TOOFLY NYC

I have to put this blog post together quick! Off to London in a few hours. November is one crazy month ya’ll. This past weekend I had a chance to paint at the 5th annual Public Art Project called “GRAFFF” I was invited by a lovely artist that goes by the name of Vera. I met her at the MTN wall in Quito a few weeks ago. Super sweet! She is one of the main organisers and directors for the project where 15+ international and local artist participate in mixed media art pieces. From murals, to street art, to dance performances. The project is growing, and the walls are getting bigger too. It was a huge task to take on this long long wall, but I gave it my best, and tried something new. Love how it came out! As soon as I get more flicks from event and the rest of the artist walls I will add. Unfortunately because I was squeezed for time I had not chance to take shots of the the rest of the event, and walls:(

Gracias Vera por la invitacion! La mejor parte de los eventos es tambien conocer al resto de los artistas. Buena onda todos, fue un gusto conocer a todos! 

TOOFLY, AMBATO ECUADOR 2013

Thank you GRAFFF!

Happy to be heading back to California this year. It’s been a minute! This year I will be working with an amazing woman, friend, artist Favianna Rodriguez. We met a few years ago in NY when she was showcasing her prints in El Barrio. I love her work, and the great activism projects she has lead with the Culture Strike group. I am happy to be in full support of her migrations butterfly project which will take place at the Life is Living festival on Saturday October, 12th in Oakland Ca. We will be painting beautiful butterfly pieces for a public street art project about the human right to move. Proud to be part of it and super excited to see everyone! Especially Erin Yoshi, Estria, Glow, Nancy Pilli, Brett Cook Disney, The Few & Far girls, and many more. See you guys soon! ((( Many Thanks )))

Nancy Pili, Estria, Erin Yoshi, and the gang setting off the Estria Battle at the Life is Living Festival.

Favianna Rodriguez/Culture Strike kicking knowledge about what is happening in this country to undocumented immigrants and the crazy laws being passed that many of our friends and family may soon have to deal with. It is a serious time, and we have to use our art to spread these messages to the public at large. Graff is dope and all but we gotta start using our talent to educate folks and spread powerful messages to our community. Our art can be deeper, powerful, and more meaningful to all. DREAM! MIGRATE! LIVE!

Toofly, Glow, Dime

Time for some action!

We’re almost ready!

Strolling through event and found some vendors I love!

Agana ready to rep for the ladies as the only girl out of 14 artists male artists participating!? We need to work on this on the next one…

Blackbook battles with the funky cool youth.

Gloria rock’n her beautiful Butterfly. Migration is TRANSFORMATION!

Great to see all of Oakland beautiful peeps.

Voila! MIGRATON IS FREEDOM/LIBERTAD – Because I am flying back in forth between North America and South America these days the freedom to live this way is def where it’s at. FREEDOM FOR ALL!!! We should have the right as human beings searching for a better life to live wherever we want.

Mary Jane in the house! Nice to finally meet ya. Rocked a nice logo for them earlier this year.

Doves NYC reppin…characters letters background….

Miguel lindo! aka BOUNCE #trustyourstruggle hommie…gotta me time to hang next time.

Doze Green and the gang…Congrats to Vile for the win! 400 Montana cans what! I may just have to get in on this battle next time…it was actually all good and fun. Slowly getting over the idea of a competition…wouldn’t mind winning  400 cans!

It’s a wrap! Thank you Culture Strike <3

Why can’t we make people understand that we can enjoy life? – Phylilis Lun

Thank you Life is Living Festival, Oakland Ca!

Thank you Culture Strike and Estria Foundation!

