Maria Limberis aka M.A.F.I.A. has been involved in Hip Hop culture for over 25 years. For over 10 of those years, she’s been spinning a diverse selection of music ranging from ‘90s Hip Hop and Electro to Baltimore and Hyphy. Along side spinning, Mafia hosts, and runs her own nights, making her deserving of the title “Australia’s Hardest Working Lady DJ!�? as well as, Melbourne’s “go-to�? DJ to get the party started! Aside from hosting, Mafia has been on-stage support for Dizzie Rascal, Cool Kids, Girl Talk, CSS, and A-Trak, just to name a few.

Mafia is the only female to work for Sneaker Freaker Magazine and brings her own flare to the magazine and site which includes doing all the New Release sneaker reviews, interviewing anyone and everyone making waves in street culture, updating the website daily with Newsflashes and bringing new brands and people who are on the come up to worldwide recognition with interviews, reviews and stories on everything encompassing sneaker culture.

Mafia does anything and everything at SNKFRKR HQ to make sure the best sneaker magazine in the world stays at the top of the cultures go-to site and magazine for only the best in sneakers and fashion. She takes aNYthing’s motto of “Never Not Working” into account, and is online at least 14 hours a day, hustling, researching and immersing herself in a culture she has grown up on.

Mafia’s got a few videos to share after the jump, including one where she gives a breakdown of sneaker head terms. We also re-link you to a free Mafia mix we posted about a few weeks back. Jump!

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M.I.S.S. Crew and Sneaker Freaker’s very own M.A.F.I.A. has just released a mixtape called “Celeb Life on the DJ List.” The set includes everything from M.I.A., KRS One, ODB, Pharoah Monch and NKOTB. Yes, the NKOTB. M.A.F.I.A. definitely knows how to have fun and mix it up. Download the mix here.

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CONART was everywhere in Hip Hop culture when I was growing up…My favorite emcees sported the gear in their videos. My dude-friends rocked it. It was in the graff magazines I picked up…everywhere! But then, much like Britney Spears’ mind, it was gone.

After a long hiatus, the brand is back and entering premium retailers around the US right now! Their first series of men’s tees just dropped and soon they’ll be releasing girl tees and accessories! The t-shirt above features the work of legendary graffiti artist CHAZ, of Los Angeles ‘Cholo Style’ Graffiti art fame.

We’ll definitely keep you posted when these tees officially drop but for now read up on the brand’s history below:

“When CONART entered the marketplace there was no street wear market, no hip-hop stores, no cool-guy blogs. CONART is the originator of the “street wearâ€? movement. Established in 1989, CONART Clothing Brand has established itself as the first label to use raw designs by the top graffiti artists in the world. Hip-hop artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., ODB, Method Man, Red Man, The Pharcyde, Gangstarr and many others have all rocked CONART in movies, videos and advertisements. CONART has always been considered one of the realest players in the game. True to the art. The time has come for the originator to show the world that it is still all about the art.”

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