by the by

from the land of nowhere .. ns is still makin moves.. still on the grind making sure we r stayin ahead of our game.. ( it helps when u make the rules as u go along) anyway so last thursday i went to some event at the galleria.. apparently its an every first thursday of the month thing. The idea is to showcase new talents while a big artist headlines.. This past one was killz and he brought enough stars out to make the whole place jump.. the music industry here is def boomin its def on a could 9 or should i say cloud 1463. impressive nonetheless.

so enjoy the pics. while we still get our ish together.. on both fronts. ns loves u more.. always

feelin the heat/ n going harder

so once in a while i get a little kick. u know its more like a wake up call that ns is indeed the blue print and is paving the road for others to follow so we cant half step.. so when some others change their game up and they seem to get closer to our heals.. i wont lie it effs with me a little like hmmm what is happening is this the takeover ??? but naaaaa it is impossible . NS is the truth.. in its own league.. changing attitudes .. building families and most importantly
the ppls champ..

this is dedicated to "u guys know urself" .. ns will always be number 1-1463.. we always go hard and we make sense.

ns loves u more..

and he keeps coming up with more ish

so i got this email from u know who.. i just had to share it.. might easily be one of the coolest self loving dudes i know.. very refreshin read tho.

shieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet mehn.. guy i am getting horny off myself right about now. I just tried on my outfit for &*^(&^ graduation next saturday. i am going hard on all those atl niggas and bitches. you will see pics next week. > let me just give you a quick run down. eyes behind ray bans. black bow tie. pink checkered shirt tucked in. sleeves half rolled up. black jeans, black belt but that might change. black waist coat gonna customize it this weekend at *&%^*. will put sp logo on the left chest. and pink pocket square> shit mehn> tell me you aint turned on right now. no homo>
the picture will be so fly you will probably make that ish into a shirt> > > #.> thats my new name now. #. (dot)> cause i am fresh like that.> i am on star for new born stars> i go hard and get it in like a pornstar> my light so bright i make 4am look like its 2pm ( and thats my line too, just made it up now. swag...)> > > straight up swag. Authentic, shout out to all my haters.

Gutten tag bitches. > > > NS>

hilarious even after readin it more than enough times..

the prelude fastforwarded

so a few wks back i went to see one of my customers.. turns out his wife was also a designer and a stylist and she was affiliated with some newspaper style section .. i am like hmm not bad.. she said they were goin to have a shoot and she was thinkin of using a white tee. and me being the beautiful whore that i am . i am like hmm white tee. u know we got this tee. here u go .. hopefully it works. now that was probably 2-3wks ago..

fastforward till today.. i get a call sayin pick up the news paper and i am like wordddddd.. ok i didnt say that but i am like noice.. ns is the truth which ever way u lie about it.. much love to mrs tayo.. i am still tryin to get a hold of ur number to give u a call...

ns 1463 problems

isnt she just pweeeeety..

ns love u more

me/myself and the beach

yeap yeap yeap. so for a while now i havin been lookin for an escape. i needed something to take me out of the ns grind.. and unwind.. u know something to hopefully reverse my business induced hair greying.. now there is nothin wrong with gettin some grey hair here and there. but i am way too young to be gettin that shit.. not a good look ..

anyway so i decided to dedicate my sunday to it. u know a whole day of just relaxin. feelin the breeze from the ocean.. feet in the sand.. and just chillin away from everything

the plan was to use the getaway time to catch up on things

my make shift relax station

the vikings tryin to invade my beach

look what i stumbled on ....it must have been there for yrs...

i think this ended up givin me an itch

yessir

The other weekend in DC ( Naeto n Kelly in the house)

So… it been a while since NS USA put up a blog post, but we back in b’ness…lol. So the other weekend my boy Obi called (by the way he was my next door neighbor in naija) informing me that naeto was gonna be performing in MD over the weekend and I needed to show up! And of course I was gonna show up.

Got to the show kinda late cos some Ohafia chic (inside joke) took forever to get ready lool, but it was all good. DJ was noiceeee, music was great. When decale n makossa music comes on, u got me any day!!! Lol. So, at bout 2am Naeto came on stage and rocked the house. Kelly Handsome joined him on stage briefly which was kinda cool.

