Features, Special, Survey Formatmag.com Presents 50 Signs That You’re Obsessed with Sneakers: 1. When you realized Formatmag.com dropped their annual sneaker issue in September, you put on your best kicks before reading it.2. Vacations are just a chance to visit different cities’ shoe…
Art, Spraycan Stories Who says no one respects the older generation anymore? That’s not the case with Holland’s Mega and Romeo. The dynamic duo have been putting in work on pieces and productions for over 20 years with a self-described traditional, old school-influenced…
Art, Spraycan Stories Often one of the four elements is a gateway to the rest – especially in the case of the stepchildren of hip-hop, b-boying and graffiti. For Rough/Remi, a schoolmate’s Electro 4 record was the beginning – “Break dancing and popping…
Art, Spraycan Stories While parents often try to steer their children toward certain professions, Theis One’s parents probably didn’t have this in mind when they handed him a magazine with pictures of graffiti inside. “It was the first real production I had seen, 
Art, Spraycan Stories If you think your locale lacks the accoutrements of graffiti, check with Austria’s Mamut and Kryot first — collectively known as the Can Controllers. Besides a common interest in hip-hop culture and writing (of course), the two also connected by…
Art, Deep Cover The Long Arm of the Law Like rock and roll before it, hip-hop is outlaw music. But while rock n’ rollers merely seek rebellion, rappers seek justice. Of course, justice for the rapper is prevailing against persecution by law enforcement…
Art, Spraycan Stories Growing up as a child, SILOETTE was always drawing or painting. Even though there was some girly stuff in the mix–fairies and the like–SILOETTE has limits. “I always thought horses were overrated,” she says, adding that “even from the beginning…
Art, Spraycan Stories EGR likes to get high – by climbing ladders, scaffolding, recycling bins or whatever else is available. Of course, she doesn’t have much choice in the matter, as a graffiti artist – but it helps that she actually enjoys heights.…
Art, Spraycan Stories Sometimes the most crucial moments in life are the unexpected ones. Take Los Angeles native Man One for instance. He spent his high school days riding the RTD (L.A.’s bus system way back when) countless hours back and forth, bored…
Art, Deep Cover Looking back on the brief life of Christopher Wallace—a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G., Big Poppa, The Black Frank White—it’s difficult not to see a prophecy of doom in his album titles and art. Despite rapping about the good life,…
