Issue 57 ft Trap Beckham

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We look at what’s hot on the radio according to Mediabase/BDS Soundscan, the streets, and Dj Samore, and what she feels is that next hot record. Most of the time when she says it’s a hit, it’s a hit!

Please Me

Spotlight Tracks DRAKE

Mob Ties

3 BLUE FACE Thotiana

4 CITY GIRLS Twerk

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SUMMER LOVE x DRAKE Girls Need Love

NIPSEY HUSTLE Racks in the Middle

SUMMERELLA MEGAN THEE STALLION

Do You Miss It

Big Ole Freak

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nipsey hustle’s legacy Legacy of bridge building

“What else is n***as playing for if they don’t want the ring or the crown?”

decade and a half, Nip compiled a thick catalog of music, The 33-year-old worked to pave inroads, recording tracks which he released on mixtapes he produced independently with Blood-affiliated rappers The Game and YG of Compton or through his All Money In record label, which he launched and Jay Rock of Watts. When Nipsey dropped his long-await- to maintain his creative freedom, he said. ed studio debut last year, The Game posted the cover to Though some music websites classify Nipsey’s music as Instagram, along with his recollection of the first time the gangsta rap, his music spans multiple hip-hop genres, including the g-funk, or gangsta funk, sound of Dr. Dre fame two met.

“Never thought the young n***a that gave me his demo on that was ubiquitous to the streets of the Crenshaw District Crenshaw at a red light would ever turn out to be one of my where Nipsey grew up in the 1990s. favorite West Coast MC’s.... just like I told you that day when His lyrics did not fit into tidy genres, either. While he emyou handed it to me n***a, ‘if you want it it’s yours’.... proud ployed the bombast and braggadocio common to gangsta and other forms of rap, he also dealt in introspection a la of you homie.”

In one of his final tweets, Nipsey posted a photo of himself the so-called conscious rappers such as Chance the Rapper in a denim jacket adorned with both red and blue kerchiefs, and Talib Kweli. like those worn by the rival gangs, and in his last post, just That was perhaps most apparent on the “Victory Lap” track, hours before he was killed, he said, “Having strong enemies “Dedication,” a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, who himself has united Bloods and Crips through no less than is a blessing.” his Top Dawg Entertainment.

On the track, Nipsey rhymes, “Young black n***a trapped Legacy of his music It’s poignant that Nipsey died after being shot in the head and he can’t change it/Know he a genius, he just can’t claim and torso in the parking lot of The Marathon Clothing it/’Cuz they left him no platforms to explain it/He frustrated “smartstore” he owned near the corner of Slauson and so he get faded, but deep down inside he know you can’t Crenshaw. The dark amalgam of circumstances seems to fade him/How long should I stay dedicated? How long till opportunity meet preparation?/I need some real n***a repencapsulate much about his life.

True to his art and his city, Nipsey regularly invoked his arations before I run up in your bank just for recreation.” upbringing, beginning with his 2005 mixtape, “Slauson Boy Volume 1,” and continuing through the eerily named A father and a businessman three-volume “Bullets Ain’t Got No Name.” He dubbed his Though he is best known for his music, he was a father as eighth mixtape, released in 2013, “Crenshaw,” and priced it well to son, Kross, 2, with actor and longtime girlfriend Lauat $100 a pop. Jay-Z picked up a 100 of the 1,000 available ren London, and to daughter Emani from a previous relationship. copies.

Nipsey collaborated with the likes of Drake, Meek Mill and As his moniker, sometimes stylized as Hu$$le, suggests, the Rick Ross well before Atlantic Records published his ac- Eritrean-American rapper born Ermias Davidson Asgheclaimed “Victory Lap” last year, earning him a Grammy nom- dom was also an accomplished businessman. His ventures ination for best rap album (the prize went to Cardi B). For a spanned from his music label and The Marathon Clothing

store, to his Marathon Agency, a talent and marketing company, and his Proud 2 Pay campaign, a trailblazing means to distribute his music.

After failing to find a way to work with Epic Records, which released him in 2010, he tapped his wealth of social media followers -- which today number in the millions -- for the campaign, selling the aforementioned “Crenshaw” for a $100 apiece and 100 copies of his “Mailbox Money” mixtape for $1,000 each in a scheme that guaranteed a host of perks for buyers, including hearing “Victory Lap” for the first time with Nipsey himself.

