Tag: New York

Categories
FLY Events Last Night in NYC

Last Night In NYC: Chance the Rapper’s Electrifying Performance at Spotify’s RapCaviar

This past weekend, Saturday, 9/29, Spotify’s wildly popular RapCaviar Live concert series returned to New York with headliner Chance the Rapper for an electrifying sold-out show at Ford Amphitheater on the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn. In partnership with Verizon, the concert also featured highly respected hip-hop artists Sheck Wes, Tierra Whack, and DJ SpinKing.

Attendees and notable influencers, including Lauryn Hill’s daughter Selah Marley, enjoyed an evening of energetic live performances at the open-air, beach-side venue. DJ SpinKing kicked off the night, followed by sets from Tierra Whack and Sheck Wes. DJ SpinKing was joined on stage by special guests Jim Jones, Uncle Murda, Young M.A and Pardison Fontaine. The three-time Grammy Award winning artist, Chance the Rappercaptivated fans with performances of hits including “All Night”, “Blessings”, “No Problem”, “Same Drugs”, and “I’m The One”, along with latest songs “I Might Need Security”, “Work Out”, “Wala Cam”, and “65th & Ingleside”. Before closing out the night, Chance took a seat on the stage to quiet the amphitheatre and emotionally express his gratitude for his fans. He ended the show with an electrifying encore of “Blessings”,accompanied with colorful confetti that showered the enthusiastic crowd.

Since the launch of RapCaviar Live in 2017, Spotify continues to showcase some of today’s hottest rappers to their biggest fans around the country. Produced in partnership with Live Nation Urban, RapCaviar Live is inspired by Spotify’s highly influential flagship hip hop playlist, RapCaviar, which encompasses a collection of fresh hip hop tracks and has since become one of Spotify’s biggest playlists with over 10 million followers.

RapCaviar Playlist linked here

Photo Credit: Nicholas Hunt, Monica Schipper/ Getty Images

More pics below:

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Advertisement
Categories
Fashion FLY Events

Fly Events: Essence’s 2018 ‘Street Style Festival’

Thousands of fashionistas and style influencers converged at Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn for the return of the 2018 ESSENCE Street Style Festival—the non-stop celebration highlighting style, culture and community. Hosted by Insecure star and comedienne Amanda Seales, attendees enjoyed a variety of experiences, including an awards ceremony honoring songstress/style maven Kelis and fashion influencer Kellie Brown for their impact and legacy in the fashion world. The celebration featured curated conversations with Dapper Dan, Tristan Wilds and Trevor Jackson along with exciting performances from songstress/dancer/model/actress Teyana Taylor, Afropop sensation Yemi Alade and DJ’s Jasmine Solano and Olivia Dope.

The new indoor/outdoor format also allowed the crowd to enjoy a variety of curated experiences, including: a robust vendor marketplace showcasing more African-American entrepreneurs than ever before (including vendors from ESSENCE Marché, the new digital beauty, fashion and lifestyle e-commerce destination for Black women); a fun-filled Kidzone; a Street Style fashion show showcasing a host of the local fashionistas who bring the hottest looks from the catwalk to life on the city sidewalks every day; delicious eats and refreshing beverages; and so much more.

Launched in 2014, the ESSENCE Street Style Festival was created to provide a space where the fashion elite, style influencers, and everyday fashionistas can come to celebrate the unique influence Black women have on all facets of fashion, style and beauty during NYFW.

Sponsors for the 2018 event include: Coca-Cola, Macy’s, Nike and Shea Moisture. For more details, visit www.essence.com/streetstyle2018.

Photos Courtesy of Essence from Getty Images

More photos below:

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Categories
Last Night in NYC

Last Night In NYC: Angie Martinez and PITCH PERFECT 3 Cast Host Private Screening in NYC

Radio personality and voice of New York City, Angie Martinez, hosted a special screening of the Universal Pictures film PITCH PERFECT 3 in New York last night. In the essence of all things girl power, Angie was joined by PITCH PERFECT 3 cast members Ester Dean, Chrissie Fit, and Hana Mae Lee.

After the screening, Angie moderated a Q&A with the cast to discuss what fans can expect from the latest installment, favorite moments while filming, and which PITCH PERFECT is their all-time favorite. PITCH PERFECT 3 will hit theaters on December 22, 2017.

