LA Canvas magazine x The $tatus Faction
THE $TATUS FACTION was pleasantly surprised to see their street art pop up in LA CANVAS magazine this month. LA Canvas is warmly welcomed (and FREE) publication covering art, fashion, tech, food + drinks.
You can grab a copy of LA Canvas at the following locations; click HERE for the list of distributors.
Here’s the cover of the current issue, it’s hard to miss:
PAGE 22-23 HAS THE SPREAD OF L.A. STREET ART:
Always nice to be included.
Here’s a photo of the same T$F piece from a distance. It’s a pretty tight crop in the mag.
CHEERS FOR THE SUPPORT.
TAKING IT ALL IN
- THIS IS SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH EVERYDAY
WE ALL KNOW IT IS A NEW YEAR, BUT NOW IT’S ENDING THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND WE FINALLY ARE GETTING AROUND TO DIGESTING LAST YEAR. THESE IMAGES AND CONTENT ARE A SMALL WINDOW INTO A STORY, OF THE UPS AND DOWNS, OF A FEW RAGTAG ARTISTS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO TRY TO CREATE SOMETHING BIGGER THEM THEMSELVES. THESE PEOPLE ARE KNOWN AS THE STATUS FACTION AND I AM PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS CREW, AND WORK WITH THESE TALENTED INDIVIDUALS ON A DAILY BASIS.
ON WOUNDED WALLS AT NIGHT THE SCAVENGERS WILL LEAVE THEIR TEETH MARKS
THIS IS THE CASE IN MOST OF US, SO WE TRY TO MOVE ON FROM OUR MISTAKES, AND AT TIMES THIS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.
IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK IN THIS TOWN, CAUSE NOBODY IS TRYING TO HEAR WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO MAKE THEM LISTEN, AND HAVE A LITTLE FUN WHILE YOUR ARE DOING IT..LIFE IS SHORT..MAKE YOUR MARK….
- MELROSE DIRTY WORK: NEW YORK STYLE / L.A. FLAVOR
THIS IS NOT A JOKE FOR US, THIS IS THE WAY WE CHOOSE TO LIVE. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO ENJOY OR EVEN UNDERSTAND. PRAY FOR OUR KIND, FOR WE ARE SOLDIERS AND SLAVES TO OUR IDEALS AND DREAMS.
- GHETTO FIELD DRESSING
LIFE CAN BE FRAGILE, LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST. YOU NEVER KNOW IN THE STREETS, THEY WILL STAB YOU UP, SHOOT YOU DOWN, AND LOCK YOU UP…BE ALERT & AWARE L.A. CAN KILL.
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, AND IN THESE IMAGES I SEE BEAUTY SO I SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
SOMETIMES IN LIFE WE TRY TO HOLD ON TO THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS, BUT IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LET IT GO…I THINK IN MY HEART I LIKE TO KEEP THE THOUGHTS OF LOVE LOST AND LIFE’S COSTS.
I MYSELF HAVE NEVER MEET THE PERFECT WOMAN BUT I KNOW I’VE LOST SOME GOOD ONES, BUT I WOULDN’T CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD ….WOMAN ARE BEAUTIFUL…. I WAS RAISED BY ONLY A WOMAN AND AM THE PERSON I AM TODAY BECAUSE OF IT.
- THIS ONE IS SELF-EXPLANATORY….
- AT TIMES WE RUN IN WITH THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT..
IT SEEMS MORE AND MORE THESE DAYS THESE FASCIST PIGS WANT TO BUST YOU FOR SOME BULLSHIT, MEANWHILE THEY JUST PASSED BY TWO RAPISTS AND A CRACKHEAD TO GET TO YOU!!!!!
- THIS IS MY BEST FRIEND. MY DOG ODIN HANGIN WITH HIS LIL BUDDY LUKE
- SATIRE OVERDOSE BY PHYLO ONE
- WE GOT STYLES SO DO NOT FRONT
JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FANS THAT SHOW US LOVE AND PUT UP WITH OUR SHIT, CAUSE WE KNOW IT’S NOT EASY, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES FOR THE GOOD AND THE BAD IN 2011 AND IN THE END TSF IS GONNA BE ON TOP OF THE GAME AND KEEP BRINGING YOU THAT REAL SHIT YOU LOVE TO HATE…….MR. PHYLO…….
