TOOFLY NYC

Didn’t let the rain hold us back yesterday. In true support of DJ Disco Wiz we trooped it to the book launch of  It’s Just Begun! at Powerhouse. Performances by our peoples Rebel Diaz, Patty Dukes & Rephstar, and T-Weaponz. Sound at this place bites, but the community LOVE for this amazing man was def where it needed to be!

It’s Just Begun: The Epic Journey of DJ Disco Wiz, Hip Hop’s First Latino DJ By Ivan Sanchez and Luis “DJ Disco Wiz” Cedeño

“If there are words to describe DJ Disco Wiz they would be ‘true survivor,’ born in a time when war and injustice was the state of America. This book is a must-read for all fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, and educators alike, so that one may understand the pain that so many young people born in harsh conditions have to endure.”
—Jamel Shabazz

“It’s Just Begun has opened my mind up to so much more about hip-hop history than I could’ve imagined, and is a sure-fire tool to help younger generations understand the volatile 70s decade in all its mess and glory. DJ Disco Wiz represents for all Latinos who have ever grabbed a set of headphones since. Estoy tan orgulloso de él.”
—DJ Bobbito Garcia

Congratulations DJ Disco Wiz!!!

Rebel Diaz is a Hip Hop group from Chicago, based in the South Bronx, making music for freedom fighters and revolutionaries. Fronted by the Afro-Boricua songstress/mc Lah Tere and Chilean brothers RodStarz and G1, Rebel Diaz reports from the trenches on life, love, the streets, and the struggle. From welcoming Hugo Chavez to the Bronx, to opening for Rage Against The Machine at a political rally for migrant farm workers, they represent the pulse of the active left. They have also shared the stage with the likes of Common, Public Enemy, dead prez, and Mos Def. Recently chosen by URB magazine as one of “The Next 100 groups of 2008,” Rebel Diaz looks to take their bilingual flow and global view on Hip Hop into the 21st century and beyond.
http://www.rebeldiaz.com/

Circa ‘95 is much more than your average Latino Hip-Hop group. The trendsetting duo, has taken over NYC with various projects. PattyDukes (Dominican) and RephStar (Puerto Rican) are performers, emcees, writers and tech savy-multimedia artists.  Performing throughout the country, working with youth based organizations that promote Hip-Hop as a tool for social change. Hosts of the #1 Internet radio show on UrbanLatinoRadio.Com, Circa ‘95 is  live every Sunday from 2-5pm.  Patty and Reph were recently featured on HBO Latino in shows like RoadTrip and Habla.  On stage, PattyDukes and Rephstar will be acting in  Caridad “La Bruja” De La Luz’s  Boogie Rican Blvd this Summer at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater.   PattyDukes and Rephstar are the recipients  of the 2007 BRIO Award and the 2008 UAI (Urban Artist Initiative) grant.  They are the 2007 national Cuervoton winners, walking away with a demo deal from Roc La Familia.  PattyDukes and Rephstar are currently in the studio working on their first album. http://www.circa95.com/ http://www.myspace.com/circa95music

T-Weaponz is an explosive lyrical trifecta hailing from the streets of Brooklyn’s East New York, composed of brothers IzReal and Arkitek and their neighborhood friend Psalmz. After meeting at an impromptu neighborhood ‘CIPHER’ (term used to describe a circle of emcees rhyming together) and later discovering how many similarities they shared both in terms of their life experiences and their ideals they soon came together under the moniker Tomorrow’s Weaponz, which they later shortened to T-Weaponz, representative of how the trio lives for today and hopes for a tomorrow using their own weapons-thoughts and wits. http://www.myspace.com/tweaponz

It’s always a blessing to see Jamel!

Jamel Shabazz’s work has appeared in publications such as The Source, Vibe, Trace, British Elle, Jalouse, Dune, GQ, and French Vogue. In addition, his photographs have been exhibited in Hip-Hop Nation: Roots, Rhymes, and Rage at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, at Xhibiton Transition in Chicago, and at Trace Magazine: True Signs in Paris. Shabazz is a Teaching Artist with Rush Arts Foundation, where he mentors at-risk youth. He is a philanthropist who supports organizations like The Harlem Art Project, The Queens Council on the Arts, and Project Hope. He has published three books with powerHouse: Back in the Days, A Time Before Crack, Seconds of My Life, and Last Sunday in June (2001, 2005, 2007, and 2003). Shabazz was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in 1960.

Good Times;)

I’m poofed been out all week! June is gonna kill me, there’s mad sh**t going on. Gotta grind it’s NYC! Last night we almost didn’t make it but our homegirl INVINCIBLE from Detroit was in town and Southpaw is the place to be if you want to see some dope performances. Sound system there is great!!! We got to meet Mr Flashing Lights who took some dope pics of the evening below. My camera was acting up, and Fly Lady D dropped hers in tea:(  Werd! It happens. Good times no matter what when we link up with our busy bee NYC peeps, and tweeps. Any chance we have to roll together is a blessing. GOTTA BUILD…

INVINCIBLE The one and only!