Photo credit: Monica Schipper / Getty Images

Categories
Last Night in NYC

Last Night In NYC: OUT Magazine and Cadillac Honored Emil Wilbekin with “Master Of Style” Award

Last night, OUT Magazine and Cadillac feted honoree Emil Wilbekin as the 2017 Master of Style. Wilbekin is a distinguished journalist and founder of Native Son, a movement created to inspire and empower Black gay men to foster fellowship, affirmation, and celebration. Embodying the spirit of Cadillac, Emil and Native Son continue to defy expectations and seek innovation by building a platform to help create visibility of Black gay men and to control the narrative around their lives, history, and culture.

Celebrities including Bevy Smith and Ty Hunter as well as EJ Johnson (on behalf of Belvedere) joined Wilbekin to celebrate the annual event. Additional guests included presenters Dustin Ross, Charles Harbison, and Memsor Kamarake.

Photos: Getty

Categories
Last Night in NYC

Last Night In NYC: Heineken +Pool Film Premiere Party with Performance by D.R.A.M.

Last night, Heineken hosted a celebration and VIP screening of the world premiere of “Floating an Idea: The +Pool Story”, a documentary film by Tribeca Studios about the World’s first water-filtering, floating pool in NYC.

Hosted by Power 105.1 The Breakfast Club personality Angela Yee, the event transformed Pier 15’s Watermark Bar on the East River into an outdoor theater and party space as influencers gathered to watch the film and enjoy refreshing Heinekens and small bites. DJ Neil Armstrong provided the sounds for the party with the scenic river and Brooklyn skyline as the backdrop. Guests were able to preview The +Pool through a virtual reality simulation booth at the event.

In a surprise of the evening, Grammy-nominated recording artist D.R.A.M. celebrated his birthday and hit the stage for a performance of his hit records “Cash Machine”, “Broccoli” and “Cha-Cha”!

The influencer event was an initiative to raise social pledges to support the project. If 100,000 pledges are signed, Heineken will contribute $100,000 to the project’s development.

Narrated by award-winning actor and Heineken pitchman Neil Patrick Harris, the eight-minute documentary, Floating an Idea: The Story of +Pool, shares the story of how +Pool plans to create a floating, Olympic-sized pool that will filter out contaminants, cleaning up to a half-million gallons of water each day to create swimmable water. It also chronicles the history of New Yorkers interacting with their rivers, dating back to floating bathhouses in the 1800s.

Photo Credits: Dorothy Hong & Shoot To Kill

More photos below:

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Categories
Entertainment

Melissa McCarthy Riding A Spicer Podium In The NYC Streets Is the Most Clutch Thing Ever!

You know Melissa McCarthy from being one of the funniest comedian and actors on our TV screens to date. Now, transitioning over to SNL as a reoccurring guest, Melissa now holds down the fork as she parodies our beloved (*insert air quotations*) White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer.

With Spicer being the Spiciest of them all, McCarthy draws our attention center-screen as we laugh hysterically while she mocks the one and only man of the world that is full of losing excuses.

But today tops it all! Below, you will find comic maven riding through the streets of NYC on a motorized podium — the very same prop that she uses in her skits.

There have been no remarks from Sean Spicer but we’re sure he will have plenty to say along with his set of props for every explanation.

We can’t wait until this airs on Saturday!

Stay tuned!

Categories
Entertainment

Letoya Luckett Celebrates New Album In NYC + Covers VULKAN Magazine

This week, Grammy award-winning, multi-platinum selling R&B artist LeToya Luckett hosted an intimate album listening event in NYC for her new album Back 2 Life. The event was held at 1OAK and the night was sponsored by Ciroc. During the event, LeToya was able to play the highly anticipated album just before it dropped officially, which is now available everywhere and she spoke on the process of creating her most honest body of work to date. In attendance were media, family/friends, D.L. Hughley, Ty Hunter, Natasha Eubanks (YBF), Claire Sulmers, Gabriel Williams (SFPL) and a select number of fans chosen from a “#Back2Life” fan contest via TheYBF.

Get ‘Back 2 Life’ HERE.

Photo Credit: SILAS VASSAR, III

Next up…

LeToya makes her way over to VULKAN Magazine and stuns as she covers the popular publication.