Does anything really matter?
To much, maybe to little… Friends, family, do you lose them all do they stay with you?.. We going up or down… I lost it all one day.. Maybe in a trap were it was stolen, maybe in my mind where everything stays right where it was and I go away.. Pay attention, do you feel the earth moving… Do you stick to the earth, it’s actually crazy how we stick to it, think of it… jump… you stick… now your upside down… whats that force… gravity… what drives… “We are forged in the fire of our closest burning star…”
WTF?! Friday!
WTF IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD TODAY?!?
HERE ARE SOME REASONS WE DISCOVERED.
Boob Job Funding
Wasabi Lip Balm
Shark Teeth Necklaces
Pumpkin Juice ($6)
Mature Lifestyle Magazine
Corporate Graffiti Styles
Guidette Fuck Doll
XXX-Mas Cookies
Have a good weekend!
New World Alliance
The reason I love this video is its straight up entrapment!!! Now Police are not allowed to do this, but hey… Anything goes for us right?! The real story here is that muthafuckas front! You see people up in the streets and doing things but they are to young too realize how shit really is. This town is full of weak youngsters, you got to be strong to survive in many different ways not just your art but mind, body and spirit. I’ve been around along time and I’m quick to give respect to anyone that walks my way but if you fuck up then its a wrap like christmas! Some people see this as a sign of weakness for me but if your looking for weaknesses in others that usually means that your trying to compensate for yo small DICK!!!
People getting all upset over the diss but its the principle.WAKE UP!!
The best part of this diss is it was done with about as much respect and effort as the other end of the phone call… I busted out chuckling when I saw it…
Duurty Durrty $outh (steady mobbing)
The DIRTY SOUTH is: Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina.
If you’ve never visited, or never lived in the Dirty South, do yourself a favor and remove the expression from your vocabulary. One must endure multiple summers of mosquito bites, heat waves, bass mix tapes, and po’ boys first. T$F represents not just L.A., we are connected with Florida and Georgia too. Run tell dat.
COLORS INSPIRED BY SOUTH BEACH MIAMI:
ART DECO not MARC ECKO!
BIKE CULTURE GOES STRONG IN FLORIDA.
PARK IT LIKE IT’S HOT!
MURK THAT SHIT SONION!
LIKE BARAAACK OBAMA, T$F STANDS FOR CHANGE!!!
SHOWERS AT THE BEACH. HAVE A NICE DAY.
DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT!
DESCRIBING TAMPA ISN’T EASY ANYMORE. IT’S GROWING UP. IN THE 90’s SHIT WAS SKETCH. YBOR WAS LIKE GHETTO ASS BOURBON STREET, TAMPA NUGGET CIGAR IN EFFECT, AND STREET FIGHTER 2.
DIDN’T HAVE MUCH PAINT, BUT I LOVE THIS MONTANA GOLD COLOR “WINDOW.”
3RD1 WAS LURKING TAMPA’S CROSSTOWN EXPRESS. HO HO HO.
YOU WERE PROBABLY IN BED PRAYING SANTA CLAUS WAS REALLY COMING.
SOUTHERN COMFORT FOR T$F.
CHECK OUT THIS FAKE ASS “THE WILD ONES” STICKER.
MOSE FLIPPED THE HAND OF THEIR BANDIT DESIGN TO AN ‘M’ INSTEAD OF A ‘W’
HAHA SHIT LOOKS MORE LIKE “THE MILD ONES”!!
EPIC FAIL.
TIME TO WASH UP YOU DIRTY BIRD.
~FIN~
A Few Things
Whatas next on the docket????!!!!! A back lock of things to be posted… never catch up, too much to do!!!
Some olde gangsta shit from Asendoner!!
This one right here! I loved this combo, There was a sick anotmical heart hand made sticker in the top left and we went around it… less than 12hrs later…Buffed! heart still there….
2 sick combos!
