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01/06/2026

Are You Ready To ” w/ CopyWrite

The sound of our city has always been melodic, passionate, and lyrical. Recently, Milwaukee’s neighborhoods have been flooded with a variety of different waves of music; transforming how our communities connect....& WE LOVE THAT.

THE PHONE BOOTH is a cutting-edge music performance series based in the heart of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville. Inspired by platforms like COLORS and NPR Tiny Desk, this series celebrates the city’s diverse and underrepresented musical genres—R&B, alternative R&B, pop, true hip-hop, and eclectic sounds [& other vocal performance creatives like poets & comedians]—offering artists a dynamic platform to showcase their artistry.

THE PHONE BOOTH is a cutting-edge music performance series based in the heart of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville. Inspired by platforms like COLORS and NPR Tiny Desk, this series celebrates the city’s diverse and underrepresented musical genres—R&B, alternative R&B, pop, true hip-hop, and eclectic sounds [& other vocal performance creatives like poets & comedians]—offering artists a dynamic platform to showcase their artistry.

We have decided to launch our series on a collaborative partner based right here in Milwaukee [with incredible industry reach]. So make sure you download the app to be in the loop on all premiere episode releases. [We will also house a video vault on copywritemag.com of all past episodes].

If you are interested in being a part of the series as a creative performer, sponsor & more hit us up at [email protected] || Attn: The Phone Booth

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ONLY THOSE WITH VISION CAN SEE THROUGH THE BLUR...

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Here, we let some of our youngest models in /CW history show us what their future may inspire.
In collaboration with/ [Curator, Fashion Story Teller], .anamarie [Photographer], [Project Assistant], .amil + [Set Assistants]

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Urban Afrofuturism isn’t a distant dream—it’s happening now, stitched into the fabric of today’s street culture, maximalist fashion trends, and daily infusion of “tribal” patterns. In cities across the globe [& even right here in Milwaukee], everyday garments double as tools of resistance and pride. At its most innovative, we are talking high-waisted two-toned shorts embedded with biometric encryption, crop tops laced with solar-reactive threads, and metallic coats lined with signal-jamming mesh—fashion made for a surveillance society that watches everything but still can't decode us. Or think of reflective eyewear shielding facial recognition, turning anonymity into power. Envision economically empowered femininity thriving through Black & Brown owned labels designing for the complex realities of womanhood—pieces that carry both cultural weight and Urban power. See it as self-selected wearable graphic propaganda that elevates how we view ourselves, inspired by the resurgence of a free press, maybe with QR codes stitched beneath collars and brims, linking wearers to grassroots media networks and diasporic storytelling platforms. And everywhere, African diasporic aesthetics—beads, bold tones, and futuristic metallics—these aren’t curated moments; they’re daily declarations. This isn’t speculative fiction. These are masks found in our studios [a “hand me down” fashion spread], jackets from our closets, and earrings brought back from Ghana. This is now: a living, breathing counter-narrative, unfolding on sidewalks, alleyways, and digital runways across the globe.

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Urban Afrofuturism isn’t a distant dream—it’s happening now, stitched into the fabric of today’s street culture, maximalist fashion trends, and daily infusion of “tribal” patterns. In cities across the globe [& even right here in Milwaukee], everyday garments double as tools of resistance and pride. At its most innovative, we are talking high-waisted two-toned shorts embedded with biometric encryption, crop tops laced with solar-reactive threads, and metallic coats lined with signal-jamming mesh—fashion made for a surveillance society that watches everything but still can't decode us. Or think of reflective eyewear shielding facial recognition, turning anonymity into power. Envision economically empowered femininity thriving through Black & Brown owned labels designing for the complex realities of womanhood—pieces that carry both cultural weight and Urban power. See it as self-selected wearable graphic propaganda that elevates how we view ourselves, inspired by the resurgence of a free press, maybe with QR codes stitched beneath collars and brims, linking wearers to grassroots media networks and diasporic storytelling platforms. And everywhere, African diasporic aesthetics—beads, bold tones, and futuristic metallics—these aren’t curated moments; they’re daily declarations. This isn’t speculative fiction. These are masks found in our studios [a “hand me down” fashion spread], jackets from our closets, and earrings brought back from Ghana. This is now: a living, breathing counter-narrative, unfolding on sidewalks, alleyways, and digital runways across the globe.

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In collaboration with/ [Curator, Fashion Story Teller], .anamarie [Photographer], [Project Assistant], .amil + [Set Assistants]

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Here, we let some of our youngest models in /CW history show us what their future may inspire.
In collaboration with/ [Curator, Fashion Story Teller], .anamarie [Photographer], [Project Assistant], .amil + [Set Assistants]

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