Who decides what’s relevant in hip hop now? Why ask… hip hop hasn’t always been the artistic force that it once was in the golden age. But its a new game now, with a new aesthetic and new drive to stay relevant, innovative and still make a little money all at the same time. Enter [...]
Pioneering street artist Dash Snow has died on July 13 from a heroin overdose at Lafayette House, a hotel in lower Manhattan. Read the New York Times’ obiturary here and photographer Ryan McGinley’s amazing account of life with Snow here.
Optic Overload is Cosign’s new weekly profile on designers, illustrators and visual artists. This week we bring you José Parlá, Brooklyn’s answer to Pollock lost in dark alleys. Born in Miami into a family of Cuban exiles, José Parlá moved to Puerto Rico at a very early age before returning to Miami again when he [...]