In anticipation of individual sophomore releases, these two sophisticated crooners step out of the studio and show us how to ring in the new year with a twist on black tie. As Melanie Fiona delivers The MF Life and Mayer Hawthorne serves up The Walk, be prepared to jam out well into 2012. Blinged out [...]

Just two years ago, J. Cole was a rap hopeful with just a dollar and a dream. A deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation helped put him on the map, while several mixtapes paved the way for his chart-topping debut. Now, the Fayetteville, NC native has the game on lock, proving why it’s a Cole world [...]

  by DAVID DIEHL Photography by Jason Goodrich Styling by Joseph Episcopo Grooming by Kristan Serafino for Kiss Silicone Protexion Flat Iron Norman Reedus is keeping his burgeoning acting career very much alive with his newest role on Walking Dead while moonlighting as Lady Gaga’s Judas.     Many actors devote their career to obtaining awards and stars on [...]

As she further establishes herself as a force in Hollywood,  Academy Award-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson opens up on love, the need to compete and why she’s glad she didn’t win the Oscar.   Words and Styling by Darius Baptist Photography by Miguel Starcevich Hair by Marcia Hamilton Makeup by Mylah Morales Location courtesy of Dim Mak Studios t’s [...]

The Alabama boy may be rough on the mic, but his tattoos say more about him than words could ever express.   by Steven J. Horowitz  Photography by Zach Wolfe       Yelawolf doesn’t just tell stories in rhyme. Since the age of 19, the Southern rapper has gone under the needle around “50 [...]