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![WHAT WENT DOWN @ THE LIVE SUPPLY ANNIVERSARY FEATURING [@SAIMINGMUSIC] [@KD_JINCHURIKI] [@PRISCILLIASPLACE] [@ZUKOROSEMEID] [D0.VINCHI]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/live_supply_reunion-36-1140x850.jpg)
The Live Supply is a live showcase-style event run by artist Saiming, hosted by his good friend Oria. The first event took place a year ago, to celebrate the anniversary they assembled the original lineup. Taking place in Boxpark Croydon, it was a family affair that was a night to remember. Kicking things off,…
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Tucked in an alleyway in Soho sits Phillida Reid, an airy and bright gallery showcasing both emerging and established artists. In its latest exhibition, East Londoner Mohammed Z. Rahman takes center stage with paintings exploring personal and political (hi)stories of migration, labour, queerness, and class by depicting domestic settings. City of Burrows is the artist’s first solo…
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Cast your mind back to earlier this year. It’s January 16th, 8:39am. You’ve snoozed your alarm four times already, but you still can’t bear to get up. Twelve minutes ago, after snooze number 3, you tried to put one foot out of the blanket but the bitter cold outside was unbearable. What is there to…
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![KALI CLAIRE [@_KALICLAIRE] ON HER LATEST SINGLE ‘BEFORE THE WORLD ENDS’ AND THE STATE OF UK R&B](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52000002-1140x850.jpg)
Kali Claire chats to GUAP about her new single and the R&B landscape. Tell us about your new single Before The World Ends. What inspired you to write it and where did the lyrics stem from? I wrote it two years ago in 2021. We was all in lockdown and I felt like the world…
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![Eli Sethna’s [@elisethna] Photographs Make You Freeze And Dig Deeper](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fujicolor_superia_reala_100_02_21_2023_000093180010-1140x850.jpg)
If you’re lucky to encounter Eli, he’s likely to be dripped out with vintage sunglasses perched on his nose and a camera in hand. From working with Coach x Basquiat to Grey Goose, GUAP interviewed the 25-year-old photographer to explore his creative process and work. GUAP: Tell us about your journey. Eli: I was born in…
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It’s been a little over a month since Louis Vuitton announced OG creative-pioneer Pharrell Williams as it’s new artistic director for menswear. That’s been enough time for us to all cool off from the initial shock & confusion we had when the news broke, since – in the people’s eyes – Pharrell was not a…
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![WHAT WENT DOWN @ DIZZEE RASCAL’S [@DIZZEERASCAL] BOY IN DA CORNER ANNIVERSARY CONCERT](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DSCF8018-1-1140x850.jpg)
It’s a cold March evening, to the left and right people flit about the London O2 Arena gearing themselves up to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Dizzee Rascal’s 2003 seminal album Boy In Da Corner. Considering the album’s humble beginnings, it’s incredible to see how even two decades on it can fill one of the…
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![ICA debuts new exhibition by R.I.P. Germain [@ripgermain]: “Jesus Died For Us, We Will Die For Dudus!”](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mark-Blower-230221-R.I.P.-Germain-ICA-0060-HDR-1140x850.jpg)
R.I.P. Germain’s new exhibition “Jesus Died For Us, We Will Die For Dudus!” opened in February at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (I.C.A.). Saturated with references that explore niche sentiments within lawless and baggy spaces, “Jesus Died For Us, We Will Die For Dudus” is quite possibly one of the most poignant pieces of art happening in…
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Last Wednesday, after yet another successful round of styling a number of stars for the Oscars, celebrity stylist Law Roach announced his retirement. The announcement, a seemingly out of the blue Instagram post with a cryptic caption citing “politics, the lies and false narratives” as the reason for the early retirement, sent the fashion industry…
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![EP Review: Lojay [@LojayMusic] – ‘Gangster Romantic’](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/LOJAY-GR-4-1140x850.jpeg)
It has been just over two weeks since the release of Lojay’s sophomore EP, Gangster Romantic. Since its release, Gangster Romantic has peaked at number 1 in Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Uganda on the Apple Music Charts, while singles MOTO and AVAILABU have entered the Official UK Afrobeats Chart at number 8 and…