The BK Style Foundation is excited to debut it’s Fifth Season of the BK Fashion Week{end}, bringin’ “Brooklyn Underground Fashion Rocks!” to Williamsburg. This three-day soiree promises to catch the attention of savvy fashion nuts from across the boroughs, while providing a platform for emerging Brooklyn Designers to rock the runway with collections for Fall 2008.

Tonight the jump off begins at 5pm, with music by The Rozz Nash Band and the “International Designers Night” with collections of Denis Michel’s French-inspired designs; bold looks by Ghana-native Nana Boateng and Romania’s Catalin Botezatu.

Saturday and Sunday night’s line-up will be sure to show an innovative and eclectic variety including street designs by Riddim Driven, sexy denim by the lovely Joan Vaccianna, transformational pieces by (one of my favorite duo’s) Miss Bruno and many more.

Get a eyeful of what is developing in Brooklyn fashion here

Buraka Som Sistema are a freshly wrapped parcel straight out of Lisbon, Portugal that will be headlining tonight at FabricLive in London. A sound that will stimulate your daily audio in-take, Buraka Som Sistema (BSS) brings us a melodic mix of grime, hip-hop, house, and most prominently, Kudro.

The heart beat of BSS’s sound, Kudro — meaning “hard ass” for those of you who don’t already know –  originates from Angola, and has been huge in the clubs of Lisbon since the early nineties, mostly enjoyed by the migrant Angolan communities in Portugal.

Buraka Som Sistema have folded an exciting and genius musical blend of Angolan beats with contemporary electro, and the result is a unique, explosive sound; which arguably in the current climate of copy and paste artists is hard to come by!! Over a million views of their Yah video, BSS have been championed by M.I.A., Santogold, Diplo, Sinden, Switch & many more.Complimented by an amazing African dance troupe BSS are one of the most exciting live acts you’ll see are in London. Do not miss!

Tickets for the Fabric show here.

Check out this new video, “Sound of Kuduro,” shot in Angola and featuring M.I.A.

Ove a.k.a. Oveous Maximus’ life as a poet began with a tragedy of the worst kinds. When his only brother and a talented MC himself, Carlos “Ziiinc Blue” Salcedo decided to end his own life in 2003, Oveous found healing and inspiration in continuing where his brother left off.

Starting at the weekly open mic sessions of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York, in a matter of just a few years he had become the accomplished spoken word poet/MC his brother had always wanted to be, eventually starring as one of the four spoken word poets in the documentary, SPIT and collaborating with soulful house masters like Louie Vega, Osunlade, Boddhi Sattva, and Bradford James, his co-founding partner at S.E.E.D records.

Oveous has recently re-released his Oveous Maximus LIVE! 2.0 Album and has teamed up with his long-time friend “Al Be Back” (from Kanye West’s Graduation album) to work on a hip-hop project that aims to “challenge the status quo of what is expected from rappers and lyricist”, according to Ove.

“A lot of rappers that sell units can’t write. We’re trying to sell units too, but we ain’t trying to sacrifice the level of writing and creativity.”

This Saturday at Club Love in New York, check out Ove debuting his first single “I Apologize” (out on Yoruba Records in May) at the second year anniversary of the “One L’Ove Concert”.
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