~BIG OHNO RIP~
This shit here, stumbled up on this old ass amtrack train parked in this building… has made it into a few movies here.
a beautiful view of Atlanta!!!
’06 old and no more…
most of the time I hate my pieces but that TSF goes hard as hell!!!
A friend emailed this to me an I thought it was hilarious! I cant speak for everyone in TSF but for my brain it is a mergeance of both of these. it was obviously bone by a graff artist that is all butt hurt that the game has evolved but there is something to be said on both sides… “yeah, give me money”
I wish I made this show, looked like a blast to set up for!!!
Found this one in a article in the Creative Loafing, it was on the new graffiti Task Force in Atlanta. lets see we got NOS TSF, VOMET KAOS INC, a TNA roller, STEAL IOK, Big bad CINCO and then som Trash down on the end…
ASEND passed this along to me, the contact sheet for “SA SMASH’s” album cover “SMASHY TRASHY” one of the greatest hip hop records ever released. if you have not heard it go get it!!! its about 10 years old at this point but it encompasses everything that is hip-hop… sick beats, nonchalant i dont give a fuck rapping, and plenty of encouragement to do what the fuck eva!!! RIP BIG CAMU TAO!!!
this herrrrr is sick and still running!!!
But a Bitch aint one!!!
Yeah thats where it goes!!! “In the Trash!!!”
this guy right here kills shit in the South East…
this is the train view of a newbe…
LOVE LOST IN THE STREETS THERE IS A COST
IN CASE YOU GUYS WERE WONDERING WHAT THE HELL THIS IMAGE MEANS IT IS A TAKE ON THE COMMERCIALISM OF EASTER...DUH!!!
455 WAS TO FAT TO GET UP THERE LOL
LA CITA COMBO DOWNTOWN GOT SLAPS///
this is a spot by the vons where dope addicts tend to gather
…………patience is the beacon to my sanity in the place we call la la land……………………………..
MELROSE EATS RESTROOM STINKER
MUSEUM OF ABNORMALITY
……THIS IS NOT A FADE OR POPULARITY CONTEST THIS IS A LIFESTYLE AND ONCE IN A WHILE IT TAKE A LITTLE LIQUID COURAGE TO MUSTER UP THE J.O.B. ….
THE MOUNTAINS ARE BURNING
……..WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED, SO IF YOUR SICK OF US ALREADY,
I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ALL YOU HATERS…….TUFF SHIT!!…….
PHYLO ONE ANTI CONFORM ROBOT DTLA
THIS IS ACTUALLY BLOOD MIXED WITH MAYO
ONE OF THE PRETTY ECHO PARK LADIES GETTING DOWN WITH SOME T$F LETTERS
……………..STYLE IS NOT WHAT YOU WEAR ITS IN THE ATTITUDE FOOL!!!….
…….THIS IS THE ENDING TO A STRANGE AND FOGGY NIGHT BUT I WILL TELL YOU MY ROOM MATE SHOULD OF KNOWN BETTER THEN TO LET A RIVAL GANG FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD HANG OUT IN OUR HOUSE WHOA MAYBE I WILL TELL YA THE FULL STORY LATER………..
SOCK YO TEETH LOOSE
A LITTLE SCRAP CAN ACTION IN THE SLUMS OF DOWNTOWN
I KNOW THERE IS IRONY IN THERE SOMEWHERE
………..TAKING IT FURTHER INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH A STRONG DESIRE AND PASSION TO SPREAD A MESSAGE SOMETIMES WE DON’T UNDERSTAND, AND ON THAT NOTE I WISH YOU A FAREWELL……….
STEADY MOBBIN
TSF bringin int he new year with a fresh look on the streets
big daddy ASEND coming thru with the fresh cut and spray on Melrose
MR. PHYLO in effect with the big easter heist
thanks to the dirt floor .com for some of these pics
expendable Rudolph on Fairfax
hurtin for certain
doin the dirtywork off Hollywood blvd.
RAPPING UP THE YEAR STRONG THE STATUS FACTION IS GEARING UP FOR MORE HEAVY MOBBING AND ANTI CORP. PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGNS HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE WORK…..MR PHYLO…..
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