Kings in the city of Angels...
Friday, December 7, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Who buffed the MOS-LA walls??
Who buffed the MOS-LA walls??
...that's a question we all want answered!
As many of you know, the Meeting of Styles event was a beautiful thing. Hundreds of artists working side by side in unity, creating some wonderful master pieces of self-expression as a gift to the people of L.A..
We've received nothing but congratulations from artists, community leaders, local activists, businesses, community groups, and citizens alike for putting on this event.
Unfortunately, a small minority of people don't believe in unity and public self expression, even when done legally and with permission. Some people still prefer to hold a negative viewpoint on anything created by young people of color, especially if the preferred art tool is a spray can.
There is a controversy brewing in the Arroyo Confluence where the murals were painted. Someone has decided to go down there and vandalize the mural by buffing out about 300 feet of the artwork. No one has claimed responsibility or admitted to giving the order to buff.
It's obvious that it was done "professionally" and not by a couple of guys with rollers. Whoever did this had to have driven down to the river fully equipped with spray guns, a compressor, and several 5 gallon buckets full of dull grey paint. Although they didn't finish the job, they were able to destroy enough of it to make you sick to your stomach.
Who would do such a thing? Although there are many speculations, we don't know for certain who committed this act of censorship. The only thing certain is that it was someone who doesn't believe in art or fears it greatly.
Public radio stations have gotten wind of this story and contacted us and FoLAR about it.
This week, Man One and Lewis MacAdams were on the air of KPFK's popular morning show,
"Uprising" to discuss the matter.
Here's the LINK to their blog and you can hear the interview STREAMED HERE as well...
L.A. public radio station, KPCC is also doing a piece to air soon..
We'll keep you posted.
...that's a question we all want answered!
As many of you know, the Meeting of Styles event was a beautiful thing. Hundreds of artists working side by side in unity, creating some wonderful master pieces of self-expression as a gift to the people of L.A..
We've received nothing but congratulations from artists, community leaders, local activists, businesses, community groups, and citizens alike for putting on this event.
Unfortunately, a small minority of people don't believe in unity and public self expression, even when done legally and with permission. Some people still prefer to hold a negative viewpoint on anything created by young people of color, especially if the preferred art tool is a spray can.
There is a controversy brewing in the Arroyo Confluence where the murals were painted. Someone has decided to go down there and vandalize the mural by buffing out about 300 feet of the artwork. No one has claimed responsibility or admitted to giving the order to buff.
It's obvious that it was done "professionally" and not by a couple of guys with rollers. Whoever did this had to have driven down to the river fully equipped with spray guns, a compressor, and several 5 gallon buckets full of dull grey paint. Although they didn't finish the job, they were able to destroy enough of it to make you sick to your stomach.
Who would do such a thing? Although there are many speculations, we don't know for certain who committed this act of censorship. The only thing certain is that it was someone who doesn't believe in art or fears it greatly.
Public radio stations have gotten wind of this story and contacted us and FoLAR about it.
This week, Man One and Lewis MacAdams were on the air of KPFK's popular morning show,
"Uprising" to discuss the matter.
Here's the LINK to their blog and you can hear the interview STREAMED HERE as well...
L.A. public radio station, KPCC is also doing a piece to air soon..
We'll keep you posted.
Monday, October 29, 2007
R.I.P Meeting Of Styles...(Final Pics)
Well here is the story....
Gloria Molina is painting over the Meeting of Styles murals
What does Gloria Molina think of the arts? Very little in fact she calls some of it vandalism. Not sure how many of you had the chance to see the historic event at the LA River where more than 150 graff artists painted murals on both sides of the LA River making it the largest graff event on the western hemisphere, second to Germany's same event. You had the new school graff artists painting alongside legends. Well it was too good to to be true cuz with all the necessary permits from LA County, the city of LA and the Army Corp of Engineers, Gloria Molina's taste and ego won over and she ordered the white washing of the murals which they started doing this weekend.
This is a battle of censorship and for preservation of the arts in this City, as we have seen murals in schools being painted over because of cultural & political content that someone decided wasn't art or appropriate. This battle could set a historic precedent for art in LA but especially for our nieghborhoods and youth.
Here is the pictures I took of all our finished and permitted work....
YR CREW
LOD CREW
LOD DOUBLE O G's
COI CREW
DTK CREW
TITS CREW
SH CREW
PDB CREW
ORC CREW
SKA CREW!
UTI CREW!
I2W CREW
VISIONS CREW
MEAR ONE
UCA STN CREWS...
K4P CREW
MAK CREW!
DCV CREW
LOD roll call..