Anyway, naeto had mad swag n when I spoke to him after the show he was very cool ( don’t have the picture yet) but enjoy the rest of the pix from the show.

Obi, me, Kelly n solitude

Obi . we go waay back. Unical in the house...lool


Ken (coolest dude around)


Naeto with TnT on stage


Naeto n Kelly Handsome on stage



the call him naeto naeto......lool


Beeu and the Ugandan warrior "Judes ". Judes was having toooo much fun... Remy did him well
Myself and the Ohafia mafia chic...lool


enjoy...... more pix coming!!!

another public service annoucement

some lead while most follow, the fundamental rules of the game.

NS family is full of leaders. redefining the rules.. settin the pace and most importantly CHANGING ATTITUDES.


much love and ns loves u more

ns..

ns on youtube.. not a bad look.





everyones favorite bastard child... much love and we will always love u more

Ns PSA/ fresh out of the fryin pan

This is a public survice announcement sponsored by the good folks at Ns fourteen Sixtythree.

Fellow Nigerians, It is with the upmost pride and sincerity that i present this blog as a testament and recollection of history in the making during our generation. (yeap i am in that kinda of mood.. well atleast temporarily...)

so whats been up with ur favorite brand.. hmm not sure where to start.. but ns was in the kitchen.. we cooked up fiya and we r hitting the streets hard... so they cant tell us we didnt come hard this time up.. Ns will always be the truth. we go harder than the competition. we r number 1, 2 , 3, 4 … 1000, 1400, 1463.. yes indeed we hold the titles..(lol nothing wrong in believing it or is there?) check out our swag playa we are what we are playa.. NS changing attitudes… much love mehn..

so back to business. So much has jumped off in the past few wks since I got back on the grind.. it aint easy but we have to push it thru.. we are up to the challenge.. and we are definitely going to hold u guys down for many decades to come.. its just the beginning.. so there is a better awareness of the brand.. we are not where we need to be, but rome wasn’t built in a day so ns will take its time.. and make sure we have the right foundation and the message is heard and the brand is felt and is understood.. we are not just a t-shirt company.. it’s a lifestyle brand.. yeah I know u can say hmm wtf does he mean by lifestyle all they do is tees… well u will get it when u get it.. the brand is building an extended family crossin all socio and economic barriers.. Its never about the money.. the love comes first, second , third and fourth.. (believe that) then comes the business of tryin to maintain..

ok enough of my rants..
Mr. chike/ aka shakur came thru to the store an OG member of the ns fam that has been on the ns team ever since day 1.. not sure which tee he doesn’t have.. but dude always holds us down.. and he made it a point to stop by the store on his vacation home so much love as usual.. and ns will always love u.. and owes u part of our swag.. ( infact we owe everyone that has ever bought an NS tee. And I keep sayin this.. I am not sure I know any customer that has just ONE ns tee.. so much love for holdin us down. and we will continue to give u the good stuff)

Enjoy the pics

Maryland in the buildnghe pulled of the light blue lagos legend very well.. even to his chucks

dude came in with a white tee and walked out with the Ns koboko.. not a bad look

Sale completed

the money short. to think i almost scrapped the back print..

Now before i finish let me just say NS did not come here to show out, we did not come here to impress you because to tell u the truth when we leave here we GONE and we wont care what u think about us but just remember when it hits the fan brother whether its next year, ten years, twenty years from now you'll never be able to say that these brothers lied to you JACK.

ns loves u more.. and enough jay-z lyrics in the post

well u cant really call it slacking

just not updating the blog.. but will soon tho as soon as i get my mojo back.. much love and ns loves u more..

inbtw i think we might be having a collection that may not see the light of day on the web.. not yet sure if its a good or bad thing yet...

inbtw nowhere..

so i am back in the country..... i am sure most ppl didnt know i left and i am also sure most ppl didnt even know i was around in the states.. do u get what i am sayin..? well hope u do sha.. cuz its like i am def. in btw nowhere.. olumide in limbo.. so how does it start.. through my first months back in naija...i kinda felt like an outsider u know just workin here with my home in the states..i was cool with the idea.. but then this my past trip i realized i was just a guest in a place i once called home .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwww lolol well it was weird.. i really saw it as a temporary thing which it was and i had a strong urge to get back in to the mix in gidi... so now i am back and i sayin to myself what was it again i was runnin back to.. so there lies my dilemma in 2009.

