Warrior Elite Squad featuring #53 Joey “King Handles” Haywood.
Without the ghetto there would be no basketball as we know it. Little do most people know there are invisible ‘hoods buried all over rural America, huge windswept corrals where entire populations were fenced in and forgotten: Indian reservations, aka The Rez. And they’re balling out–hard. […]

Puma Sky Low on Grap Luva @ our “Wonder-full” party in DC. Grap is DJ Pete Rock’s physical brother, and indeed a soulbrother! Check for his former group I&I’s LP and unreleased joints, well worth the listen.

Puma Clyde X Big Daddy Kane Yo MTV Rap on DJ Spinna. “Let it roll, get bold, i just […]

Word is that the Ball 4 Real Tour is GONE. With AND 1 going outdoors and still standing, what’s next? I watched the B4R promotional start-up video and saw an image of one of the players with a ball under his shirt and tape over his mouth. I thought, “That’s an interesting promo shot; what’s […]

Rel Harris, Man about Town. His stats are impressive: former agent of George “Iceman” Gervin and Sean “In-Fin” Couch; first African-American to license NBA apparel; father of budding All-Metro 10-grader Tobias Harris who’s getting interest from Indiana and Rutgers. Now Rel is the official rep of the Nintendo brand for the street. He might not […]

(L-R) Black Fives founder Claude Johnson (http:///www.blackfivesblog.com), Julius “Dr. J” Erving, y yo.
There aren’t many times in life when we are blessed to exchange positive energy for more than a moment with our childhood influences, however last week I was able to . . . twice. As you well know from an earlier post, […]

This past Friday, Sneaker Joe of www.sneakerpimp.com fame, in conjunction with WAR VI, presented the NOT FOR SALE exhibition featuring 70 pairs of precious pieces from his rare and exclusive collection. Check out the photos here http://warvi.com/blog/?page_id=22! He had some joints!

Sneakerjoe has been in the online exclusive game for nearly a decade. Featured on the […]

The Jordan Brand and Levi’s announced a special project they have been working on. The companies are set to release co-branded apparel packages in March ‘08. The packs will include AJ1s made of Levi denim (printed with the Jordan elephant design), a t-shirt, and a crispy pair of 501s.
I am very curious to see […]