Graf legend Iz the Wiz passed away yesterday after struggling for many years with kidney failure. Iz was one of the original New York Kings who influenced me and so many others. I can honestly say that his method of hitting trains with back-to-back-to-back fill-ins directly influenced my bombing style, as well as that of  another fallen King, my homie SIL 5×7. May they both rest in peace.

The footage above shows Iz hitting one last train just days before his passing. Robbie has a couple more clips of Iz from the original Style Wars and the new bonus DVD footage.

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This Saturday, May 16th, the New Design High School on Manhattan’s Lower East Side will hold the opening reception for their Rooftop Legends 2009 graffiti exhibit on the rooftop of their Seward Park Campus on the Corner of Essex and Grand Streets.  The exhibit will showcase the skills of some of the most prolific and talented graf artists in the world, and all proceeds will be go towards NDHS academic and design programming. The big homie DJ Enuff will be on hand spinning records all afternoon, and if that’s not enough to bring you out, think about how much this will piss off Peter Vallone.

More info and some shots from the Rooftop Legends 2007 exhibit after the jump.

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“I’ma go harder than ‘Ye go, and ‘Ye go hard, that’s bay-bro…”

I’m pretty sure alot of us saw this coming.

JAY-Z vs KANYE WEST

I’m kinda hoping Jay wins and Kanye spazzes.

Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant talk about their seminal graf bible Subway Art and the new 25th Anniversary reissue that’s about to drop.

Not to sound dramatic or anything, but this book pretty much changed my entire life. It’s the reason why you know me as ‘eskay’ today. It’s the reason why I love art. It’s the reason why they have my name on the books down at 100 Centre Street.

I destroyed property because of this book. I shoplifted because of this book. I cut school because of this book. I ruined mad gear because of this book. I made friends, and eventually lost some, all because of this one book.

Well, this and Spraycan Art. Those two books right there started some shit.

The producer makes his directorial debut for the first official video off his upcoming solo project Radio.

Props to OKP

Previously: Exile ft. Muhsinah – Stay Tuned (Stay Here) | Exile – In Love

via 2DB’z

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Some footage of N-O at Hypebeast’s Pepsi Proper in New York, and after the cut check out Clipse at Pepsi Proper L.A.

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Might have been too quick to act last night and a bit too slow to react today. Here are the rest of the pics from the New York premiere, it wasn’t as dead as you may have thought.

Nah Right Superheros:

Some Eye Candy:

More pics after the jump:

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