Toofly NYC

Our homegirl Emilie aka LADY CAPRICE is in NY! She came through to the Heart & Soul closing party yesterday ( flicks coming soon) and brought Issue #11. Dope as ever! this magazine is right on point with what “WE LADIES DO”. Yea you know it! Thanks for the love and support enjoy your stay I’m only a few blocks away;)

Our Sheroes; Rokafella, DJ Laylo, Female Sneaker Fiend, JLove, all inside! Cop it…

In Berlin, Germany for the We B*Girlz Festival; Desdamona, Emilie, Dj Laylo, Toofly and Martha Diaz.

PARIS, NEW YORK, LONDON! GET YOUR COPY!
www.ladycapricemagazine.com

Here’s a sneeky peek…

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 I was invited to showcase my work in this book called “Creators who Base in New York” by the IDEAfried Studio in Taiwan. The book covers various fields such as design, film, photography, graffiti, illustration, comics, and more. I can’t really understand what it says though:( My layout looks dope thanks Chengyi!

www.ideafried.com

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YOUNITY’S HEART & SOUL CLOSING PARTY!
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14th, 2008
TIME:7-12PM

Music by A*Tone ( REJUVENATION NYC)
+ Special guest performances by:   TWEAPONZ (NYC), LadyOSoFly (Brooklyn) and RucyL MiLLS (Elektrocardio)

ALPHABETA
70 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
G train to Greenpoint

*** Last chance to check out the exhibit! NOV 1st-14th! ***
Younity Heart & Soul Books now available online:younityspace

We’re about to make history 1 week from today!

Just finished rocking this FLY lady’s DJ logo: JASMINE SOLANO. If you don’t know, now you know! Check her out she’s DOPE.
Hommie and I met back a few years for the FLOW TV graphics project with TRIGGERHAPPY. That was a sweet deal:) Thanks for hooking it up gurl. Special shout out to “T” Tania for linking us up.  YEO let’s roll to the next jam together and support this lady’s skillz, I want to dance!

www.myspace.com/jasminesolano

Jasmine Solano, a Philly Motown girl turned HIP HOPSTER SOUL GAL. Representing on the airwaves and turntables since she was 17, nowadays you’ll find Jasmine Solano DJing in NYC, Brooklyn and on Integrated Radio. Winner of “Best Female Radio Personality” at the New England Urban Music Awards in 2006 and the annual EVVY Awards for “Best Radio On-Air Personality” she owes it all to the Boston community where it began on WERS 88.9FM. Jasmine put a ‘face to the name’ as a VJ for MTV2 and has been the host and MC for concerts featuring Grandmaster Flash, Akfrika Bambaataa, Questlove, Q.tip, De La Soul, GZA, The Platinum Pied Pipers, Dilated Peoples, M1 of Dead Prez, Jaguar Wright and Goapele. Known for her contagious hip hopster spirit and unwavering allegiance to old soul, Jasmine effortlessly combines the cutting edge with the timeless in a mix of R&B, Soul, Electronica, House and Hip Hop. From Armand Van Helden to Nina Simone, this hostess extraordinaire is sure to hit your spot on her show, The Meltdown on Integrated Radio (www.integratedstudios.com).

YOUNITY is delighted to announce that Martha Cooper’s latest book “TAGTOWN” book launch is this coming Thursday at Alphabeta! Younity’s Heart & Soul will be the event’s backdrop how DOPE is that! We are so honored;) Urban art through the ages has never looked so sweet together. Come check out how far we’ve come!!!

Alphabeta
70 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn NY
7-10pm
G train to Greenpoint Ave
DJ Castor
www.dokument.org

BET FLY GIRLS VOTE Hosted by MC Lyte and Moderated by Michaela angela Davis, Town Hall Event “Fly Girls Vote: Hip Hop Women for Change” on Saturday, October 18 at Clark University Explores the Legacy and Future Women of Color Hold in American Politics 

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Back from ATL! got a short sweet rest but excited to share the Younity flicks first with ya’ll…

YOUNITY FEMALE WALL COLLABORATION - FRIDAY 8.10.08 - SUNDAY 8.12.08

The 20 minute buffer whew!

