Diamond Supply Co. and Western Edition Skateboards latest collaboration is a skate deck which features a hand-drawn sketch of female artist Sade.
The Ian Johnson-created piece will be accompanied by a matching tee and available both via Diamond Supply’s Los Angeles shop and FTC locations in San Fran, Sacramento and Tokyo.
This release comes, of course, on [...]

The Seventh Letter crew has taken a tongue-in-cheek approach to the recent arrest of group member REVOK while he was visiting Australia in October — they released a tee.
The shirt features Revok’s signature shades graphic with the cheeky slogan, “Vandal Vacation” across the front. On the back is a passport stamped with “REVOKED” in red [...]

Gang Starr’s founding MC, Guru, has suffered from cardiac arrest and is now in a coma in a New York hospital, sources said yesterday. Many people close to Guru, including DJ Premier, the other half of the founding hip-hop group, have confirmed these happenings.
“Guru IS in a coma and will go under surgery tomorrow,” he [...]

Paul Budnitz’ Kid Robot store will add three 3-inch De La Soul figures as an homage to the 20-year mark since the release of their debut, 3 Feet High and Rising.
The toys, to debut online and in select retailers on March 18, will come in a three-pack and include various accessories, all packaged into space-age [...]

The Grind for Life tour, a series of events designed to raise money via skateboarding to help fight cancer, will kick off this Saturday, February 27 in Rockledge, Florida.
The event was founded in 2003 by Mike Rogers, a lifelong skater who suffered through two separate bouts with cancer — the second one leaving him [...]

Almost Skateboard company has unveiled their latest line of decks; an unlikely collaboration with James Jarvis, creator of the Amos line of toys.
Each deck will portray on the “In-Crowd” series of characters from Jarvis’ line, with the characters representing four of the Almost team pro skaters (Rodney, Haslam, Cooper, Torey).
These decks will be available wherever [...]

The Monday Lunch and aboveGround Magazine are proud to announce that they have teamed up to bring readers and listeners the best in underground hip-hop.
Each Monday from 10 A.M. ’til 2P.M. (CST) listeners both online and on the University of Sioux Falls campus are treated to a four-hour block of non-stop hip-hop. Glen Diligent [...]

Continuing the outdoors theme of the first set, Lifted Research Group returns with more shots from their Spring 2010 line-up.
Again tapping their talented team of skaters and the more musically inclined Mike Posner, this display features plenty of plaid patterns and a bunch of new outerware.
Check out all the photos below:

World-renowned street art collective, The Seventh Letter, will be hosting a display at this years MAGIC Marketplace in Las Vegas. The exhibition, dubbed “FREEDOM”, will feature work from over 50 of the crews members.
Art will be on display at the entrance to S.L.A.T.E., one of the sub-sets of the MAGIC event which caters to skate, [...]

After 11+ years of loyal service, respected independent hip-hop artist and advocate Sole (Tim Holland), has announced that he is leaving the Anticon collective on friendly terms.
He states he will still make music, but the process of how it is going to be released will be changing. He explains there are no “ill feelings” towards [...]