#KindnessBeatsTheVirus

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ORIGIN STORIES Tats Cru: The Mural Kings

TatsCru made history this week with the #BlackLivesMatter mural in lower Manhattan. Boro President galeabrewer & wxystudio gave them less than a week to organize & produce a 21'8" x 570' (12,500 SF) mural spanning three heavily trafficked, hyper politicized city blocks. Without even seeing the design, they mobilized an all-star lineup of artists to collaborate. A torrential downpour washed away the first drops of paint, & still they completed it in less than three days. Who are Biotatscru, Nicertatscru, BG183tatscru, "The Mural Kings"?

Tats Cru's hip hop pedigree runs deep. Their founders grew up in Bronx River Houses, home of Afrika Bambaataa and the Universal Zulu Nation, and honed their craft at block parties and on subways since 1980. Friends from high school, they evolved their art into a business as young adults. They took commissions from local merchants, painted memorial walls, and helped friends like Big Pun, fatjoe, JLo, Nas, and many others sell albums with street art. In the mid 90s, CocaCola hired them. Sony and other global brands followed.

A lot of people call themselves kings and queens. For some, it's aspirational or power tripping. For Tats Cru, the artistic royalty that may have begun as braggadocio shined brightly this week.

Some observations for all the students who should be watching:

1. No one outworked them, and no task was beneath them. They were the first to arrive and last to leave, leading by example despite the heat and backbreaking assignment painting the floor.

2. Peers respect and follow them. They could not have achieved such a monumental task alone. Colleagues showed up for them because they've shown up for 40 years.

3. Their humility was infectious. Asking acclaimed artists to paint someone else's design is ... ordinarily insulting. But if Tats Cru could agree, then who else could rightly object?

4. They made room for others, and generously shared credit. Their protégés contributed meaningfully to every aspect of the project.

From all of us, thank you. #KindnessBeatsTheVirus

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Shout out to robert21hill and gabriellapupovac
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We are soo thankful for all your hard work, and your sacrifice! God bless you! —
Thank you Hope Midtown for sending a meal to his HEROES ❤️ #kindnessbeatsthevirus
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Completed Falcon mural for J. V. Forrestal Elementary School. A big thanks to Principal Sessoms and jvforrestalptso! All of the character drawings were submitted by the 4th and 5th graders for this collaboration. I wish the kids could’ve helped with the process but I know they’ll be excited when they see it in person. #schoolmural #schoolmurals #falcon #beaconschool #beaconny #hudsonvalley #hudsonvalleymagazine #hudsonvalleyartist #mural #muralist #muralart #muralpainting #muralsdaily #animal #kindnessbeatsthevirus ...

Painting more New Yorkers for the 7pm clapping today 👏🏼. WIP shots of this mural of staying-at-home iguana and bird I’m painting on my roof 🐦 🦎.
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Completed 5th grade mural collaboration for Taft Elementary School in Washingtonville, NY. Unfortunately the kids couldn’t participate this year but they all contributed their self portrait drawings to the project. #schoolmural #schoolmurals #washingtonville #hudsonvalley #hudsonvalleymagazine #hudsonvalleyartist #mural #muralist #muralart #muralpainting #muralsdaily #kindnessbeatsthevirus #diversity #kindness #pimentelmurals #gpmuralpaints #goldenmuralpaint ...

Over the past couple months I have been volunteering at a food bank in Queens through newyorkcares with 9millionreasons . They provide about 30,000 meals to families daily throughout every borough in NYC. It’s truly been a blessing to be a part of this project and help those in need during this time. If you, your family, your friends, your neighbors, ANYONE needs food...please don’t hesitate to reach out and I will make sure they get some. No one deserves to go hungry. ——————————————
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My noodle shop is now open at 32 mulberry Street ( or 100 mosco street ) . The first mural of #chinatownMuralProject 🙂 organized by 1taipan .
Super Sunny day !!
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