Many people keep asking me what is BKRW/BLACK RAINBOW crew? Who are our parisian core friends and family…

We are not that good to talk about ourselves, and even worst when its about our own crew… LOL

And I just did realized that since a little while people who are close to us keep opening blogs on the World Wide Web. Im happy because I can see all this people grewing up since more than 4 years.

Props to them! Thanks to them! You cant go anywhere alone! We have to move on as a team, thanks to people who are putting energy, trust and fun daily in our projects and life.

Petit passage en revue des effectifs.

Non-exhaustive list of course. Im gonna forget some peeps. Please excuse my french! And my messy brain…

The Amazing Issue by Ben.

Ben is also the manager of BLACK RAINBOW.

VINYL PUSHERS by CLEMS (and YAYA)

Clems is taking care of BLACK RAINBOW Shop since a big while now. Dealing with all the daily problems smoothly.

DEJEUNESGENSMODERNES by Guillaume and his crew.

Guillaume (aka Guigui) was the biggest long time intern of BKRW. (more than 4 months!!!)

THE LAZY KID by BRYAN

Bryan was one of the most incredible intern at BLACK RAINBOW Shop.

SUPA! NEVA SMILE by Vana (akaSUPA!)

SUPA! is one of the most official BKRW/BLACK RAINBOW Dj, with DJ BABA…

THE TWINSMATIC by Pierre and Nadeem.

BLACK RAINBOW customers. They are now part of the fam’. They are two extraordinaire producers…

CALIFORNIA GIRLS by MALVINA (and JESSE)

First girl to hit the fam’…

COLOR ME GOOOD by Sandrine & Marjo

Two crazy energetic women! Can’t stop, wont stop them! WOWOW!

MONTAIGNE STREET by OUSMANE, MORICE & M_E.

They also start as BLACK RAINBOW customers, and now became more and more know as high-fashion bloggers… They are working with BENETTON, FOOT LOCKER… hehehe! Don’t believe the hype.

I could  thank a thousand more but so far thats a good start!

That’s luv!

=P

We are searching for a special homemade/fitted BKRW video concept with my friend and great director NARBRU since a long time… And We finally find it. Its CHILL’OUT.

I must admit that NARBRU did insist a lot to put me in front the camera… Im not a shy guy. REally not! lolol! But its not really in our culture to be in the lights, we are workin in the dark, counter-culture and underground movements are not supposed to be so in front.

When LEVI MAESTRO was in PARIS, his personnality and his show and the fact that I know him since a while help us to set up the whole CHILL’OUT concept.

Now we’ve done it again with Todd SELBY at colette. And it was fuckin fun to do… Karaoke in the middle of colette window display… WTF! Todd helped us a lot on that. Props to him and colette crew too! Check the video if you dont have the chance to have seen on BKRW, on Phil blog (merci la famille) or everywhere else…

THE SELBY @ colette | BKRW.COM INTERVIEW CHILL’ OUT #2 from Jay SMITH on Vimeo.

Check our whole new CHILL’OUT adventures on our VIMEO official new CHILL’OUT channel!

America here we come!

BONUS TRACK props to my man LIONEL! sorry to have kill ya song! lolol

Last week we did post that really unusual and whole new we’ve done with LEVI MAESTRO when he was in PARIS… (I know Im fukin late on my own blog…)

BKRW “chill out” ITW with LEVI MAESTRO in PARIS from Jay SMITH on Vimeo.

Honestly NARBRU (BKRW director) did a great directing job on that video… He was the one to insist on bringing a whole new kind of video interview concept on BKRW. We are now doing video on BKRW since a while (check the YOUTUBE ARCHIVE VIDEOS channel) and you’ll see that the line-up is kinda impressive : FUTURA, BOBBY Hundreds, Jeff STAPLE, ESPO, Jeremy SCOTT, ANDRE, SARAH x COLETTE… And we’ve been always trying to be behind the camera. For the first time we’ve been in front of it…

Actually NARBRU came with that CHILL OUT new video idea and the concept to chill and have fun with somebody is actually refreshing… So far the feedback of that new video are really great and Im fukin happy bout it… Be sure that we gonna push even more that new CHILL OUT format…

LEVI MAESTRO is a really interesting guy. For me a real symbol of the young STREET-CULTURE consumer and new generation. Check more of our analysis on BKRW…

I hope you gonna like it, we really have fun to do it… SO many funny scenes to add but the whole thing would have been a way too long!

BKRW x PHARRELL video has been viewed 120958 times so far… wtf! wowowow!

PHARRELL WILLIAMS x BKRW video INTERVIEW from Jay SMITH on Vimeo.

This number is totally insane and incredible…

This stat is actually an addition of all the EMBED PLAYERS of our video around the world wide web (18,6K + 101958). VIMEO allowed you as an administrator to check your stats on everysingle website where it has been embed in. Its a true great functionnality.

Thanks for all the PHARRELL WILLIAMS fans around the world! And stay tuned because we’ve got fresh interesting ones coming up soon on BKRW…

The last two weeks have been intense both in PARIS and BERLIN…

I’ve been to BERLIN first for BBB… It was a great week. Berlin is such an amazin city with really nice peeps. I know it could sound cheezy but it is true. Since BKRW BasketBall Tournament we’ve made last summer with NIKE at PIGALLE we are building strong links with the guyz ovathere. They don’t know how to play basketball but they’ve got nice girls… So that’s why we like them! lol

(those following pictures were taken the night before the TRUE CITY party, we were all at KUCHI restaurant featuring PIGALLE, LEVI MAESTRO, BKRW, HIGHSNOBIETY team, NIXON girls, PX crew…)

Then the whole streetculture families move to PARIS for the fashion week tradeshows :  (capsule), rendez-vous or private show-room (CROOKS, VISVIM…) Thanks to BESTREET for the invitation…

Dennis x the most CROOKS man!

