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Let’s Go Donuts
Harlem, NY – style has always been a part of the language. How people dress, move, speak and create carries weight there. So when Trips launched Go Donuts, he wasn’t trying to open just another dessert spot. He was building…
Music and Mixology with Xavier Padgett
How Xavier Padgett Turned Survival Into His Craft For Xavier Padgett, bartending was never part of the original plan. Before cocktail programs, spirits, and signature creations, music was his first language. Growing up between South Carolina and Georgia, Padgett originally…
MsSauce: Creating Culture and Comfort with Cuisine
When you meet Ms Sauce, you realize food is not just about flavor to her. It’s aboutmemory, culture, creativity, and connection. Through her business, MsSauce Plates, she has created something that feels deeply personal and feeds communities across Long Island…
I-Wayne on Music, Community and Versatility
CC BY-SA 4.0 Long before streaming numbers and viral moments became the measure of success, I-Wayne built his name through message, discipline and unmistakable delivery. Emerging from Jamaica’s reggae and roots scene in the early 2000s, I-Wayne carved out a…
Built to Last: Bobby Konders on Music, Movement, and Staying Power
Bobby Konders is a pioneering DJ, producer, and co-founder of Massive B Sound System and Massive B Records. Alongside Jabba, he has helped shape reggae and dancehall culture in New York and beyond, bringing high-energy sound to audiences through their…
The Discipline Behind The Spotlight with Chaz of ChazSFX
In the creative world, there are those who seek the spotlight, and then there are those who learn how to build the stage itself. Chasity Anne, known to many simply as Chaz, belongs to the latter. At 33, her career…
Issue 02 – The Fashionpreneur
🔔 Welcome to the second issue of Next Layers Magazine! Next Layers was created to tell real stories—ones that inspire, offer insight, and reveal what it actually takes to build and sustain something of your own. Each issue focuses on…
The World of Byas & Leon
Some spaces sell products. Others shape how people gather, express themselves, and connect. Byas & Leon sits in that second category. Byas & Leon didn’t begin as a typical fashion story. In 2012, Harvey Leon was studying engineering, and Rony…
From Runways to Records with Jayden Pyram
We spoke with Eddy Pyram on Jayden Pyram’s Journey from Child Model to Recording Artist. Interviewer: Let’s start at the beginning. How did Jayden first get into modeling? Eddy Pyram: I had a showroom on Delancey Street when Jayden was…
It Shall Be Well
Adeoye Adegbola is a Nigerian-American designer and entrepreneur from Queens, New York. He is the oldest of three brothers, a husband, and a proud new father. His clothing brand, Revolution of a Monarch Clothing (R.o.A.M.), reflects the same roles he…
