Through the eyes and talent of an artist we get a glimpse of our society and culture and how its viewed through a creative lens. With graffiti, the view is raw and gritty and lives down at the street level where the artist translates their urban experiences in to grandiose scale murals that create a new visual landscape for their surroundings. For us city dwellers that reside at street level these art splattered walls are our galleries and museums that are constantly evolving and breathing culture, life and color into a struggle infested dull grey landscape.
Tyke Witnes – Got his start in the Graff world around age 14 when he was inspired by what he was seeing on the walls up and down the 101 freeway. He began mimicking the styles and creations that he was falling in love with, honing in on individuals like Krush (AWR, KSN) and Slick (K2S) who set the bar as mentors and would help him see the potential and mastery of the art that would push him to grow from a enthusiastic mimic to a mastermind with masterpieces. Through the years Tyke has expanded his styles, reach and mediums to touch not only walls and trains but canvas and graphic design as well, with a long list of accolades and successes along the way…. But I’ll save all that for the next Tyke installment, this one is purely about the man’s skills and can control…. peep
Currently ruling the world as the backbone for the Funk Supergroup Lettuce !!!
The music man himself…. Erick “Jesus” Coomes is one of those rare individuals that not only has the ear of a musical genius but has the skill and talent to create on a level that only comes from decades of diligence on his instrument. I have the pleasure of creating with him on a regular basis and time and time again his genius shines through. Truly genuine individual who has his mind on his music and his music on his mind…
Many already know his smiling face from smashing show after show with Lettuce but most don’t know about his production and studio game!!! Peep the credentials…..
Quincy Jones, Dr Dre, Tupac, Kanye West, DJ Quik, Tedy Riley, John Legend, Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Tycoon, John Patitucci, The Game, Anthony Hamilton, The Formula, Nate Dogg, Chingy, B- Real, Lettuce, Fyre Dept, Slick Rick, Gza, Wu Tang Clan, Britney Spears, Eminem, 50 Cent, Dianne Warren, Hilary Duff, Hi-Tek, The Knucks, Mack 10, Freeway, Lil’ Kim, D-12, Proof, Method Man, Truth Hurts, Rakim, Carlos Santana, Guerilla Black, Jack Joseph Puig, T.I., Wycleff Jean, Shawn Anthony, Daniel Bedingfield, Snoop Dogg, The Doors, Sam Scarfo, Patti Labelle, Talib Kweli, Jon B, Baby Bash, David Banner, Chris Rock, P-Diddy aka Sean “Puffy” Combs, Dj Spinna, Marcus Miller, J-Live, Warchurch, Do Or Die, Roscoe, Eve, Angie Stone, Sunshine Anderson, Macy Gray, Al Green, Busta Rhymes, Kurupt, RL, El Debarge, Mausberg, Delmos Wade, Jed’s Eye, Neo, Ryan Leslie, Elliott Yamin, Greyboy, Truly Odd, Lil’ Wayne, Slim Da Mobsta, Khalil, Nottz, Fred Wreck ……….. and the list continues to grow!
Los Angeles County voters will decide this fall whether to tax marijuana businesses to help pay for housing and health services for the homeless.
The ballot measure, approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, seeks to take a potentially significant new source of government revenues, from marijuana sales and use it to address one of the region’s oldest and most intractable problems. L.A.’s homeless population has been rising in recent years, and the proposed pot tax is part of a larger effort by city and county officials to finally put significantly more money behind easing the problems.
The board’s 3-2 vote comes two weeks after the Los Angeles City Council agreed to place a $1.2-billion bond initiative on the November city ballot to build more housing for the homeless. The bond money could be used only for housing construction, not to provide services. Backers see both measures as a package and hope voters will approve both.
The county proposal calls for a 10% levy on the gross receipts of businesses that produce or distribute marijuana and related products. It would apply to medical marijuana operations as well as the recreational marijuana industry if California voters decide to legalize it in November.
County analysts estimated that the measure, which would require a two-thirds majority vote to pass, would raise as much as $130 million a year to pay for mental health and substance abuse treatment, rental subsidies, emergency housing and other services intended to get and keep people off the streets.
But how much revenue the tax would generate depends largely on whether California voters legalize marijuana and whether large numbers of illegal sellers enter legal venues. County officials estimate that only about $13 million of the annual revenue would come from the medical marijuana industry.
