Dana Weiser – Gang Signs

Spotted at 80s Purple:
Dana Weiser is an artist whose themes explore race and identity. It stems from her adoption and childhood, growing up as a Korean female in a Jewish family. And Throw ‘Em Up is her latest project. The series is a collection made entirely of plaster, paint, and steel of Los Angeles’ gang signs and LA gang-like gestures: Crips, Bloods, LA, Westside, and the middle finger. Sums it up. Doubt the Bloods and Crips are strolling around a gallery right now looking at these. But interesting nonetheless. I want to hang the LA one on my front door.
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‘Cause I Felt Like It.

Mos Def x Talib Kweli x Common – Respiration
 
So much on my mind that I can’t recline
Blastin holes in the night til she bled sunshine
Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine
Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline
Heard the bass ride out like an ancient mating call
I can’t take it y’all, I can feel the city breathin
Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening
Sigh before we die like the last train leaving