Posts tagged Mikey Alfred
Frank Ocean engages Lil B in “Holy Combat”
Frank Ocean engages Lil B in “Holy Combat”

In his new magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean published an interview featuring rapper Lil B, aka BasedGod, and Illegal Civ founder Mikey Alfred. The trio discusses music, money, internet culture, and more, over eight pages. The article, titled “Holy Combat,” includes a painting of Lil B with a snake around his neck by London-based artist Daniel David Freeman.

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articles, interviewsOdysseusHollywood, CaliforniaBoys Don't Cry, magazines, Boys Don't Cry magazine articles, Lil B (BasedGod), Daniel David Freeman, Mikey Alfred, Odysseus
“Futura Free” interviews appear in Frank Ocean’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ magazine
“Futura Free” interviews appear in Frank Ocean’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ magazine

Boys Don’t Cry features a series of interviews by Illegal Civ founder Mikey Alfred with five of Ocean’s other friends in LA around 2012 or 2013, titled “Hopes and Dreams.” Recordings from these sessions were sampled in Ocean’s song “Futura Free,” which closes out his companion album, Blonde. The interviewees include his brother, Ryan Breaux; Illegal Civ skaters Sage Elsesser and Na’kel Smith; and friends Brahim Hariri and Evan Clark.

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articles, interviewsOdysseusLos Angeles, CaliforniaBoys Don't Cry, magazines, Boys Don't Cry magazine articles, Mikey Alfred, Ryan Breaux, Sage Elsesser (Navy Blue), Na'Kel Smith, Ibrahim Hariri (Brahim), Evan Clark, Odysseus