Heading to Oakland next week. Gearing up. Lot’s to do while I am there. I’ve been preparing for this Pecha Kucha slide presentation for days now and I think I am finally ready for it. Eeeeek! Wish me luck…

Pecha Kucha Night Oakland!
Thursday, October 10, 2013 // 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM

The New Parkway Theater
474 24th Street // Oakland, 94612
Pecha Kucha, San Francisco <—- purchase your tickets!
Facebook Event Link

PechaKucha 20×20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. The presentation format was devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham architecture. The first PechaKucha Night was held in Tokyo in their gallery/lounge/bar/club/creative kitchen, SuperDeluxe, in February, 2003. Klein Dytham architecture still organize and support the global PechaKucha Night network and organize PechaKucha Night Tokyo.

PECHA KUCHA NIGHT in OAKLAND! DJ Agana and Erin Yoshi kicking off a wonderful event weekend.

Fun space. Lounge chairs, popcorn, and the buzz it up service. Super nice! I think I want to plan something like this back in the motherland…

Great presenters on this night. Marc Bamuthi Joseph setting it off. Co-Founder of Life is Living Festival! 

Eeek! TF time. Rock’n it out…

Bigging up our Graffiti Women: Lady Pink, Younity, Ladies Love Project, Few & Far

Favianna Rodriguez – Migration is Beautiful. Speaking the truth!!!

Nancy Pili Hernandez: Water Writes/Estria Foundation represent! Lot’s of wonderful folks doing great things for the community.

To close out the night ETHIOPIAN grub!  

This past weekend I took a trip to the post office in the city, and found out that the MTN Ecuador Spray Paint launch was only 3 blocks away! It turns out that MTN will now be sold officially in Ecuador in various paint shops. I made that u-turn to check out what the event was all about, and ended up painting for 5hrs! I had no sketch, no camera, just 12 cans of the last colors that remained provided by MTN. I went for it with the classic TF warrior character steez. Shout out to my ecua hommies who helped lock down a wall for me; Sapin, Belu Loops, Dennis from Mugre Sur, Sudamerica peeps, and Blooky. I’m finally putting all the faces and names together to navigate the scene down here.  It’s taken me a while but little by little I’ll be able to build with everyone to try and organize something DOPE. Till then the “Guerillera de Amor” is on the scene, painting and making friends <3

Foto: Daniel Kuntur – Shout out to Vera for letting me use her bike to reach up! Shorty rocks gotta find a way…

Foto: Maria – When we figure out how to rock this women’s production, paint sponsorship, and location we will gather the gfraffiteras so look out!

Foto: Andrés “Sapín” Ramírez – Amigo querido on the scene since we met in 2005!:)

Foto: Rmnoby – Hommie from Guayaquil in chats about a wall in the near future. Cool pic:)

Steep! – I’m a big  fan of his work! When I waited for a wall to come thru I watched him paint with latex and spray . Amazeballs!

T-NAZ – Otavalo – Sweet guy! + very talented with the indigenous portraits of his people. We’re in chats about a possible wall in Otavalo in the next few months. One of my favorite artisan towns!


Blooky – Hommie who lived in Italy for a while, and now is back in the country. Helped lock down wall. Gracias amigo!

Quito ladies by “El Rojo” piece. An artist in town from spain, Dope detail! 

Thanks for the paint! thanks for the interviews!:)

Gracias a Carlos Pereira y el crew de MTN Ecuador! Big ups to the graffiti and street artists who participated in the event. Lot’s of talent here, and now that the paint is officially here and in almost all paint shops we can take our work to the next level!!! It’s a perfect time to be in Ecuador:)

Earlier this year during my trip to Peru I met Alejandro Carranza Vela. A local artisan who travels throughout South America  “parchando” ( setting up shop on the street ) and living a carefree street life. From Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, and heading north this year, Alejandro is an amazing soul. I was impressed with his handmade jewelry works on metal, and thread. It’s amazing what one can do with stones, rocks, and beads. There is a whole tribe of friends like Alejandro who travel and set up shop in plazas. They live on the basics, and spend afternoons under the sun making art, music, and friends. I’m enchanted with this whole bohemian hippie life! ((( Inspired ))) Stay tuned for our 2013 jewelry/art collaboration:)

to check out Alejandro’s work visit his Tumblr page: ARTE.VIDA.CULTURA

Check out website for event info! —– > www.contentunderpressure.net

Back from San Antonio and ready to rock these blog posts!

