Southpole Clothing - Apparel For The Poor?

Southpole Clothing from its very start set its self as a cheaper alternative to the other mainstream urban clothing brands that were overcharging for poorer quality. Because of this fact many misconceptions have been formed regarding the brand and its place in today's streetwear market. Check out the link to the article below for a look at southpole clothing and its effect on popular culture. Of all of the brands in the fashion industry this is the one that has established itself as a brand for anyone that wants to be an individual. See why Southpole Clothing is not just for poor people and why this brand is just as relevant as they have always been.

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Drake Fires Hip Hop Since 1978

Drake’s been on fire these days; releasing a new album last month, outwardly dissing social media, maintaining beef with Ludacris and now firing his management team, Hip Hop Since 1978.

“Drake just felt like there were too many hands in his pockets,” an anonymous source told the New York Post. “He was getting pulled in too many different directions.”

Hip Hop Since 1978, comprised of industry moguls like Cortez Bryant, Kyambo “Hip Hop” Joshua, Al Brach, Gee Roberson and Kinky “B” Ellerbee, is still managing big hip-hop names like Lil Wayne, Kanye West, T.I., Nicki Minaj, Just Blaze and Young Jeezy to name a few.

The Hip Hop Since 1978 team was not the only ones who were given the axe. Dana Sims and Robert Gibbs of International Creative Management, Drake’s booking agents, were also fired due to differing business opinions, according to BET.com.

In the two management teams’ place, Drake hired Brent Smith (Snoop Dogg’s rep) of the William Morris Endeavor to represent him, and he is still signed to Cash Money Records, according to AllHipHop.com.

“The Canadian rapper’s break with his business team is consistent with recent moves he has made to surround himself with the close-knit, largely Toronto-based crew of friends and associates who have been by his side since he was just a mixtape artist,” reported BET.com. “Oliver El-Khatib, a Toronto native and member of Drake’s October’s Very Own crew, began taking on management duties for Drake earlier this year.”

In addition to the Drake tug-of-war, the same anonymous source said that conflicts between the rapper’s original Canadian management team and Hip Hop Since 1978 have arisen. “His team fromCanada is trying to wrestle back control,” claimed the source. “He may go back to them to streamline things.”

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Queen Latifah Offers the Queen Collection for Curvaceous Women

It’s the holiday season and when it comes to getting presents for those we love, we want to make sure they get the best. For the curvaceous women in your life, Queen Latifah presents her clothing line “Queen Collection” on HSN. (Read more about Queen Latifah.)

The actress says that there is a lack of respect to the curvy ladies from the industry:

“A lot of manufacturers don’t respect the curvaceous woman. They don’t respect our dollar or our shape.”

And we’re thanking her for partnering up with HSN.com, where Latifah designs for real women who want affordable and wearable fashion.

“It’s really something you can incorporate into your existing wardrobe. I mean these are things that are really beautiful, but they’re very wearable. We’re really trying to make sure that they have the best fabrics possible, that it feels good on the body. I’m a Pisces, I’m sensitive; I like things to feel good on my skin.”

The Queen Collection is available for women sized 2 to 24 and offers the same things accessible to Latifah to her fans.

For the special ladies in your life, here are some of our editor’s best picks from the Queen Collection:

Queen Collection Belted V-Neck Caftan Tunic, $69

Queen Collection Croco Embossed Leather Satchel with Calfhair, $329.90

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Hip-Hop Blog Falsely Censored for One Year

Last year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security took over a hip-hop music blog along with 81 others due to an alleged copyright infringement that ended over false allegations. According to CNET, the government abandoned the suit on Dec. 8 after learning that the charge had been exaggerated to prove an anti-piracy point.

The seizure of the music blog, found at DaJaz1.com, was a feeble attempt by Homeland Security to curb piracy over the internet, reported CNET, except that it was done in a shady way.

“Intellectual property crimes are not victimless,” Attorney General Eric Holder said at the time of the seizure. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director John Morton added, “Today, we turn the tables on these Internet thieves.”

“It turns out that Holder’s and Morton’s claims appear to have been, well, exaggerated,” wrote CNET.

“What’s unusual here is that normally,U.S.law strongly discourages efforts to censor Web sites before a full trial can be held,” CNET continued. “But in the DaJaz1 case, a series of allegations of dubious reliability offered in an ICE affidavit were enough to censor a popular music blog — which had been featured on MTV News a few months earlier — for over a year.”

As it turns out, the four songs by Jamie Foxx, Chris Brown, Nelly and Reek Da Villian that were featured in the affidavit by ICE agent Andrew Reynolds, were actually sent to Dajaz1’s editor (Splash) for promotional use, reported CNET.

Apparently ICE kept the case under wraps by “getting extension after extension from the court under seal without showing me any papers whatsoever,” partner at the Fenwick and West law firm Andrew Bridges told CNET Dec. 8. Bridges is representing Dajaz1 pro bono. “Why did the government feel the need to keep secret the fact of its repeated extensions of time to file the forfeiture proceeding?” he asked.

The Dajaz1 blog is back in its owner’s possession, and features a temporary disclaimer that says it will be back shortly, according to CNET. In addition to this, the site demonstrates a video with a censorship petition that will be sent to ICE.

Check out the website and let Splash know what you think of the whole thing at: www.DaJaz1.com

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