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Release party time! On March 5th and March 6th, Shepard Goods (a local brand from Minneapolis) is hosting a pop-up shop/release party at RV$ (Retro Vintage Supply) to celebrate the release of their new gear. With music, deals, and limited edition items that’ll only be available at the pop-up shop, it’s set up to be a dope event. Come through, connect with people in the community, and grab some gear!

Need more info? Check the Shepard Goods website here, and the event page here. See you March 5th/6th! read more

You already know what time it is.

The monthly shameless Instagram plug is here. The article where I tell you about how dope the KicksOneTwo Instagram is, and that you should head over to the page and check it out (and of course toss us a follow if you like the pictures.

Know what you’re missing if you’re not following us? You’re missing dope pictures of fire kicks worn by local sneakerheads. What more could you ask for than that. We’re a Twin Cities sneaker blog, and the Instagram shows off sneaker heads in the Twin Cities. What’s more local than that? read more

The day has finally arrived.

At 3:15 PM CST today, Kanye West will be officially premiering his Yeezy Season 3 line, and also playing his new (still not officially titled) album live at Madison Square Garden. The event will be live-streamed to theaters all around the world, including several here in Minnesota (Apple Valley, Eagan, Eden Prarie, Mankato, Minneapolis, Rochester, and St. Paul to be specific), and you’ve got to get your tickets online (hit the link to cop), as they won’t be available at the door. read more

This was originally supposed to be a somber article, but thanks to the generosity of the Twin Cities hip-hop community, it’s become a joyous one.

Our good friend DJ BVCKWOODS had his laptop stolen this past weekend. It’s pretty awful when anyone’s laptop goes missing, but it’s even worse for a DJ because their laptop is their livelihood. Tracks? Mixes? Software? Everything a DJ needs to do the damn thing is right there on their laptop.

A GoFundMe campaign was started to get BVCKWOODS a new laptop, and earlier in the day a few hundred bucks had been pledged. That was a great start..but a new Mac is more than a few hundred bucks, and this article was originally going to be a piece encouraging readers to donate. However, over the course of the afternoon, things changed. Donations started pouring in, and a plea for people to chip in wasn’t necessary anymore. At the time this article was written (Tuesday evening), the amount of donations was sitting at a whopping $1300. read more