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‘Leaders Of The New Cool’ Week: Wale

bfred — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:34:27 +0000

It’s been one hell of a ride, but unfortunately LOTNC Week has come to an end. We’ve been dropping exclusive behind the scenes interviews each day since Monday, all recorded live on the set of our October 2008 fashion story “Leaders Of The New Cool” (watch a special video version of the feature here).

For the final installment, we’re giving you an interview with Washington, DC’s favorite MC, Wale. Watch the video below to hear him break down his favorite and least favorite hip-hop fashion trends (hint: take off the Ed Hardy, folks)…

‘Leaders Of The New Cool’ Week: The Knux

bfred — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:06:40 +0000

Yeah, we’re out of the office today for Yom Kippur, but LOTNC Week is a godless beast that must be fed. To announce the arrival of our star-studded October 2008 fashion feature “Leaders Of The New Cool” (see a special video version of it here), we’ve been dropping behind the scenes video interviews with the artists all week.

Today, let us introduce you to Krispy Kreame and Rah Almillio, known collectively as The Knux. These blood brothers from New Orleans are about to drop their crazy, unpredictable debut Remind Me In 3 Days… on Interscope, and Complex is co-signing. Last week we announced a contest to find the dopest design for an official Knux t-shirt, and you’ve got until next Tuesday (October 14) to get your submissions in (click here for more info on the design contest). For now, watch our video interview with Krispy and Al below, where they explain why they’d rather be looked at like a rock band than a rap group…

‘Leaders Of The New Cool’ Week: Charles Hamilton

bfred — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:57:10 +0000

Have you still not seen Complex’s hip-hop heavy October 2008 fashion story with The Cool Kids, B.o.B., Charles Hamilton, The Knux and Wale? Check out the full feature or watch a special video version now.

All week long we’ve been releasing exclusive video interviews with each of the artists from “Leaders of the New Cool.” Monday we had The Cool Kids. Yesterday we had B.O.B. And today we have New York’s new hope, Charles Hamilton, talking about the rise of “individuality rap” and the worst hip-hop style trends of all time. Watch it below…