speak? Josama: Might be the cliché thing to say as an artist but a blunt is ritual [laughs] its a lifestyle thing. It focuses me and really helps me to go in. I’m a product of the so called “ADD/ ADHD Generation” and self medicating has helped keep me from going off the deep end as well as inspired my body’s of work by being so detail oriented, it hyper focuses me. Also I love playing with popular nostalgia and sometimes lost but not forgotten imagery. Living in this information age, I take full advantage of having a computer or phone on deck. It’s good to have Google or 47 Bing at my fingertips. Keep the medicine bag full of magic handy. ~ We arrived at the set on the corner of Grand and Lexington in Bed Sty, Brooklyn. The mural was amazing, photographer Boris Shabovta went ahead to set up the lights and prep the set so that we could just start shooting right away. I pulled up my truck and rolled down the windows to let some music provide that street element we needed for this one. It wasn’t long before we had a crowd around us. There aren’t very many photo shoots taking place on the corner of Lex and Grand… While Saigon tried to get her “Twerk” on,
On josama: Shirt: Imagery Foundation, Pants: Levi’s, Hat: New Era
Josama fell immediately into character, nailing pose after pose. The shoot lasted about 1 hour before the neighbors started to complain about the music and the cops started circulating. It was time to pack it up and be out. We headed back to Sandrine’s condo where we finished the rest of the interview. UrbanSocialites: How do you feel being embraced by the LGBT community?
Saigon: I love it. It feels good when they come up to me in the DJ booth & tell me how they feel about how I’m turning it on the one’s and two’s. UrbanSocialites: Do you find the music to be the same for straight and gay? Saigon: It’s about the same, however I play more dance type songs for gay parties. Straight hip-hop parties are pretty rough & ratchet. I try to mix it up depending on the