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Conrad Benner, the Philadelphia native behind the six-year-old Streets Dept blog and a popular Instagram account , has turned a continued fascination with his city, deep connections to the street art community, and a great eye into a long-running document of a fertile street art scene. While New York often gets credit as the birthplace of graffiti and street art, Philadelphia, a city with a large population of students and a world-renowned city mural program, has both a huge contemporary art scene and a deep history of street art. Darryl McCray, or  Cornbread , who is considered one of the progenitors of street art, made his name tagging around the city in the late ‘60s, and even made the papers for writing “Cornbread Lives” on an elephant in the Philadelphia Zoo. Read More & View Gallery

Hailing from Houston, Texas, Gospel singer Gabrielle Ayers releases tha official music video for her single "Bridal Blues" In this song, Ayers displays a great voice with a wonderful message. It has a real deep feel to it. Sincere. But in tha video, you get more than just a powerful voice. The acting in this video conveys a message of love and patience. Quarrels in a relationship and the turbulence that endures. You can almost feel tha pain in Gabrielle's voice. Give it a listen and vote below...

Mistah Wilson: Greetings, Gabrielle Ayers! We are extremely delighted to have you here with us for this exclusive interview with ThaWilsonBlock Magazine! How've you been? Gabrielle Ayers: Yes! It's an honor to be interviewed. I'm great, I'm great. ! God has truly been good to me! Mistah Wilson: For our audience reading this, could you give us a quick background on yourself? Gabrielle Ayers: Well I am the visionary behind the Ayers to the Throne movement which seeks to use the creative arts to spread the good news of Jesus Christ. I'm originally from Bryan, Texas, and began singing at a very young age. So singing and songwriting came very easy to me, and my heart has always been for the one who loves me the most. So It all kind of came together organically. Mistah Wilson: Before we get into it, what does Christ mean to you and how important is the Gospel in music today? Gabrielle Ayers: Wow, what can I say? Christ is everything to me. My love for him is truly m...

Admit it. Hip Hop is in an entirely new age today. And while many fanatics of Hip Hop's Golden Era cling on to it's remains, there are new faces that have already paved a way. We got Kendrick Lamar and Hopsin. Two SoCal Hip Hop artists generally from the same city (with respect to Compton being it's own city), yet worlds apart. Let's discuss why we've decided to rank these two Hip Hop artists... Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar's latest album "DAMN" has been getting a lot of attention lately. It reminds me of tha times he released his previous albums. It was well talked about. Loved even. Hell, fans are even granting Kendrick with tha ever-so-loosely used "G.O.A.T" title. His music sounds good and performs well.  Hopsin Hopsin just released a new music video here and I decided to watch it. I realized that Hopsin, as out-of-tha-box as he can be, seems a little more of a 'practical' artist. Meaning, no matter where he goes with his lyrics...

Locksmith describes the true meaning of traveling home in this live production. Purchase Olive Branch here: http://bit.ly/LocksmithOliveBranch Locksmith http://twitter.com/dalocksmith https://www.facebook.com/IAmLocksmith http://instagram.com/dalocksmith http://iamlock.com Directed by Jesse Ray Diamond ‣Website: http://www.Jesseraydiamond.com Track prod. by Locksmith, Mike Blankenship, Mike TopNotch and The Kid Rated R. https://twitter.com/Mike_____enship https://twitter.com/MikeTopNotch https://twitter.com/thekidratedr Rebecca Nobel https://twitter.com/RebeccaTheVoice

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