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...

On Saturday July 20th, 2016, Pasadena artist DOMINANCE (seen left) fulfilled his 'one million foot commitment' for causes & charity after successfully completing Tha Courageous 23mile Walk for #Courage from The City of San Pedro to Los Angeles City Hall on 1st & Spring Street. Bing Bing, who fulfilled his commitment in late 2015 said," Wow, it took both of us two years to fulfill our commitments. I am proud and thankful for my good friend Dom who took the pledge and at critical times didn't allow me to quit." DOMINANCE is one of those artists on the music scene that you actually catch grinding in the streets pushing his latest mixtape. His intuitive yet, strategically creative song recording methods along with heartfelt lyrics deliver a timeless masterpiece. Follow DOMINANCE on Instagram to keep up with his latest happenings... When it comes to Bing Bing's commitment, he's admitted that at this point past fulfilling his pledge, he lost count of th...

Mina Wildcard is an up and coming multi-faceted native L.A. Artist, with a passion for self expression through various mediums. The Nickel Sack EP showcases her prolific sense of the human experience through song writing and vocal tenacity. Mina Wildcard aims to heal herself and others through the power of song. She speaks to the youth by writing from her very own experiences growing up in the inner city and surviving a difficult childhood. Mina Wildcard comes soaring high with talent that can truly inspire audiences from any demographic.