12ozProphet

My friend Laurence (culture marketing manager at Red Bull France) invited me last night to the Red Bull BC one B-Boy battle at Hammerstein ballroom.  She hooked me up and homey Gorey with dope spot where we had a great view on the battles.The night was sick! Boogie down finest blast master KRS ONE was hosting the event and in between battles, Talib Kweli and Hi-Teck as well as the world famous Rock Steady Crew killed it.. It’s the first Hip Hop event in years where I felt I was watching HD TV. Huge bass and perfect sound, fantastic light show and perfect timing. The crowd (including, Ninth Wonder, Fab Five Freddy, Zulu Gremlins,Ricky Powell, Martha Cooper,etc…) was super hype the all night. The battle level was just beyond real and the true Hip Hop culture was at its best. I wish I could post the movies I shot but I leave it to you to go to the Red Bull BC NY battle 2009 to appreciate. Congratulation to Lilu for crushing the competition.


B-Boy action

RSC fame Crazy Leg chillin’

Rock Steady crew in action

Kweli rocking the crowd.

The stage full of sneaker skid marks after bunch of battle

No Mas did it again! Congrats Chris!

The junior swiss soccer team became today world champion. It’s the first time in the soccer history of my country that we won such a title. The under 17 year old selection beat Nigeria 1-0 in final in Abuja,Nigeria in front of 64’000 African fans! The earned their title after beating teams such as Brazil,Colombia and Italy to reach the final. The beauty about this victory is that most of the player have immigrant parents (Ex-Yugoslavia, Tunisia, Turkey,etc…) Switzerland needed this kind of “patriotic” victory to show all the dumbed ass racist recently elected over there that they are so wrong. Big Up Kids!!!!

©Keystone

Dam Dash created an interesting new project/collective named Black Roc. The project will come out as an LP mixing beat composed by the rock band The black Keys and a who’s who of mc’s including Mos Def, Raekwon, MOP,etc…
Check the web episodes. It’s funny to see Jim Jones and other fellas hanging out at the Lormer street corner in Williamsburg, BK.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the infamous Berlin Wall. I remember in 89 watching the news with my parents full of tears of joy.This wall haunted my youth. I was fascinated by the art all over it and scared about the photo and stories of the many people who died trying to go over it to escape communism. My business partner Eric allowed me to scan few pages of this incredible book he owns about the Wall of Berlin art. The cover actually contents a small capsule with a real piece of the actual wall.

My good friend Chris Isenberg who is one of the person responsible for my obsession with sport graphic and sport in general released today an amazing project. Today is the 35th of Ali rumble in the jungle. To celebrate the event, Muhammad Ali Enterprises LLC (MAE) has commissioned NO MAS to create “Rumblevison”, a series of three original animated short films. To explore the legendary fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman and the iconic scene in Zaire, Chris tapped three fine artists with distinct styles: watercolorist David Rathman, oil painter Jerome Lagarrigue and pen and ink man James Blagden. In conjunction with a viral release, No Mas will also retail the original artwork, editioned prints and t-shirts based on key frames, along with its current collection of licensed reproductions of t-shirts worn by Muhammad Ali during his storied career. Great job brother!!!! More here.

Zaire by David Rathman

The Godfather of Soul vs. The Greatest of All Time by James Bladgen

Round Zero by Jerome Lagarrigue

I scored last week this nice auction catalogue for $5 in Brooklyn. This graffiti based auction happened at the Guernsey’s gallery in June 2000. I wish I was there… Good luck to find a Kaws or Espo at $3000-$4500 nowadays.

I have been seeing this ad in the subway for ever. I guess I should give a shot at it. You can’t lose it works both way.