The Hip-Hop culture is not just what you see and hear in the place you live. It stretches beyond the next city, town and even state. It’s present in all countries across the globe. It is Hip-Hop ( or music in general), that connects different people in a great way; greater then one may think. As a fan of Hip Hop, I immediately began comparing the Hip Hop culture in the United States with the Hip Hop culture in my home country; South Africa.

I’ve come across people in the United States asking me if people in South Africa know about American mainstream/commercial Hip-Hop artists. My first response (after shock), is to tell them that Hip-Hop fans in South Africa fall in to two categories: people who love the music and only care about the commercial artists (mainly American artists), and the second group of people who care about all the elements that make up the Hip-Hop culture. The latter are the people who are fans of underground Hip-Hop artists from any part of the world. Of cause like with anywhere else in the world, people sometimes aren’t in any “category” and just love Hip-Hop.

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“Hip Hop Graffiti Midwest Ryder Style”

What do New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA: and Minneapolis, MN all have in common? No not them twins, but a culture that both Hip hop as a culture and graffiti as an art form. From old world of Picasso; No not an old white guy with gray hair, the one from the movie “Beat Street” 1984. If you’re a true Hip hop head then you know it’s the first movie showing off both rap and dying art form called Graffiti. From a standpoint that often times, it’s an illegal activity so old heads are trying to make it legit. How to you capture something that was born in the night on subway trains of New York City. Well beside catching the metro transit, and buying a sketchbook, getting arrested and going to jail. How about you just wait and see some of the bomb photography by Benitez Rosario Matias of the Entertainment Companies, LLC. (TEC).

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Demonstrate your pride in being a part of a great city!

You can do so through sporting the hotest newest gear from 612inc. They launched the clothing line in Minneapolis in November, 2005. 612 Clothing’s founder Brian Felsen has been featured in the urban monthly Trendsetter newspaper in February 2006. Also You may have seen the cloths at some events in 2005 such as St. Patrick’s Day at Escape Ultra Lounge D4L concert, Lil’ Wayne at Escape concert, and 612 Clothing’s very own fashion show at Escape Ultra Lounge. As you can see 612 has been putting in work around the 612.

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