A NIGHT AT SOUL IN THE HORN W/ NATASHA DIGGS + TALIB KWELI + DJ CENTER

(typed this in one take a let it flow, i’ll edit and clean it up later) Last week at Soul In The Horn was another banger.  The excitement of getting out Friday night was already bubbling up.  Natasha Diggs always throws it down and I knew she’d get my feet moving.  Dj Center typically comes …

2015 Essence Street Style Block Party | THE BROOKLYN WORD TV

The Summer of 2015 was ‘Poppin’ in Brooklyn.  Concerts, parties, performances and so much more was jumping off practically everyday.  The last big event that occurred, was the Essence Street Style Block Party.  It was a beautiful day of fashion forward rooted spirits and families enjoying city life, music and ethnic culture. Enjoy the video …

Debut of The Brooklyn Word TV/Radio

What is “The Brooklyn Word TV/Radio“? Is a series of short films shot/edited by DJ Gibril Kuyateh that follows dope ahead of the curve artistic, musical and technological movements from dope people that he knows around Brooklyn and NYC. The Brooklyn Word Radio | Coming Soon

Debut of “THE BROOKLYN WORD”

My radioshow the GKXRS (formerly The GiKu Xperience Radio Show in Brooklyn… long right, i know smh) is a different experience from the individual singles available.  The show is mixed to tell and enhance the story of the conception of The Brooklyn word. Experience both today, download and share your thoughts. i’d like to know …

Tracklist | The Brooklyn Word

The Brooklyn Word is composed of:   9 Hip Hop + 2 Eclectic & Soulful + 1 Funk + 5 AfroBeat & House + Bonus beats (won’t be available for download) + 1 Exclusive Tree Spoken Word sound design concept + originality and old school flavor GKXRS Intro ft. Maimouna Youssef Interlude: : American Hero theme Thee …

Gibril Kuyateh on “The Brooklyn Word” and His Journey Into Creating a Multimedia Soundscape

What is “The Brooklyn Word“?  Well it’s a multimedia “5D” concept created by urban music arts and technology specialist Gibril Kuyateh aka GiKu who hails from Crown Heights, Brooklyn.  His mother is from Ahoskie, North Carolina and migrated to Brooklyn while his father left Freetown, Sierra Leone in the 70’s for a life in the DMV (DC, …