I first learnt about Darien Birks back when I was just starting out with my clothing brand; I needed some advice on a couple things and he was the guy I went to. Since then, Darien has (rightly) bagged himself a job at Nike – he’s now their design illustrator over in Portland. This guy’s talent doesn’t stop at design though, he and fellow designer/long-time friend Allan Cole produce music for ‘The Stuyvesants’. I managed to grab Darien to talk about Nike, The Stuyvesants and his dream collaboration with Raphael Saadiq…

Last weekend I wrote about spoken-word-artist Kojey Radical’s second collection of work. Well folks, today is the day that his first series in his new collection officially drops – Equivocal.

Spoken word poetry is at its finest when East London cat Kojey Radical is up in the mix. Watch the exclusive teaser trailer for his next instalment ‘Chapter Two’ right here on Ahoodie..

Non-stop daggering. Non-stop grinding. Bun the clubs, bun the mainstream. This is the people’s party. The people’s mixtape.

I came across New Jersey emcee Abgohard when we started speaking across the webosphere during the launch of my clothing brand. I’ve stayed in contact with him for just over a year and it’s been dope to watch this guy consistently grow and continually up his game. We talked about his inspirations, affiliation with New York’s Inner City Kids (ICK), his Hurricane Sandy mixtape and, of course, his innate Jamaican sex drive..

“Less fighting, more love, grinding and daggering”…this quote is one of the many reasons why Jasmine Solano is my top female DJ of 2012