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.

7/26/17 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: Future – Mask Off

Mask Off is by Future for his eponymous fifth studio album Future 2017. The track was later released as the second single after initially charting as an album track and receiving more popularity than the lead single Draco. Continue reading

7/26/17 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FASHION MEETS ART: Virgil Abloh Hand Picked To Design 2017 New York City Ballet Fall Gala Costumes

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

For the 2017 New York City Ballet Fall Gala, Off White Virgil Agbloh will join forces with Laura Kim, Fernando Garcia, Jonathan Saunders and Tsumori Chisato to create its costumes. Continue reading

7/26/17 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Black Dynamite – “Diff’rent Folks, Same Strokes” or “The Hunger Pang Games”

In Black Dynamite – Diff’rent Folks, Same Strokes or “The Hunger Pang Games Child Services is finally on to the Whorephanage and slaps them with a shutdown notice!
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7/25/17 O&A NYC WTH WaleStylez FASHION: A$AP Rocky, Quavo & Playboi Carti Put Together Their Own Fashion Show In New “RAF” Video

RAF, the new music video and acclaimed hit from the A$AP Mob has been released. The original track actually consists of A$AP Rocky, Quavo, Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert and Frank Ocean, but in the newest visual for the single, we only get Rocky, Quavo, and Carti. Continue reading

9/5/17 O&A NYC DANCE AND MUSIC: FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm) original version by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg

 FOLI, the word for rhythm used by the Malinke tribes of Baro, Guinee Afrika, encompasses so much more than drumming, dancing or sound. It’s found in every part of daily life. Continue reading

7/25/17 O&A NYC HEALTH AND WELLNESS TUESDAY: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Blueprint Training Program- How To Train For Mass

Arnold Schwarzenegger shares his favorite classic bodybuilding exercises and preferred training techniques for building muscle. Continue reading

7/23/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Get Here – Oleta Adams

 

Oleta Adams Grammy nominated cover of Brenda Russell’s Get Here remains her biggest hit to date. Get Here was released in 1990 on  her album Circle of One.

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7/23/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Total Praise – Richard Smallwood

Richard Smallwood wrote Total Praise during a dark time in his life. He was a caretaker for two people, one with Alzheimers and one with cancer. He originally sat down to write a “Woe is me” song , but this kept coming out instead. It’s what he called “Valley praise”. Continue reading

7/22/17 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez: Maya Angelou- In Her Own Words

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

Maya Angelou and some of the people who know her best sit down with journalist Felix Augustine where some of her deepest secrets are uncovered like never before. 

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