If recreational marijuana is legalized at the state level, the county would not be able to begin collecting taxes on that industry until 2018. In the meantime, the county and cities will need to set up their own set of regulations on commercial marijuana businesses.
Spurred by the growing visibility of homeless encampments throughout the county, there has been much talk in local government about a unified approach to addressing the problem. The most recent count by the Los Angeles Housing Services Authority found about 47,000 people were homeless throughout the county.
The county budgeted $100 million this year to carry out an ambitious new homeless agenda, but it does not have a dedicated source of funds for ongoing efforts.
Despite coming under threat from Californian authorities, two weed-growing nuns known as the ‘Sisters of the Valley’, continued to cultivate marijuana, which they use to make medicinal salves, tinctures and oils, at their abbey in Merced.
Go Get ’em Girls!!!!!!!
Anything that will bring attention to the healing, helping and compassionate side of cannabis I support whole heartily! These ladies are doing something for their community that is positive and truly serving the people!…. but lets not forget, they are CRIMINALS for doing it.
Its about Freakin’ TIME!!!!
-The Adult Use of Marijuana Act would allow adults 21 years and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up to six plants for non-medical use-
I’m of the opinion that the laws against marijuana are so rooted in deception and ignorance that the word SINISTER is appropriate! Speaking as a rational, moderately well adjusted adult , it baffles me to know that anyone would still be clueless enough to leave the laws where they stand. As a basic freedom to its projected economic surges and job creation this is a common sense call for any rational thinking adult.
I pasted the article that sparked me on to this topic below…
Dig in and let me know your thoughts!
With an initiative to legalize marijuana in California heading to the November ballot, medical providers, health care experts and industry groups are sharply divided over the controversial measure.
It is already legal in California to use cannabis with a doctor’s prescription. The Adult Use of Marijuana Act would allow adults 21 years and older to possess up to one ounce of it and grow up to six plants for non-medical use. The initiative also would impose a 15 percent tax on recreational marijuana sales.
California would follow Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon in allowing the recreational use of marijuana if the measure is approved. Proponents say they have collected well over the required number of signatures to qualify for the November ballot. State officials are verifying those signatures, and the measure could be approved for the ballot within the next two weeks.
The state’s Democratic Party endorsed the measure last week, but California’s doctors, hospitals and health advocates remain split over whether to legalize marijuana.
The California Medical Association, the influential doctors’ lobby group, now supports the initiative despite years of opposing marijuana legalization. The California Hospital Association opposes it.
The California Medical Association called the measure “comprehensive” and said that while it does not encourage the use of marijuana, controlling and regulating it is the most effective way to protect public health.
“The perception has changed,” said Donald Lyman, a retired physician and chair of the group’s Council on Science and Public Health. “We know it is not a useless substance; there are medical uses and it is time to look at the regulatory system.”
“Because it is a legitimate product, there should be a legitimate access point,” Lyman argued.
If it passes, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act is expected to bring in several hundred million dollars annually to state and local governments, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office.
This is one of those topics that we hope can cause a “wake up” reaction in those that look at marijuana as a simple intoxicant. Just the potential “thousand words” the picture above states should be thought provoking enough to cause movement! What your seeing there is a deathly ill child being treated with something that is proving to help him without any side effects. Why the fact that it came from weed is some kind of deterrent is laughable when opioids, chemotherapy and radiation are A OK! The fact that it came from weed should not be even a speed bump in the road to making this available to everyone and furthering it’s research at all costs. Whats the hold up?
Here is excerpts from an article that sparked me up on this conversation! It’s jam packed with info and links so dig in and let me know your thoughts or experiences ….
The number of medical benefits cannabis has is nearly endless and slightly unbelievable. Regardless of any doubts, fears, or stigmas there are several thousands of patients that turn to marijuana for healing including children as young as 18-months old. Unlike most adults, young children do not actually smoke cannabis or take in the the THC, which causes the “high” symptoms. Instead most young patiences rely on eating or drinking cannabidoil , better known as CBD oil.
“Unlike THC, CBD does not cause a high. While this makes CBD a poor choice for recreational users, it gives the chemical a significant advantage as a medicine, since health professionals prefer treatments with minimal side effects,” according to Leaf Science , a marijuana education publication.
Infants and children using CBD is not a new trend in the medical industry. In 1843 a British army doctor by the name of William O’shaughnessy used the oil to treat seizures in patients, including infants. His study and reports were published in the Provincial Medical Journal, and featured information on cannabis’s effect on the treatment of tetanus and convulsions. High doses of CBD oil is also a popular treatment for children with cancer as well because it can shrink tumors and decrease the harsh side effects of chemotherapy.
