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3/13/20 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ MOVIE TRAILER: Soul | Official Trailer

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

Pixar has shared the official trailer for its upcoming movie Soul, which stars Jamie Foxx as the lead character Joe Gardner.In a historical move, the film marks the company’s first time ever casting a Black lead in an animated picture. Continue reading

3/13/20 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FASHION: Rick Owens DRKSHDW’s Abstract Sneakers

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

Rick Owens DRKSHDW abstract sneakers features a chunky transparent outsole. Available in Black, White and Black/White, the new footwear model builds on the label’s beloved low top Ramones.Priced at $695, Rick Owens DRKSHDW’s Abstract Sneakers are available now in Black, White and Black/White at SSENSE.

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3/13/20 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FASHION: Nike Announces Air Max Day 2020 Releases

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

Nike Sportswear has announced its slate of Air Max Day 2020 releases, centered around the 30th anniversary of the Air Max 90 and the introduction of the Air Max 2090.An annual celebration of Nike‘s most famous technology, Air Max Day occurs every year on March 26. Continue reading

3/12/20 O&A NYC WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Nina Simone on BBC HARDtalk, 1999

HARDtalk at 20: In 1999 Tim Sebastian sat down with musician and activist Nina Simone. With her vocal performances and civil rights activism, she built a fearsome reputation as someone not to be messed with.  Continue reading

(Repost) 8/4/20 O&A NYC DIVA ALERT! RAINY DAY BONUS: Stormy Weather- Featuring Katherine Dunham And Her Dance Troupe

Stormy Weather is a 1943 film musical produced and released by 20th Century Fox. The movie is considered one of the best Hollywood musicals with an all African-American cast and serve to  showcase of some of the top African-American performers of the time. Continue reading

3/8/20 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FASHION: JULIUS’ Panelled Lace-Up Boots

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

JULIUS latest footwear release arrives in the form of premium suede and canvas boots. Available in the choice of either black or beige the Panelled Lace-Up Boots.These JULIUS Panelled Lace-Up Boots can be found now over at SSENSE for a price of $1,150.

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3/6/2020 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ MOVIE TRAILER: Marvel’s Black Panther 2 (2020) – Teaser Trailer Concept

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

Black Panther II is an upcoming superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the  same name. The film is a sequel to Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame.It will be an installment of Phase Five.The film will be released on May 6, 2022. Continue reading

3/6/2020 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Missy Elliott – DripDemeanor feat. Sum1

Melissa “Missy” Arnette Elliott is a Hip Hop artist, singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist. She embarked on her music career with all-female R&B group Sista in the early-mid 1990s and later became a member of the Swing Mob collective along with childhood friend and longtime collaborator Timbaland. Continue reading

3/2/20 O&A HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Cotton Come To Harlem – Iris, Officer Jarema and The Paper Bag

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Cotton Comes to Harlem was the beginning of short period in American film that featured black actors in leading roles and the themes dealt with issues from the African-American microcosm. With a screenplay by Arnold Perl and Ossie Davis, and  directed by Davis this action drama represents the black prospective. Much of the film’s humor is urban black comedy, which was groundbreaking in 1970.

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11/7/21 O&A NYC MORE GOSPEL SUNDAY: Mourner’s Bench- Talley Beatty Choreographer


mourn2Talley Beatty choreographed and performed Mourner’s Bench in 1947. It represents the anguish and loss for former slaves, now free men, killed during the Reconstruction Era at the beginning of the rise of the Klu Klux Klan. Beatty explained to me, “People were murdered by the Klan and at daybreak their relatives would find their bodies in the fields still covered in the morning dew.”

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