Welcome to the PAINT YARD! Shout out to the entire TPY team who took very good care of us:) XOXO

Ready to rock this wall under the HOT TEXAS sun! Ouch heat…

Thank you IRONLAK! Few& Far Paint Sponsor…

MERLOT! Love this pic chica:)

MEME – Our Few & Far mamasita! Thank you for rounding us up for some hot fun under the sun:) Had a lot of fun on this trip, looking fwd to the next one!

Houston Peeps showing the ladies love <3

HOPS! Keeping us in check, on time, and organized <3 <3 <3

Shout out to the fellas who stopped by wall the and chilled with us under the hot sun. LOGEK, POSE2, MUSE, HEX. Good Times:) XOXO

Gotta love the kids:) Little Rocket and little girls inspired by the ladies painting their neighborhood.

The Amazing REDS! She goes hard wow!

HELLO MY NAME IS:

TOOFLY – Free as free can be…

More wall flicks coming soon!

Content Under Pressure 2013! #thepaintyard San Antonio, TX

It’s a wrap! Time to get home , rest up, and do it all over again. Hello Summer!!! Painting season has begun…

Back from Peru!!! Going through withdrawals. Totally missing it right now;( I truly had a super nice time regardless of the high temperatures which I now officially dislike. Not down with the heat in a busy city anymore. Painting and traveling after so many years starts to teach you a thing or two about how best to conserve your energy and use the time wisely to do all that you love. There is never a sure deal you will return to that city so you have to make it count! I had 12 days to rock 3 collaborative murals, spend quality time with the girls, street stroll, and makee sure I get in on their infamous peruvian ceviche, and pollo a la brasa with to-die-for peruvian sauce. OMG YUM. Food was super good, especially alllllll the maracuya icies for 1 sol I bought every single day on my way to the wall. I couldn’t get enough of those! Overall trip was excellent I got to do it all and much more. Thankful, and in love with the way life is unfolding as I organically flow with the current of life <3

NOSOTRAS ESTAMOS EN LA CALLE, LIMA PERU 2013! CON MUCHA FUERZA!!! Gracias por los pics KREW!

This is the 5th year of the festival, and the wall is bigger and higher than ever. Daunting to look at. Super scary because the equipment and team hired was basic. We had 1 week to complete, but because of the upcoming elections our scaffolds arrived late. Many of the artists had schedules that did no coincide and so the wall will be complete long after we have returned to our countries…

Pencils, paper, and ideas flowed organically. It was a smooth process to come up with the design. It was an honor that my sketch was chosen as the lead design for the overall wall, but super scary that my task was to create the face alllllllllll the way at the top. It was unexpected, but I built up the courage to make it happen. I had 3 days to mentally prepare to hang from a 10 story building for dear life just to get this design to happen. I have never been so scared in my life…but I DID IT!

Adjusting sketch…

I was super happy when I met Wend and Anis from Chile because we clicked right away. They work together to make their productions big and vibrant. My part of the wall was insane to complete on my own and luckily after checking out their work we decided they should most definitely rock the top part of the dress with their beautiful mandala work instead of the heart. I was so happy and so were they because there was no more room on the rest of the wall to rock their work. It was meant to be! Gotta love when that happens…

and so we were ready to rock! D’mente from Mexico reppin’

Peru, Ecuador, Brasil, Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, El Salvador, and USA!

The scariest moment of the entire process…

I lived to tell the story. I am alive!!! Never been this high before on these oldskool equipment set-ups…ah!

Photos: Susana Del Castillo

It takes a lot of courage to do what we did on this huge building. IT’S ON!

