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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Cutie and the Boxer (2013) is a documentary about the life of a Brooklyn, NYC based Japanese avant-garde artist Ushio Shinohara and his wife Noriko (also an artist), and their 40 plus year relationship. Besides showcasing Ushio and Noriko’s art, Cutie and the Boxer explores the struggles and sacrifices that Ushio and his wife Noriko go through trying to make a living and raising a family as artists. Ushio maybe the known artist, and thinks of himself as the star of the documentary, but we …
Jam Master Jay’s son TJ Mizell DJs in an NYC subway train. From what I can spot and infer on the videos of his setup: 2 Technic Turntables DJ Coffin X-Frame Stand TTM57-SL Vestax Pro-05-III (with Serato box) Serato Time Code Vinyls Macbook Some kind of portable powered PA Speaker Car Battery The use of the car battery to power his setup is a nice touch. Very similar to how they did it in the old school Hip-Hop park-jam days, people would …
The East New York brothers on their block sipping brew charging visitors $20 to take a picture of a Banksy stenciled rat were just charging a tax. Can’t knock the hustle. When Banksy announced on his website that he was selling his stencil painted canvases in Central Park, it seemed like everyone knew except New Yorkers. He was selling original signed canvases. He himself (or they) calls his stencil paintings cheating. Graf writers aren’t exactly loving this dude, but he …
Earlier this month the notoriously unknown Banksy (assuming this is his website) announced, Better Out Than In, an exhibition where he treats New York City like his own out door museum. It’s a month long artist in residency. Recently he’s been hitting up the boroughs with fresh styles. To stay true to the concept, he numbers each painting and he puts a toll free phone number next to it where you can call and get some cynical insight about a specific …
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