"You bastards overlooking street art, better yet street smarts, but you keep us off the charts..." -Phife Dawg #rip

I'll add words later.  For now:

sigh. . .

"Brothas like me been waitin' for it since I was eight years old..." @MethodMan, on @LukeCage on @Netflix

The intersection of comics, hip hop, art, and culture that is the LUKE CAGE Netflix show exemplifies everything we stand for here at GhettoManga...

That dude @CFluxSing SMASHED the artwork for that PHIFE "Nutshell" Serato Vinyl!

That damn @DanLish1... ain't Nuthin' ta f*!k wit...

As an illustrator learning to better myself through positive thinking, I've learned not to compare my work to that of other artists.  For example, I NEVER EVER measure myself against the brilliance produced by dudes like Brighton-based drawing machine Dan Lish.  'Cause THAT mofo can draw his ASS off...

#nowPlaying "Thank You" by Busta Rhymes f/ Q-tip. And some other dudes y'all like ad-libbin'...

ya Gotta Put me on...

as you know, it is our mission here at GhettoManga to spread the message of fly junk to the masses... and fly junk is definitely represented in the Bonita Applebum white tee by T.I.T.S (Two In The Shirt).
Of course we all like fly chicas and their respective backsides (who doesn't?), but since 'bonita' means beautiful in Spanish and the apple has Biblical connotations, people will ascribe extra meaning to it...

Start the day off RIGHT------>

^Here's some youTube heat in honor of the good news that Q-tip's playing Miles Davis in a play directed by Nelson George. "I'm sorry, what?" yeah, check this out.
((have a nice day))

holla!

samax.

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fresh art by Jim Mahfood for Miles Davis bioplay

your boy FOOD ONE (aka ghettoManga Award-winning artist and deejay Jim Mahfood) is a huge fan of Miles Davis. He recently did this drawing, which is being used for the program of a play about the Jazz great, being put together by media assassin Nelson George (Good Hair, A Survivor's Tale). To add even more to the coolness quotient, the play will star Q-tip as Miles Davis (more info on this as i get it). On his blog, Food professes his obsession with Davis' double album Live/Evil and it really shows in this piece... click the pic to admire the skills.

holla!

samax.

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Hey Kids, I drew a COMICBOOK page!

 

whattup... it took me a minute, but here's page 2 of Herman Heed, the kids' comic I'm working on for my favorite client. Before you ask: yes, the chick in panel 2 is rocking  a De la Soul tee. She's listening to Tribe on her iPod too, in case you're wondering. Did I mention this script is DOPE!?!  Well, it is...  Anyways, I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed drawing it! in case you missed page one, click here. 

holla!

samax.

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Anita, Anita, Anita...

click the pic to Peep this preview of Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse - Executioner #3... 

Killer zombies. Voodoo priestesses bent on revenge. Mad millionaires. As the puzzle pieces forming vampire hunter Anita Blake’s deadliest case yet fall into place, the budding necromancer discovers one ugly truth: There’s more than one way to become a monster…

for those who don't know (i didn't), Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter is the star of a series of novels by  Laurell K. Hamilton. You can peep em here.
and for those of you who clicked this hoping to watch Tribe's classic joint BONITA Applebaum, here you go...

holla...
-samax

Start the Day off RIGHT------------------------->

g'morning... peep Check the Rhyme, off one of my favorite albums ever, The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest.

have a nice day!

Do You Smell What the Roc is Cookin'?

Blakroc: Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) Ft. Mos Def and Jim Jones from Jonah Schwartz on Vimeo.

Rock group The Black Keys + Dame Dash = Blakroc, in stores 11/27. Album also features Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, NOE, Nicole Wray, Billy Danze, Raekwon and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. if you were planning on dropping your album on that date, MOVE it or there's gonna be a freakin' problem!

Start the Day Off RIGHT-------->

Scenario RMX by Tribe/LONS
have a nice day!

DAME DASH FOR PRESIDENT--->

Blakroc Project from Myrhax on Vimeo.
MOS DEF, RZA, RAEKWON, JIM JONES, Q-TIP, PHAROAHE MONCH, and more all on ONE RECORD, in stores Nov 27? where do i sign?!?! watch this video and ball up in the fetal position until the Blakroc Project drops!

Biggie Schools Your Ass

This comicbook-style joint is the intro to Will Rouch’s mixtape (Know My Name Vol 1), which finds him traveling back through time to learn all about hip-hop history. He’s guided by a clone of The Notorious BIG who visits him from the future. did you get that? okay, so The art on this is by this cat out of Texas named Profesone, and directed by legendary hip-hop visual artist Skam 2, who was the creative force behind artwork for Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP and A Tribe Called Quest’s Beats, Rhymes and Life, among others.
holla!
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the Original T.I.P.

click the pic to cop that Q-Tip/J Period Mixtape FREE, homey!
uno.
-gM

Industry Rule # 4080

Q-Tip Travis Smiley Interview
by yardie4lifever2

that new Qtip

my secret internet girlfriend Jacinta (so secret, SHE doesn't even KNOW it!) put me on to that new Q-tip record, The Renaissance, which hits stores tomorrow (November 4), so AFTER you get your vote on, reward yourself with this! if (like me) you don't have time to hit the local record shop, cop the MP3s or order the INSTANT classic spinner here. in the meanwhile, peep the mannish "Gettin' Up" featuring the big homey Busta Rhymes and the girl-friendly collabo with soul-machine Raphael Saadiq, We Fight/We Love":

uno...
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No Common Sense?

Since his silver-screen debut in Smokin' Aces has been followed by turns in American Gangster and the upcoming action flick Wanted, Common has decided to quit rapping to persue film full time.

"I need a new fulfillment as an artist. I feel like I can become a bigger actor than I am a rapper. It's scary thinking, 'Damn, if I don't sell no records, what am I going to do?' When you haven't made multi millions in this game, you got to think about what you want to be doing when you're 50 or 60. I found an art that I really love and it's infinite."

cash rules.
how this will effect that record he was supposedly doing with Qtip is not really clear, but we shall see how this ball bounces...
holla!
samax.
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De La Soul means "From the Soul"...

any idiot can make a list of "great" artists that influenced hip hop. actually, i do it all the time! but who the heck am i, anyway?
but perrenial rap veterans De La Soul caught the attention of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, who named the daisy-age classic Me, Myself, and I as one of the 500 Songs That Changed Rock and Roll.

no, i didn't read the list (so don't ask), i read an article by another music geek who went to the venerated Hall recently. But yeah, the De La cut is a undisputed classic, from their classic album 3 Feet High and Rising. De La Soul, and their massive Native Tongues familia (which includes such pioneers and greats as Tribe Called Quest, Black Star, and Common) is responsible for setting so may trends i don't even wanna think about it!

i'm currently colaboratin' with my man Khalid to do ceedee package design for a Native Tongues/SpitKicker "re-mixtape" by DJ balance and (De La's own) Posdonus (aka plug one), so i'm 5 degrees away from the R+R hall of fame... or something.

holla!
samax