Eventually people began following the hip hop scene she and other Dallas legends like Mr.Lucci and the D.O.C helped start (like it or not Vanilla Ice played a role too).

Even before her first album Baduizm dropped, she was dancing at the local Dallas Theatre Center. Originally from Dallas, Badu has had a lot of influence in the local art scene and appreciates how it has developed. Whether it’s singing, songwriting, acting, teaching, social work or just being a performance artist, there are a lot of titles she can claim.

Check out our other blogs which feature each artist and their unique City Type001.Īka Badu has as many names as occupations. The featured artists include The Sour Grapes Crew, Blue the Great, DJ Sober, Jeremy Biggers, Hindue, Joonbug and Erykah Badu. Washington HSP&ARTS, DISD’s arts magnet school. The capsule collection of limited edition Type001s will be sold by LAB ART with proceeds going to benefit Booker T. sent each artist one of our famous matte black Los Angeles Type001s one month prior to the event.

There was not much direction or restriction given to the artists aside from time we at City Bicycle Co. “By Way of Dallas” featured seven Type001 bicycles painted by some of Dallas’ most notable artists to reflect their unique vision of the city. Dallas is Dallas celebrates the city through imagery, limited edition apparel, and by highlighting the creative that live and breathe the culture the group operates as a passion project based off a crazy experiment to re-brand the city of Dallas. LAB ART is the largest gallery in the nation devoted to street art and was founded in 2011 by Iskander Lemseffer, an influencer and pioneer in the art world. to celebrate LAB ART’s one year expansion into Dallas, TX. “By Way of Dallas” was a collaboration between LAB ART Texas, Dallas is Dallas, and City Bicycle Co.

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