For receiving a nomination for this years Phoenix New Times BiG BRAiN AWARDS!!! For a business that has only had their doors open for 2 months, you already KNOW this place is packin’ the heat and movin’ + shakin’ the landscape up.
!!!PROPS to my FAM!!!
“…The name, Magana says, is the term in hip-hop culture for the circle b-boy dancers, emcees, slam poets, and musicians often naturally form. “The cypher is where the energy is — it’s as much the feeling as it is the formation … Dancers and performers spend a lot of time competing and performing on stages and for crowds, but it’s in the cypher that they truly earn the respect of each other.”
Read the full article here.
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Aside from seeing my brethren get recognized for the work they do everyday for our community, it warms my heart to see my own help and support. Being a busy person myself with my own business, it isn’t always easy to give back and volunteer/do work as much as I’d like to, but I always try to do what I can when I can. And when I take a look at that collage of 5 photos, it makes my chest proud to see 4 out of those 5 squares contain my art, my expressions and my person that I gave in hopes of helping the community with. It’s more than fitting that I file this post under ‘Dezine AD9′ and ‘Community Movement’.
PROPS TO CYPHERS!!! Hope you got that acceptance speech ready!
The DOJO is the nerve center of the GR818ERS – all of the activity, planning, and movement stem from this epicenter. as i’ve noted before, it’s a place chock-full of great energy and people. as a result of being a strong organization with a lot of support + helping hands, its walls have already been graced by many members + friends of the GR818ERS: as you can se … 
