Out & About NYC Magazine was founded to offer the arts and lifestyle enthusiast a fresh new look at New York City. We will showcase the established and the emerging, the traditional and the trendy. And we will do it with élan, and panache with a dash of fun.

2/13/19 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: Metro Boomin Shows Support For 21 Savage on ‘The Tonight Show’

Metro Boomin made a special appearance on The Tonight Show. During the episode, he performed his Not All Heroes Wears Capes with Gunna while wearing a jacket printed with Free 21 Savage on the back.Now 21 Savage is gone. Continue reading

2/11/19 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Blackstreet – No Diggity ft. Dr. Dre, Queen Pen

No Diggity is by R&B group as the first single for their second studio album Another Level featuring Dr.Dre and Queen Pen. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Continue reading

2/11/19 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FASHION: Dapper Dan Comments on Gucci Turtleneck Controversy

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

So say in this day that a huge major fashion house with a big following from the African American community would choose to offend them like this it’s so careless and exactly show approved these racist images but possibly if huge fashion houses would employ more minority on these decision boards stuff like this would not be coming out of these fashion houses. Continue reading

2/11/19 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FASHION: John Elliott | Fall Winter 2019/2020 Full Fashion Show

 By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

John Elliott took to the Brooklyn Naval Yard and New York Fashion Week to show his Fall/Winter 2019 collection.The seasonal range is a nostalgic one, where packing blankets and ribbed rugs get transformed into outerwear pieces, while models sport ’80s-styled hairdos. Continue reading

2/11/19 O&A NYC DANCE/REVIEW: Camille A. Brown and Dancers- ink

By Walter Rutledge

Camille A. Brown and Dancers presented ink, February 5 through February 10,2019 at the Joyce Theater. The company of seven (Beatrice Capote, Timothy Edwards, Catherine Foster, Juel D. Lane, Yusha-Marie Sorzano, Maleek Washington  and Brown) moved courageously with a spartan attack and focus intent. The extremely audience friendly 70 minute one-act abstract narrative dance theatre work is the third and final installment of her dance/theatre trilogy about identity; which includes Mr. TOL E. Rance (2012) and BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play (2015). Continue reading

2/9/19 O&A NYC GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH WaleStylez: Traditional Congolese Dance – Ballet Arumbaya Ndendeli

Ballet Arumbaya Ndendeli showcases the traditional dancing, singing, and musical instrument performances of Democratic Republic Of The Congo. Continue reading

2/8/19 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FASHION: Y-3 Hayworth “adidas” Rivalry Hi

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

The adidas y-3 Hayworth, this silhouette adds Yohji Yamamoto’s signature luxurious aesthetic into the fold by way of am over-tumbled leather construction, exposed stitching, and Y-3 branding scattered throughout. Continue reading

2/8/19 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Virginia Johnson in the Creole Giselle

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Arthur Mitchell’s Creole Giselle performed by the Dance Theatre Of Harlem (DTH), and set the traditional story of Giselle in 1841 Louisiana broke barriers with this African American adaptation.  Continue reading