Although CBD does not get the patient high it is still illegal in several states. This is inconvenient for many children that rely on it for their health, forcing families to either sacrifice everything or pick up and move to legal states.
Lauranne, a 7-year-old in Portland, Oregon has acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a very strong form of cancer with a high mortality rate. After doctors gave her only 2 years to live her mother, Kalina, gave her CBD as a last attempt to save her child. She is one of several children VICE New’s covered on their new show “Weediquette”. The first episode, “Stoned Kids” followed the lives of actual parents and children who rely on marijuana as their main source of treatment.
“Feeling like western medicine failed her child Kalina turned to marijuana. She credits the cannabis for her Lauranne’s speedy recover and the quick return of her white blood cells after the chemo,” said VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu.
Lauren and Kalina are just one example of what medical marijuana can do for young lives. Children with elilepsy, Lupus, Dravet Syndrome, Austimn, depression, anxiety, down syndrome, and more are also turning to marijuana for help. Many are going to Colorado in order to save their kids.
“Medical marijuana has made Colorado a promise land for desperate parents trying to save their children. Children have arrived here nearly lifeless. Families have lived out of motels when they couldn’t find housing,” said Denver Post reporter John Ingold.
According to The Huffington Post, in 2014 there were 180 children in Colorado as medical marijuana patients. Today there are thousands and that’s not including adult medical card holders. Several other legal states, whether medical and/or recreational, are seeing an increase in younger patients as well, because of cases such a Lauranne. She is currently Oregon’s youngest cannabis patient and her leukemia is now in full remission.
As more children become well due an this alternative medicine, more parents are fighting to have easier and affordable access to it as well as protect their families from any possible repercussions from the government.
“It’s just this gamble based on what everybody else is doing,” said Lori King to TIME, a mother of a 10-year-old son diagnosed with epilepsy. “It’s an unknown but there’s that glimmer of hope that this might just be the right ticket”.
WHAAAAAAT!!!! The man that put the kush in country music is reaching out to the Master Growers and processors to kick off his WILLIE’s RESERVE! yeeehaw… hahahah.
I dig that Willy is getting in to the Cannabis game, it seems an obvious to me…. But…. This could go wrong fast!
The individuals that Willie hires to get this done will dictate what this brand becomes….. The genetic geniuses and master growers are the talent in the cannabis world and I’m sure he’s got some great ones around him that would love the job! My fingers are crossed hoping he puts together a good squad – Cheers to Willie Nelson!!! We wish him all the success possible, he is a pioneer for the cannabis cause globally and he will always have a place in its industry!!! We’ll all make sure of it….
Below are some fragments of info and links if you want to go for the gig…..
The legendary country singer Willie Nelson is hiring for his new weed business .
He’s looking for five hard-working individuals for Willie’s Reserve. Those positions, all based in Denver, include a compliance officer, a bookkeeper, a production manager, a sales director and an extractor.
The job descriptions on the website say at least three of the five gigs are salaried with performance-based incentives.
Yes !!!!!
We joined forces with Grizzly Griptape to create and cultivate a co-branded masterpiece we are calling THE GRIZZLY GLUE !
First off, you gotta try it! Freaking delicious……..
It’s TG Genetics take on a Gorilla Glue strain that they have been tweaking on for the last couple years.
Breakdown – [ Gorilla Glue #4 x Hollister Kush at a 56-64 Days Generative Cycle. Glue like structure with a tighter nodal stack. Strong lateral branching and a diverse terpene profile dominated by gasoline and hints of citrus and earth cream ]
What I love about this project, beyond the exceptional strain, is it’s all about the synergy between the skate and cannabis industry! It’s a monstrous seed that was just planted here (pun intended)!!!
So this project is built for the SKATERS!!!!!! I skated as a young grom, never pro, but in to it hard thru some definitive years in my memory banks and I’m still consistently awed by the sport. (My partners all have there skate vault in their memory banks as well) … We all searched for Animal Chin. (Reference for us older skate heads)
Now we are beyond excited to dream up ways to mash the Grizzly and Chroncierge worlds together!!! Skate and Weed…..They fit so perfect.
Grizzly repping the highest quality in skate
Chroncierge repping the highest quality in weed
Cheers to the entire Grizzly Griptape world ! we are excited about the future……
Chroncierge 
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