kazzlaidlaw

congratulations @doubleduzit @tor.mccue on a beautiful union - yours is one of my favorite love stories, an example of how music can bring incredible people into your life. derrick and i first met working on goldlink together nearly ten years ago, and not long after, he and tori bonded over a tweet about wale’s “matrimony.” who knew they’d have their own all these years later 💖

playing fuji in fuji 🇯🇵🇳🇬 @odunsitheengine

in a class of our own

stills 📍 murou art forest

spent sunday nestled deep in the hills of nara, japan at the breathtaking murou art forest. the entire park is this ethereal marriage of art, nature, design and foliage that makes it feel like one of the most peaceful places on earth.

light will find you

oyabun mode 🎌

first annual @gifted_dmv gifted week in the books. after @mayor_bowser declared Nov 10 as wale day in dc, and now with Nov 15 being wale day in PG (🫡 @nickcharles2 @govwesmoore) we thought it was only right to spend a week engaging all of our different communities in the dmv from music, to sports, design and more. a special thanks to our title sponsor @nike, my co exec producers @_xoamiraboyd @misskelsye @ianeyecan and cd @pierres.online + creative team, the dozens of partners, hundreds of friends, and thousands of participants that made this all possible. see you next year 😉 photos by @shaughncooper @jadaimanim

if touching grass was a person

so, we say we’re buying the dip

“At least try. Right?” working in music can be stressful, exhausting, expensive, occasionally dangerous and frequently hypercapitalist but every blue moon (😉) you’ll get to work on something meaningful that makes it worth it. so proud to have concepted and executive produced this campaign for @nike alongside @pierres.online @malachiformayor @dawniebdub @eqt to give @wale and the DMV their flowers for pioneering an iconic shoe. despite having an outsized impact on culture globally - from sports, to music, to fashion, to film, etc - the DMV is underrepresented, undervalued, and overlooked in every way you can imagine. it was nice to spotlight our area for once, with all the changes and sacrifices it’s had to make through its history. and we’re still here. special thanks to Malachi and Dawn and the Nike team for their trust and vision, to @pierres.online and team for their brilliance and being the greatest creative collaborator ive had the pleasure of working with, to @shaughncooper @jadaimanim for these amazing images, to our hometeam friends and family who showed up at a moments notice, to the Goodman League, @dcdpr @thefreedc for creating space in disappearing neighborhoods, to everyone from home supporting the campaign and buying the shoes and making sure these other cities know where it started. we weren’t able to include so many people, but there’s a new wave of young brilliant artists, entrepreneurs, designers, athletes, executives, florists, and more doing real work to usher in a new generation of the DMV, i see you and im so proud. and we’re just getting started. see you next week

leather park vol. 1 exec prod. by @odunsitheengine out now on @eqt recordings in partnership with @becausepublishing so proud of this assembly of artists, songs, and odunsi’s extension of his international sonic vision. LP is an emblem of o’s ability to curate and build alte community worldwide, starting in paris 🇫🇷 special thanks to Leather Park GM ! @thienalyssa @emab_, Alice and the Because team @a_lice_ali_ce and all the artists and creatives involved @bnyx @bella_shmurda @cruelsantino @minznse @elias_slay6rr @jeriqthehussla @benajaffar_ @111syri @lola__lolita and more + surprise vocals from @chlothegod on CSPG ✨