On Saturday 9th April, after a wet start, the sun came out! Myself, Pyklops, Sofly, Nathaniel Draws, Sega, Aver, Object, Skin, Jeesee, Defs and Tao painted underwater pieces to a soundtrack from The Hold Up, with a regular rabble of MC’s getting busy on the mic. I met some lovely little children having a family day out, fully involved in proceedings – they added to my piece, got involved in the MC cypher and generally got into the groove – the future of Hiphop is bright!

Passing PCSO’s stopped for selfies, BMX-ers hanging out, a guy on his way home from his last ever shift at Pizza Hut flying back home to India the next day super excited to have lived in such a vibrant city. All in all a satisfying community day, rounded off by a quick visit to Pryme Cuts MC event over the river and on to Gwdihw to see Harleighblu. I slept with a smile on my face…

event page here

As the Femme Fierce event planned for International Women’s Day 2016 was postponed, I decided that Cardiff was ready for a paint jam to mark the day. I invited artists from around the UK to come and paint the 340ft wall along the Millenium Boardwalk, and they came… 29 artists from Cardiff, Bristol, London, Brighton and Kent. Event page here.

The theme was Care/Nature, with a soundtrack from The Hold Up…

I spent way more time talking than painting, but here’s my finished piece (thanks to DiffGraff for the image).

 

The event seemed to inspire, thrill and educate the general public, and my aim was to begin discussions as to why there are so many males representing in the hiphop community compared to females. As expected, the work has already begun to disappear under new pieces, so I’ll be inviting artists back to paint again on 9th April. This time the theme will be ‘underwater’…

Coverage of the event in pictures and words from

DiffGraff,

DiffGraff (part2!),

Wales Online

Craig Kirkwood

Cardiffian.

And an interview with me by Made In Cardiff TV here. (at 6.15)

^^Thanks Y’all! ^^

 

Well. Social media eh? In London eh? IT’s flippin’ everywhere! Haha. Here’s our piece from the weekend, and some of the coverage the jam got…

Articles and sound piece by Bethany Connor HERE

Diff Graff Blog HERE

Inspiring City piece HERE

Last chance to see this lovely lady and her friends at the MADE Gallery in Roath, until the end of this month.

Some beautiful photographs on the Diff-Graff site of my halloween piece in Sevenoaks Park HERE