Writing by
Editor on Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 at 3:06 pm

Here at Ill Rated we jump at the opportunity to feature local artist that put it down for their respective craft. Today we focus on a man that has transformed his passion for sneakers and art into a full blown business of creating custom shoe design that has drawn the attention of artist like Talib Kweli, and DJ Tony Touch.
Crave Online Editor-in-Chief, Ahmad Childress caught up with Sole Junkie (aka Steven Cedre Jr.) in Los Angeles at Crash Mansion, for a night of Hip-Hop and Fashion and asked him about his artwork.
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Writing by
Princesa on Thursday, 13 December, 2007 at 5:46 pm

Last month Miss Van returned to the gallery, this time for a solo show at Magda Danyz Gallery in France. Miss Van (a.k.a Vanessa Castex) native of Toulouse, France has been painting walls since the age of 18 and is considered one of the more predominant street artist of our time. Check out video of the show…..
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Writing by
Editor on Monday, 10 December, 2007 at 12:58 pm

Here we have one of the most insane trailers I’ve seen in a long time! Words cannot describe what you are about to see, but keep your eyes peeled for the following; Ninjas. Tempura. Yakuza. Drill Bra (yes, I said a Drill Bra).
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Writing by
El Dom on Wednesday, 5 December, 2007 at 11:57 am

What’s good family?! This Thursday night we got a solid “bout” lined up in the “City of Angels”. Three of the city’s premier artist will be displaying their rendition of great Ali moments captured. Hit up the the Adidas store on Melrose this Thursday from 8pm-11pm and come witness “Greatness”. Congrats and shout out to the homies Eric Bailey and Shepard Fairey (HVW8 you are O.G. too man).
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