LADIES LOVE NYC is an all female collective founded by Mary Pryor of We Fancy Agency that collaborates with World Renowned Artists to Serve as a Catalyst for Change. This was the HIP-HOP AND AUTISM AWARENESS FUNDRAISER. Gotta def support!

One of my SHERO’s and OUR own Hip Hop Ambassador TONI BLACKMAN!

YOUNITY showing support to the ladies! Shana Louallen, TF, Alice Mizrachi, and Jasmine Solano

Seems like this year there’s going to be a lot more BBQ’s than ever. SUMMER MADNESS is in the air. Kicked off Memorial Day weekend at the Rebel Diaz Arts Collective in the Boogie Down Bronx with Circa95 on live feed radio. If you caught it you saw everything under the sun ( eeek! ) from grilling some pollo, corona sipping, and the 4/20 fresstyle sessions from the crew. Kids got down too! Great way to bring families, art, food, and community together to enjoy the sun!

The tech savvy crew…

Most of our tweeps ( peeps on twitter ) are online these days. It’s like we’re all hanging out together:) FREAKS…yes…

How else would we round up the troops!

Shout out to Patty Dukes & Rephstar and the Circa95 Crew / Rebel Diaz Arts Collective for setting off a caliente summer!!!

La communidad unida jamas sera vencida! More flicks of a BBQ weekend coming soon…

It finally hit 80 degree weather in NY! Time to get the 007 activities rolling…

1st stop of my sunny Saturday afternoon; catching up with my latin side for brunch at Miss Favela

A Brazilian neighborhood bistro located on the southside edge of Williamsburg. Food is delicious!

My fellow virgo bud, and hommie for life Jose Rodriguez also known as Mr Latino Life is always minutes away from getting the party started.
Grub, drinks, live feijoada band, and samba dancing!

A few of these capirinas and we were all happy jitter bugs on the the dance floor. The caipivinho was my favorite especially if ya caught all my silly twitterz lol

Meeting good peoples are always moments away when you cherish your friendships.

thanks kid! see ya at the house jam:)

Closing up Women’s Herstory Month yesterday with my hommies Patty Dukes, Rephstar, and Interstate Pete from CIRCA 95! These guys make a hell of a team on the radio, from freestyles, to sillyness, to info on the 1&2′s, to laughs, and straight up “THIS IS HOW IT IS” Don’t get Beef Patty mad, she’ll come after you! lol. Nah but on the strength these guys have BIG BIG HEARTS for Hip Hop and community and I want to thank them for supporting, and keeping it fun on Sunday afternoons. We’re def, gonna have more good times this summer at that Dumbo rooftop without a question. I can’t wait!!! TUNE IN: Sundays from 2-5pm at www.urbanlatinoradio.com to support Circa 95 Hip Hop radio online, where you can travel back to classics, connect with the people, buzz in some of Rephstar’s whehhhhpa’s, support relevant content, and feel out Circa 95′s dope dynamics. LUV YOU GUYS!!!

Rocking the beatz, beatz, beatz! with Patty Dukes, Rephstar, and

Interstate Pete! on the multi technorganizing task to get us on with the live feed generation

PattyDukes & Rephstar are more than just your average Hip-Hop group. Circa ’95′ is a movement. Celebrating the best of 90′s Hip-Hop and beyond. Holding down NYC and all galaxies.

Toofleezy, Queen Godis, Patty Dukes & Rephstar for Ladies First! March 2009

Being creative, silly, and most of all STAYING TRUE!

The Circa 95‘ Radio Show is LIVE every Sunday from 3-5PM only on www.urbanlatinoradio.com Check the calendar for details on the show’s featured guests and PattyDukes & Rephstar’s (Circa ’95′) upcoming performances!

You know winter is almost gone when you get that last big snowstorm in NY and 3 days later it’s like 66 degrees! Hibernation mode is officially over and the Real NY is coming back out. This time around our crew has grown, and so has our heart:) Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter is no joke…how else would we organize these massive 007 missions? At the end of the day though there’s nothing like building with folks one on one, and in small intimate moments like these. Yvey is a sweetie pie, go getter and action mama. Has your back no matter what! We love ya kid, your our hommie for life!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETS!!!

Dinner at Congee Village family style is always great!  We def recommend it, authentic and delicious.

The night was great for a walk crosstown down canal street…

The Jedi Crew has arrived…

Location: SoleFoodNYC between Church and Broadway on Lispenard, right behind Pearl Paint…

( image missing WTF is going on with WORDPRESS aghhhhh )

Never knew this spot was here, I need to hit them up…digg’n the space!

KEL 5MH 90′s HIP HOP Baby!

Gotta get our $4 recession drink on early so we can parteeeee!

keeping it on the DL!

It wasn’t your typical artsy fartsy show, this is how the real NY get’s down!

Then everyone dispersed lol, as soon as the cops rolled up:( Destination #3 of the night; Gallery Bar…

Dig this space too…good for a solo show:)

It’s about to go down! stay tuned…