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Still on cloud 9 from all the love these past few days 🙏🏾🔥

Seriously… thank you to everyone who pulled up, supported, shared, and showed love at the Grand Opening of The SYC Culture Lab. Spill Your Creativity

The energy was real.
The vibes were right.
And we’re just getting started.

If you haven’t made it through yet, come check us out this week:

📍 400 West Ave, Lockport, NY

We’ve got:

🎶 Vinyl records
🎨 Art, toys & creative pieces
👕 Apparel
🖌 Creative experiences on the way

🎟 Our WEEKLY RAFFLE is LIVE too!

👉 $10 = 5 tickets
(Prizes from local businesses 👀🔥)

Come through, support, and be part of what we’re building.

Let’s keep this momentum going 💯

⏰ HOURS:
Tuesday – Saturday: 12PM – 8PM
Sunday: 12PM – 7PM
Closed Monday

👉 Tag someone you’re bringing with you

ME: What should I be this year (2025)
FRIEND: BOOKED AND BUSY

OH SNAP… 🤯📦💰I just received an email about my FIRST KDP ROYALTY PAYMENT…Like fr… this hit different. From an idea ➡️ to a book ➡️ to actual money coming in?? Yeah… we doing something real over here. AND the timing is crazy because…

🔥 The books will officially be available TOMORROW at the Grand Opening 🔥

You can come through, see it in person, flip through it, and support the vision LIVE. This isn’t just a coloring book. This is: 🎨 Creativity 🎶 Culture 🧠 Expression
💡 Ownership

“Boomy the Boombox” is just the beginning.

📍 THE SYC CULTURE LAB GRAND OPENING
🗓 Saturday, March 21
⏰ 4PM – 8PM
📍 400 West Ave, Lockport NY

✔️ Free vibes
✔️ Food
✔️ Music
✔️ Raffles + Auction
✔️ Creative energy everywhere

If you’ve ever thought about creating something…
Let this be your sign. Im down to help those interested as I have helped others. We’re not just talking anymore… We’re building. 💯

Pull up tomorrow — let’s make history together.

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🎶 My Life’s Soundtrack — 1986: The Beginning

This is where it all started.

Born April 17, 1986…
A baby in someone’s arms with no idea what the journey ahead would look like.

But one thing that would always be there?

Music.

The late 80s were full of funk, early hip-hop, and smooth R&B that played in the background of living rooms, cars, and family gatherings.

Those sounds became part of my DNA before I even knew what a record was.

1986 was the era of culture shifting.
Movies like She’s Gotta Have It were redefining storytelling, and hip-hop groups like Whodini were pushing the culture forward.

Two records from that year stand out in the soundtrack of my life:

🎧 “Pee-Wee’s Dance” — Joeski Love
🎧 “Rumors” — Rumors

For the next 40 days leading up to my birthday, I’m sharing one year of music from my life.

The songs.
The culture.
The memories.

The soundtrack behind the man I became.

Tomorrow we move to 1987.

👇
What song reminds you of 1986?

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Whats your favorite Asian snack ?

Sometimes you just gotta take a field trip for the snacks. 😅

Stopped by the Asia Food Market in Niagara Falls and grabbed a few things I’ve been wanting to try — ramen, Takis, and some boba tea flavors that looked wild.

I swear these international markets always have the most interesting stuff. Different flavors, different packaging, whole different vibe.

Low key inspiration too…
Seeing how other cultures package food and drinks always sparks ideas for products, branding, and experiences.

Creativity really is everywhere if you pay attention.

Now the real question is…

Which one should I try first? 👀






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Its not my lemonade stand come get right for the spring season !!! Mens grooming products and artistic self care . I will be vending at at 33 Ontario St, Lockport from 10-2pm

2008 London !!!

I was outside documenting DJs, collecting signatures, taping Polaroids into books like they were artifacts.

This one? DJ A-Trak. Lets talk Vinyl Records !!!

Before SYC Culture Lab. Before vinyl nights.
Before “Creative Headquarters.”

I was already archiving culture. Funny how life circles back.

Now I’m building a space in Lockport where DJs spin, vinyl lives, and moments get documented again.

Some things aren’t trends. They’re seeds.

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400 West isn’t just an address.
It’s a creative headquarters in Lockport, NY.

Spill Your Creativity™ Creative Studio was built for artists, entrepreneurs, dreamers, and the ones who never saw themselves reflected in traditional spaces.

This is where:
• Vinyl meets vision
• Ideas turn into Community becomes culture
• Creativity turns into ownership

We’re not just selling products. We’re building creative infrastructure in Western New York.

If Lockport had a cultural hub for the next generation… what would it need inside?

Drop it in the comments.

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🎨 Spill Your Creativity™ Creative Studio
🧸 Drip Bears
🧴 SterlingBLVCK Premium
🎧 Frisson Beats

This is bigger than a store.
This is SYC.

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Sitting in a bookstore tonight and something clicked.

Watching someone read out loud to a room full of adults people actually listening reminded me how powerful real conversation is.

And it made me think about Hey Bro.

For years I’ve been having real talks about men’s mental health, emotional pressure, leadership, and what it means to build something while holding everything together.

In barbershops. At markets.
Inside SYC Culture Lab. In quiet DMs.

Maybe it’s time to turn those conversations into something structured.

Not just a book. A space. A guide. A conversation starter for men who don’t always say what they’re carrying.

If you’ve ever felt like something inside you is ready to come out maybe this is your sign too.

Hey Bro… what’s something you’ve been holding in?

Bebe’s Kids raised a generation different.

Before tablets.
Before algorithms.
Before everything felt filtered.

Outside until the streetlights came on.
Boom boxes on shoulders.
Playground by Another Bad Creation blasting.

90s babies… we built different.

What’s one cartoon or song that instantly takes you back? 👇🏾

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Western NY’s Creative Headquarters is opening in Lockport, NY.

The SYC Culture Lab Grand Opening
📍 400 West Ave, Lockport NY
🗓 Saturday, March 21, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM Ribbon Cutting

Spill Your Creativity is expanding into a full creative infrastructure space built around Fashion. Art. Music.

This isn’t just a store opening.

It’s a vinyl listening space.
Streetwear showroom.
Creative incubator.
Youth mentorship hub.
Community culture lab.

If you’ve been looking for things to do in Lockport NY that actually move culture forward, this is it.

We’re building ownership.
We’re building IP.
We’re building opportunity.

And it starts March 21.

Follow for updates on:
• Grand opening events
• Exclusive product drops
• Creative workshops
• Community partnerships
• Youth programs

Lockport deserves a creative headquarters.

Now it has one.

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Featured in the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — “Sterling Carroll spills his creativity at new West Avenue location.” 

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal pulled up on Wednesday and asked a few questions. It's really sorry for exciting to share my future. Not for hype. For the work.

“Art Out Loud.” This isn’t just a store.
It’s Western NY’s Creative Headquarters.

Fashion. Art. Music.
Entrepreneurship. Community.

400 West Ave isn’t retail space.
It’s infrastructure. We’re building something different in Lockport. And people are starting to notice.

Pull up. Be part of it.

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