows at NYFW: The Shows at Spring Studios.

Photo: Bryan Bedder | Getty Images

RODARTE × NYFW

Yesterday in New York City, NYFW: The Shows and IMG Fashion Alliance designer Rodarte kicked off the season with a dinner at the newly opened Jac’s On Bond celebrating designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy on their Fall 2023 collection. Quinta Brunson, Molly Ringwald, Brie Larson, Lana Condor, Beanie Feldstein, Tavi Gevinson and Arrow De Wilde appeared at the party to celebrate Rodarte and NYFW: The Shows.

Later that evening, Jonathan Simkhai appeared at Jean’s for The Jonathan Simkhai Afterparty presented by NYFW: The Shows and TRESemmé.

Photo: Bryan Bedder / Getty Images

BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas

21st century pop icons BTS continue to break records. BTS released their latest concert “BTS <Yet To Come> in BUSAN” in cinemas beginning on Feb. 1 as BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas which now holds the record for the highest grossing worldwide event cinema release. Presented by HYBE, CJ 4DPlex, and Trafalgar Releasing for a limited run, BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas achieved a global box office gross of $40m and boasted a footprint of more than 5,817 cinemas across 128 countries/territories, including a total of 617 coming from CJ 4DPlex’s 4DX and ScreenX locations.

From opening day Wednesday, Feb. 1 through Sunday, Feb. 5 in North America, the total gross was over $8m with a per-screen average of more than $7,080 across 1,127 movie theaters. In the 4DX and ScreenX premium formats, the film grossed more than $1.5m with a per screen average of $12,000, representing 19% of the North America box office on only 10% of the screens.

Internationally, BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas generated $32m, scoring multiple top five positions for the weekend in territories including Japan, Korea, Italy, and Spain, plus the top ten in UK, Germany, Peru, and Australia. The project also reached number one in Mexico, Colombia, and the Philippines, plus the number one international release in India.

BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas in ScreenX delivers a truly immersive experience that puts audiences in the front row. With a 270-degree field of view and exclusive imagery, audiences will feel like they are watching BTS live in concert. In multi-sensory 4DX, audiences are surrounded by unique motion and environmental effects that reproduce the atmosphere of a live concert. Complete with synchronized seats timed to BTS’ hit songs, 4DX transcends the BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas experience.

Jong Ryul Kim, CEO of CJ 4DPLEX said, “With our collaboration with BTS, HYBE and Trafalgar Releasing – we created a truly historic moment in event cinema. The ScreenX Studio production team focused on providing a totally different experience for moviegoers by shooting the film with fourteen cinematography cameras, which were not used in the live streaming event, and were re-edited for the ScreenX presentation.”

“We’re thrilled to see such a strong response from audiences across the globe,” Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing said. “BTS have a massive and dedicated following, and we’re honored to help them achieve another record-breaking result.”

BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas features a special cinematic cut of “BTS <Yet To Come> in BUSAN,” re-edited and remixed for the big screen, with new close-up angles and a whole new view of the entire concert. Recorded in front of a massive sold-out crowd in Busan, South Korea, in October 2022, cinema audiences watched the group’s RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook perform career-spanning hits. In addition to the standard screenings beginning on Feb. 1, showings on Feb. 4 were dedicated to “Light Stick Screenings,” where audiences celebrated using the band’s signature light sticks.

The event was HYBE and Trafalgar Releasing’s fifth global title with the pop icons, including 2018’s BURN THE STAGE: THE MOVIE, 2019’s BRING THE SOUL: THE MOVIE, 2020’s BREAK THE SILENCE: THE MOVIE, and 2022’s “BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – SEOUL: LIVE VIEWING.

*BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas is distributed worldwide by Trafalgar Releasing except in South Korea and Japan where it is exclusively distributed by CJ 4DPLEX. The event film will extend its run with additional encore shows this weekend totaling 2,100 locations worldwide. Details for all new screenings can be found at www.btsyettocomeincinemas.com.

