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Photos: Wiz Khalifa Celebrates Converse Collection in Brooklyn 27 Aug 2013 | 02:18 am
Longtime Chuck Taylor evangelist Wiz Khalifa has designed his own line of Converse sneakers, a collection of high and low-top styles in juicy shades of indigo, red and teal. Newlywed Wiz celebrated th...
GEN F: Sir Michael Rocks 26 Aug 2013 | 10:56 pm
“We don’t usually plan on breaking things when we play. We just get so into it.” From the magazine: ISSUE 87, June/July 2013 People are still getting used to seeing Sir Michael Rocks alone. For … read...
On the Street at AFROPUNK 26 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
All weekend, many, many people were charged with the task of prepping Barclay’s Center for the Brooklyn-branded extravaganza that was this year’s MTV VMAs, but just a couple of neighborhoods away, the...
Stream: No Regular Play, “Night Ranger” 26 Aug 2013 | 08:19 pm
No Regular Play is the NYC electronic duo of Greg Paulus and Nick DeBruyn, two childhood friends and Wolf+Lamb affiliates whose live set combines a house-inspired palette with live vocals and horns. “...
Interview: Robert Hood 26 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
Robert Hood’s techno will save your soul From the magazine: ISSUE 87, August/September 2013 Robert Hood’s latest album as Floorplan, Paradise, is some 17 years in the making. The minimal techno pionee...
Behind the Scenes at the 2013 MTV VMAs 26 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
FADER attended last night’s MTV Video Music Awards at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, a half mile’s walk from my house that’s usually quick but yesterday was a maze of re-routed traffic, local gawkers and...
The Best of the MTV VMAs Red Carpet 26 Aug 2013 | 06:43 pm
The MTV VMAs red carpet historically rewards not its best dressed celebs, but rather it’s most flagrant, weird and talked-about. Here, we take a look at last night’s outfits and hand out superlatives ...
Eminem to Release New Album, MMLP2 26 Aug 2013 | 07:40 am
During the VMAs on Sunday night, a 15-second advertisement for Beats by Dre headphones doubled as an announcement for MMLP2, a new Eminem album that is slated for release on November 5th, with a first...
Watch Videos from the 2013 MTV VMAs 26 Aug 2013 | 07:02 am
The VMAs are live now on MTV, straight from our backyard in Brooklyn. Watch along with FADER on Twitter and Instagram, and check back tomorrow morning for reports from the red carpet. Until then, watc...
The Art History of Drake: Influences on Nothing Was the Same’s Cover 24 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Earlier this week, Drake pushed back his hotly anticipated new album, Nothing Was the Same, and unveiled its two covers. They’re by Kadir Nelson, a 39-year-old painter who’s best known for his portrai...