The mural process continued long after the festival, and will be finished at the end of March with local peruvian artists. Proud of this wall, even though I was unable to make her face look as dope as I would have liked. Working large scale is a whole new thing for me, I have to improve. Officially addicted to painting big, and painting for days and days to create a master piece. The 3-4 hrs pieces I am used is gonna change from now on..-

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Nosostras Estamos en La Calle Mural “PACHAMAMA”

In a collaborative effort 20+ women from the 5th annual NOSOTRAS ESTAMOS EN LA CALLE took part in creating a 10 story building mural entitled “PachaMama” in the center of Lima, Peru. To celebrate International Women’s History Month, and growing love for Street Art in Peru. The women invited to participate in this event came from Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, El Salvador, Colombia, Brasil, Mexico, Argentina, and USA. The event brought these women together to create a larger than life piece that would represent WOMAN, NATURE, and IDENTITY. In a mountain like form, the image of a strong indigenous woman stands tall with a colorful poncho and peaceful blue skies. The quilt like pieces that come together like a rainbow illustrate images of; women, mother earth, animals, fertility, harvest, nature, native patterns, as well as planetary energy in mandala forms that come from the sun, moon, and stars. As women from Latin America, and of native ancestors we believe that the PachaMama is working louder than ever through artists and activists across the globe. #dopewomenatwork

CENTRO CULTURAL DE ESPAÑA – FESTIVAL LAUNCH

The festival launch began after a few days at the wall which allowed time for folks to get to know each other and get in the mix of things. The launch was held at El Centro Cultural de España. It’s a beautiful space, and a great location with park where all the performances, market, and workshops would be held. The walls are covered with mural works by the current exhibition. It’s beautiful!!! I would love to have an exhibit, mural, and workshops here one day. Some of the women artists who waited their turn at the big wall en el centro had an opportunity to paint here and enjoy the festivities. I made it late, but got a little Toofly piece in there. Not too crazy about it awaiting a good flick to post…

Check out the rest of event flicks here

Current exhibition showcased some works by Elliot Tupac which I love! It’s all about the neon letter styles in Peru…

After launch we gathered the troops that were down for a long night in the centro to drink up their infamous liquor PISCO SOUR! Shout out to the good folks of Peru for the hospitality and putting us on to the spots, as well as making sure we got home safe.

COMAS – Community Mural Production for Barrio Comas.

Low on paint, and energy didn’t stop us from heading deep into the barrios of Comas to paint a community wall. Every year the festival makes sure that low income communities throughout Lima get to enjoy street art, and celebrate women history month. Little, and young girls were on the scene helping the artists and taking part in the wall. It was hot as hell, and limited supply of paint but we made it happen!

Trading sketches with Luna Lee from Chile. Photo by Susana Del Castillo

—- I wasn’t in the mood to paint the materials sucked. Not crazy about my piece so no final pic.

Photo by: Susana Del Castillo
Unsure what kind of transformation I’m going through but my work is changing quite a bit. Still not sure how to grab hold of it. I couldn’t summon up what I’m used to painting back in the states, it just doesn’t come out anymore. Dynamita and I had a brief conversation about it, and it felt right that it is as it should be. I have to give it time to form. I am exactly where I need to be to explore this change. The energy is different in Latin America, and it calls for a different message. It’s going to be a while until I get the knack for this new flow. Anxious! I need good paint, and long hours to continue to develop it…

BEACH DAY AT PUNTA NEGRA

After days of painting, and traveling in the swealtering heat we finally had a chance to hit the beach in Punta Negra which was like 2 hrs away from centro. It was a cloudy day, and water was freezing but we got our sun action on.

Helados, Cervesa, and Sand Castles with our artisan friends from la Torta…

After a long day at the beach folks gotta eat! We headed to Milagro restaurant in the neighborhood where our fellow artist BIARK was cooking up a feast. Thank you sweets! It was DELICIOUS.

Perfect ending to our beach excursion, sunsets of lava….

