Hey ladies,

Check out my interviews with EyeASage and Hopie Spitshard about their upcoming performance at MILK SF this Friday!

You may remember a while back we posted on Lady Bird SF - a jewelry line based in San Francisco. The talented Nina Parks, the lady behind Lady Bird SF, is also a talented photographer. You’ve seen her work on Eyeasage’s Married to the Hustle Mixtape (you can download the mix on the sidebar), and she came to our birthday party to catch some of the action on film. Check out her pics . . .


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This Friday we are celebrating M.I.S.S. Crew’s 2nd Birthday at MILK in San Francisco. We’ve added yet another sponsor - we had to get the guys a lil’ something!! First 50 guys will get a free Diamond Supply Co. t-shirt. We also have goodie bags for the ladies with treats from: Mama, The Goods!, Nicacelly, Office Tramp, Upper Playground, two.one.five magazine and Cultist. Also, there will be lots of pink, bubbly Raspberry Lambic flowing and cupcakes galore! We’ve also got ear candy for you with EyeASage performing tracks from her Married To The Hustle mixtape and with sets by DJ Zita spinning old school freestyle, and DJs Celskiii and Deeandroid spinning hip hop. Don’t forget to RSVP at rsvp@misscrew.com. See you there!

Just a reminder that next Friday, April 25th we are celebrating M.I.S.S. Crew’s 2nd Birthday at MILK in San Francisco. We’ve added on some great new sponsors - come early for goodie bags filled with treats from: Mama, The Goods!, Nicacelly, Office Tramp, Upper Playground, two.one.five magazine and Cultist. Also, there will be lots of pink, bubbly Raspberry Lambic flowing and cupcakes galore! We’ve also got ear candy for you with EyeASage performing tracks from her Married To The Hustle mixtape and with sets by DJ Zita spinning old school freestyle, and DJs Celskiii and Deeandroid spinning hip hop. Don’t forget to RSVP at rsvp@misscrew.com. See you there!

Photo by Nina Parks. Photo Color & Retouch by Lady Lexx

On Valentine’s Day, we dropped the much anticipated “Married to the Hustleâ€? mixtape by EyeASage and today, we bring you the interview with the lady behind the moniker, EyeASage—Ms. Krishtine de Leon (many apologies for the delay!)! Now, don’t let the length of this interview scare you, this lady has a lot of important knowledge to share and you’re going to want to read about it. Also, check the handwritten survey at the end of the interview. Let’s get on it!

M.I.S.S. Crew: Ok, let’s start off with where the name “EyeASage� came from?

EyeASage: EyeSage started off as—you know how Eminem’s name is M and M for Marshall Mathers? Well, “EyeSage� started when I got into college. My friends use to call me Ish and so it was I-S-H, or “I A Sage�. Sage is like a learned and respected name. So it’s like a double entendre. It basically means, “I am a wise and respected person.�

M.I.S.S. Crew: Your target audience—who are they and is there an overall message you want to deliver to them?

EyeASage: I would say my target audience is young women, you know, but I want my message to be for everyone. I’m sure that young women would be able to relate. I think there’s a lack of presence of young women in music and in Hip Hop, especially now. Coming from an era where there were just as many female rappers as there were male rappers, you wouldn’t have to say, “She’s a female emcee.� You would just say, “She’s an emcee.� And coming from that to now, where there are only a handful of female rappers and they’re hyper sexualized. Misogyny in hip-hop is so rampant that it’s almost not welcoming. I address that in my song, “Find Me� and I think that my target audience is basically, anyone who’s willing to see a balance restored in Hip Hop and I think that people are hungry for it—so, anyone who’s willing to listen, really.

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Our homegirl EyeASage is dropping her mixtape on Valentine’s Day and the mixtape will be available for download exclusively on M.I.S.S. Crew. Holla! Here’s a little sneaky peak of what’s to come . . . stay tuned!! More previews on EyeASage’s myspace page . . .