ThaWilsonBlock Magazine

How many artists out there are frustrated? I mean, let's admit it. Doing the work. Performing the art. Recording the music. Whatever it is as far as production goes IS NO PROBLEM for the artist who has a genuine desire for these type of things. What we are frustrated about the most is the lack of opportunity. When we sincerely give our best out of sheer passion yet lack the means and resources to successfully get our point across. If you take a look around everything that is happening in and around Pasadena, California right now, it's chaos. A circus. Especially in the local politics portal. Aside from how the City of Pasadena poses a constant threat to it's own local culture & heritage in the name of money and taxation, majority of native, local rap artists simply don't embrace what the 'Pasadena Music Scene' has set out to do.  Pasadena artist extraordinaire Bing Bing , whose played a major role on Pasadena's local music scene over the past 8 years, ha...

Pasadena artist Bing Bing has quietly been tha loudest artist coming from tha Rose City. On tha rap circuit at least, he dominates with consistency. I mean, tha kid damn near does it all. After working on his latest music project and ThaWilsonBlock Magazine, he combined both of tha efforts to help create a demand around his digital products. But, since it took him 3 years to release a new mixtape, he's decided to give music a break to focus more on writing books. As a kid, Michael Taylor, now more commonly known as Bing Bing, was an enthusiastic creative writer. He would win writing competitions for clothes and stuffed animals. In fact, a big part of tha reason he ended up moving to Pasadena had almost everything to do with his ambitious writing. In 2002, Michael was in a group home off of Van Ness & Florence in South Central Los Angeles. The group home he lived at was called "73rd" and housed younger boys between 10-13. The group home even housed some kids with autis...

Read Online    ///    Download ThaWilsonBlock Magazine Issue42 features Arcadia, California Conceptual Street Sign Photography + Dominic Poole successfully fulfills his 'One Million Foot' commitment for Causes & Charity + Big changes coming to Pasadena Music Scene + Exclusive Article Interview w/ Graffiti Street Artist Rafa Wizroks One + so much more...