Long Beach California holds one of the best-kept secrets when it comes to up and coming, and established talent in the hip-hop and R&B scene. Located in a dive bar called Que Sera, Fight Club goes down every first Friday of the month. It consistently serves up a delicious blend of dj’s live acts, and emcees to a sold out crowd. Celebrating its four-year more...
Our brotha lojii recently dropped his latest single called "dutti" produced by NiceGuyxVinny. lojii has a sound that truly embodies the essence of both Philly and Los Angeles creating something that is brilliant, yet in a lane of its own. Throughout "dutti", lojii speaks on the fact that he is to lit and to underground for the average. He delivers a sound that is more...
Long Beach producer/musician NiceGuyxVinny releases a new beat titled, "deadnewz". Its a flip to his own ghostly track "no ebola" featuring Lojii. Vinny gets creative and switches things up complete by making it into a house beat. Take a listen above. more...
On May 16, 2015 ILLSOCIETY and J3 Collection had the pleasure of hosting a private installation for Los Angeles based visual artist, Anaka Morris first installation project called, "FAME." An ethnographic research photo & film series that explored the concept of individual nature of "success" while comparing an artists' persona to their "true" identity. The more...
On August 9th, clothing boutique, Proverse located in the east village in the city of Long Beach, hosted a very dope photography exhibit titled SVNTOS by Jose Gongora. Jose Gongora is a Los Angeles based photographer/videographer who has been in the scenes for quite a while capturing moments in the music community through his camera lenses. Creatives from all over more...
On December 28th, 2013 ILLIELIFE and Creative Bunch decided to through a party before the year ended. The location for the madness was a house in the quite community of Baldwin Hills. The party was hella turnt with free alcohol and local music friends such as Raven sorvino, Neijah Lanae, VerBs, Alpha Mc, Tone Oliver, uhlife and many more. You already know ILLSOCIETY more...
A few days ago, our homie uhlife mentioned to us about a brand based out of Philly, but now reside in Los Angeles called Babylon Cartel. The Brand recently visited India via London / LA based photographer Misha Meghna, who's work with ASOS and is known for her art direction, and ill photography. What started off as a test shot with a polaroid turned into "The Mumbai more...
This past September the 17th in Leimert Park, we did something special. For those who weren't there to witness, here's a little reflection on something ill (yes, pun intended) that you missed. We teamed up with the homie and one of LA's omnipresent music figures, VerBs, and took over his almost legendary monthly hip-hop open mic showcase he founded (along with more...