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BET NETWORKS HOSTS TWO POWERFUL PANEL DISCUSSIONS AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY IN SUPPORT OF THE 2008 “BET HIP HOP AWARDS” ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 , 2008.

FLY GIRLS VOTE! Hip-Hop Women for Change
An all-star female gathering of academics, activities, actresses, journalists, goverment and student leaders, artists, DJ’s, filmakers, and emcees will engage in creativity and conversation to prove IT’S WOMEN THAT MAKE MOVEMENTS MOVE.

Debra Lee, MC Lyte, Michaela Angela Davis, Tricia Rose, Moya Bailey, represntative Aisha Thomas Morgan, Shola Lynch, Lola Ogunnaike, DJ Beverly Bond, Toofly, Black Kold Madina, and more!

SATURDAY October 18th
11-1pm
Clark Atlanta University
Cornelius Henderson Student Center

Original Fly Girls Logo design by yours truly:) © Toofly 2008

On Friday, October 17, a Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Panel Discussion on Financial Empowerment Features Panelists Russell Simmons, Ludacris, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, 106 & PARK’s Terrence and Rocsi, and Others, Urging People to “Get Your Money Right!”

Hosted by MC Lyte and Moderated by Michaela angela Davis, Town Hall Event “Fly Girls Vote: Hip Hop Women for Change” on Saturday, October 18 Explores the Legacy and Future Women of Color Hold in American Politics The “BET HIP HOP AWARDS” Premieres Thursday, October 23 at 8:00 P.M.*

PRESS RELEASE BELOW:

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Yea I know Alaska? word…it’s gonna be cold eeek! I gotta bust out my bubble jacket. Hope I have some time to scope out the scenic route. If I see some glaciers, moose, bears, and whales I’ll be so siked!  It’s supposed to be surrounded by an awesome wilderness of mountains and valleys, Im a sucker for that stuff. Shout out to Elizabeth Posey, OurTime crew, and the Hip Hop Association for putting me down on this wonderful youth project;) I’m excited to meet you guys, share the love, educate, and paint!

OUR TIME 2008
A a youth based (ages 18-35) voter registration drive and political education program (16-35) using hip hop to teach political process and how to use it to change your community. OurTime 2008 is a nonpartisan Civic Engagement Initiative of the Anchorage Urban League Young Professionals in Partnership with the Hip Hop Association based out of Harlem, New York.

illustration and design by yours truly;)
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Harriet’s Alter Ego
293 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
October 5-October 30, 2008
Opening Reception
Sunday, October 5, 2008
5-9 pm

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Younity & Toofly on Juxtapoz October Issue #93!

I’m so proud of us!

typos as always…it’s QUEENS! not Brooklyn people get it straight…There ain’t hipsters in this side of town thank god…
www.juxtapoz.com

SAVE THE DATE!!!

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I got my Dunny’s in the mail today! It only took me 5 years to get down…I remember Kidrobot stepped up to all the graff ladies in o3′ at a near by coffee shop in Soho and invited us all to work on a Dunny. At the time we didn’t know what the whole vinyl phenomenon was about and most of us pretty much backed out because there was no pay involved and we didn’t know what to make of this funny looking figure with tall ears. I personally could not get around my character looking like a bunny or something. Anyway 5 years later! Series 5 comes about and  I was like it’s now or never, let’s do it! So here you go you little crazy vinyl fans your very own Toofly Dunny!!! It’s been a long time coming:)

Prefer a signed and numbered Toofly version with stickers? here you go…
Now available at Urban Outfitters stores nationwide!

Kidrobot Dunny Series 5!
Kidrobot has taken Dunny to the most insane level of complexity yet with 19 of the biggest players in the designer vinyl art toy arena.

Look out for masterpieces featuring overflowing amounts of creativity by Amanda Visell, Aya Kakeda, Clutter, Devilrobots, Dirty Donny, Frank Kozik, Huck Gee, JMGS//Jellymoon, Jesse LeDoux, JK5, Junko Mizuno, Kathie Olivas, MAD, Mad Barbarians, MISHKA, Reach, Sneaky Raccoon, Steven Harrington, TOOFLY!

Every Dunny comes complete with a collectible sticker.

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