This past Saturday some of the Bay Area’s best DJs and artists gathered to pay tribute to Oakland’s beloved Graffiti King and Bay Area legend, Mike “DREAM” Francisco. Recognized worldwide as a style master, Dream’s graffiti established the visual aesthetic of Oakland’s Hip Hop culture and put The Town on

A family man from the Northeast, the Jersey shore is where I currently reside. Collision Industry by trade, my daily grind is damage analysis on wrecked cars at County Line Auto Body. I Grew up in a motor sports family, with deep roots that originated with my grandfather circle track dirt racing and continued through sport compact and import drag racing in the mid 90’s all the way to the current day in Formula Drift with Gardella Racing & the race gurus @CountyLineAB   Along the way I’ve picked up a love for extreme sports, basketball, & cultural art.  I dig  Hip Hop, Graffiti, DJ’ing (with actual vinyl), fashion, photography, & food. I am a collector of vinyl toys, sneakers, T-shirts, stickers, good books, and artwork. This is a

DREAM DAY 2014 “Dream but don’t sleep.” Saturday, August 23rd Greenpeace Yard 955 7th Street, Oakland, CA 2pm-7pm Photo Cred: Repost from Marty WillieMaze Aranaydo & Vogue One Honoring the Life and Legacy of Mike “Dream” Francisco. LIVE painting by TDK Crew & Fam DJs // Day Party vibes Food/Bevvys

Becoming a successful artist can boil down to your individuality sometimes. Skill is a good percentage of someone’s talents but really it’s your substance that may hold you in a different bracket from the rest. Nychos’s anatomy deconstruction is as complex as it is bogus to the human eye. It’s

You can take back all the things you give But ya can’t take back the days you live Life is to some people who’ve been on earth Livin’ every single day for what it’s worth I live my life just how I please Satisfy one person I know, that’s me

A little late to the party but considering I am not a California-native I think this post still deserves some daps! Ok, maybe not but let me share my experience from the perspective of a Japanese Tattoo fan. The Japanese American National Museum, located in downtown Los Angeles, has been

[Cover Photo: Sevdaliza] Here’s the newest installment of the New Music Tuesday playlist featuring the best new tracks to hit the Internet: New Albums Released This Week:           Ab-Soul – These Days A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Sea When Absent Black Bananas – Electric Brick Wall Circulatory

This morning I had an opportunity to share a community project call Not Even Once Mural Project NEOMP on KHON Wake Up 2Day morning news with my student Akira One (15 yrs old) doing live art.  The focus of this project is to bring awareness through art to the dangers