Kanye West returns to the book world with his latest project, entitled Glow In The Dark.

Born in Serbia and experiencing poverty and uneasy-times, photographer Boogie now calls New York City. He is the latest person in  The New York Times Lens feature, a series of photographs offer us an in-depth look into Boogie’s eye for capturing the often overlooked aspects of New York culture in his signature black and white style.

Stussy present their latest feature involving  Jon Naar. The photographer’s images originally taken for his photography book “The Faith in Graffiti” from 1974 have made their way into a collection of photo-print t-shirts.

Mike Shinoda from the group Linkin Park will be opening his second solo exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum on August 29th, entitled "Glorious Excess (Dies)."  If the success of his first solo at that Museum is any indication this should be 10 times better.

"The first two lines from this piece are from a suicide note i wrote in jail at 16. i have found solace in letting go of my darkest pains on the streets in the form of poetry and for some reason this came out of me today. i am so thankful to have survived that attempt at ending it all."

A terrible loss for the art world and of course the downtown New York art scene. At one stage in his career Dash used to write graffiti under the alias  “Sacer” and is one of the founders of IRAK NY. 

  Coming off a recent exhibition opening in Hong Kong, French artist Zevs was caught red handed working up his signature artwork on the walls of a Georgio Armani store.

The ICU (media specialists) have cooked up their newest piece of work through a documentary film which will chronicle the in-depth story of one hip hop's most sought after MCs, Brooklyn's own Joell Ortiz. Check out the trailer after the jump.

  Working for a non-profit you see some things that make you feel bad for children. This picture sums it up on a whole.

  Acclaimed director Michael Mann is slated to release his new feature film called Public Enemies which stars Christian Bale and Johnny Depp. Check out more information and official trailer after the jump.