DEATHBOWL TO DOWNTOWN “Soul Artists” from Six Stair on Vimeo.

The Souls Artists were the original grafitti crew from the Upper West Side of Manhattan who spawned New York’s first skate crew in the 70′s called Zoo York. This segment is a good history lesson about what the city was like back in the day.

Name Tagging with Martha Cooper from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo.

Last month, pioneering Hip-Hop documentarian Martha Cooper debuted her newest publication Name Tagging at the OBEY Pop-Up Shop. Covering the prevalent notion of tagging with stickers once used primarily in the corporate environment, we took the opportunity to visit with Martha Cooper regarding her book, her contributions to graffiti and Hip-Hop and the importance of her getting involved early on as a photographer and the difficulty current photographers face.

Tourists who visit Los Angeles often visit Grauman’s Chinese Theatre to see the footprints of the stars. Now they can also dip their toes into gangsta culture.

For the last six months, an L.A. company, LA Gang Tours, has been offering tours of the city’s hottest gang spots, including the county jail, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party and a lab where graffiti artists ply their trade.

The tours are priced at $65 and, along with seeing the sights, polo shirt-wearing tourists can also take photos with reformed gang members and ask them questions about the thug life.

More info HERE!!!

http://getgrounded.tv gets down with Peeta, Faith 47, Indigo, Titi Freak at the Vancouver installment of Paint your Faith.

After a BANKSY stencil was painted over by Toronto artist MANR, not only did a war of words begin but also a paint war….

Read more and see all the flicks HERE!