About BTS

BTS, an acronym of Bangtan Sonyeondan or “Beyond the Scene,” are a GRAMMY-nominated South Korean boyband that has been capturing the hearts of millions of fans globally since their debut in June 2013. The members of BTS are RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook. Gaining recognition for their authentic and self-produced music, top-notch performances, and the way they interact with their fans, the band has established themselves as 21st century pop icons breaking countless world records. While imparting a positive influence through activities such as the LOVE MYSELF campaign and the UN ‘Speak Yourself’ speech, the band has mobilized millions of fans across the world (named ARMY), collected six No.1 Billboard Hot 100 singles in a span of a year and just over a month, and performed multiple sold-out stadium shows across the world. They were also named TIME’s Entertainer of the Year 2020. BTS are 5-time GRAMMY nominees (63rd to 65th GRAMMY Awards) and have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards like the Billboard Music Awards, American Music Awards (Artist of the Year 2021) and MTV Video Music Awards.

About HYBE

HYBE, rebranded from Big Hit Entertainment in March 2021, is a global entertainment lifestyle platform company that seeks boundless expansion in order to innovate the music industry. Ever since, HYBE has been expanding its multi label system including BIGHIT MUSIC, BELIFT LAB, SOURCE MUSIC, PLEDIS Entertainment, KOZ ENTERTAINMENT, ADOR, HYBE LABELS JAPAN, while HYBE AMERICA also manages its affiliate labels including Big Machine Label Group. In addition to the label business, HYBE established an integrated structure with its solution business that creates concert, video content, game, original story and retail, as well as a platform business through Weverse, a global fandom platform. Composed of its three headquarters based in Korea, Japan and the US, the company works towards bringing innovative change throughout the global music industry.

About Trafalgar Releasing

Trafalgar Releasing, the global leader in event cinema distribution, harnesses the power of cinema to bring fans together in more than 13,000 locations in 132 countries worldwide. A subsidiary of Trafalgar Entertainment, Trafalgar Releasing’s worldwide operations include production, acquisition, marketing, and distribution of live or pre-recorded content to cinemas led by an international team of specialists. Featuring live concerts, music documentaries, world-class opera, award-winning theatre, and more from the leading names in entertainment such as BTS, Metallica, Oasis, Coldplay, Billy Joel, George Michael, Twenty One Pilots, the Royal Opera House and more. More information about Trafalgar Releasing can be found at www.trafalgar-releasing.com.

About CJ 4DPlex

CJ 4DPLEX is a leading, next-generation cinema technology company, headquartered in Seoul with international offices in Los Angeles and Beijing. The company has created innovative film technologies for theaters worldwide that include ‘ScreenX’, ‘4DX’, and ‘4DX Screen’ for consumers to experience films in ways that were never before possible.

CJ 4DPLEX is a part of the CJ Group conglomerate that also includes entertainment powerhouses CJ CGV, the fifth largest theater chain in the world, and CJ ENM (CJ Entertainment & Media), who produced the Academy Award®, Golden Globe® and SAG Awards winning film, “Parasite”. CJ 4DPLEX was named Most Innovative Company of 2017 and 2019 in Live Events by Fast Company, and the technology has been recognized with Silver at the Edison Awards in the Media and Visual Communications-Entertainment category in 2015 and 2018.

ScreenX is the world’s first multi-projection cinema with an immersive 270 degree field of view. By expanding the image beyond the frame and onto the walls of the theatre, ScreenX draws you into the story on the main screen and immerses you in a virtual reality like setting with cinema quality resolution. To date, there are over 354 ScreenX auditoriums around the world in 38 countries.

4DX provides moviegoers with a multi-sensory cinema-going experience, allowing audiences to connect with movies through motion, vibration, water, wind, snow, lightning, scents, and other special effects that enhance the visuals on-screen. Each 4DX auditorium incorporates motion-based seating synchronized with more than 21 different effects and optimized by a team of skilled editors. To date, there are over 787 4DX auditoriums around the world, spanning over 69 countries.

4DXScreen is a powerful combination of our super premium immersive theatre technologies of ScreenX and 4DX in one auditorium, creating a never-before-seen experience for cinemagoers. To date, there are 46 4DXScreens installed around the globe.

LV MEN’S FW23

Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Fall-Winter 2023 Show and Collection. In collaboration with KidSuper’s Colm Dillane, this collection was inspired by the formative moments of upbringing and the rites of passage from childhood to adulthood.

The looks draw on themes inherent to Louis Vuitton men’s practice: formative development and the universal human experiences that unite us across geography and cultures. Evaluating the impact of the digital age, nods to connectivity are further explored through techniques, motifs, and silhouettes. The show featured a moving performance by artist Rosalía, her innovative musical fusions and distinctive style heightening the core philosophy of the collection.

