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Shameik Moore & Snipes Team Up For New ‘The Come Up’ Campaign
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Snipes / Snipes It’s been two decades since the release of the cult-classic film, Paid In Full (feel old yet?). And though many of today’s youngins aren’t familiar with the story of Azie and Alpo, actor and artist Shameik Moore (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Get Down) and sneaker and apparel retailer Snipes have partnered up to put y’all on to game. Teaming up for a new campaign dubbed The Come Up, Snipes and Shameik Moore have recreated some of Paid In Full‘s most memorable scenes to promote the former’s new Fall Apparel Collection and we can’t help but love it. From working the laundromat to breaking bread at the trap house, Moore and his peoples walk around rocking the latest dope attire from Snipes without fear of stickup kids or Kermit The F...
Cat Power Pays Homage to Cassius’ Philippe Zdar with ‘Toop Toop’
Cat Power paid homage to her late friend, French producer and collaborator Phillpe Zdar of Cassius with a special cover the French duo’s 2006 hit song, “Troop Troop.” Zdar died on June 19, 2019 after “an accidental fall, through the window of a high floor of a Parisian building.” Cat Power, born Chan Marshall, performaned “Troop Troop” with -M-, aka French rocker Matthieu Chedid, at Zdar’s funeral. Marshall and Zdar have collaborated on a number of projects including Cassius’ 2016 album, Ibifornia as well as Marshall’s 2012 LP, Sun. “We were standing by the entrance, not daring to enter the studio room as the events were too recent and surrealistic,” Dyane de Serigny, Zdar’s widow, said in a statement. “It felt unreal to be there without him. Cat Power and -M- started humming ‘Toop Toop’… ...
