A busy week in NYC

Rocking with DP One at the RHINO FX Launch party!

This week was intense, it was a busy one and reminded me of the all the places that being an artist can take you.

I started the week getting styled with Kid Lucky for a Commercial shoot for Panasonic. Wish I could of kept the clothes and kicks-

It is for a new digital camera coming out, I have to say I just bought a Panasonic camera for its dope HD video, so it felt good to be in a commercial for something I use. The commercial is for European TV so I will spread the word when it is up on the web. It should be dope..

Imagine- Me, Kid Lucky, a ferry load of tri-state commuuters, and the Statue of Liberty- Stay tuned for more..

The night before the shoot I rocked a great show with Jason Lindner's Now Vs Now at the Zinc Bar- did anyone take pics?

It was a 4:45 am call for the shoot and me and Kid pushed through and had a great time.

The director was mad cool and let us use our creativity.

The next day I taught a class at NYU for Daniel Bank's program Hip Hop Theater Education in and out of the class room. What a rich and stimulating group of young minds. We had some great dialogue and beginning work in Playback and Beatbox.

We talked about Hip Hop as form of popular education, the creative and cultural tension between tradition and innovation, New York as the birthplace and the growing reinterpretations of Hip Hop globally, and the various schools of thought on defining Hip Hop Theater. It was inspiring and made me want to teach more at the university level. If any one has ideas- hit me up..

Then I rushed to the Launch party for Rhino FX- a super crazy Animation/Video/Production house- I rocked a set there with Dp One on the tables, and Jason Lindner and Jorge Contentinentino on Horns and Flutes. It was a new launch for them and I did some voice over for there new promo reel check it at http://www.rhinofx.com/ There work is amazing! you can find them on Facebook


It was a great vibe! The Next morning after a few hours of sleep I left the BX at 6:30 am to meet Yako and Bboy Frankie to do a hip hop connections show at an elementary school in Jersey. Hip Hop Connections is a show we do that deals with Hip Hop's elements, history, and expression. It was a great show, the principal had a Looney Tunes tie (which is always a good sign) The students were engaged and we talked about creativity, imagination, the importance of reading, finding inspiration from our friends, families, and teachers!

By the end of the Day I was wiped, zombie mode, made it through a revealing and slightly confusing Battle Star episode.

Sat was all about Valentines balloons, chili, vegan banana splits, and communication, plus Krypto-Nate Robinson won the Dunk Contest!