LIMA STREET STROLLZ

When traveling I make sure to make time for my street strolls and dolo thoughts. It’s a great time to take in the flow of the city, it’s people, and it’s environment. It was a lucky time to be in Lima because LatinoAmericano was happening at the same time. A large mural production held every year during March. WOW! I hoep I can get down with it one day. I was super happy that my hommie Pau Quintana Jornet, Chilean from Berlin was painting. Sweetheart making big moves! Happy we are both now traveling throughout South America and painting our hearts out:) Looking forward to chatting it up about an upcoming exhibit in Berlin, and productions in Latin America and the states. Yeah baby!

Love you Pau Pau!

On that same block where Pau is painting is a few artists and as soon as I saw STEEP’S work I was like yeah! Fellow artist from Quito.  Finally got a chance to meet in person. LOVE his work! I’ve been scoping it for a while now.Gonna connect and build when he gets back to Ecuador:)

I want to send a super fat shout out to las Chilenas Anis and Wend and organizer Monica. Lovely ladies. Gonna plan a trip to Chile for sure this year can’t wait!!! Dope homegirls right here. Wend te debo una polo! Abrazotes a todas!!!

Mad love for all the girls especially D’Mente! She’s a a colorful spirit. We had great chats in Miraflores, and thanks to her street strolls to sell her goodies we met our new friends at La Torta! Good Times.

Thankful to have met some truly creative souls on this trip. Especially the fellow artists that hang out at la Torta who make handmade jewelry and crafts. The energy here is peaceful, loving, and as free as the wind. Most of these artists travel throughout various cities with their crafts and live on the most basics things in life. There was no escaping the vibration…

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Peru is definitely making it happen with the street art… (((( INSPIRED ))))

NOSOTRAS ESTAMOS EN LA CALLE, EN LA PLAYA, Y EN DONDE NOS DE LAS GANAS!

Thank you Lima, Peru. Next time I will make it to Machu Pichu!!!

Peru, Ecuador, Brasil, Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, El Salvador, Colombia, USA, and more! Latin America is where it’s at, and where my heart is today. Shout out to the artists, and organizers Claudia, Mishap, Monika, and everyone else who made this experience possible. Un abrazo digital a Amanda for the hospitality and cozy home stay in Santa Beatriz. Fuerza y amor para todas!!!

I’m super excited to head to Lima, Peru next month! I’ve been trying to plan a trip there for some time and luckily this month my ecua-hommie Andres, hooked me up with his homegirl who organizes the Latina America all female street art festival entitled: “NOSOTRAS ESTAMOS EN LA CALLE”, ” WE ARE IN THE STREET” Celebrating Women’s History month for the 5th year in a row. I’ll be reppin’ Ecuador and NY. Special shout out to the ladies who organize this event, looking forward to meeting you all. Gracias amigas!

Soundtrack of my life. FUN IN THE SUN!!! Miami during December rocks. Got a chance to paint, exhibit, and most of all spend time with my loving friends vacay style. We rented a gorgeous vacation home – which I recommend is the best way to do Miami during these trips because you get it all +  it’s cheaper. We stayed in Coconut Grove near Calle 8 and Little Habana where we can get our morning cuban coffee on. Cute area! After I finished painting with the girls our days were spent sipping cranberry drinks at the FlavorPill event, swimming in the pool to some dope music, ciphering, grilling delicious marinated skirt steaks, partying like the crazies that we are, and making home cooked meals to cure our hangovers. It was so much fun!!! We made our rounds during Basel to support our fellow artists and enjoy the creative energy at Wynwood. If your an artist, or lover of the sunshine your ass needs to be here!

ART BASEL 2012

Showing the fellas some luv at POP gallery. Shout out to 2Esae, Ski, and Col. Good seeing you guys!

Finally got a chance to meet Travis!:) Giving a shout out to the FCNY crew!

ABSOLUTELY a must. The FlavorPill FREE LUNCH 3 day event sponsored by Absolute kicked off the afternoon like no other!

