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3MG's Murs, Eligh and Scarub and a whole lot of cell phones.

Hip-hop legends Murs, Eligh and Scarub kicked off LACMA’s Through the Mic series last night. Murs worked with the museum to create the new concert series, which explores contemporary Los Angeles hip hop and takes place the third Thursday of every month, in front of the museum’s famed Urban Light sculpture.

The sold-out show injected the museum with two hours of spirited fun and a lively sense of style.

Photo courtesy of streetpianos.com

For those who aren’t making the migration to Coachella and who are looking for some music a little closer to home, LA Chamber Orchestra is kicking off its musical public art installation “Play me, I'm Yours” today. 

Don Cornelius. Photo courtesy of vibe.com

In honor of Don Cornelius's passing, a tribute to the TV icon and some of the funky fashions the show helped popularize.

Known for his sharp dressing and smooth baritone, Don Cornelius launched a dance and music phenomenon with his hit show “Soul Train.”

 
Illustrator Nick McPherson was one of eleven artists chosen to design t-shirts for this year's United Artists Network Spring collection.

Made for Good was on hand at West Hollywood’s Palihouse hotel this week to showcase their Spring 2012 collections as part of L.A. Fashion Week. The location was fitting – if there’s anything Hollywood loves, it’s a good cause.

News broke yesterday that Riccardo Tisci, Givenchy's creative director, designed the cover art for 'Watch the Throne," the new album from Kanye and Jay Z. That's pretty cool. And it makes sense, when you think about it. These are two dudes whose love affair with fashion is chronicled in their lyrics and their stage shows. Kanye went so far as wear a Celine blouse for his Coachella performance this year. That's love.

Festival style. Girls in oversize sunglasses and whatever BoHo trend is "it" that year: floral maxi dresses, teeny tiny cut-off shorts, Navajo everything, plaid, feathers. Don't even get me started on the dudes. Skinny jeans, plaid, board shorts are all accounted for - and sometimes really strange stuff... like that guy who shaved a perfect cross into his chest hair because he just loved Justice so much.

Kreayshawn "Gucci Gucci" from Strange Customs on Vimeo.

Want to feel old? Want to dance around? Welcome to your summer jam. The major designer name-dropping is just an added bonus (even if isn't really a glowing endorsement: "They don't need Gucci, they don't need Louis. They're swaggin'.") Warning, this song will imbed itself in your brain and you'll be singing "Gucci, Gucci, Louis, Louis, Fendi, Fendi, Prada" in line at the CVS.

Obey's Shepard Fairey moonlights as a DJ (he goes by the handle DJ Diabetic. True story.), political fire-starter and co-star of the Oscar-nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. I guess being a respected contemporary and street artist wasn't enough and now Fairey has added "director" to his long list of side-gigs.

Fairey, along with Death Cab for Cutie's Nick Harmer, directed a music video for the band's new single, "Home is a Fire."

"Everything Went Black" photos courtesy of COMUNE/Jimmy Fontaine

Get ready for COMUNE's next über-cool event. The street-wise, creative culture brand will present a photo exhibition by photographer Jimmy Fontaine. "Everything Went Black" is a series of portraits and work which document fashion, music and skateboarding culture. The raw photographs give an inside look into contemporary life as part of COMUNE's Drop City creative artist platform.

It shouldn't be any surprise at all, seeing as how the apparel industry is rife with collaborations, but this latest one is sort of unique.

Costa Mesa, Calif.-based action-sports brand Hurley has teamed up with Weezer for "Rocks You Back to School" - a "fashion and music collaboration" that includes limited-edition Hurley wovens, T-shirts and hoodies for guys and girls inspired by Weezer.