It takes great courage and confidence for anyone to perform In front of hundreds of folks, especially in a crowded train station like Grand Central, a place he mentioned that the crowd is very hard to please. Very difficult to believe that it was once a very humiliating thing for the young trumpeter to do, he spoke on it saying “ It took time for me to get to this, at first i was horrible, missing notes and stuff.” “People use to walk past with their heads down, because i did not sound good at all” “ after putting the time in, just three years later i was able to perfect my craft, people now listen to me, their heads turn and to me it makes me know that my music has reached them.” “it got to people’s hearts.

Alessandro Simonetti is an Italian photographer and designer/ owner of the rising brand U.P.W.W. He invited us into his workspace where we were greeted wonderfully by his charismatic Italian ways. We sat with him got comfortable, and immediately we were given a tour of his upcoming projects like his collaboration with REEBOK, the new line, and the dope items that were just picked out from his wholesaler. You could see the joy and passion he had for the brand and just workwear altogether. We didn't want to get the traditional story from him about starting a clothing line, we knew that he was heavily influenced by photography and that's a huge part of the story we wanted to share with you, our faithful readers.

Adrianne Daniel is from Brooklyn NEW YORK, a singer, songwriter. An artist that's telling stories of his life through music, his hopes being that his fans and new listeners are able to understand his message and his overall goal in this music industry while being as cool as possible.

Aaron Cohen is a rising artist from Seattle but resides here in NY. We first got introduced to Aaron in 2013 when my good friend, Colm, had an epic dinner right before the grand opening of the Kidsuper store. I instantly fell head over heels for his music and his calm personality…

Kadeem Johnson born and raised in the Bronx is a full-time model agent and a part-time street photographer. Being from the Bronx, Kadeem, describes his environment as a great inspiration for what he’s currently doing with his craft, “ being in the Bronx felt like I was in the West Indies. My mom is from Belize and my dad from Dominica…

Alex and Lilly caught my attention at “MAN WOMAN” SS18 show. Their vibrant personalities and love for each other and their clothing brand charmed me. After a few minutes of conversation, I realized it’s only right that they should be featured in this issue…

Kinfolk — l don't know how to explain it, but we were all too stupid to find real jobs.We were unhirable, so we had to figure out how to do something.