SOHH LEFT COAST

I’m going to wrap this all up at the end of the week and at that point you’ll see where I’m going with it (although the title of the blog should be pretty sufficient as far as hints go), but for now, we’re going to take this step by step.

I’m going to give you some homework...

At some point today, whether it’s when you get home, or while you’re bored at work, take a moment to go research one of these California graff artists (or all of them if so inclined). If you think it’s a waist of time, take into consideration that it can’t hurt to learn something new about a topic that you may be unfamiliar with, especially if it’s part of a culture that you claim to love. With everyone saying that hip hop is dead, maybe it's time to start taking some action to bring it back to life.

So here’s the list:

- Saber AWR/MSK (check out some info on his infamous LA River piece; www.saberone.com is a good place to start)

- Revok AWR/MSK (check out www.revok1.com)

- Tribe AWR (aka DJ Lady Tribe)

- Gkae AWR (If I had to recommend one, I’d go with this guy; the story of how he ended up doing prison time for graff is INSANE)

- Twist THR (aka Barry McGee)

- Dug TMF

- Slick K2S/STN

- Toomer TKO

- Meek TKO

- Giant BA (make sure you also check out his tattoo work; you can go to www.mikegiant.com for both)

Happy hunting...