Lil Kim Refutes Skipped Tour Accusations
•November 13, 2009 • Leave a Commentby Ismael AbduSalaam | AllHipHop.com
Lil Kim has released a statement addressing claims that she pocketed $20,000 and then refused to fulfill six concert obligations for Abstrakt Visions Entertainment.
The company states that they paid the Brooklyn emcee $20,000 to complete six dates in London from November 7-14.
However, they accuse Kim of pulling out due to a nosebleed and returning to the U.S. with all the show proceeds.
Speaking through a representative, Lil Kim explained to AllHipHop.com that she never received any money from Abstrakt Visions Entertainment, and is the victim of an unethical promotion campaign.
“We do not have a contract with Abstrakt Visions Entertainment and never received any money from them,” stated Kim’s spokesperson. “Abstrakt Visions Entertainment is in the wrong for falsely promoting Lil Kim in London and will be dealt with accordingly. This matter is in the hands of our legal team.”
Lil Kim’s management confirmed there was a business arrangement reached for the concert, but maintain no money was exchanged and the rapper left when promoters failed to deliver a schedule.
Lady K Fever Interview
•November 13, 2009 • Leave a Comment
I began painting in 1991 in Vancouver Canada, just taggin and bombin, nothing too good or wild. I just wanted to let people know about riot Grrl back then but then I got sick with a fever for spraying my name. Virus and this crew AA was big and they inspired me to try better things. I painted artsy stuff like flowers and the sun etc etc…. but in 1996 I finally started to put up pieces…and start my own crew of girls. The ladies crew. TLC.. Now I am down with many different crews like KD. TDS. CAC. Full Circle Soul.
How did you first get into graffiti ? Why this mode of expression?
I first started painting graffiti as a political thing, to protest certain elements of society as a girl I didn’t agree with then it became an art thing and now it is my life, my work and my outlet for personal expression and style. I have always been a rebel and always will be.
What is your definition of graffiti? Do you living it daily? How do you see the world of graffiti today? Why do you love graffiti?
My definition of graffiti is always changing, evoling. There are so many sides to the graffiti game. I see the act of graffiti being anyone who goes out and writes up or paints a wall, train etc… but to paint graffiti and be your lifestyle something completely different. To be a woman graffiti writer is something completely different as well. The world of graffiti is different for me in the sense that now days everybody can appreciate it more and documents it more than when i first started. When I first started I didn’t take photos, i was just painting for fun….there was no pressure. I find that people can stuck in the graffiti game and not be open minded to new styles or new ways of doing things. graffiti like art is an evolution process.
What are your sources of inspiration, and your references in graffiti?
My inspirations are so many. I am inspired by hip hop , the music, the beats, the rapping, the bboys and bgirls. I am inspired by all the other woman out there painting, getting up!!!! Books that I love like ” Faith of Graffiti” “broken windows… so many too many to write a list. I am inspired by all the new york graffiti writers.
Do you have supports of predilection, preferred environments? What do you think of the use of canvas?
Canvas will never be graffiti, it can be graffiti styled but graffiti is on the street. It can not be bottled up and put on to canvas….
Do you make vandals sessions regularly? If not why? If yes How you feel when you are doing illegal graffiti? What is different between the experience of doing illegal and legal walls? Do you get the same satisfaction?
I still get out there, New York is tough to paint illegally because of what has happened since 9/11. I love to paint illegally and when I have I rarely take photos to show because I believe it is in my memory and just for me. When I paint legally there is too much time to think but I like being able to experiment on legal walls. I didn’t even know that you could get legal walls unitl I had been painting for 8 years. Legal wall satisfaction comes from challenging yourself to do new things.
A good souvenir? A bad one?
Supportive organizations and individuals. Bad attitudes and critical writers who do the same piece over and over!!! and then diss you for trying something outside the idea of what they think graffiti should look like.
How do you wish to evolve in graffiti, what are your projects (exibitions, trips, new supports…)?
Right now I am taking the winter 2006 off, I have a new baby girl and I am focusing on the future. I am a journalist as well as a photographer so I am working on that stuff while it is too cold to paint. I am curating a graffiti show in the summer in New York and working on my own art career. I am working on a clothing line but right now selling customized t shirts and bags and mucho more.. so give me a holla if you want something original at feverized@yahoo.com
According to you, being a woman in graffiti which is a world mainly masculine, it is an asset, or a difficulty? How are you perceived by the male writers? Do you have privileged contacts with the other females writers?
Being a woman in this society is both an asset and it is difficult because alot of woman writers are just as brainwashed about what a female should paint like, act like and be like. It is easy for rumors to get out of control…To be true to yourself takes alot of patience. Alot of guys are ass wipes that think you are painting to get a boyfriend but yet when you date a graffiti writer they treat you like you are a whore..meanwhile most graffiti guys dream of being with a graffiti girl but the truth is they can’t handle it so they talk shit when things don’t work out…..Alot of men think that going out painting is an open invitation to getting with you….they think you want to practice other skills other than can control. I started writing fever beacuse I didn’t want to be judged as a female coming up in the game…. my street nick name was always lady k…but if I had taken lady k first to the streets it would of being crossed out so it was fever for years…and now lady kfever Now being a lady writer is good and there are lots of cool woman writers out there.. Muck, Zori four, Acet, They know what’s up and act respectfully towards their work.
Any last words or shout outs?
Shout outs to all my Canadian Ladies who are holding strong. Much love to Zori 4, Muck, Too fly, Acet, Rokafella & Kwikstep, full circle soul, Cope, Wanda Ortiz, WMC and the TLC. Mr G and my two princesses, Big A and little a.
LA Legend: Jerk GAW
•November 13, 2009 • Leave a CommentImages LA Graffiti Girls / Robots Will Kill
“I started writing as a young teenager in the mid 90’s, but I began to take it more seriously later on. I think my infatuation with different fonts and the sub-conscience impressions that street bombing left in me and wanting to stay out of that L.A. gang life was the prelude to me starting to write.
Growing up, double standard became more obvious. That’s why I chose a name that didn’t give my gender away. I felt as though if I were going to be critique it would at the same standards as everyone else. For a long time I never introduced myself as “Jerk” or wanted people to be able to put a face to the name. I’ve always felt that I am my own competitor so it’s important to me to try and do better and different than my last piece. I don’t think I’ve made an abnormal impact in the graffiti scene. If anything I’ve solidified that I can do it just as good as the next and that being a woman in graffiti is a coincidence, not a crutch.
I had recently read an interview the homie ‘Midzt’ did and he was asked what he thought about the internet and the role it plays in graffiti. He said that the internet was a double-edged sword. If it wasn’t for the internet, you probably wouldn’t be able to see much graffiti from around the world. But on the other hand, you have more kids starting to write without the mentor-ship of the older writers. This can cause youngsters to do dumb shit, like bombs over pieces, etc. And I couldn’t agree with that more.”
Jerk has been from G.A.W., “Growth And Wisdom”, since 2000. Duce and Tistik started G.A.W. crew in 1989 in South Central Los Angeles.
Gon say peace for now on a lighter note. On A Mission.. to have Fun!
•November 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment
This woman is a hell of a storyteller and can spit f@*cking hard!
•November 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Female production too.. The Angel Feat Mystic
•November 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Off the Boiler Room score which The Angel rocked well! Boiler Room also had music selection by DJ Drez (score too?) and Stretch Armstrong. Dope, Dope movie!
