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N.E.R.D. & Lupe Fiasco Cover Our Aug/Sept Issue!

CLICK HERE for a large version of the N.E.R.D. cover. CLICK HERE for a large version of the Lupe cover.

This year for Complex’s annual “Style & Design” collector’s edition issue, we set out to fuse the worlds of music and art in a way that had never been done. On one cover, we paired N.E.R.D. with KAWS, the graffiti icon-turned-art world darling who also happens to be one of Pharrell’s favorite designers. And on the other cover, Lupe Fiasco teamed up with another graf God—Todd “REAS” James—to create an outrageous image of the Chi-Town superstar sitting on the sun.

In addition to the covers, KAWS and REAS painted over even more photos of the musicians for the features inside the book. CLICK HERE to see the full story with N.E.R.D. and HERE for the full Lupe story. Check back on Monday for the other side of our August/September issue—two sexy-ass covers with Cassie (that’s 4 total, if you’re counting), along with a titillating series of videos from her shoot that are sure to have the ’net going nuts. After the jump, check out four videos from the N.E.R.D./Lupe shoots, including an interview with KAWS.

KAWS JJP Flips Tokyo Police Mascot

When it comes to adding the “extra” to ordinary objects, our boy KAWS has the game on lock. All dude needs to do is slap his trademark X’s on something—hoodies, socks, poncho’s, whatever—and people go ape shit (no pun intended). And that’s exactly what happened when rumors of the his JJP figurine hit the ‘net earlier this week.

Scheduled to be released tomorrow on his website kawsone.com, KAWS’s newest vinyl figure is based on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s official mascot named “Pi-Pokun” and will come in either yellow or black. If they sell out on his site before you get a chance to click over there (they will), don’t fret—they’re going on sale Saturday at his Original Fake store in Tokyo. We suggest you get someone to stand in line for you…. now. Check out larger photos below.

Kaws’ 4 Foot Companion Finally Comes To America

The cartoon-style work of street artist Kaws has been seen all around the world. Yet for one whole year, Americans couldn’t get their hands on one of his most coveted designs, the Grey 4 ft Companion, which was originally released only through Japan’s OriginalFake retail store. Today, collectors finally got a chance to get their mitts on the life-sized figure (produced by Medicom) via Kaws’ website for a cool $3000. It’s already sold out (duh), but a few will no doubt pop up on eBay in the coming months. See more full-size shots of the companion below.