ANGER CBS CREW
DYTCH 66 CBS CREW
BLEEK CBS CREW
CDP CREW
CDP CREW
RISK & ABEL MSK
RIME MSK KCW
SEVER MSK
GREASER MSK SKA
REVOK MSK AWR
CRISE
A.E CREW
JABER KYT DTC
NAUT
BONKERS
??????? My personal fav....
? CRISE
AWOL ONE & SWEL PVS
BARF & FART
REVEL
RIP MOS 2007...GOOD TIMES...FUCK THE BUFF!
Gloria Molina is painting over the Meeting of Styles murals
What does Gloria Molina think of the arts? Very little in fact she calls some of it vandalism. Not sure how many of you had the chance to see the historic event at the LA River where more than 150 graff artists painted murals on both sides of the LA River making it the largest graff event on the western hemisphere, second to Germany's same event. You had the new school graff artists painting alongside legends. Well it was too good to to be true cuz with all the necessary permits from LA County, the city of LA and the Army Corp of Engineers, Gloria Molina's taste and ego won over and she ordered the white washing of the murals which they started doing this weekend.
This is a battle of censorship and for preservation of the arts in this City, as we have seen murals in schools being painted over because of cultural & political content that someone decided wasn't art or appropriate. This battle could set a historic precedent for art in LA but especially for our nieghborhoods and youth.
Here is the pictures I took of all our finished and permitted work....
YR CREW
LOD CREW
LOD DOUBLE O G's
COI CREW
DTK CREW
TITS CREW
SH CREW
PDB CREW
ORC CREW
SKA CREW!
UTI CREW!
I2W CREW
VISIONS CREW
MEAR ONE
UCA STN CREWS...
K4P CREW
MAK CREW!
DCV CREW
LOD roll call..
ANGER CBS CREW
DYTCH 66 CBS CREW
BLEEK CBS CREW
CDP CREW
CDP CREW
RISK & ABEL MSK
RIME MSK KCW
SEVER MSK
GREASER MSK SKA
REVOK MSK AWR
CRISE
A.E CREW
JABER KYT DTC
NAUT
BONKERS
??????? My personal fav....
? CRISE
AWOL ONE & SWEL PVS
BARF & FART
REVEL
RIP MOS 2007...GOOD TIMES...FUCK THE BUFF!
Monday, October 22, 2007
Cali Comm Tour Video
This is a quick video I made out of some of my footage of the tour I went on with the Living Legends, Aceyalone, Pb Wolf , Roc C & Obr... Enjoy..
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Cali Connect BACK IN ACTION!
This was the Mix I put together for the 100th Episode of The READY CEE SHOW!
(For those of you who don't know what Cali Connect is... We (The Omnigod Crew) Hooked up
with Dj Ready Cee to bring the boogie down BRONX (and world) a half hour of the best the West (Coast) has to offer in underground hip hop.)
* ALSO
I stole the cool music player and photo off of N8 Loc's Riottt.com blog that just so happened to be about me. :)
Write up pt. One..
Write up pt. two
What the hell I'll throw in the Ill Bill track too !!
Meeting Of Styles (Day 2)
Here are some of the flicks from the second day...
Vert was there early getting a jump on day 2.
A photo of a great photographer.. Mr. Eriberto Oriol ( http://www.eribertooriol.com ). The Oriol's are a great family too btw.. Legends in the game.. Much Respect.
Notorious Ones...
Doxology Doxanetics..
Hahahaha "Hold it with bolth hands"
Legends! The weekend was full of suprises.. This one was great..
2nd day coming to an end.. Time to Relax
Man one doing a lil body painting? ha
Roll Call..
Double O GEEZ! (I have the pic where we're all smiling too, but smiling aint gangsta)
The G A N G! Out to O.G SKEZ ONE! NTS SKA DOPE MOB
" As long as I have a can in my hand I'll always have something to say" - Pryer One
"And then pop bottles.." THE GOOSE!
Vert was there early getting a jump on day 2.
A photo of a great photographer.. Mr. Eriberto Oriol ( http://www.eribertooriol.com ). The Oriol's are a great family too btw.. Legends in the game.. Much Respect.
Notorious Ones...
Doxology Doxanetics..
Hahahaha "Hold it with bolth hands"
Legends! The weekend was full of suprises.. This one was great..
2nd day coming to an end.. Time to Relax
Man one doing a lil body painting? ha
Roll Call..
Double O GEEZ! (I have the pic where we're all smiling too, but smiling aint gangsta)
The G A N G! Out to O.G SKEZ ONE! NTS SKA DOPE MOB
" As long as I have a can in my hand I'll always have something to say" - Pryer One
"And then pop bottles.." THE GOOSE!
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