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Congrats @stylelikeu fam, for creating a refreshing and inspiring book full of beautifully stylish people ✨check out “True Style is What’s Underneath” ✨
Giovanni James & Dangerkat celebrate the release of Style Like U’s latest book.
@stylelikeu features Giovanni James in their latest book, True Style is What’s Underneath, available here.
“My clothes may be stylish to other people, but they are not to me. I like a refined, mangled look. I like the coming together of different worlds. If something is nice, I will destroy it organically so that it has a story and a history to it, It makes it much richer.
I’ve always been deeply in love with anything that was cool, whether it came from my caucasian or African-American side. I would mix prep with street and rock L.L. Bean in the hood and a nameplate belt buckle in suburbia. As a kid, I was the ambassador between the hood and suburbia.
I’ve been on my own since I was 13, I was homeless. With time and experience I have come to see the many blessings of that. I got to live with different families and their cultures. I realized that these different groups - Jews, Catholics, Blacks, Whites - were pretty cool and I got to examine them all. I didn’t have a specific dogma put on me. I literally have been a vessel, able to experience other people’s lives, and it has left me, in moments, identity-less and open to humanity. What I found is that being here is such a gift. Let’s do something, make something beautiful aside from just making money. We can’t take that with us.”
- Giovanni James
Giovanni James’ song “Shining” featured in Uber’s international campaign. Cop the track here.
Last week was @foodandwine ’s epic #bestnewchefs2017 party, an event I get psyched for every year. Soul train lines and food everywhere. Love to these incredible ladies throwin it down! 🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻 @niloumotamed @vegasocial
Dangerkat & Giovanni James attend this year’s Food&Wine Best New Chefs Event in New York City.
Happy 2017! Here's to another year of painting your own reality 🎨 Anything you can dream in your mind, you can hold in your hands 👐🏼 now go make that shit happen. Love, your friends at Monkey Dope
@dangerkat and @giovannijames (aka @dangerjelly_ ) will be monkeying around, err DJing on NYE at The Tippler - speakeasy style - under The Chelsea Market in NYC 9pm-1am no cover! 🎉 📷: @suspencepho MUA: @zinniahmunoz
Starz’s TV show Blunt Talk features “Whutcha Want” by Giovanni James in their season 2 trailer.
New tribe new vibe! Monkey Dope is very excited to have Katheryn Frazier of Biz3 on board.
Dangerkat Vogue Video Goes Viral!
Bluesy, funky, and ferocious, Giovanni James revives the energy of old-school soul on his debut EP. A veritable rock 'n' roll sermon, it serves up Little Richard swagger, Chuck Berry licks, and unhinged vocals, even throwing in a few decidedly modern touches for good measure. “Shame on You” fuses rockabilly and hip-hop, balancing steely guitar with rapid rhyme-spitting; the closing ballad "Walking Dead" puts a million-dollar shine on a sock-hop slow dance. And when, on the rousing, horn-peppered title track, he promises "I walk that walk ... I talk that talk," there's no doubting him.
iTunes review for “Whutcha Want” EP
Japan’s very own Clutch Magazine features Giovanni James and his vintage shoe collection in Vol. 49, available here.
ABC’s TV show Mistresses features “Whutcha Want” by Giovanni James
Monkey Dope Dance Day with Dangerkat + Omari
Rolling Stone Magazine features Giovanni James in 10 New Artists Defining the Sound of Now! If you missed the paper issue, peep the online version here.
Copying what other people create to be “successful” isn’t how we define success. Vive la difference!
HBO Now features “Whutcha Want” by Giovanni James
Want to know more about Giovanni James? Read what we consider his best and most detailed interview yet:
The Beautiful Mind of Giovanni James: From Homelessness to Dre to Warner Bros., Giovanni dishes on his storied past
