Hi all, welcome to a new chapter that has been developing in my life. DopeEraMagazine. An extended take on Mistah Fab's Dope Era clothing line turned media entertainment. I have not updated my blog on any of this because when it started I just kept rolling, never looking back. I wanted to give it a good 4 - 6 months to see how well it would be received.
We started in October 2015. Almost 6 months later, it is so well received we barely have time for anything anymore. Here's the first interview we did, no microphone, basically just my Canon 70D and a tripod sitting out on the sidewalk in front of Fabby's shop on 45th and Market, North Oakland or as they call it Ice City. You'll hear a lot of background noise which is just the usual lively activity of the neighborhood moving along as if we are not doing an interview at all. At one point I had to stop recording to ask everyone to stop having conversations around us. As well as dealing with a really up tight older white man who expressed his inconvenience of having to touch his poor shoe outside of the sidewalk and go over a little gutter water instead of walking right in front of the camera. It's an interesting mix with this gentrified neighborhood that has a strong close knit older community holding on tight to it's original culture while trying to be better role models for the younger generation coming up.
The community swarms around Mistah Fab as if he is a king bee (let's just say if that was a thing). The community respect is strong with this one and his presence is probably a strong reason why the original community still exists.
(Preview clip of Mistah Fab's interview with DopeEraMagazine. To see the full interview check out the video below)
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