In follow up to our recent post, “Even Wiggaz Are Saying Hell No“, here is a look at Hip-Hop’s highest wage earners as published by Forbes magazine. Despite Hip-Hop record sales steadily declining, the industry generates millions in revenues - most of which aren’t directly attributed to record sales. Basically, the music has evolved into [...]

The average North American is exposed to over 5,000 advertisements per day. From flashing Internet banner ads to subtle guerrilla product placements, corporations are always trying to capture our attention. The purpose of advertising is to create needs and wants that were previously not there, in hopes that we as the consumer will make a [...]

Not to long ago, Damien Hirst unveiled his latest creation: a skull coated with more than 8,000 world-class diamonds. At $100 million US, the blinged out skull is the most expensive piece of contemporary artwork ever made. In protest of the skull’s highly popularized exhibition at London’s swanky White Cube Gallery, an artist named Laura [...]

“The Splasher” is an anonymous individual (or individuals) that defaces famous works of street art in New York. Over the past several months, he/she has destroyed pieces by Shepard Fairy, Swoon, Momo, WK Interact, and Neck Face - among others - with big splashes of paint.
Often following the defacement of a famed piece, “The Splasher” [...]