The show’s stage was based on the ideology of “growing up”, and French filmmakers Michel and Olivier Gondry constructed a house in which a boy’s first stages of life unfolded, culminating in adulthood, where memories and experiences of the inner child remain eternally present.

Watch HERE.

NICKY JAM – Premio Lo Nuestro

Nicky Jam, Latin music idol, actor, and businessman, has once again been nominated for the Premio Lo Nuestro ceremony. In his artistic career, he has received more than 20 nominations, and this year was undoubtedly no different.

The Univisión network unveiled the official list of nominees for the Premio lo Nuestro 2023 gala, which honors the year’s greatest Spanish-language music, as it does every year. This time, the icon Nicky Jam graces the list with two nominations in the categories of “Male Artist of the Year” and “Urban Song of the Year” for “Ojos rojos.”

“Being nominated remains one of the biggest privileges of my artistic career, and being nominated once more already makes me feel like a winner,” said Nicky Jam.

Nicky Jam returns to Premio lo Nuestro after a year full of professional successes, in which his songs “Ojos Rojos” (20M views on YouTube, 57,544,163 audio streams and 161,892 video reproductions, more than 11.8K creations on TikTok) and “Sin Novia” (28,196,502 audio streams and 103,075 video reproductions, 12M views on YouTube, More than 6K creations on TikTok), captured the attention of an audience that accompanied him on a world tour that included countries from the United States, Europe and Middle East.

In the Premio Lo Nuestro ceremony, fans have a key role towards their idols since they have the possibility of making them winners by voting through the web portal.

The celebration in honor of Latin music will take place on February 23 and will be broadcast on Univisión screens.

ROSALÍA × LV

Grammy and 12-time Latin Grammy-award winning recording artist ROSALÍA executed a live performance at the Louis Vuitton Men’s Fall-Winter 2023 Fashion Show and also served as the musical curator for the show. Dressed in menswear from Louis Vuttion, Rosalía, who performed atop of a vintage automobile, became the first woman to ever perform live at a Louis Vuitton Men’s Fashion show during Paris Fashion Week. Rosalía also included DJ Clara3000 as the house DJ.

Rosalía’s incredible performance and meticulously crafted accompanying setlist not only included tracks from her Grammy-nominated benchmark album MOTOMAMI as well as her previous release El Mal Querer, but several tracks from both well known and developing artists, spanning multiple genres from countries across the world. Genres included hyperpop, funk brasilero, dembow, flamenco. It was Rosalía’s way of highlighting and sharing the music and genres that inspire her while also acknowledging her roots and what helped her to bring MOTOMAMI to life.

See setlist here:

“CANDY (Remix)” – ROSALÍA ft. Chencho Corleone
“SAOKO” – ROSALÍA
“Bulerías De La Perla” – Camarón De La Isla
“DE AQUÍ NO SALES (Cap.4: Disputa)” – ROSALÍA
“Sento no Bico da Glock” – DJ Gabriel Do Borel, MC Lucy & MC Rogê
“DESPECHÁ – Funk Carioca Remix3000” – nusar3000
“DIABLO” – ROSALÍA
“Basbousa Song” – Ahmad H Music
“De Plata” – ROSALÍA
“A I O” – Angel Dior
“CUUUUuuuuuute” – ROSALÍA
“Teresa, Lark of Ascension” – Broadcast

Some standout tracks include “Sento No Bico Da Glock,” a Brazilian funk (funk brasilero) track – one of most popular genres in Brazil and a favorite of Rosalía’s; she uses elements of this genre on her own records. Rosalía, who is deeply passionate about Flamenco, included her treasured Camarón De La Isla’s stunning song “Bulerías.”

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Dolce&Gabbana FW

The new Dolce&Gabbana Fall/Winter 23/24 Men’s fashion show explores The Essence of Dolce&Gabbana.

What exemplifies this essence are the purity of the volumes, the tailored cut, the innovative proportions, the selection of Italian fabrics and silks, and the craftsmanship of the “fatto a mano” (the handmade), through which the values of Italy’s cultural heritage can be recognized.

A considerable exaggeration in the silhouettes and lines articulate the synthesis of perfect cut.

Superstructures of girdles/corsets and bands/sashes that emphasize the waist revive elements of the FW 1999/00 collection, along with the micro-shirts and the double waist trousers.

Black is the absolute protagonist: it represents reservedness, elegance, rigor and seduction. Expressed in various materials, it reveals to the touch and to the eye its own characteristic light and sensuality.