In 2013, he explained in a short YouTube documentary that he was aiming to upend a system in which controlling record labels acted as gatekeepers for young creatives trying to make names for themselves.

“What else is n***as playing for if they don’t want the ring or the crown? Labels know that, and they making it like the only way to that is through them,” he said. “We got power, we got the internet, we got our people, and a n***a gonna shut down (the) industry, man. ... I’m Netflix. They’re Blockbusters, know what I’m saying? ... Netflix shut their business down. It’s over. They’re bankrupt. It’s a wrap. When’s the last time you rented a video, bro?”

When he finally did ink the deal with Atlantic in 2017, he told Billboard that it was more about reach than racks.

“I wanted to give that message the best chance to be heard and consumed on the highest level. That was my goal from the jump as All Money In took time to build its position in the hip-hop lane,” he said.

An ‘inspiration to many’

Upon his death, the paper further reported that Hussle loved his stomping ground in both word and deed, buying shoes for students, fixing playgrounds and basketball courts, helping to renovate an old roller rink, providing jobs and shelter for homeless residents, paying for funerals of those who couldn’t afford them and investing in Destination Crenshaw, an art-and-culture project that celebrates Los Angeles’ black history. Even his clothing store was part of a strip mall renovation that would include apartments for low-income families, the Times reported.

That Nipsey was more movement than music was evident in the tributes that poured in from fans, hundreds of whom flocked to The Marathon Clothing store after he was shot, and from celebrities who noted that his legacy would be a layered one. They encouraged his fans to keep that legacy alive.

Watching Nipsey inspired me to invest and own in our communities. He was a solid man who loved his woman, his family and his community.

This hurts. -@IssaRae Los Angeles County supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas called him an “inspiration to many,” while Atlantic Records called him “an amazing father and a leader in his community” and actor Issa Rae said he inspired her “to invest and own in our communities.”

J. Cole nodded to “what you did for the neighborhood,” activist Colin Kaepernick pointed to Nipsey’s “great work for the people” and Pharrell Williams said, “You were about something..pos-

But for all the money and music he leaves behind, perhaps his greatest mark will be his philanthropic work, which ex- itive and for your community in every chance you had to speak.” tended beyond his efforts to mitigate gang violence.

Tapping the anticipation surrounding “Victory Lap” last Article source: CNN year, Nipsey opened a workspace and science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, center that he described as a bridge between Silicon Valley and the inner city.

He told the Los Angeles Times he hoped the center, named Vector 90, would give young people more options and opportunities than he had as a kid.

Nipsey Hussle speaks to kids at a basketball court; refurbishment reveal" in Los Angeles in October.

Nipsey Hussle speaks to kids at a basketball court “refurbishment reveal” in Los Angeles in October.

“In our culture, there’s a narrative that says, ‘Follow the athletes, follow the entertainers,’” he told the paper. “That’s cool, but there should be something that says, ‘Follow Elon Musk, follow Zuckerberg.’ I think that with me being influential as an artist and young and coming from the inner city, it makes sense for me to be one of the people that’s waving that flag.”

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SXSW Recap Every year, thousands flock to the State of Texas for a full week of events centered around film and music. Artists come to network, perform, make connections and lasting memories. Banners, posters, blimps, t-shirts, wrapped vans, the whole atmosphere during SXSW is a mecca filled with people all with similar drives, passions, goals, and aspirations. Performances can be caught on every stage and every artist present is automatically placed at a different level that is above your average, mediocre starting level artist. Simply because, taking days out of the week, investing money into marketing supplies, and giving it their all on the stages, you immediately see them as a different caliber of an artist who take their craft seriously.

I met such an artist in Austin, Texas. Keeve, pronounced “Kee-Vee”. An artist who, the moment you hit play and you hear his flow, hear his words, and catch his vibe you can automatically place him out of Florida.

Ford Ent Mag’s owner, Ladychelle, sat down with the Jacksonville artist in a cozy hotel hallway, to discuss his music, his goals, and his thoughts on this major music conference.

I was listening to your project "No major deal but major still", first, explain that title for us?

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takes is that work, that grind and meeting the right people versus counting on the label to do the work for them. But I was listening That title came from me being out to your project, checked out your here on my own, grinding on my message, you flow and based on own without a major deal, but I'm your flow and I guessed you're still major. Doing the majority of from Florida. Not that you have a the things that people with a deal Florida sound per se, it's just that already do. I got features on my Florida dudes have a different tape, which I don't really know mentality and vibe different. Tell nobody who's doing the same me a little bit about where you're things that I'm doing. It gotta put me in the category of being major. from.

