HAVE A DOPE DAY

lowrider council members, Duke club members, leaders in their community yes shavolla and Carlos are these things but more importantly they are mother and father,husband and wife that have built their family in and around a community and culture they truly love. Yes they have sick ass rides but the the real value in this story is the relationship between the people in the lowrider community that ma...

Man I keep trying to tell y'all Sacramento is dope as fuck ! We Been dope ass fuck ! Our artist here are truly one of a kind. Kuya flip is exactly that. An artist from Sacramento that is dope as fuck lol. But More importantly kuya flip is first a father and husband with a vision of what he wants for his people and music is one of the vehicles that is going to get them there . I appreciate the way...

The best part about this whole experience in art is I never know who is going to teach me what when I meet them . Everyone has a unique story and talent that is special to them and it's always amazing to me . Juliet Elise is definitely one of the people that has help to teach me some things and for that I'm grateful ! This episode is her story in her own words 🙏🏼🔥🎨. -HAVE A DOPE DAY-

It's always dope to me to hear how Graff has shaped the life of other young people like myself. The life long friendships we make in the Graff game are truly different from any other relationships we have in life. This episode is about HEXO and his crew UI. I recently purchased his magazine- NO FACE NO CASE -. I was impressed by the layout and focus he puts on his people from UI . The interview st...

My father once asked me "what makes a journey man"? I said time and experience he just grins and said "yeah " we laughed out loud, finished our beers and went back to work. I learned to spot the real badass in the shop after that by the way they carried themselves and how they talk about the craft. Mark is definitely one of those guys he's not ashamed of the hard earned experience in his journey a...

My Favorite art is the kind that makes me me question wtf am I looking at. Art that steals your attention is extremely powerful in my opinion. This is exactly what Jaqueline Valenzuela's art did to me the first time I was introduced to it. I couldn't "call it" meaning I didn't know exactly where it's origin was rooted in. Is it a graff writer? is it fine art? What's t...

The power of people truly inspiring one another is always amazing to me! In this episode, featuring Manuel Fernando Rios, I got a bit of extra special amazement because of who inspired him (Ricardo favela). The more I experience the impact the members of the Royal Chicano Air Force have on their students and the people around them, the less surprised I am when amazingly dope things happen as a res...

I once herd about a dude (Leon Willis)that did so much graffiti in midtown Sacramento that the city made it a condition of his probation to not b allowed in midtown until his time was served. The sac Graff scene in the 90s was truly different from the Graff scene today. Once in a while I meet someone from that time period and get a bit more of the story . What really blows me away tho is what thes...

When I meet special people i ask myself how did they get "here" aka what's their story? What lead them to This place and time in life and why did our paths cross right now? When this happens I slow down and take a second to try and get to know a bit about them and their intentions. This episode is the story of Jennah & Robert whitcanack founders and owner of The medium tattoo and gallery. Thei...

After a High speed police chase in a  stolen car on meth it's safe to say My guest was really heading for Rock bottom fast and it's going to get worse before it gets better . Sad to say this is the case for most of us in the Graff game and the "rock bottom" is different for everyone and it's not always drugs that lead us to that point but in this case it definitely is. Personally I'm glad it...

This is very special episode for me 🙏🏼 .  Justin and Kelly's story started July 4th 2004 . Just two kids in their 20s living life. "Life" gets real serious real fast for them and truly test the love and loyalty they have for one another. Fast forward almost 20 years later and it's easy to see that they have an even stronger love for one another that plays out in every aspect of their lives...

You can't  talk about hip-hop culture in Sacramento California without mentioning the GETTA CLUE STORE . From 1992 to 2023 they have been providing the culture with the latest and greatest in street wear fashion and providing a space for the heads in the culture to thrive in  DJ's, Graff writer, b boys and MC's aka rappers all know that in Sacramento GETTA CLUE is the spot were hip-hop i...

