INTERVIEWS

Cam’ron Hangs Out With the Escobar Family for “Medellin”

While Jim Jones’s album takes the title, Cam’ron’s Purple Haze 2 was definitely in our top five of last year. Cam dropped a video for “Meddelin” this afternoon, which was shot down in Columbia with Pablo Escobar’s family. It doesn’t get more next level than that. Cam breaks down how it came together in this new interview with Complex. He also mentions that his long-awaited A-Trak collaboration album was supposed to be dropping this spring, but got put on hold due to the pandemic.

You’ve been talking about the A-Trak project for awhile.
Yeah. It’s been going on for years. My schedule, A-Trak’s schedule is crazy. It’s really dope. It’s been a couple years since we were supposed to put this out, but we always meet up in the studio two or three times a year to see what songs that we did were outdated or what newer music we could come up with.

Some of the stuff that we did is timeless as fine wine, baby. It isn’t going nowhere. But some of the stuff that we talk about—I’m not saying that this is a particular bar or anything like that, but we can’t be like, “My president, Barack Obama…” So we’ll go through all the music and make sure everything is straight. But knowing A-Trak, and even knowing myself, I know we’re going to get back in the studio when time permits and make sure everything is up to par and acceptable for the time when it’s supposed to come out.

That will definitely be fire when it hits the streets. Check the “Medellin” visual above.

INTERVIEWS

Shecks Guests on the Latest ‘The Nine Club’ Episode

Pro skater Ryan Sheckler talks about growing up in Southern California, starting skateboarding at the tender age of two, his over two decades of career, and his personal struggles in the latest podcast episode of “The Nine Club”.

He also discusses starting his skateboarding company, the Sandlot Times, and the story behind the name.

The Nine Club is a skateboarding podcast started and hosted by professional skateboarder Chris Roberts in 2016. The show is co-hosted by Roger Bagley and Kelly Hart.

INTERVIEWS

Vans Skateboarding Drops ‘Lizzie’ Video

Get to know more about Lizzie Armanto through the lens of the persons closest to her in this 35 mm film directed by renowned filmmaker Greg Hunt and presented by Vans Skateboarding.

Lizzie is an X Games gold medalist (Barcelona, 2013) and the first-ever woman to make it to the cover of Transworld Skateboarding in 2016.

She was also the first female skateboarder to do the loop, a 360-degree vertical ramp on which the rider turns completely upside down while maintaining contact between the wheels of the skateboard and the ramp’s surface.

INTERVIEWS

New Episode of ‘Neighborhoods’ features Leo Heinert and Marco Hernandez

The second episode of “Neighborhoods” featuring pro skateboarder Leo Heinert and photographer Marco Hernandez is now live on the Jenkem Mag channel.

Heinert and Hernandez toured the back of the Boston Market parking lot, Gifford Playground, Greencroft Playground, and their other childhood spots in their hometown Staten Island with the Jenkem team.

Produced by Jenkem Mag, “Neighborhoods” is a series where skaters revisit their old stomping grounds and share stories of growing up in their communities.