I grew up in the trenches, I'm from Because the only time you would Duval. This shit hardball. I hear see people with those types of about that shit on the news, this features, or who have invested shit everyday life, it's something this type of money in their career, that I'm trying to escape from. they're major and have a major Because I know by being in the platform. dragon's mouth, you're gonna get burned. That explains my city to I've been saying all week, events the T. It's so much going on around like SXSW, put everything the major artists have at the fingertips the world, so you can only imagine how it is in a city full of people who of the independent artist. All it

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wanting better for yourself and discovering that you can do that Bu Ch through music?

Bac I was young when I understood how talented I was. I understood that I was chosen. Certain signs, certain things that have taken place in my life, reassured me that there's a higher power inside of me. By me going to the light, I understood that I was a valuable person and here for a reason. And the way the spirit allows me to put words together, I knew it wasn't nothing but a blessing.

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FRESH KID ICE 2LiveCrew:Behind the Music

What made you guys so open with your lyrics?

When we were on the air force base, we used to chill in Mr Mixx’s room and listen to alot of records and do our production while we rapped. We used to listen to a lot of comedy albums like BlowFly, Redd Foxx, that type of stuff. We came down to Miami late 85 early 86, and there was a dance that was starting up, the dance was called “Throw the D”, by this time it was myself and Mr Mixx and we noticed that more and more people in Miami, were more so about the base so on the red eye back to the airforce base, on the plane, I wrote the record “Throw the Take us from the beginning, how did D” and “Guetto Base”. We recorded 2LiveCrew get started? the two songs in a small studio in RivThe group got started in 1984, by erside. It only costs us about $200 or myself (Christopher Wong Won), mr something to make the 2 singles. After Mixx(David Hobbs) and Amazing Vee I wrote the record, we presented it to (Yuri Vielot). We got started on an Luke. At that time we were still on a airforce base in Riverside California. distribution contract under Fresh Beat Our first single was release towards Records through Macola Records. But the end of 1984 early 85, the A side since I was getting out of the military, was called “The Revelation” which we created Luke Skywalker Records Amazing Vee rapped on, the B side for 2LiveCrew. We wanted to switch was called 2Live, which alot of people it up due to the fact that we were still called BeatBox, which I rapped on. The under contract in California. Which production was done by Mr Mixx and later on became a lawsuit. it was released on our own independent label called Fresh Beat Records Let’s talk about, real quick, there was and distributed by Macola Records in one of our albums, that they were Santa Monica, California. trying to make illegal to sell because of the lyrics, which was overturned.

Tell us about your lyrics, I know they But how did it feel to have the court were all sexually charged and as nas- system try to censor what you guys ty as they wanted to be... were trying to put on record?

Well, early 2LiveCrew lyrics were all Well on all of our records we were Hip Hop. starting to get heat the bigger it got.

We were getting heat from different So how did you guys transition from areas. But this particular record, being that to hey, we’re just gonna get more popular, with the single “Me so nasty now.

Horny” and so forth, they went after the record. Before they even tried to in 1985, when we came down to Miami, we started doing shows down censor it, it was already past platinum. there. Based on our first singles, which Did the attempt at censorship diswere Revelation and 2Live, we did a few shows down there. The promoter courage you guys at all or put a dent at the time was Luther Campbell from in your creativity? the Guetto Style Djs.

No. Because we have the freedom of expression. And 2LiveCrew, by us having being in the military we knew what we were fighting for. We came together as a group and decided, if we don’t stand for something, we’re gonna fall for anything. So we didn’t want to change our concept or anything.

We were fighters.

Let’s talk about Luke Skywalker Records, which received a lawsuit from the Star Wars for the name. Did that affect you guys at all?

Not really since it was just a change of name. What it did affect was our brand that we were starting to build with Luke Skywalker.

Do you feel like the lawsuit was unwarranted?

Yeah. Since it was 2 different entities.

One being music, the other being film.

So now, you guys are platinum, all the way to the top. But there was a break of some sort. What happened?

Alot of the breaks came from bad contracts and dealings between the group members. We had our issues between us, which every group has.

We felt betrayed at that time by the person we trusted.

And who was that?

Luke. Because of not having transparency in the beginning. The wool was pulled over our eyes. By him bringing bad attorneys into our business, when normally, when we had a problem, we used to sit down as a group and discussed our problems amongst ourselves and decide what we wanted to do. And that was even before, when he was just our manager. He didnt become a member until 1988.

