Jazz Portrait 6-Mulatu Astatke

I heard this guys name before but hadnt put two and two together until recently. This is a beautiful song by Mulatu and his Ethiopian Quintet

Mandela Marketplace-West Oakland

Mandela Marketplace from Storytellers For Good on Vimeo.

Incredible store, kind people, great food, super needed in the hood! I used to live 5 minutes from this store and shopped there regularly. Super grateful for their work and existence. Support if you are in the bay.

Character 18-The Golden Child

Wouldnt it be fresh if they did a remake of "The Golden Child"?! This is a re-design of an illustration I originally did for The Akonadi foundation poster contest.Didn't win, but will be entering again next year! Props to the winner Ernesto Yerena and to Akonadi! I wish more organizations offered contests like these. Keep pushing.Keep positivity!

Jazz Portraits 5 -Georgia Anne Muldrow

Georgia on my mind! Have you heard her remix for "Suite for Ma Dukes" , whew!!!

Muphoric Sounds 14

Happy International Women's Day, another funky post from my "In The Trunk" series on Muphoric Sounds.You gotta remember this song!! It is a Bronx Classic.

Coup painting circa 03'

Painted this a long time ago, finally ready to let it go. One of my favorite Coup Songs is.....support The Coup at their next show, or when the next LP drops. They are one of my favorite groups of all time.

Character revisited

Revisisted character design with color and darker lines.

B/W Throwback-Lowrider Arte

So it turns out Lowrider Arte featured this one a year ago and didn't tell me. I don't think i showed many people this piece.Check it out eh and please tell LRMagazine to notify folks when they're shit is up there so we can spread the good word.

Character 17-Teen Blade

Blade when he was a teenager

Jazz Portraits 4-Jose James

Again, these are just quick sketches. Here's a slapper from Jose.