Street Art Hip Hop Graffiti
About ten years after its inception around 1970 graffiti culture started to be linked with hip hop a concept coined by the media to facilitate the commercialisation of graffiti and other contemporary cultures.
Street art hip hop graffiti. Tony silver stars. But once hip hop was presented with graffiti in. This artificial link is still seen in the media and therefore also in the mainstream view of graffiti. A documentary that exposes the rich growing subculture of hip hop that was developing in new york city in the late 70s and early 80s specifically focusing on graffiti art and breakdancing. Several hip hop scholars and graffiti artists agree that this is when the graffiti movement melded with the hip hop movement. Fab 5 freddy received further attention when he was name checked in the hit song rapture by blondie in 1981 he appeared in the video for the song alongside jean michel basquiat and the song became the first so called hip hop video to be aired on mtv. Graffiti la is a california based collective of professional graffiti street artists.
Jun 25 2017 explore adamgoethe s board hip hop on pinterest. At bohh we cover the birth of hip hop art and all the latest forms of expression of hip hop art to give you an overview of just how rapidly they are gaining popularity around the world. Perhaps the most popular form of expression of the art is what can aptly be described as hip hop 3d graffiti street art. Street art has enjoyed a steady resurgence in rap over the last few years with kanye west and the clipse jostling to let kaws design their album and magazine covers 50 cent and busta rhymes. See more ideas about graffiti art graffiti street art. Demon kase 2 eric haze d. Both registration and sign in support using google and facebook.
The 1980 s saw graffiti and street art become inextricably linked with the emerging hip hop scene that helped to spread the graffiti culture worldwide. In the words of hip hop scholar jeff chang there is still a raging debate especially amongst older graffiti writers as to whether hip hop and graffiti are linked. We specialize in corporate office murals live art for events commercial and residential murals interactive art set design and graffiti art workshops.