"Painter with a Purpose!"

In New York there is a huge craze about the amazing portrait artist by the name of Kehinde Wiley. Born and raised in South Central, Wiley found a passion for creating Contemporary portraits which details young urban African American men in a visual rhetoric of the heroic, opulent, & powerful light.

Many of the men that he Wiley choose to paint consist of young urban men that he encounters or see while walking through urban cities. Not only does he choose his subjects randomly but he also pays them, just so that he is able to recreate them in a historical light of Classical and Contemporary Art. He has also become a contributor to the VH1 Hip - Hop Honorees Awards by creating portraits of the greats consisting of Biggie, Big Daddy Kane, Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, Ice Tea, LL Cool J, and Salt N Pepa.



For Wiley he's just touching the peak of what he intends to accomplish while making more people open minded and believing in themselves to create the unseen and unheard of. You will be able to view and see more of Wiley's work at his website http://www.kehindewiley.com or purchase his books Kehinde Wiley - Columbus & Kehinde Wiley - The World Stage: China.

"Its fun to do bad things?"

This seven year-old kid is no joke. After getting upset at his mother he committed grand theft auto and thought nothing about it. Latarian Milton, 7, accompanied by a seven-year-old friend, takes his grandmother's Dodge Durango on an eight-minute joyride running into cars and damaging property. Not even realizing that he could possibly kill somebody he looks back at the experience and believes what he did was completely ok. After speaking with a reporter about the incident Latarian stated that "He wanted to do hoodrat stuff with my friend."

Its sad to know and see that a young African American boy with no guidance nor help will fall short and victim of the justice system if he keeps this up. But I don't believe they should go forth attacking the child but more so the mother and the grandmother who does not seem to be raising him the right way. Than again it takes a village to raise a child. Hopefully in the near future little Latarian can straight up his act before he wines up in a place he does want to be.

Aptera: The Future of the Automobile

In 2003 the founder, Steve Fambro, of the Aptera design and built a passenger vehicle that was safe, comfortable, and more fuel-efficient than anything ever produced. This inspiration was also a deadly combination with his background in engineering and further interest in aerodynamics which leads to the build and look of the complete innovative Apetra. Fambro knew definitely in his mind that he wanted to create a low - drag, aerodynamic body for the care but at the same time achieve creating his vision without sacrificing comfort, safety, and drivability.

After much conceptualizing, designing, and building the end product consist of a two - seat prototype, three-wheeled vehicle. It is also said that this prototype also manage to achieve 230 miles per gallon and leaves Fambro continuing on building and executing this outstanding vehicle. Check out the videos and pictures to see how it rides and how it looks.

Diddy On The Hollywood Walk of Fame

Last Friday the Hip - Hop Mogul and CEO of Bad Boy Records and the Sean John clothing line has received one of the highest honors in entertainment. Not only has Diddy won many great awards throughout his venture throughout entertainment but he has been granted the best award of them all and honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, May 2, 2008. Many might only know Diddy for his entertainment contributions through Hip - Hop Music and Fashion but he's also a trailblazer in the Movie industry as well. Very few people make it to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and now, Diddy can finally say that his name will be their along side many other greats such as Debbie Allen, Muhammad Ali, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, and many other greats!

For many of us that have followed Diddy throughout his career we can definitely say that he deserves it and has worked long and hard for this great accomplishment. Therefore, being that Diddy is one of the hardest working men in star business he has truly just put the icing on his cake and is now looking for something to wash it all down with. Currently, he is busy working on moving his top artist right now which includes Danity Kane, Day26, and Janelle Monae. So stay tune and look out for what Diddy has planned for the near future of todays Modern Hip-Hop, Fashion, and Entertainment.