Shoots

Wide eyes, wild lids, and a wind blown blonde. Israeli designer Alon Livne unveils his latest collection in DOPE MAG’s Knew Year, Know More (KYKM) Winter ’16 Edition. Check out a few editor’s selects and anticipate seeing Livne’s soft spoken sexy soloist balance of minimalist and monochrome accuracy on one of our upcoming cover stars. Written by…

Generally, as a de facto rule of anti-institutional thumb in the sovereign state of irreverent honesty called my mind, any time I see echoing aboriginal art forms and imagery evoking tribal war dance interwoven with multi billion dollar tech companies and Grammy nominated, Writers Guild of America awarded talent, I pose two initial questions -…

Amsterdam artist Shizen Wong arrives to her exclusive cover shoot in LA’s downtown arts district as one of the most in-demand modeling musicians on the planet, an international whirlwind with the creative intuition of a fine artist and the stage storming instincts of a pure entertainer. The Pop-&-B singer’s debut song “Boundaries” comes equipped with…

Melding metaphysical street knowledge like an 80’s era N.W.A member with a surreal approach to concept capture and the resulting product design, Alexander-John’s work continues to fuse the concrete beneath us with his own concrete thinking, building a budding legacy brick by brick. He is most popularly known for designing the Brooklyn Zoo custom Nike Dunk for…

Keke Palmer stands as one of the most accomplished young actresses ever. Her rarefied combination of looks, talent, charisma, drive, and consistency is unmatched in the new millennium among young Hollywood hopefuls. From her breakout role as Akeelah Anderson in 2006’s “Akeelah and the Bee” to more recent starring roles in TV’s “Scream Queens” and…

Imagine if Naomi Campbell rapped like Eve, or if Foxy Brown rocked the runway like Tyra Banks. What if Kimora Lee bodied beats like Nicki, or if Iman was Lil’ Kim nice. The hybrid of modeling and rapping has been long since discussed, envisioned and attempted - like urban legend, yet never actualized - like the myth of…

Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward district is a different sort of place with different types of people pursuing prevailingly different paths in an effort to achieve one identical purpose - make money, and generations of it. Firmly planted on the cities east side as a settlement since 1874, Fourth Ward is perhaps best known as the home to…

Since his arrival on the national rap landscape in 2009, Waka Flocka Flame has stomped the stages of his sold out shows. With a lion’s roar delivery and Herculean presence, yet approachable personality and party-animal persona, the guy from Riverdale, Georgia by way of South Jamaica Queens, New York - with the propelling head full of two-toned…