Black always provokes profoundly unique experiences and sensations, even as it is lit up by embroidered crystals in the same color that recall the wet volcanic rock of Etna and Stromboli.

This is the unique essence of Dolce&Gabbana.

Front row guests included Machine Gun Kelly, Blanco, Tony Effe, Twins Hadban, Abdulla Al Abdulla, Mariano Di Vaio, Palayo Diaz.

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STEVEN KLEIN

Edited and with an essay by Mark Holborn

The first comprehensive monograph of Klein’s photographs, whose subversive and powerful images have captivated viewers globally for decades.

Phaidon is pleased to announce the highly anticipated first monograph by director, videographer and photographer Steven Klein, available this Fall. This monograph is the first to be published of a selection of work by Klein.

In challenging the conventions of the printed page, Steven Klein has created some of the most defining images of our time. The avant-garde images conceived by Klein impress for their power, brutal strength and fetishism, as a result of his deep insight and surgically meticulous approach. Through a vast range of work, Klein has developed a singular visual language that is at once eerie, violent, irritating, disturbing, and, miraculously, beautiful and compelling. Klein’s images demand that viewers confront the questions that they provoke.

In the introductory essay, Mark Holborn sets the stage by describing the series that opens and closes the book, ‘Death Kit YSL,’ which Klein made during enforced lockdown. Holborn uses this notable YSL collaboration as an example to how a singular image builds into one, cohesive narrative. The story, according to Holborn’s introduction is a murder-filled movie:

You will find more than mere suggestions of something
you’ve never dreamed of. Steven Klein’s work is explicit as well as suggestive. We are presented with fiction that is simultaneously of our time, a response to the exterior world, and a display of the working of his imagination. We are offered a psychological map, if not a fully declared self-portrait.

Holborn elegantly situates Klein’s images and Klein’s own psychological landscape. The essay is both biographical and speculative, revealing how Klein thinks of his camera as a weapon, himself a voyeur – obsessive and predatory. For both the subjects and viewer, the realization of his pursuit intentionally evokes pure terror or pleasure. “To open this book is to enter criminal territory,” Holborn writes, “here, the police are busy. Transgression, too, has its allure.”

Over the course of 450 pages, the book unfolds like a film narrative with scenes of gender fluidity, self-harm, gun flaunting, pyromania, murder, arrests, car crashes, body contortions, and genital display. These reoccurring motifs exist as standalone vignettes, but also as a sequence of images feeding off each other, slowly building towards one overwhelming, climatic drama. By the end of the book, all the different threads of Klein’s creative life come to a resolution. His photo series conveyed epic narratives, mostly subversive, in which movement and static elements are explored and merged.

More than 280 reproduced photographs showcase Klein’s creations and illuminate a part of his expansive, singular vision. A figure on the world’s artistic stage, Klein pushes the boundaries of traditional fashion photography and expands its presence in the worlds of art and culture. Klein’s lens utilizes fashion as a raw material and uses it as one of many components to construct his narratives. By doing so, he blurs preexisting borders and creates something wholly and radically new. Klein is a long-time collaborator with Vogue and works with houses such as Tom Ford, Calvin Klein, and Alexander McQueen.

Klein’s compositions of his models, actors, famous figures, and a wide swath of disparate subject matter are characterized by an enigmatic sense. The subjects of much of his work are well known – from Madonna and Brad Pitt to Kim Kardashian, Nicole Kidman, Lady Gaga, and Rihanna. Yet, Klein is not defined by fame or celebrity status but rather redefines this subject matter within his own uncanny, sinister visual world. In Klein’s hands, these figures are placed into implied stories that are conceptually complex, sometimes graphic, but always lyrical. With his art education and practice in painting and pottery, Klein’s work is a powerful statement echoing an interdisciplinary understanding of visual art.

STEVEN KLEIN presents a fiction that is both a response to the exterior world and a display of the workings of Klein’s imagination. His photographs are filled with superlative style, the scent of wealth, the threat of danger, and always brief captions. The repeated reinforcement of the book’s structure allows characters, themes, and ideas to appear, vanish, then reappear. A balance is achieved throughout – masculine and feminine, exposed and covered, flesh and metal, human and animal, seduction, and violence.
Bound in a tactile white leatherette featuring the tipped-on cover image Killer Heels (2014) and debossed type.

Purchase HERE.