The Crèative Crèatif

Mars is joined by the emerging Black rockstar, Tulliz, to discuss their upcoming music releases, how to navigate creative barriers and never giving up your dream. Make sure to catch Black Gays & The City at the end! It's a kiiiii! Subscribe! Share! Comment! 0:00 Intro 1:15 Move To NYC 2:30 Dream Gig 4:21 Gay Southern Upbringing 5:57 Awakening Moment 7:30 Southern Influence On Artistry 10:1...

Mars is joined by author and comedian, Damon Young, to discuss his highly anticipated new book release "That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor". Damon breaks down his ever-growing career, the beauty of Black American humor and plays a game of "Name That Coon". 'That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor ' in stores everywhere books are sold!...

It’s Mars! Lover of all things iconic! I miss you all so much and I’m in the midst of planning season 2 right now and can’t wait to share! This year had been a journey for my creativity and I wanted to take this episode to speak free and candidly about it with no editing. I will be doing much more of this in the coming year as a push past fear. Have an excellent New Year and I love you all so much...

Mars is kicking the shit with one of his favorite stylist, Mel Reneè, and they get into her self-managed career, untouchable personal style, where the money resides and who has the better style between Chloe Sevigny & Tracy Ellis Ross! Intro: 0:00 - 4:33 Dream Gig: 4:34 - 8:07 Creative Community: 8:08 - 12:40 Mel Reneè Interview: 12:43 - 1:1:10 Mel and the City: 1:10:28 - 1:24:00 Outro: 1:24:0...

Mars is getting all the secondhand market tea from vintage fashion reseller and archive sourcer, Yuri(Owner of Yuri’s Market). Yuri tells the story of how she sourced the Margiela glass slippers for JT in a week, gets into the Japan vs. US luxury resale market, shares tips on how to authenticate a Louis Vuitton bag and gets into the future of Yuri’s Market. Intro: 0:00 - 2:53 Dream Gig: 2:54 - 6:5...

Mars is back in the studio this week with model, influencer & content creator, Taylor Hawkins, and they discuss her thriving modeling career, how to create through grief and what’s the real difference between a content creator and an influencer. Intro: 0:00 - 2:53 Dream Gig: 2:54 - 4:33 Creative Community: 4:36 - 8:04 Taylor Interview: 8:08 - 47:55 Taylor and the City: 47:59 - 49:05 Outro: 49:...

Host, Mars is kicking the shit with fashion creative Yung Fleur who works for fashion’s best kept secret, Chrishabana, as their Marketing & Communications team. Yung Fleur gets into how important social media marketing is to fashion, the importance of curation and collaboration and how Tom Ford Gucci is the only Gucci worth having. Intro: 0:00 - 2:34 Dream Gig: 2:35 - 5:11 Creative Community:...

Host, Mars has the it designer of the moment, Jordon Willis, in the stu today getting all the tea on dressing SZA for her “Shirt” video, making custom boots for Cardi B while also unpacking how the fashion industry has no protections for creative intellectual property. Intro: 0:00 - 2:12 Dream Gig: 2:13 - 4:01 Creative Community: 4:05 - 6:55 Jordon Willis Interview: 6:59 - 01:08:04 Jordon and the...

Host, Mars has one of their favorite modern artist, illustrators & menswear enthusiast Fritz Von Eric in the stu today discussing Fritz's journey to becoming a full-time artist, the pro’s and con’s of internet criticism and how to find a sense of self through fashion. Intro: 0:00 - 2:55 Dream Gig:2:56 - 5:33 Creative Community: 5:36 - 8:45 Fritz Interview: 8:48 - 1:09:43 Fritz and the City...

Host, Mars is in the stu with everyone’s new favorite it gworl, Six! They get into how she’s handling her social media blowing up, her modeling career, the iconic haircut and whether Carrie or Samantha is the best Sex and the City character! Intro: 0:00 - 3:15 Dream Gig: 3:16 - 5:50 Creative Community: 5:52 - 9:14 Six Interview: 9:18 - 57:09 Six and the City(This or That): 57:12 -01:10:11 Outro: 0...

Host, Mars and Renaissance Tour Assistant Costume Designer,Stylist & Mecca. NYC DJ, Milton Dixon, continues their behind the scenes convo talking about Milton's favorite Renaissance Tour looks, his experience working on the tour and Milton reveals who has the better style between Rihanna & Solange in a game of This or That. Intro: 0:00 - 0:54 Working On The Renaissance Tour : 3:35 - 4:...

Mars has the Renaissance Tour Assistant Costume Designer, Milton Dixon, in the studio today getting into the process of how Beyoncè is styled on tour. From custom looks to fitting Beyoncè’s body double! We get into all of it! Milton also takes us through his journey of becoming a stylist and how he maintains in an industry that constantly shifts. Part 2 will drop on Wednesday July 10 so hit that n...

