Gangsta Boo Reviews Azealia Banks, MIA, Iggy Azalea, Brooke Candy, and More

Gangsta Boo embodies a lot of what is desperately missing in the rap game right now. So, I invited her to the VICE offices to sit together and watch some music videos by some of the hottest lady rappers out today. Full story

Why Is Everyone at the Tribeca Film Festival Wearing a Funny Hat?

The most prevalent trend I've uncovered at Tribeca is hats. I'm not sure why filmic folks love to cover their domes with statement making headpieces, but maybe it says something about their sexuality—like bandanas at a leather club. Could wearing a fedora mean you like to role pl… Full story

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Wash ‘N’ Set's "Private Play" - Directed by Richard Kern

Wash ‘N’ Set is a hip-hop duo comprised of childhood friends Nicole Franzen and Ashley Sebok, who used to intern at VICE. They enlisted renowned photographer Richard Kern to shoot their debut music video for the single "Private Play," which is a dizzyingly sexy and empowering sum… Full story

The Underachievers Talk About Stop-and-Frisk and Kimani Gray

The Underachievers have managed to rise up out of their Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. But it wasn't long ago that they were getting stopped and frisked by the cops, just like the other hundreds of thousands of black and Latino male New Yorkers. I talked with them about the N… Full story

Never Party with the Brick Squad - the Video

If you party with the Brick Squad, you might end up drinking an entire bottle of Hennessy and almost dying. That's what the valiant 'Noisey Raps' host Wilbert learned backstage with Waka Flocka and Gucci Mane. Thankfully, he survived and was able to capture one of their last appe… Full story

Watch This Eerily Erotic and Pretty Fucked-up 'American Ecstasy' Trailer

There isn't too much information available about 'American Ecstasy,' besides the fucked-up and strangely sexy trailer. To glean a little—and I mean just a little—insight on what the new film is about, I hit director Jonathan Leder up for a chat on the phone. Full story

I Partied with Some Young Republicans at CPAC

I'd heard rumors that there was an exclusive night club at the top floor of the Gaylord. In my mind, I imagined the scene there as some kind of debauched bacchanal with dudes in Brooks Brothers suits making out and femi-cons snorting morning-after pills. Full story

Hey Black Dudes, Why the Hell Are You at CPAC?

It's kind of hard to imagine why any black person would be at CPAC. But surprisingly, there are more than a handful of brown ladies and gents at the conservative conference. I wandered around the bowels of the Gaylord Convention Center and spoke to some of them. Full story

The Lovely Ladies of CPAC

There is a lot of stuff to do at CPAC beyond listening to conservative politicos bloviate about taxes and the gays. My favorite thing has been to just sit back and admire all of the nice-looking ladies. Here are some of most adorable femi-cons I've met at the convention. Full story

CPAC's Blackfacing of Bad Ideas

My first few hours at CPAC felt a little like being at New York Fashion Week—white people everywhere were asking to take my picture, which may have had something to do with the color of my skin. There weren't many brothers in the seats, thought there were plenty onstage, includin… Full story