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Phiscal Matters & Allhiphop – Political Loungin’

October 3, 2008 – 4:04 pm

Phiscal Matters was one of the few media outlets covering the historic meeting of minds at Allhiphop.com’s Social Lounge event, that took place this past September at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ. Though we were unable to feature the insightful commentary around the issues of the 2008 Presidential Campaign, the Wall [...]

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Custom Change, Part 2

October 3, 2008 – 12:11 am

Here’s the conclusion of the interview Phiscal Matters had with the designer of the famous Obama sneaker, Van Taylor Monroe.
Phiscal Matters: So have you heard from another customizer in the business about your work? Has cats tried to holla at you?
Van Taylor: The funny thing about customizers is that a lot of them don’t [...]

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Custom Change

October 1, 2008 – 1:17 pm

In any major metropolitan city across the U.S. and abroad, you see them – probably on a daily basis. You know those new breed of young fashion consumers – hipster men and women, inspired by hip-hop – who make up the “in-crowd” of apparel trendsetters that must have the latest wears. They’re not hard to [...]

Posted in African-American, Conservative, Democrat, Economic Development, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Business, Inner-City, Minority-owned, New Media, Politics, Progressive, Republican, Urban, Urban Marketing | Tagged Cleveland, custom sneakers, footwear, Gayle King, kicks, Ohio, P.Diddy, sneaker customizing, streetwear, the Obama shoe, the Obama Sneaker, Van Taylor Monroe, will.i.am | Comments (1)