Big up to the homies at Last Plane to Lagos for this hot tip on Nigerian emcee-turned street style entrepreneur. Go to the site for a full-on browse of Chinedu Ukabam’s look book.
Have you guys heard the new jawn by Chillingr now remixed to feature Spoek Mathambo, Mpumi Mcata from the Blk Jks and DJMolaudi (of The Very Best)? It’s a dub, rap madness ting. You can download it from the Fader.
The Museke Online Africa Music Awards are the inaugural space to celebrate African music and musicians online. They’re taking place again in September 2011after a very successful debut last year. Head over to the site now to familiarise yourself with the proceedings and cast your vote.
Touching Base, MTV Base’s new mini-documentary series presents a whole new generation of Afro-cool, introducing street savvy, super-creative characters whose talent is taking on the world, from Just a Band’s do-it-all creative band member Jim Chuchu to Lagosian film maker Bolaji. The series premiers today, check out their site for program info and broadcast details.
And of course, last week’s hottest fashion news is about Louis Vuitton’s latest acquisition: 16-year old Zimbabwean model Nyasha Matonhodze is the new face of the luxury brand. We’d say ‘move over Naomi’ but you know, that could just lead to problems. Read the feature at Huffington if you haven’t yet.