Drinks, hot pool, and a beautiful sunny day!

It’s not a party till you dance to some Biggie, even if it’s in the pool!

Shout out to my beautiful sister and her friends who strolled thru to say whadddup! LOVE YOU.

Our last day in Miami and we got it all in! Last chance for pool dips at our vacation home, cipher sessions, southbeach, and Little Habana for some cuban breakfast.

Shout out to our hommie Percy who made the quick troop from Boston for some FUN IN THE SUN!

Sometimes you just gotta jump in…

enjoy the sunshine…

and have fun…

I hate goodbyes. See ya later sounds better no?

Our last dining session at PANORAMA terrace in Coconut Grove. 5 min away from our vacay home. Peruvian cuisine. DELICIOUS. We recommend it highly.

LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Till next time:) Don’t forget the berry wine hahhahahahha

Juxtapoz Magazine and Mixed Media Collective present “The Factory”
at Wynwood Cigar Factory
101 NW 24th Street, Miami, Florida 33127
website: www.wynwoodcigars.com

Juxtapoz Magazine and Mixed Media Collective present “The Factory” at Wynwood Cigar Factory. The multifaceted, indoor/outdoor art compound will house a vast collection of artwork featuring prominent local and nationally recognized artists. Street Art favorites including 131, Abstrkt, Alex Yanes, Myla (of Dabs & Myla), DALeast, Evoca1, Faith47, Jose Mertz, Lebo, Tatiana Suarez, Toofly and others, will adorn the indoor and outdoor spaces of the Wynwood Cigar Factory’s 15,000 square foot combined area. Guests are invited to enjoy open format gallery viewings, live mural painting, complimentary Perrier sparkling mineral water provided by Societe Perrier, complimentary Chambord Vodka & Societe Perrier signature cocktails, complimentary Becks Beer, complimentary Steep City Tea tastings and suggested Wynwood Cigar pairings, The Paint Yard Miami Pop-Up Shop featuring Montana aerosol paints, Wynwood Cigar Factory Pop-Up Shop, the only official KidRobot Pop-Up Shop during Basel week and the 1st annual Basel Biergarten launching in the mural garden.

This unique space is primarily a fully functioning cigar factory. The indoor 5,000 square foot space will serve as the exhibition area for The Factory Art show and house pop-up shops for partners and sponsors. Among these, KidRobot will be carrying fan favorites such as MUNNYWORLD vinyl toys and other KidRobot branded products. Custom painted MUNNYWORLD characters created by several of the featured artists will be on display throughout the event. For those wanting to create their own MUNNY characters, KRINK markers will be available at ThePaintYard.com pop-up shop. ThePaintYard.com shop will not only carry paint markers but also will offer the only aerosol paint pop-up shop in Wynwood carrying Montana aerosol paint.

The property’s 10,000 square foot outdoor area, partially enclosed by over 300 feet of mural walls, will be buzzing with the sound of aerosol as some of the top names in the street art world bring the murals to life. Thursday-Sunday from 2pm-6pm guests can view murals being painted by local favorites 131, Abstrkt, Alex Yanes, Danny Cordero, Evoca1, Lebo and Remote will be creating custom pieces on the walls located on the west side of the outdoor space. Famed artists Faith 47 and DALeast also will be collaborating on the mural. On the east wall of the mural garden, the all-female street art collaborative known very well as “Few & Far” will be crafting up a new 120’x17’ piece which is sure to become a Wynwood favorite long after the events have passed. The nationally recognized group includes artists, Agana, Beth Emmerich, Erin Yoshi, Glow, Hops, Ksra, Meme, Myla (of Dabs & Myla), OneSevenNine, Reds, Tatiana Suarez and Toofly.

