The Star Wars and adi­das Originals cam­paign has been a promi­nent fix­ture over the last few weeks rep­re­sent­ing two strong brands in the respec­tive world of cin­e­matog­ra­phy and sports. To help cap off a suc­cess­ful footwear-centric cap­sule, we’ve seen a num­ber of city tours that have involved the iconic Star Wars antag­o­nist, Darth Vader and an army of Storm Troopers. Just yes­ter­day, the Dark Lord of the Sith took over the streets of New York along­side none other than Snoop Dogg. In this hypebeast.tv episode, we take a look into the the sights and sounds as well as hear­ing Snoop’s insights and upcom­ing projects.

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Corinne Bailey Rae describes her expe­ri­ence of attend­ing Erykah Badu's recent album lis­ten­ing party held in New York - and explains why the fig­ure­head of Neo Soul is one of her key mod­ern musi­cal inspi­ra­tions, along­side Bjork.

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Off Laura'sTape which drops 2/11 and is being pre­sented by 2DB, Rocksmith Tokyo, IM Culture & Flud Watches. Also, check out the High Fidelity tour with Kooley High com­ing up soon.[via] Download

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A new HBO Documentary pre­mier­ing Monday, February 8 at 8:30pm only on HBO. For more infor­ma­tion, log onto HBO.com.

United Negro College Fund pres­i­dent Dr. Michael Lomax speaks about his own edu­ca­tion and the impor­tance of black col­leges in the U.S. in HBO's The Black List: Volume Three.

Actor Hill Harper speaks about edu­ca­tion and achieve­ment in HBO's The Black List: Volume Three.

Director-producer Lee Daniels speaks about his sto­ry­telling in HBO's The Black List: Volume Three.

A quick nugget for the track: VISION off of Curren$y's mix­tape "Where is Smokee Robinson?"