Who is Ibn Jasper?

Who exactly is Ibn Jasper? He's a hard fellow to catch up with, thus the reason we have no interview with him.Its like that sometimes. But if anything, he's a barber. A HIGHLY paid barber. I mean 1500 a cut. Not only that, he's best friends (and an image consultant) with Kanye and Lupe, thus his wardrobe is SICK. You may have heard his name for the first time ever in "Paris,Tokyo". You probably called him "Ivan". But its cool. He's an ex-skater, jetsetter and kinda like Kenny Burns on the "Who's man is this?" tip. But like the Svengali, he's terribly important.

Check out this exclusive interview with THE BRILLIANCE to get a better idea. Lucky pricks.

Paris Tokyo Video

TB! > What fashion trends did you take part of that you now somewhat regret?

IJ! > What did The Game say? "I don't regret what I spit, cuz I know what I say". I not really trendy, I'm a leader, so I know what I'm doin, ya dig!


TB! > Being a jetsetter which city across the globe has the most favorable ladies per capita?

IJ! > The most flavorful ladies per capita is Tokyo, then NYC.


TB! > BSP "Black Star Power". How often do you guys have to call on it. Any crazy airport/club/hotel stories?

IJ! > Oh, we use BSP everyday. Everytime we're in the airport we use it to get in front of everybody else in line, The club is like a candy store for us, and the hotel? Too many stories to tell, i don't want to incriminate anyone, lol...


TB! > What happens when the crew is shopping and everyone sees a fresh jacket in Gucci and everyone wants to cop it? Draw straws?

IJ! > Kanye gets 1st choice of course, but he usually can only rock shit once, so that means I might get it for free! YES! But if we all like it, we all cop it, we just don't wear it on the same day.


TB! > How important is it to you to document your travels? What's your favorite photo of the last month?

IJ! > Very important. I have 7000 pics in my I-photo, and that's just from last November. My recent fave is when I took pics of Kanye and Justice vs. Simeon backstage @ the MTV EMA's, that was so much fun.


TB! > Finally, people are realizing the connection between skate culture and hip-hop aren't such a big deal. What are your thoughts on that and what's your favorite trick?

IJ! > It's funny to me that black people think sk8ing is cool now (duh). I've been sk8ing since '86, got on flow fro Dogtown in '90, and was tryin hard to get sponsored by H-Street. I'm a Vet, ya dig. Sk8ing is what gave me my " I can do anything I can think about" mindset. That's how you learn the tricks, you think about them, then you teach your body how to do them. It's the same exact thing as hip hop, with the rebelliousnes and everything. My favorite trick that I do is ollie backside grabs (Melonchollies), I think i'm the Black Matt Hensley. I just ollied over a shoppin cart 2 weeks ago, I'm 31 yrs old, so that is a major accomplishment, since I quit sk8ing for 10yrs, and just started back. I still got it!


TB! > Top 3 clothing brands/labels?

IJ! > Both luxury and streetwear oriented. I love Gucci, I like Kaws' Original Fake, and Maharishi

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Lupe and Kanye checking out Ibn's blog. You should too...chuurch.
http://ferrarimurakami.blogspot.com/