For episode 13, host Mars is back in the studio discussing how their Blackness is directly connected to their creative process. From naturally being resourceful to being inspired by other Black creatives. Intro: 0:00 - 1:42 Dream Gig: 1:44 - 4:22 Creative Community: 4:25 - 8:45 Black & Creative: 8:50 - 21:44 Outro : 21:45 - 25:00 Submit to The Crèative Community: IG | TheCreativeCreatifPod the...

For episode 12, host Mars answers question in the new segment Creative Community and then gets all the way into creative blocks and how they hinder and help the creative process in different ways. Intro: 0:00 - 1:10 Dream Gig: 1:11 - 2:31 Creative Blocks: 12:35 - 22:11 Outro: 22:00 - 25:18 Send Questions To The Crèative Crèatif: Email | thecreativecreatifpod@gmail.com (Subject Creative Community)...

For episode 11, host Mars speaks about how they're currently betting it all on themselves while retelling of the pst of when betting on themselves worked out in their favor. Intro: 0:00 - 1:18 Dream Gig: 1:19 - 4:00 Betting On Yourself: 4:53 - 17:30 Outro: 17:30 - 19:46 Send Questions To The Crèative Crèatif: Email | thecreativecreatifpod@gmail.com (Subject Creative Community) IG | TheCreative...

For Episode 10 host , Mars interviews special guest Odi, founder & CEO of knitwear/crochet brand Ido, about her new collection Ntoala while also getting into SKIMS, the future of knitwear and our Thai food orders. Intro: 0:00 - 1:15 Dream Gig: 1:16 - 3:15 SKIMS Black Owned 3:45 - 5:55 Ido's New Collection 6:00 - 46:50 This or That 46:51 - 51:15 Outro 51:20 - 53:00 Connect With The Crèative...

TRIGGER WARNING: THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT PHYSICAL & MENTAL ABUSE! For episode 8 host, Mars, is solo this week to talk about a traumatizing experience they had in a past relationship dealing with domestic abuse and how the recent footage of Cassie being abused by Diddy triggered them into remembering exactly what happened to them. The physical and mental abuse that Mars encountered will trigger a...

For episode 8 host, Mars and co-host Shy share real life experiences with creative blocks and how they lead to imposter syndrome. Intro 0:00 - 1:10 Dream Gig 1:10 - 12:00 Creative Blocks Imposter Syndrome 12:30 - 47:33 Self Affirmations 47:53 - 48:34 Outro 48:35 - 50:00 Connect With The Crèative Crèatif: IG | TheCreativeCreatifPod Email | thecreativecreatifpod@gmail.com

For Episode 7 co-host, Shy is back with host, Mars, breaking down Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ discussing what the album means to Black folks reclaiming spaces, imagining what the tour will look like and how Drea Kelly is taking over the internet! Mars & Shy Catch up 1:13 - 7:03 Dream Gig 7:06 - 20:07 Cowboy Carter Review Starts 20:10 Cowboy Carter Top 3 21:00 - 24:00 Cowboy Carter Tour 27: 48 -...

For episode 6 host, Mars has a very eye-opening conversation with special guest, Charisse Kenion, about John Galliano’s new documentary ‘High & Low’ covering everything from his repeated acts of antisemitism to his groundbreaking talent as designer but the question still remains...does white privilege protect you from being canceled? Follow The Crèative Crèatif Pod: IG | @TheCreativeCreatifPod...

For episode five host, Mars & co-host, Shy break down how procrastination shows up in their creative process. Procrastination is a sneaky little b*tch that impacts everyone differently but Shy & Mars want you to overcome it by looking at in a different way. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mars.orbit/ https://www.instagram.com/whysoshy555/ Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@mars.0rbit Yout...

For episode four host, Mars & co-host, Shy get vulnerable about the highs and lows of trusting the process when creating. They have both exited their jobs all while in the middle of completing major personal projects and trusting the process through all of it.

Host, Mars & co-host Shy select their favorite songs from Pink Friday 2 and create visual masterpieces using their imaginations to reference fashion, cinematography & music. Nicki has not released any visuals yet & her team might want to give The Crèative Crèatif podcast a call at their EARLIEST convenience to get this work!

For episode two we take a deep dive into the current climate of fashion journalism with esteemed fashion journalists Scarlett Newman (Vogue, The Cut, Harper’s Bazaar) & Shelton Boyd-Griffith (Teen Vogue, Grazia, Essence). With all the layoffs and the lack opportunities for fashion journalists how will fashion survive? We also get into a full on NYFW SS24 recap! Comment your show of the season...

I WILL NEVER FORGET WHEN I FIRST CAME ACROSS THE ICON, JONTE ,ON YOUTUBE IN 2005. SUCH A LIFE CHANGING MOMENT FOR ME & BLACK QUEER PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD! JONTE CHOREOGRAPHED BEYONCE'S ENTIRE B ’ DAY ERA, DANCED WITH JANET AT THE SUPER BOWL, JUST FINISHED THE RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR AND IS A POPSTAR IN HIS OWN RIGHT! LISTEN AS WE WALK THROUGH JONTE ’ S JOURNEY AS A CREATIVE! - MARS