How did he go from manager to member?

Well we sat down and he felt as though his role in the group was starting to grow from a hype man to so and so, it was elevated some when we put him on a couple of records. And we created a path for him. Because of our shows, so we could have a rest in between our shows, we created a spot for him as a hype man. Let the hype man get his minutes, the DJ gets his minutes while the MCs took a break. It was a progression. Our progression was different from any other Hip Hop group. We voted him in to the group in 1988.

If given the opportunity to go back and redo that moment, knowing what you know now, would you still have voted him in?

We probably would have voted him in. We never had a contract between us and the label until the majors wanted to pick us in 1990. They wanted to pick us up but they wanted to see that the group was united under

the label. But little did we know, if we had remained as a group, the deal would have came to the group and not to the label. So basically the label short stopped the group. So the money went to the label instead of the group.

Was that the group’s downfall?

That was one of the reasons why the group had alot of animosity in between itself.

So you guys felt cheated?

Yes we felt betrayed. The attorneys were telling us one thing “this is going to help the label, this is going to help the group”. We were getting some small royalty checks, a thousand here and there; it was decent to us. Compared to what the company got, which was millions.

I know you wrote a book, was that something you felt like you had to do, to get your story out?

I was always known as the quiet one in the group, the peacemaker, the one who held the group together.

And I felt like, being that I’m getting older, I wanted to speak my peace, my way, from my point of view. In hopes that perhaps a younger artist might benefit from it. We were promised alot of things by different companies. But come to find out, there were hidden clauses. Back then, the contracts were basically slave contracts and artists nowadays are getting better contracts because of some of the things that has happened to the older artsits. My thing is, transparency. Putting everything on the table and looking at how we made our mistakes, and how we lost our music. And even when you go get your music back, now being able to enjoy the rewards of your work.

Can you elaborate a bit more on losing your music?

We lost our music through a bankruptcy court. I know I was represented by an attorney but my attorney never contacted me to say “well they’re gonna close it on this date” and so forth, so me and the other acts on the label never were contacted; neither was the artists or the producers. There was no one there to protect us.

How do you go from the top to bankruptcy court?

I don’t know how the label went into bankruptcy court. I know he lost a couple of lawsuits but...then the people that put you into bankruptcy are your old lawyer who was the chief financial officer of your label, someone else who was one of your artists who won a judgement against you but certain things are coming out that people are telling you...and when you find out that your DJ, after all these years even lost the rights to even play your records...it’s like, what else did I lose? What else did I sign away? So I’m asking all these questions, but now you want to play hardball with me. You come at me, and I’m the one who... I didn’t start this, other people started this, I’m just reposting. And I’m in support of my DJ. This is actually a person I started with. Someone I knew since 1984. I knew him before Luke. I knew him before whatever label, and I will know him after the fact. We built a history together.

Recently you posted online, “I now believe to really find out what happened, we have to go back to the backruptcy and how the company was lost and what rights were sold to Joseph Weinberger, who formelly was Luke Records Attorney” and you posted that “it sounds like a conspiracy”. Do you truly feel like it was conspiracy so that the rights to the music could be transferred to someone else?

Yeah. I think so. Because he got it. He says he doesn’t have to pay royalties or publishing on the music. In one article he mentioned that he made over 3-9 million dollars a year off of royalties, and in merchandise. But he has not paid a cent in royalties since 1995/1996.

What I posted was in response of something Luke posted about my DJ. There was an article in the Miami New Times. And other people were posting an article from 2010 from Lil’ Joe Records that Lil’ Joe did himself for the Miami New Times. And other people started chiming in and I was like, let me repost this so other people who know something might come out and speak, and ask questions. Why didn’t they know? They had a right to know.

And I know you also posted that you were officially severing all ties to Lil’ Joe Records and the “Lil Joe version of 2LiveCrew”...what do you mean by his version of 2LiveCrew.

His version is totally different from what the fans want. He doesn’t want for Mr Mixx to be a part of it, and so on... I can’t too much speak on it, because there are other things happening, but you know...but somebody got to be accountable somewhere. My mistakes I made with my attorney, I’ll accept my mistakes, because I feel like my attorney sold me down the line.

Well, we’ve talked about alot of the negatives, what are some of the positives? What are some of the highlights of doing business with friends or family?

