12ozProphet

Only met him once a couple of years back…but I have vivid memories from 1984 of Rab’s (cac) black book with full page pieces by Rem 311, Leroy 444, Ozie and others from money earnin’ Mt Vernon. 

Rest in peace.

Rem 311 Rock on…This one is for you…

instant classic.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/07/22/2010-07-22_empire_strikes_bank_thats_no_lightsaber_vaders_carrying_in_li_stickup.html

Cut paper collage, 2009.

Growing up in Queens, the weeks leading up to the 4th of July were always a buzz with talk around the neighborhood about who was selling fireworks and who got bagged for “selling works” as it was called. Lots of time spent comparing who had what and bragging about having a gross of this or a brick of that. How much one had in their own personal arsenal occupied many summer hours. As kids we were possessed to blow things up - everything from gypsy moths to blowing off the door handles at the school with Block Busters.  I started making collages out of spent firework wrappers around this time and it has continued to inspire me over the years. Here is a detail of a collage I made several years later in 1990…Happy 4th.

some random words…

and one for a real style pioneer, RAMMELLZEE, REST IN PEACE…

Some naughty (bordering inappropriate) gift wrapping paper from the 1950’s that I found while digging for collage materials…Happy fathers day.

Hard to believe it’s already been a year since we lost IZ the WIZ, but like IZ said “you can wash away the name but not the fame.”

Still runnin forever…

Rest in peace

Interview I did a lil while back with the good people at process

http://thisisprocesscom.fatcow.com/?p=367

a couple of gems still hanging on…