Even though the term ‘photographer‘ broadened a bit as everyone with a DLSR started a Facebook fan page, flickr and blog, it actually makes us appreciate the genuine photographers more who make a living off of their craft and feed us the excellent images that we reblog, post and put up in our garages. These true artists are  seriously to be commended and once a month, Carma will be showcasing the most influential photographers in the automotive world.

This month we’re showcasing Scott Dukes. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Scott has been a professional photographer for five years and has shot for RIDES, Super Street and Car & Driver among others. He also has done commercial photography for General Motors, Bosch and Kumho tires. Make sure to check out Scott’s blog, flickr and follow him on his twitter!

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If you follow us on Twitter or know us personally, you already know that we’re on that #JetLife #Cruislife ish. Not only are they lyrically murdering most of the rappers that get radio play right now, but they’re also down with the custom car culture that we represent.  So every time the Jets put out something dope that also showcases some fresh rides, we gotta post it. These videos (by the Dopest Nerds) are from Corner Boy P,  if you aren’t familiar with his music directly we know you’ve heard some of his stuff on Spitta‘s mixtapes at least. Check out these videos from P and tell a couple friends! (Shout out to Fiend also, we see you in the vids homie!)

Before anything we want to commend Canibeat for covering the Good Guys show, we know it’s a little outside of their box but we’re sure their readers appreciate the diversity. The Good Guys car show circuit has been around since the early ’80s and features muscle cars, classics and hot rods for the most part. The West Coast nationals always brings out the best and if you want to see some old schools with more money in them than most people’s homes, it’s a must that you attend. Check the full coverage from Canibeat here.

Custom car culture and hip hop have always gone hand-in-hand and we admire dope examples of the fusion between the two. We’ve heard this song before but didn’t know much about it until catching a post on BallerStatus about the video. It’s definitely something we’re interested in; burnouts and drifting, dope cars (including CB’s personal Gallardo) and  nice lookin’ females – can’t really go wrong with all that. True, we’ve never heard of Berner and although we respect Breezy’s hustle, have never copped any of his albums but we’re down with Wiz and definitely eff with K.R.I.T.

As if there hasn’t been enough options for Air Jordan III lovers this year, Air Randy posted the “Black Flip” colorway. There is no mention if or when this edition will actually drop, especially with the OG ‘Black Cement’ version coming later this year and we’re kind of the fence about this colorway anyway. We love the all-black but they do look like fakes you can cop at the flea market. Maybe without the print it would look a little better? Regardless, check out the pics and let us know what you think!