Cris x In paris you look soooo handsome boy! I luv ur style!

We were really more than happy to finally welcome everybody in our office. Thanks to all those who’ve been passed by and stop for our BrunchKRW last sunday! Check more cool pics here too! (thanks colormegooodgirls)

PIGALLE chillin in our CAVE x OFFICE…

BLACK RAINBOW crew (Clems “LoverBoy” & Ben “HaterBoy”) and GREG.

Jason x Jeff x SELECTISM (sorry David dont have a proper shot of ya!)

Jeff STAPLE the new parisian boy, and a sweet CALIFORNIA GIRLS named MALVINA!

the young gunz! THE TWINMASTIC and BRYAN… Newbies, rookies but definitely worth to follow…

Nico x STPL my favorite model!

UNCLE FATS x PHILIPPE Annex x MARJO COOOOOLOOOORRRRRRRmegoooood! (wtf how come I dont have any SANDRINE pic?)

MDOT blurry…

(ps : on those last pictures, everybody looks tired come BBB + TRUE CITY party + PIGALLE party… in less than 5 days… everyday was tired!)

And now Im fukin happy everybody is finally leavin back and let us work properly! lol

I miss u guyz! snif snif!

sometimes a phone call can change ur life… i mean not ur entire life… but the life of your website audience! lololol

(that is a cheezy one) yesssirrr….

phone call of EMMANUEL PERROTIN office on saturday to book PHARRELL WILLIAMS interview on monday. it was supposed to be at 2pm, then 4.30pm, finally it start at 5.30… lol we did arrive late in colette offices… we did not wait that much…

I love doing interview fast, with not an amazing equipment. everybody is asking me why Im not havin a big HD camera, a proper microphone, some good lights and everything… when we did start BKRW we aint got that equipment. we even did futura in the middle of the streets with a shitty camera (using video mode 4 years ago…).

(this one is dedicated to D. FISCHER, he do love that shoes)

Hugues LAWSON-BODY takin exclusive pictures for BKRW.

anyway the atmosphere was cool, fresh and PHARRELL relax (is he stressed anyway?). I love the way he’s lookin at you straight into your eyes (with sunglasses but still) when he is talkin to you…

thanks a lot to EMMANUEL PERROTIN crew and a special one to GUILLAUME x colette. He knows why! Merci

Check the whole video and the HUGUES LAWSON first shoots interview HERE !

BKRW team is now in Berlin since yesterday afternoon…

First of all its really cold and freezing this time. Winter time guyz! Dont forget your warm gears.

I’ve been lucky enough to be invited my friend Philip GAEDICKE, Sport & Street x Brand Manager of BBB to visit the tradeshow 2 days before the public opening. A great interesintg tour. Its like a whole city is emerging from the ground…

Phil just hook me up with the 60 limited edition BBB x Penfield Vest.

Check more on the backstages tour on BKRW !

See you around in the German City

Check also our new video feature on BKRW, 3MINUTES WITH… Simple, rough, amateur like editing… Just clear friendly atmosphere… Let me know!

BKRW and GROOVE DELUXE team up (again) to celebrate 2010 new year.

We’ve done together a special HOUSE CLASSIC MIXTAPE, with a mix made by DJ SOS and UNCLE T (thanks to GREG bkrw selecta).

Download it here.

House singles are not exactly my huge music passion, but actually this 90’s selecta is kinda cool. Let me know what you think about it.

A great mixtape about great HOUSE 90’s singles.

1-Adeva “i thank you”
2-Master at work “to be in love”
3-Robert owens “be your friend”
4-Masters at work “deep inside”
5-Jaydee “plastic dream”
6-Armand Van Helden “the funk phenomenal”
7-Jungle brothers “i’ll house you”
8-Inner city “good life”
9-Crystal waters “gypsy woman”
10-Juliet roberts “caught in the middle”
11-Robyn s “you’ve got to show me love”
12-S-express “theme from s-express”

DOWNLOAD HOUSE CLASSIC mixtape HERE.

traditionnal happy new year 2010… (bonne année 2010)

from all the BKRW and BLACK RAINBOW SHOP teams…

see you in 2010 suckas!

oups too late… lol

Ive got to post before the very new 2010 year…

A misc. selection of the last past days. Between two family dinners and other xmas parties… Enjoy the end of holidays. See you in 2010…

Me, myself and I…

It seems that Im the most handsome parisian frenchie those past few days… lololol

A printed magazine (SURFACE MAGAZINE) and a digital one (SNEAKERFREAKER) did ask me to answer to some questions…

Hehehe! Mummy did you see me? =P

Im fukin really happy to be in the SNEAKERFREAKER x BEST OF THE BEST 2009. wooow And Im homepage with GISELE BUNDCHEN my xgf… Merci to my man WOODY to have think of me… Only french sneaker freak in that ISSUE (wtf!!!!)

Vive la France! Bleu, Blanc, Rouge as my NIKE AIR MAX(im) 1. ( but why did they not keep the red sole ?)

I’ve told you already about the soccer french printed magazine SURFACE. I’ve decided to show you the printed version of the original picture and some of the pics which did not have choosen. (great job by HUGUES ANHES photographer)

PEACE

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