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Lot’s happenng in the month of November, which is all good because I will be back in NY for most of it ready to rock! On November 10th you can view new Toofly works in person at the group exhibition entitled FEAR NO ART 4 curated by our friend Marka27. The showcase will take place at a really dope gallery space called FourthWall Projects in Boston, Ma. Check out the site to view some of the artists work. Ive bnever been to Boston so this is greta excuse for me to take a weekend road trip with my friends to check out the show, and scope out the neighborhood. Looking forward to it, see ya soon BOSTON!

FEAR NO ART 4
FourthWall Project
Opening Reception November 10th 7-9PM.
– through December 3rd –
132 Brookline Ave, Boston Ma

Getting a chance to exhibit my Love Warrior series at last! They look lovely on black frames…check em’ out if your in BOSTON! Show will be up until DEC 3rd, 2012.

Nice Turnout Boston!

Our AIRBNB.COM Crew:) Glad we made it happen and took the troop. Special shout out to Sheetal who hooked us up with her place and rooftop access for them late night ciphers.

MARKA 27 Curator, Artist and hella good hommie right here….

Shout out to all the artsits and new peeps we met. Loved the gallery, loved the art. Hope to return one day! XOXO

THE GOOD LIFE – jam sessionz, and universal convos! Let’s not forget the Chicken and Waffles. YUM!!! Thanks guys for making our weekend trip a great time:) Love and hugs to you both!

NYC and Beyond  *wink

THANK YOU BOSTON!!!

Oh snap. Lot’s popping off this coming November. Excited to be part of the Meeting of Styles Ecuador event on November 24th in the motherland!!! Super proud, gonna represent like never before. More details coming soon…

Gathered a few more flicks from Austin trip this morning. Wanted to share the feel of this city a bit and the lovely time I spent at our hommies new casita.

More flicks below…

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Mama Said Knock You Out 2! with some of the dopest WOMEN IN HIP HOP artists today. REAL HIP HOP! The event was held at the community space called  THE COLLECTIVE in Austin, Texas, Saturday October 6th. Event was on point. The ladies did their thang. Line up was ill, best performance by women in Hip Hop I have seen in a very long time. So happy I got to experience it. Flava, raw verses, and conscious messages were delivered on stage with passion and heart. Big ups to Invincible, Lah Tere, Las Krudas, Wanda, Tru Bloo, Yoli, Tiger Lily, DJ Trinity, T-Kay, T-Fly, and more WOW! I’m proud of Hip Hop! It’s been a minute. Sharing the creative space as a live artist was awesome. The piece came out beautiful , and it will now have a wonderful home at the Mamas of Color clinic opening up soon for ATX to enjoy. Coming together for a great cause fills our spirit, and this wonderful night could not have been possible without the hard work of the mamas crew. Word up, great job ladies!!!

Tru Bloo poster signings….

DJ Trinity on the 1 & 2’s!

INVINCIBLE – Detroit

Lah Tere – Chicago

Tiger Lily – ATX

LAs Krudas- Cuba

Love you guys!

MAMA SANA, VIBRANT WOMAN

“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” - Emile Zola

Whew! Back from Austin and with a load of flicks to go through. Working on my blog takes hours, and days at times. Something I actually enjoy doing! Yes I’m a blog geek. Ya’ll are lucky cuz I’m one of a few artists who likes to go all out and hook it up so it looks good. SOooo here we go with the first post—–>TOOFLY X NIX Wall Collaboration. Austin, TX 2012. Happy Niz saw my FB post about my trip to her city because she was able to lock down a wall for us just in time! Last time we painted together was in 2008 at the Younity Heart & Soul event in Brooklyn. It’s been years! Glad we got to link up, paint, and chat it up:) Love ya Niz! thank you for making it happen hommie:)

Worked a little backwards this time, threw me off a bit when I had to get to the face…uff…live and learn.

MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT! That’s right a little LL COOL J love for the event going down…

((( Boombox Lover )))

Funky Fresh NIZ! #stencilartist for RUN DMC, and LL COOL J

Shout out to Mamas Cupcakes for letting us rock their wall:)

TOOFLY X NIZ, Austin TX 2012