“Hell Of A Life”: The Top 10 Defining Songs of Kanye West’s Career
I was asked recently by The Grio to compile a list of the top 10 defining songs of Kanye West’s career. It was originally 20 songs, and even then it was hard. For one, I wanted this to be a list of his most defining records, and not “Cory’s 10 Favorite Kanye songs”. And even ...
Press: Cory Townes in Luxury Mindz’ Fader Fort 2013 Recap Video
2013 MEET the FADER from LUXURY MINDZ on Vimeo. As you guys know, I had the chance to work alongside the Cornerstone Agency and The Fader Magazine down in Austin, Texas for the 2013 South By SouthWest festival. I spent my time working down at the Fader Fort, and I had a ball. From all ...
Projects: The Coalition X Villa Presents: “The Love Story” (Documentary)
The Love Story from Derrick Woodyard on Vimeo. A couple of weeks ago, I told you all about the Love Story documentary that I had the pleasure to be apart of. To bring you up to speed, I was invited by my good friends Curran of Kings Rule Together and Bill Nearn of Abstract Thought ...
Press: The Villa X The Coalition Presents: The Love Story Documentary (Preview)
My good friend Curran of Kings Rule Together gave me a call a couple of weeks ago asking if I wanted to be in a documentary that he was producing that was highlighting the creative force that’s coming out of my beloved city of Philadelphia. I was more than honored to be recognized as one ...
Interviews: Vibe Magazine X Red Bull 2013 Thre3style DJ Competition
So last week, I had the chance to cover the Regional Finals of the 2013 Red Bull Thre3style DJ competition in my hometown of Philadelphia, Pa. In doing so, I had the pleasure of sitting with the three judges, World renowned DJ and Fools Gold label-head A-trak, the creator of the “Mash-Up” genre Z-trip, and ...
Events: The 1st Annual K.R.T. #TeesVsTanks Charity Basketball Tourney (Recap)
On Friday, September 7th, I partnered up with Curran Swint of Kings Rule Together, fellow entrepreneur and philanthropist Shaheed Rucker and the good people at Vitamin Water to have the 1st annual Kings Rule Together “Tees Vs Tanks” charity basketball tournament. With over 100 book bags distributed out to children and vendors from the different ...
Events: The 1st Annual K.R.T 3-on-3 Charity Basketball Tournament 9.3.12
So if there’s one thing that I aim to do, whether it’s creatively, professionally and throughout everyday life, it’s to inspire someone somewhere to do something, to make a change. The city of Philadelphia is made up of people that have all grown together, people who were once influenced who are now the influencers, and ...
Press: LiveBand Magazine’s(www.lvbnd.com) Feature of #WeekndWarriors Vol. 1 Project
The “Weeknd Warriors Vol. 1″ project I curated was featured on Liveband Magazine’s blog.
Project: @CoryTownes X @Humblebeez.com X @DJRToDaIzza Presents Weeknd Warriors Vol. 1: The Tripple Blend Collection (Download)
A month or so ago, my man Brian Artis, aka @McFlyUltra hit me up about doing a collaboration project. We sat down and decided to do a music project compiling all of the songs that we felt as though embody our weekend. But we wanted to take it a step further. I gave a call ...
Press: “Style Profile” for BabylonCartel.com
I recently was in a Style Profile series for BabylonCartel.com, which was shot by my good friend Aaron. Hat: Acapulco Gold Jacket: Penfield Shirt: Polo Ralph Lauren Jeans: Gap Shoes: Air Jordan 3