I can describe Robin's work with a few emoji's 🤯🤤😳📸🦖🔥😍🥺😁😃 !!! I didn't give his work my attention ,his work stole my attention and I couldn't look away from it . I couldn't decide if it was digital or a painting this can't b photography,if it is it's all Photoshop Honestly I don't care what tools he used (photography)I just felt like it was a scene from my life . Then the questions start...

One Saturday morning I was surfing on IG just seeing what's what . I came across a picture of the beginning stages of a huge mural. I instantly knew what the mural was and that was exciting but to b honest the thing that excited me most was WHERE it was !  Northgate Blvd hasn't changed much in 30 years so a huge mural of "Mexican dancer"(what I called it) was definitely something to b excited...

You ever meet someone and go ... Oh shit they "match" their graffiti. The look and energy of the person, feels like their graffiti and all the little things you thought were dope about their graff begin to make sense! That's what happened when I met ROAR ! Punk rock ,tattoo artist, husband,father and all around bad ass are all ROAR worthy hashtags. Dude had allot of game for us in this episode . K...

Exactly one year ago Cheyenne Randall aka Indian giver blessed me with my first ever interview on the first ever episode on this podcast.  I had zero experience in podcasting or interviewing people 😆. So one year later with thousands of minutes of recording time and interviewing many different kinds of people I wanted another chance to sit down with Cheyenne as a more experienced host and al...

For some of us in the streets there is only one way to play the graff game .this means we don't just "write Graff" we fucking do Graffiti! We eat,breath ,sleep graffiti it's a full contract sport that is not to b played with because when shit gets real... it's all the way real . It's serious business to some of us  . Graffiti is intense and that's why we love it . This episode is the story of...

Artist are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get . For me This is especially true with Jeff musser and his work. my first honest thoughts were " I just know that I like it " then come the questions why ,what,when,  in these conversations with artist I always learn something that I apply to my own creative process .  Conversation's with Jeff musser about his jo...

Sometimes art finds people. Sometimes people find art.  In Brian's case it's a bit of both. Brian moves to the dopest city on planet earth  Sacramento California and begins to curate an idea"I wanted to show people back east what California was really like , aside from what people see on tv"  I call this making art honestly meaning you do it because it's good for your spirit and sou...

Saturday morning cartoons and cereal was a  tradition allot of us had the privilege to take part in. The cartoons you only get to see on Saturday morning!  Back when it was ok to chillax in you're pajamas all morning! Before bills and responsibilities!  Back when all you had to worry about was running out of milk and not missing an episode of your show . A simpler time in our life's...

I don't remember every seeing neon lights use like this before! It makes sense to me somehow! These are my first thoughts the first time I seen Melissa uroff work in person . these thoughts never left my brain and I had no idea months later I would b sitting down with the artist talking about who she is what she does and how she got to this point in her artist journey. Melissa uroff has made it a...

This is truly the wildest graffiti story I have ever herd ! This story is so wild and so not yet over that I ask the producer to remove the name of the writer because as some of you know it's not hard for detective's to look into your profile base  on the smallest  bit of information and then arrest warrants are issued and then hopefully bail and  all the other "fun" stuff that come...

I use to trip out over the type's of people that paint graffiti. Now I understand that the graffiti culture has always had the power to heal the knuckle heads and sick ass foos we call friends and family in the Graff game . This episode with BLOTE is a great example of what I'm talking about. BLOTER allows us a glimpse in to his life's wild journey with no holding back the good bad the ugly the po...

Conan is a veteran in the frame game here in Sacramento California. Since the mid 90s he has been practicing and mastering the art of framing  . I call him the "second artist"  😁 on the piece because what he does truly add's  value visually and at the same time protection for the art  for years to come . Extending the life and impact of the art that is inside the frame. Conan...

This episode is a bit different. A three way conversation about art ,dad life and Ballance and everything in-between. With two of my friends   DUST ONE🦖🎨 and WES HEMLOCK🦖🎥 two dope artist / dad's that share their personal experience on these  topics and more . These two are some of my favorite people to talk shop with because of the difference in approach and execution in simila...