If you’re in New York looking for authentic Trinidadian cuisine with a hip and modern twist, look no further than Pearl’s. It opened a few years ago by John Seymour, who is also the co-owner of the ever popular Sweet…
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#VashtieEatsOut: Pearl’s – Authentic Trinidadian Cuisine in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
Posted in BLOG, Vashtie Tagged with: authentic Trinidadian cuisine, Authentic Trinidadian Cuisine in Williamsburg Brooklyn., authentic Trinidadian food, Bake and Shark, doubles, fallon seymour, Jerk Chicken, John Seymour, new york, pearl's caribbean, Pearl's., pearlsbakeandshark, pearlsbakeandshark.com/, Roti, Sweet Chick, sweetchick, T&T, trini, trini food, trinidad, trinidad and tobago, Trinidadian cuisine, trinidadian food, Trinidadian food in brooklyn ny, trinidadian food in NY, williamsburgh
LIFE: Vashtie DJ’s YouTube’s “Bringing The Boom Bap Back To New York” Alongside GrandMaster Flash
January 26th, 2018. About a week prior to the event, I got a call from Lyor Cohen (the man, the legend – himself) telling me that he wanted me to DJ his party and that our mutual friend Q-Tip…
Posted in BLOG, FEATURED, MUSIC, Vashtie Tagged with: A-Trak, Adesuwa Aighewi, boom bap, chuck d, daddy yankee, fav five freddy, grandmaster flash, Kurtis Blow, lyor cohen, Nas, new york, new york boom bap, q tip, Quincy Jones, ralph mcdaniels, vashtie, youtube
LIFE: L’Oreal Photoshoot in Paris & Hpnotiq Texas Tour (4.11 – 4.16)
Jeez! This past week was intense. 5 flights in 5 days! I’m not even a musician and I’m not on tour! Yikes. Paris Monday to Wednesday. New York Wednesday night. Dallas Thursday. Houston Friday and back to NYC on Saturday.…
Posted in BLOG, LIFE Tagged with: alex sossah, dallas, deemehlow, DJ, flying, Frederic menntrier, Greg noire, Houston, HPNOTIQ, L'Oreal, new york, paris, team epiphany, traveling, va$htie, vashtie, vashtie blog, vashtie kola, violet, violette.
THROWBACK: Vashtie & Kid Cudi “When Lines Are Crossed” Short Film (2008)
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been 8 years this month since me and Kid Cudi were bored one Friday night before heading out to my party (“Open” at Santos with Q-Tip) and decided to have some fun with the video…
Posted in BLOG, CULTURE Tagged with: downtown, empire, funny, heave at nite, kid cudi, new york, throwback, vashtie, vashtie and cudi, when lines get crossed
CULTURE: Vashtie’s “This Machine Kills Racism” Mixtape
Shocked. Disillusioned. Heartbroken. Angry. Disgusted. I’ve been feeling this way for a while now, but, the incidents that surfaced in the past week have had me feeling these emotions (and more) to the maximum. Yet, I can’t decide which is worse. The disturbing…
Posted in CULTURE, FEATURED, MUSIC Tagged with: amethyst rocks, an artists duty, billie holiday, blood on the leaves, bob dylan, david morales, dj noumenon, dj vashtie, genesis, james brown, jane elliot, Joey Bada$$, kanye west, kendrick lamar, krs-1, krs-one, land of confusion, marvin gaye, michael jackson, mieko jones, new york, nina simone, police brutality, public enemy, saul williams, sinead o'connor, strange fruit, tears for fears, the clash, the revolution will not be televised, they don't care about us, this land is your land, this machine kills facists, this machine kills racism, tupac, u2, vashtie, violence, woody guthrie
LIFE: This International Playboy DJ’ed For PlayBoy!
Whoa. If you read my last post on the TOP 10 FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW (or probably didn’t know) ABOUT PLAYBOY, you may have found some revolutionary facts! In general, the magazine has done some incredible things and as a…
Posted in BLOG, LIFE Tagged with: angela soto, flour de mal, house party niece, new york, playboy, saint laurent, tai lotson, vashtie, webster hall
Vashtie Hits the Road
Every Thursday I have my weekly residency at my 1992 the Party at Webster Hall, but over the next two weeks I’m taking my act on the road! I’ll be in the following cities…Visit the EVENTS section of my website…
Posted in BLOG Tagged with: 1992 the party, DJ, DJ'ing, dubai, los angeles, new york, philadelphia, san francisco, vashtie, vashtie kola
LIFE: Vashtie’s #VioletteGShock Collaboration Party at Gansevoort – Big Sean, Binx, Funk Flex, Samantha Ronson, Trapstar & More!
Big Sean x Vashtie #VioletteGShock Party December 17th. Last night I celebrated the debute and launch of my very special Violette x G-Shock Collaboration at the luxe Rooftop at Gansevoort in New York City. It was amazing…
Posted in BLOG, LIFE Tagged with: austin millz, big sean, binx, dee and ricky, elle clay, funk flex, gansevoort, josh madden, mikey trapstar, new york, samantha ronson, sandrine charles, stephanie gotch, vashtie, vashtie.com, violette g-shock
VIDEO: G-SHOCK X VA$HTIE LIMITED EDITION VIOLETTE TIMEPIECE
Here is a little fashion film that I directed for my Violette G-Shock collaboration. On sale now at VioletteNewYork.com Video Credits: Director: Va$htie Co-Director: Guy Blelloch DP: Zach Lowry Color: Alan Gordon Production Assistant: Kaitlin Felton
LIFE: Hooping with Black Rainbow & Friends – Terminal 23 New York City’s Jordan Gym (May 2014)
Back in May – I got asked to hoop with my Parisian Friends from Black Rainbow Agency, Jay & Greg, which was super fun. I never get asked to play with the boys, probably because the ones that live state-side…
Posted in BLOG, LIFE Tagged with: basketball, black rainbow agency, greg bkrw, jay bkrw, jordan, new york, paris, terminal 23, vashtie, vashtie jordan 2's
life: VIDEO INTERVIEW FOR NIKE
last week, Paul “PR” Rivera and DJ over at Nike asked me to come by the NYC Nike office and be interviewed for an internal video they’re making that explains why NEW YORK is NEW YORK. easily said than done,…
VIOLETTE NEW YORK is LIVE!!!
check it out at VIOLETTENEWYORK.COMÂ !!! browse or shop, or whatever!!! -xo, v$ in VIMEO… Violette Fall Winter 2008 Lookbook Shoot : ELYSE and MARYAM from va$htie on Vimeo. in YOUTUBE.