so far what i have experienced in 24hrs and i cant make this up.... when customs guy stop ur car in traffic on the road and they are askin for all kind of car documents like bill of ladin and other stuff to show proof of how the car was shipped in.... even if they claim u dont have it and u have eventually bribed ur way thru it after his threats that ur customs documents aren’t complete and he will tow ur car away u and he has seen more money in ur wallet so u better pay more, u should still go thru the paperwork carefully cuz u might just have had the document and the cop was just tryin to pull a fast one on u cuz of ur inexperience. yippee... up nigeria and all the fools that keeps it going..

Thieves do rob churches as in inside the churches....

Even the Taxi's are loving NS

ns on the grind

complete groupiness just this one time

n ns loves u more.. and we go hard

NO GROUPINESS

repeat after me no groupiness... lolol well those that know our stance on this topic will understand this position now.. yes at ns we strongly believe in no groupiness and eventho there were times bassey and bayo have slacked lol it must be an issue with names that begin with "B", this is not an example of me slackin ok.... do u understand :).. pls tell me u do cuz it means a lot to me lol.. hope i am not talkin to myself then

as seen on bellanaija.com so i am not takin any credit .. the only credit i can take is for NS being the best thing out of naija since suya

http://www.nseffect.com/nga/mgoodblack.php

http://www.nseffect.com/nga/mlagosblack.php

we wil always love u more anyday everyday.. u cant even comprehend it

time unserved and no rants at all

wazup fam hope yall are doing great..ns is back in the lab.. tryin to cook up new dishes for yall to feast on.. we wont let u down and much love.

we will always love u

Ns

the memo i missed

so its monday and i really havent been in any mood to rant.. i have been in a jaded state u know. but today i realized maybe i should say something it might help with the pain lolol

so yesterday my tank was on quarter tank. i am thinkin no sweat will get it on my way to work tomorrow.. so this morning comes.. i see the tank . i am like na will get gas on my way back from work.. so then around 6pm an hour to close a customer comes in and is like there is mad traffic because of fuel scarcity. i am like what the bleep.. where is that coming from.. did i miss some random secret meetin that was to annouce to my fellow nigerians that hey today we are goin to be queuing up for fuel.. well i really got lucky and by the second gas station i got to it wasnt as roudy as the first and i got real lucky... so yeap ur man has a full tank of gas and i am feelin like a G now..

oh the other thing in nigeria is u need to carry cash on u.. well thank God i wasnt been an accountant this evenin otherwise i'd be broke on hand but almost ok in the bank..


so another story before i wrap up.. now this story def shook me up a little... i wasnt sure if i should really even talk about it.. or just get my passport and get the next flight back to civilization :).. real talk..

so i am comin home in the evenin around 12am to be precise.. hmm well the timing was a little bad but hey there were cars on the road. so then my car gets clipped by an SUV.. now i am on the outer lane around a roundabout and this guy probably didnt guage his turnin very well so he hits me.. i am thinking FUCK.. bad timing.. wrong time.. i dont even want to deal with this now u know its not like i can call geico or even the cops to come and mediate things.. speakin of cops.. there were actually soldiers a stone throw away.. back to my story so i get down to assess my car i am like its cool. not bad just a bumper scratch.. then i the guy does the same and i am like to him oga how u dey drive... ? u know thinkin damn this accident could have gotten a whole lot worse well thank God i can drive away and the car isnt bad at all..