You have to know to trust them and make sure they know the industry.

This industry is one of the dirtiest in the world. Especially Florida. You have judges and lawyers and deals being made behind closed doors, that affect your career and your life and you don’t even know it. You have people who’s going to tell you that you owe

this person and this other person who sits on your music and refuse to put your music out and where as you wouldn’t owe this person if they just put your music out. Putting me in a position where I can’t have certain things.

What are you doing from this point forward, knowing everything that you know about the industry? How do you protect yourself from this happening in the future? How do you fix that problem?

Basically, I’m on the down side of my career, I wanted to do a great album with all the members, a great tour with all the members, and call it quits and concentrate on my label. Right now I’m concentrating on my label, my artists Fame and some of the other artists on the label. I’m doing a tour to take them out there, introduce them to the people, and so forth. Because I don’t want this happening to anyone else. I try to be a mentor and teach them to be better than me. Because it happened to me, I don’t want to see it happen to anyone else. We recorded 3 albums under a joint-venture deal, none came out. None of our music have come out since 2010 and beyond and we did 3 albums and they’re just sitting on it, that means someone doesn’t want to see us put our music out so it could sell so we could perhaps decrease our debts so now instead, our debts have increased.

Who’s holding on to the music? (laughs) The same person...the label.

When does it end? When do we finally get to hear the music?

I don’t know.

So it’s just a lifetime of...wow there’s no word for it.

Exactly! That’s why I wrote a book, I needed to find some kind of closure.

Is that what you meant by slave contracts?

Yeah. And we though when we signed the joint venture contract. We were promised so much. We were promised our music would be out. We were promised publicists, good street team, good radio, this and that. And nada.

That’s not with Luke Records is it?

No that’s through the company that got eveything through the bankruptcy.

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royalties or publishing on the music. In one article he mentioned that he made over 3-9 million dollars a year off of royalties, and in merchandise. But he has not paid a cent in royalties since 1995/1996.

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So pretty much you got burnt twice?

Pretty much. That’s when he came and said it was going to be like this and this. And nothing. Other artists came and pulled me in, I was free, clear and gone. And somehow I got caught up in it once again.

You have your own label now, your own artists. You have the 80s Babies, 90s Kids party tour.

Right. I don’t really use the name (2LiveCrew), because it gets into trademark and such. But I don’t really have to use the name, I’m my own brand.

Speaking of which, what advise would you give a younger artist who’s new to the game?

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This interview was originally published, June 2016. An exclusive interview with chief editor Rachelle Ford one late afternoon via phone, where the founder of Miami based legendary group 2LiveCrew detailed the behind the scenes politics that stripped him off a legacy.

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“If Trap and Lil Kim ever made a song.. it would be something you’ve never experienced before.”

Hanging with

TRAP BECKHAM

“It’s just authentic, gotta be real with it.”

You have such cool energy, fun energy.

I just be vibin We can tell that through your songs as well, just fun energy.

I just be trying to stay up, stay on a good little energy wave, I just try to be happy.

What are some of the simple things in life that makes you truly happy?

People telling the truth, doing what they say they’re gonna do.

I love that. I love twerking.

Twerk is life!

Twerking makes me happy. I see a girl twerking... I feel so warm inside. Twerking IS life.

It is life! I even made myself a shirt off of your song, that said “Haitian Booties Matter” Big ups to Haiti man, because Haitian booties do matter (laughs) Is your music always with that high energy? Do all your songs reflect that?

I got all types of songs, people just tend to gravitate towards my happier music. I make relationship music, regular stuff that

regular guys go through, I try to stay from street music, because on some world shit, I’m trying to be bigger than that. I try to stay away from that type of music.

You seem to truly enjoy the music life, but tell me what is the most enjoyable aspect of it. Touring? Meeting fans?

All of that stuff is great. I love it.

What type of relationship But I love it when I’m far away music? from home, and they play my Its so many facets to relation- music and people know it. I was ships. Every aspect of it, certain in Jamaica one time, at a restauthings I go through, I kind of rant, and I told them who I was throw it in the music. and they lost it. And I was like, man, I’m in Jamaica. I had to let it soak in for a second. I was in You ever had your heart broGermany, and they did the same ken? Yea but you know, I’m thing. cool.

Where I’m at now it’s like, I don’t That must be a dope feeling. give a fuck, so it’s hard to break Does it bring alot of pressure, my heart. You gotta do some shit. like what’s the next hit or do You can’t really break my heart. you just enjoy the moment?

