RIP MJ August 29, 1958 to June 25, 2009 You know he's bad!

As a grand conclusion to my NXNE weekend I got the chance to peep Arcee & Marvel as they formed like Voltron to create the T.O. hip-hop supergroup "Covert Ops". They're talking about a new record they have in the works featuring some great producers and I'm sure some dope guest appearances... Here they gave us a taste of what their album has to offer the world, including hot new bangers produced by long time A.R. collaborator Jake One and legendary T.O. beatsmith Mr. Attic. Whatever they have in the works it should be a lyrically inclined endeavour with some hillarious moments. "Getting some texts on the late night creep? Tell her it's the homie and press delete... Yeah It's Covert Ops." That's what I'm talking about. And of course we needed a reminder of why these two are T.O. legends... two words... Super Educated... two more words.. Words Of... I have plenty of words, but why don't you just watch. BIG UP SKI ON THE ADLIBS FOR EVERY JOINT! Respect to the ones who really love this shit.

Toronto's own Melanie Fiona is dropping her debut album "The Bridge" on the eve of our country's birthday with a soulfully refreshing piece of work. Look out for her collaboration with ?uestlove from The Roots coming very very very soon. like tomorrow. If you are in the Toronto area on July 2nd, stop by the MOD club to see her live in concert!

NBA star Shaquille O'Neal was traded to the Cleveland Caveliers last night, but he didn't find out from his agent or from the Cavs' management. Nope, Shaq allegedly first heard about his new home in Cleveland via a tweet from a fan who somehow got the news before the big man. A mixtape with DJ Steph Floss (Cleavland Caveliers DJ) and Shaquille "Tell Me How My Ass Taste" O'Neal is in the works to commemorate his arrival. Can we vote Twitter for world domination already?

Sean Brown is a Toronto based photographer, stylist, fashion designer, who also does art direction and image consulting. This dude pretty much lets his work speak for himself. See more of Sean Brown's work here

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 6 Hour #shootlifefreestuff twtiter contest ! We had over 120 entries via twitter, and with over 60+ #shootlifefreestuff tweets our new twitter friend @BREAZIE won a crisp white G-Shock from the 7800 Series!

Booyah! Here's a taste of some of the craziness:

• Breazie: @SHIKA3 @shootlife jus over 1ne hour left!!!! Who will be the GQ Gshock Offshoot World Champion of Week 1ne???#shootlifefreestuff about 1 hour ago from UberTwitter
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Congratulations @BREAZIE, we will be hitting you up to get your deets to send you your G-Shock watch NEXT WEEKS GIVEAWAY:  A clothing prize pack  by one of our favorite brands =]

And we are not talking about scenes from the hit show either: Tower of London (1597) Catholic dissenter John Gerard fled on a rope stretched from the Tower roof to a getaway rowboat. Libby Prison (1864) Captive Union soldiers tunneled from this Virginia prison into a nearby yard; 109 walked away. Lake County Jail (1934) John Dillinger, brandishing a wooden gun blackened with shoe polish, bailed in the sheriff's Ford. <- that's pretty gangster Auschwitz (1944) Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler hid in a woodpile for days before trekking to the Slovakian border. Stalag Luft III (1944) POWs excavated three tunnels below this Nazi stronghold. Only three of 76 men got away, but it's still known as the Great Escape. Colditz Castle (1945) The best escape from this WWII prison never happened: Allied officers built a glider in the attic but were rescued before takeoff. Alcatraz (1962) After chipping away walls with spoons, Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers left on a raincoat raft and were never found. Imrali (1974) At a Turkish island jail, Billy Hayes stole a boat and survived to see the movie adaptation—Midnight Express—win two Oscars. Pretoria Prison (1979) Political activists learned to pick locks while in the clink. (Or did a sympathetic guard help?) They opened 10 doors on the way out. Luynes and Grasse Prisons (2001, 2003, 2007) Pascal Payet called in a hijacked helicopter. He later returned in another to lift out two buddies. Recaptured, he did it again—on Bastille Day. dope-ass  list provided by wired

Offshoot Communications is giving away a G-Shock [G7800B-1] to a lucky guy or a Baby-G [BG169-4V] to a lucky girl TODAY!! and all you need is a twitter account. Eeeeeeaaaaasy. Here's what you do: -> log on to twitter.com [set up an account - its easy] and follow shootlife <- click the link to dooo it -> add #shootlifefreestuff [don't forget the "#"] to your tweets during the contest time frame [11a - 5p] -> meet new people, talk about how much you love G-Shock, random thoughts, whatever makes you happy -> at the end of the contest we announce the winner and announce the next contest! Blaow! Good luck guys!