Brooklyn native, actor, writer, rapper, producer, all around b-boy and TMG contributor Mtume Gant is making a film called Spit. The term “spit” refers to a rapper or MC/emcee rapping or reciting a rhyme. In full disclosure I’ve known Mtume for a minute. For those that know him, or have had the pleasure of just talking to him, he’s an intelligent, talented and thoughtful artist. Poet Charles Bukowski wrote, “It’s not the known great, but the great who die unknown,” that’s …
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Mangchi’s Nega Mola EP is here; the hammer has been dropped. Mangchi (Korean for hammer) is the musical super project of artist David Choe aka Igloo Hong, comedian/rapper/singer Steve Lee aka Quangou (Comedian/actor Bobby Lee’s brother), musician/producer Money Mark (Beastie Boys and many other projects) and their cast of talented friends have put together an amazing EP called Nega Mola (Korean -Nega 네가 You + Molla 몰라 I Don’t Know = You Don’t Know, a nod to a DVDASA podcast catchphrase by crew member Vale aka …
Fifty years ago in Long Beach, California at the inaugural International Karate Championships competition the legendary martial artist, action TV/film star, and philosopher Bruce Lee performed his martial arts feats that stunned and shocked the attendees and competitors at the event. Bruce Lee was a complex individual, beyond the punching and kicking; he was a philosopher, a civil rights activist (in his own way), a rebel against traditions that he saw as stifling to human progression, and a family man. For …
Some heads went in on these coasters for the The 2nd Annual Coaster Show. The artists in the exhibition take the simple concept of drawing on a beer coaster to a whole other level. It’s not a game. The work varies in style from surrealism, hyper realism, pop art, abstract etc. The rules for the group show were “each coaster must be a solitary work (though it’s fine if several pieces work together contextually), and they must be priced $250 or less.” Last year the …
Democracy Now Headlines 8-29-2014. [Democracy Now] Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Wage Gap The Daily Show – Race/Off (8-26-2014) VICE Japan – 袴田巌ー無実の死刑囚 – Japan’s Innocent on Death Row Arson-Murder Rap Overturned, Man Set Free After 24 Years – Judge rules that the 1990 case against Han Tak Lee was based on now-discredited arson science. [Angry Asian Man] Navasota officer won’t face charges for fatally shooting teen. [ABC 13] 9-Year Old with an Uzi? America is tougher on toys than guns. …
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