Sometimes I get in that mode,because it’s a business so certain How old were you the first things have to happen but at the time you had your heart broend of the day, you gotta have fun ken? with it. If you try too hard, people About 14, 15. That’s when you can tell, but when it sounds like care the most. Then when you that’s what you went in there to start catching on to how women do, that’s your style and you just are... had fun with it, people will gravitate to it, that’s when people Hey, women are angels, wom- come fuck with it. It’s an authenen don’t cheat or none of that. ticness about it. Can’t really put (Laughs) Alright my finger on it, it’s just authentic, gotta be real with it.

We’re angels, especially the ones who twerk.

You’re right. But I know with (Laughs) myself things tend to get over-

whelming and I have to go on a nature walk to bring me calm. What brings you calm? (looks down at blunt and laughs) a little bit of marijuana.

I need that in my life.

But I’m so stingy with Birthday Bitch right now, I don’t want nobody to rap on it. Nope! I love Kim, I love everybody, but Birthday Bitch is my baby!

You ever had to go to a show, but you’ve had a bad day.

How do you shake off that funk?

It’s hard to shake that off, so you just gotta really forget it real quick.

What’s next for you? You see yourself in movies?

Hopefully.

Me personally, my Lil Kim playlist snaps me out of whatever funk I’m ever in and gets me through there, I don’t care what mood I’m in .

I like Lil Kim. I don’t think she gets the credit she deserves.

She don’t.

She’s still making music, but I think old school Lil Kim still don’t get the credit she deserves.

She needs some new energy around her...

Trap & Lil Kim. If Trap and Lil Kim ever made a song... it would be something you’ve never experienced before. It would be fast, it would be popping, it would be Florida, ever body should tag Lil Kim. I think it would be out of this world if she was to drop a verse to Birthday Bitch.

ing out with me, I’m looking forward to following your journey and hopefully a Trap/Lil Kim track soon.

We called it. Trap/Lil Kim is dropping a record.

Thank you so much for hang-

“If Trap and Lil Kim

ever made a song.. it would be something you’ve never experienced before.

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Skin By Nas

Glowing Skin Is In Tips & Tricks

Step 1: Cleanse (At least twice a day) Keep in

mind your lifestyle plays a huge role on your skins appearance and how your skin ages.

Step 2: Exfoliate: I cannot stress this enough

ladies and gents! You ever notice no matter how many time you wash your face add moisturizer you still feel clogged pores. Well, that due to the fact of dead skin build up. Exfoliating gradually removes dead skin in order for your pores to breathe and penetrate products properly.

Step 3: Mask: Charcoal, Clay, Moisturizing mask.

This will both bring out and dry impurities as well as hydrate/moisturize your skin.

Step 4: Toner! You have to make sure you are

using a toner. My personal favorite is witch hazel (which can be purchased at Target, Walmart or local drug store). This step is going to balance your skins PH.

Step 5: Moisturizer- Finish everything you’ve

done with a moisturizer to seal the deal and keep your skin glowing.

Step 6: SPF SPF SPF. Even though we live in the

beautiful sunshine state the sun is not our friend.

Sun rays cause free radicals which in return can cause skin cancer, premature aging, dark spots etc.

Brown Sugar Body & Lip Scrub 1/4 Honey (Warm in Microwave or stovetop) 2 Tsp of Coconut oil, Grapeseed oil, or Almond Oil 1/2 Cup of brown sugar Mix well & just like that you have a exfoliating scrub perfect for your face and body. If you decide to try this recipe out tag #SkinByNas on Instagram or on Facebook and let me know how much you love it!

My name is Nas and I’m a Licensed Esthetician in SWFL located at 1755 Boy Scout Dr Suite 150 Fort Myers FL 33907.

I specialize in acne and dark spot removal. So if you have not had the pleasure of experiencing a facial or maybe you’re not even sure what a Esthetician does here’s a little background into our lifestyle. Facials are very beneficial without breaking your pockets. An Esthetician is a person who specializes in the beautification of the skin. Estheticians are not medical doctors; instead, they perform cosmetic skin treatments such as facials, both superficial and advanced chemical peels, body treatments, waxing, mirconeedling, dermaplaning.

The list goes on. As your skin therapist our job is to leave your skin hydrated, healthy and GLOWING. Your job as our client is to remain consistent with an at home regimen. Your Esthetician will provide you with recommendations. Please follow for best results!