then the dude flips out and says what do i mean. that i hit him.. i am like what.. he is like i came into his lane.. i am like dude whatt... so we are goin back and forth and the guy is like get out of ur car.. i am like no.. ur car is fine. and 2 we are both not agreein on whose fault it is. that lets keep it moving.. bear in mind this guy was like a 45 yr old hausa man..... i am like i am not gettin out that i am goin to drive off.. then dude is like sayin if i drive off he is goin to shoot my tires out.. and he is like tryin to open the passengers side like he is tryin to get something out.. so my ass sobers up and says.. ok this is not a good situation.. now obviously some scenarios run thru my head.. now my car can easily outrun his.. but one the roads are bad and 2 if the dude has a bad aim.. that will really suck for NS.lolol so the easiest thing i could do was get out of the car.. and sober up.. at this point i am like ok sir its my fault i am sorry.. yes sir blah blah blah.. so he is sobering up sayin he doesnt care who my father is.. lol i am thinkin wow this isnt good. then he is like he could call the soldiers and ask them to confiscate the car that he knows what i did andhe doesnt have to let the soldiers know his rank.. i am like i am sorry sir it wont happen again..now deep inside i am thinkin something else.. anyway so we both drive off and i see the guy driving like 30 miles an hr an i am thinkin this is odd. i hope he isnt waitin for me to overtake him and then he follows me.. so i am like u know what i cant keep this slow i will gun it and hope to outspeed him.. so i hit the gas go past him and the dude is still at the same pace and i am like hmmm this dude is not ok.. he probably was high or drunk and obviously bad tempered..

but yeap thats my story .

ns still loves the haters n the government

somewhere btw ns and no where

waz up fam.. how have yall been.... well on the war front things are cool.. really just maintaining and hoping for an easier ride.. NS is doing well.. ppl are showin us some love and we are very very grateful. much love for that.
a few things.. FBB came into town.. helped out with the hustle much love bayo. u know all these is for u and my babies nife and niayomi.. real talk oh... well i am sure in the future it will make
good sense..

well bayo should write a blog about his trip, for one i am sure its goin to be grammatically correct lolol atleast he will outshine me sha.. and oh yes for ur information even in his text messages he always spells every word out.. what a loser lolol.

so i have been workin on the new collection.. i am positive its going to be called NS hustle.. u know this past one was called ns goodliving.. we are def. backwards at ns.. u know the hustle should come before the good living.. but in this case we had goodliving and now we have the hustle.

now this really ties to the other mood i have been feelin lately.. its called PRESSURE now repeat after me .. PRE.... SSSS..... UUUU.... REEE yessir pressure.. inbtw those who keep playin around with the dollar exchange rate.. we have banned u from ever wearin ns oh. and stop explicit with my morneyyyyyyyy lolol.. ok back to the pressure..

so ask me what pressure is it i am feelin.. ? go ahead what pressure is it u r feelin. thanks fam.. it aint easy i tell u. now the pressure i am feelin is from u... i dont want to disappoint u.. we cant have that.. there is pressure on NS to step up and maintain. we have to keep the momentum going.. we have to come out with hotter designs and make sure we def exceed ur expectations... its not easy at all mehn.. i am almost crackin here.. but my father and mother (gotta to be PC) didnt raise no fool and nife and niayomi r bankin on me oh... well nife and niayomi are my nephews fyi.. and also my first babies.. awww.. yes indeed they are the future of ns.

anyway so we have to step our shit up.. i have to step my shit up..ns has to step its shit up so that we can continue to bring u our beloved much more fiyah.

much love and i and we will continue to love u more..

much love ns...

and i took some cool pics but in my haste i deleted them from the camera and my laptop which sucks cuz they were cool pics... :(

Thanks rita for swingin by.. ur pic was one of the ones deleted oh.. just incase u ever read the blog :)

mom taggin the wall

whalay and FBB holdin towson and NS down

quite random :)

NS is the Truth

NS is way sexier than the rest

NS = trendsetters never trend followers

We got swagger

NS gets the most love

NS is for the ppl

Without u NS will just be ns lol

and NS will always love u more

in the words of everyone who has every showed us love..

NS GOES HARD reppin since 1463 and we will be here for 1463 more yrs

seems like forever but our love still remains

The Jobs came thru to show us some love..

bayo believes he is a rock star but he doesnt know thats not gangsta

long story but the bottom pics tells a better story.

not a good look

lol she said ns broke her heart... and i believe her.. i tried to make it up to her but she wasnt tryin to hear that.. ns u bastard.. why did u have to break her heart now

Bimbo doin a good job sellin the tee..

2/3rd of the odukoyas

FBB

Towson in the building. Thanks Chin for stoppin by.. and best wishes on u know what

Taggin the ns wall of fame

much love folks.. we will always love u more

NS