Speaking on her new project:

“Back 2 Life means back to what makes me fulfilled; back to what feeds me, fuels me, and doing what’s best for me. I’m in that space now. I feel like I’m coming into my own. I’m more confident than I’ve ever been and I’m not afraid. I’m also open and ready to share more with the rest of the world.”

She looks amazing!

Read the FULL story HERE.

Also, be sure to check out our SFPL Live interview with LeToya Luckett on Facebook HERE.

CREDITS

PHOTOGRAPHER: Cesar Balcazar
STYLIST: Brendon Alexander
HAIR STYLIST: Johnatan Rendon
MAKEUP ARTIST: Raoul Alejandre
STYLISTS ASSISTANT: Clinton Rodgers
INTERVIEWED BY: Alexander Jamall & Aliecia Brissett
EDITOR: Jaimee Jakobczak

Categories
Music

SFPL Premiere: Niti – “East Coast Flow” [New Music]

Gritty with a Harlem swag, sounding confident and promising, Niti presents his new welcoming track “East Coast Flow.” The song was birthed from his much-anticipated mixtape Red Presidents which makes its debut in June 2017.

With his profound lyrics and storytelling — based on truth and real life experiences, the talented artist is set to be the NEXT big thing to come out of the Black Mecca.

Check out the official release above.

Follow Him

Instagram: @nitioriginal
Twitter: @Nitioriginal

Categories
Music

New Video: Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G. – “Legacy”

[ione_embed src=https://www.youtube.com/embed/3D1DXAD09gQ service=youtube width=583 height=328 type=iframe]

Heading across the bridge to the borough of Brooklyn, Faith Evans takes a trip back down memory in the new visual for “Legacy” that also features classic bars from The Notorious B.I.G.

The video was directed by Rock Davis and Jay Rodriguez, which lands Evans over on St. James Place and Fulton St. right at the steps of the building where Biggie grew up. You can also catch appearances by Lil Cease along with a few old friends of Faith and Biggie Smalls paired with some vintage footage.

The song was birthed from the upcoming King & I album that is due out on May 19.

Check out the full video above.

Categories
Entertainment

‘Showtime At The Apollo’ being picked up by FOX as a weekly series

The Apollo Theater and FOX today announced that SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO has been picked up as a one-hour weekly series featuring Emmy Award-winning personality Steve Harvey as host. Set to debut during the 2017-2018 season, SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO is a reimagining of the classic talent showcase series.

“We all had such a blast on the two specials that aired earlier this season, that we thought it really deserved being a weekly event,” said Harvey. “But our mission is a little different this time around. Instead of just putting on a great show, we’re going to do that and find the next great comic and the next big music star. That’s what the Apollo is all about. My roots are on that stage and I can’t wait to be there every week, looking for great talent. Who said you can’t go back home again?”

Featured in the series are elements from the Apollo’s legendary Amateur Night – the long-running, live talent competition, now in its 82nd year – which provides a platform for up-and-coming artists to perform in front of the toughest audience in the world. The Apollo audience is famed as one of entertainment’s most boisterous and brutally honest, and those amateurs who don’t win them over must endure the wrath of this notorious crowd.

The Apollo Theater launched the careers of many iconic artists, including James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five, D’Angelo and countless others. Its venerable stage show, Amateur Night at the Apollo, has long been revered by artists as a transformative experience during which up-and-coming talent feel the power of the legendary performers who have come before them, while audience response can help make or break a career.

In each episode, Harvey will be joined by some of the biggest stars in comedy and music. Artists featured in the two SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO specials that aired earlier this season on FOX include John Legend, Ashanti, Ja Rule, Busta Rhymes, Doug E. Fresh, Chaka Khan, Anderson.Paak & The Free Nationals, Flo Rida, Rakim, T.I. featuring Meek Mill, Quavo and RaRa, Bell Biv Devoe, En Vogue and Jodeci; and comedians Anthony Anderson, Chris Rock, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Jay Pharoah, Mike Epps and Gabriel Iglesias.

Open auditions for SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO will be held at the legendary Theater on Sunday, April 23rd. Additional auditions will be held in select cities across the country.

This audition is open to singers, dancers, comedians and musicians of all ages and musical styles. Artists are encouraged to arrive early as auditions are on a first come first seen basis and only the first 300 acts per venue will be seen. More complete details are outlined below and available on www.apollotheater.org.