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Naomi Campbell has lost her mind again. This is getting out of hand. Why is it that she thinks that she can "Debo" everyone around her and there should be no consequence? I have a ton of friends that model, not small time, but seriously model. I was in the industry for sometime and some of my closest friends are "supermodels". They never beat anybody up. They are co-existing peacefully with their employers, employees, family, friends and even the people that they don't like.

My question is, Why doesn't someone slap the shit out of her? Seriously, like, I would have to beat her ass. I hope these guys are just looking for a payday. SMH.

Showtime.

Recently did a shoot with @showtufli (twitter shout, follow this dude). it went great and this dude is definitely serious. I barely listen to rap but his songs were CRAZY. His story is even more dope
Excerpt from his blog, Showtufli.blogpot.com

It's amazing what a "stroke" can do to a person. I realized I wasn't living life how I was supposed to. I was playing the game wrong. An appreciation for life and everything in it grew on me. I realized ..its true.. I could really die tomorrow. Prior to this "stroke", I was at a point in my life where I had doubts in god. A lot changed in my life so fast and it wasn't easy to get used to. My "stroke" (which was really my encounter with god and understanding of life) made me believe. Believe that there's more...more than what you think it is. I fought death and I was given another chance for a reason. Music? We'll see. Whatever I want I must go get it. That's what I will do.
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Show Tufli

Often, we can't see the grand scheme of things. Ironically enough, overcoming paralysis may very well be metaphoric for what Show has in store for the rap world. The stagnant state of rap needs a push.
Although immensely talented, Show is an extremely humble dude. He takes his music seriously and is far from your average rapper. This coupled with quality music is a formula for success. Keep your eyes and ears open

TNB inc. aesthetic team shot him on Monday (crazy shout to my ace @CarpeDieMia stylist extraordinaire), and I gotta say it was "good times".

Looking forward to the next shoot.

Vivre Libre!!!

...flix

Quick blog jack from my homie M.E.

...first let me preface

this by saying I'm by no means a blogger and i don't expect anyone to care about what i've written but i just felt the urge to say this:

I woke up this morning and the Mcqeen suicide was still lingering in my head. This tends to happen to me when ever I hear about celebrity death, more specifically - an accomplished celebrity's death. Now, I'm not sure why this is, being that I've had a significant number of my own friends fall victim to an unexpected death and all I seem to feel at their passing is numbness ..almost as if it were expected. Maybe it was to be expected for them ..for me. And maybe that's why when i hear about people, famously accomplished people, who seem to be living the fulfilled life ..the beautiful life, it is always so shocking to me ...so UNexpected. If i were to self analyze, I guess deep down what I'm really experiencing when i hear about these celebrity deaths is actually fear. To be confronted with the notion that even once you've "made it" you're still not immune from soul-crushing sadness, is crushing in of itself. I've spent my life with a pool of suicidal sadness at my feet and to think that no matter how beautiful life might get, it will always be there ...close by ...and ready to be sunken into ...maybe never to emerge, is frightening. RIP to all those who fell in.

RIP McQueen.

- M.E.

My tribute to Andy Warhol.

I think people have lost respect for one another. It is a crying shame. Smdh!!!

Respect is The New Black.

Oh shoot!

My latest shoot was with the absolutely fab Ebony J. I don't know if I can say "fab" completely confident that I am still sounding masculine but F#$k it. Anyway Eb is always fly and I can only imagine that she is gonna be plastered across mag covers sometime soon. Very photogenic which made my job soo easy.

looks like a street style sartorialist shot.

All in all it was a great shoot and I am thinking that Eb is only minutes away from being on news stands.

...flix

TNB Inc. shooter.

Taking a break from work to tell you...

This is way too funny. I know that everyone has spoofed this to death but, damn this is funny.

It's been a long time...

I have just incorporated my second business. I have to wait for all of my paperwork to come back and then I will be going crazy. I can't wait til you see it.

flix.