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Birth of Hip-Hop: The Untold Story
You’ve heard it a hundred times before: How black & latino party-goers on the streets formed the premise of hiphop by using two records to continue a songs break (where the drum breaks down for a solo in the middle of a song), and through a chain of hyping techniques, emcee’s were born. Instead of… Continue reading
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Where your spray paint comes from
I loved this video of The Birth of a Spraycan from Montana. Loving these guys video production quality and this was a unique look into what most graffiti heads would be interested in and not something we get to see every day, living the culture. Anyways, thanks Montana! You guys are killing it. Continue reading
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Greedy shoes smiling at haunted sex
It’s Wednesday so let’s get right into it… (source) Loving how unpolished this paint job seems. (source) This artist often plays with the concepts of corporate greed. I loved this detail shot. (source) I love the colours, and the girls eyebrows slightly raised. Nothing nicer than seeing children smile. That’s inspiring. (source) SEKS (YEKW) –… Continue reading
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Admirers Call It Art, Police sweep it under the rug
Recently (okay, not so recently, this took me a while to finish), the NY Times posted an article (yup, it even made it to physical paper form) entitled Admirers Call It Art, but the Police Call It a Problem. Oh, is that so? The fact of the matter is graffiti is a blanket statement. Where… Continue reading
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Killah EF graffiti documentary
Killah EF is a graffiti artist from the now World-famous SDK crew. They’ve made a career out of street/guerrilla style graffiti video edits, and are now one of the most recognised graffiti crews in the World, whether the offline graffiti culture likes it or not. Capital Q caught up with EF to talk a bit… Continue reading
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Rob Ford’s war on graffiti
This isn’t just about a Graffiti war that’s being waged with Ford. This goes beyond that: this is about the system that we live in and recognizing we have a voice to speak up about it’s injustices. – Char Loro Toronto graffiti documentary Goodbye Graffiti documents different graffiti artists, different graffiti ideologies and plays with… Continue reading
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Cops Bust the World famous SGK Crew
Yo but for real, when it pans to the Cops paint-work, check that shit out and tell me it isn’t the funniest shit you’ve seen in a while. Every time I watch this YouTube video I burst out laughing. That is some straight up garbage. “I told you he was a cop!” Continue reading