Last week, Kanye was caught by the paparazzi wearing and talking about the shoes he designed for LV. Well now the Louis Vuitton Don has released the first in-detail pic of the shoe via his official blog. The design shown here is 1 of 6 that he did for the luxury company and we can expect to see them hit stores this summer.

Despite the economy, parent company Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy has placed added emphasis on branding the LV name and has had a resurgence in celebrity and urban life-stlye endorsed advertising and marketing including Madonna’s “open-wide” controversial ad and the $8,000 Stephen Sprouse skateboard.

Diddy starts the self-marketing as he interviews Derek Luke, the actor playing himself in Notorious. It’s been a long time since a major studio has released a pure hip-hop flick so yes naturally we are excited. I expect big things from this movie and at least it has the official “stamp” of approval from Diddy, B.I.G.’s former managers and Voletta Wallace. If Notorious does well, I’m sure we can expect a Tupac movie in the near future. An Aaliyah movie is already in the works. Leads to the question…how soon is too soon though?

Considering the movies come out this Friday, I’m assuming this is one of the last of many viral video diaries that the producers of Notorious put together dating back to mid 2008. The strategy seems to have worked as every hip-hop and urban blog has consistently posted them. But will it get people into the theaters? We will find out this Friday! This one is about actress Angela Bassett who plays Biggies’ mom, Voletta Wallace.

Kanye continues to build his reputation as an entrepreneur in fashion, design and architecture as he was recently appointed the prestigious position of a judge for Wallpaper Magazine’s annual Design Awards. Six other judges, all renowned in the fashion and design industry, voted for the best designs on various subjects such as Best Domestic Appliance, Furniture Design of the Year, Best Renovate Hotel and more. Check out the winners at Wallpaper’s site along with Kanye’s insight on the winners.

So that’s what happened to him after “Dancing With the Stars.” Mario is the new face of the Pelle Pelle clothing line Spring/Summer 2009 collection where he will also use the added publicity to launch his next album “And Then There Was Me.” Any one out there rockin’ the Pelle Pelle? Via: CL

The internet be crawlin with pics of the Notorious movie premiere which screened on Wed. night in NY. Meanwhile, execs from Target of all places were putting the finishing touches on a deal with Bad Boy and Atlantic Records to release an exclusive version of the movie soundtrack.

According to Billboard, the Target exclusive CD will be a double disc set that includes “Notorious: Music From And Inspired by the Original Motion Picture” (Bad Boy Records) and the exclusive documentary, “Remembering Christopher Wallace,” that is not included on the standard edition. The documentary features interviews with B.I.G.’s mother, daughter and son. The album will be in stores next Tuesday while the movie opens on Fri. the 16th.

Air Jordan is starting develop a strong relationship with hip-hop artists as the brand has now teamed with A Tribe Called Quest. The Jordan brand recently launched their collaboration with Eminem for “The Way I Am” sneaker and plans to do a similar collab with ATCQ. As part of the collab, Air Jordan will release these exclusive tees as well as the ATCQ Jordan 1 in February. Check out the sneakers after the jump. Via: Nice Kicks

Diddy released his first promo photos and “icon” print ad for his “I Am King” cologne marketing campaign a couple months back. Well now WoooHa has the first look at the rest of his print ad campaign that is currently running in national urban and men’s lifestyle magazines.