A youth group of grafitti artists in Palmitas, Mexico worked with the government to rehabilitate their town and painted 209 houses into one massive rainbow mural. Since its completion, youth violence in this small town has drastically diminished.
The ‘Germen Crew,’ which literally means ‘germ crew,’ painted 2,000 square meters of facade, affecting 452 families, or 1808 people locally, and have made community involvement a priority. The project not only refurbished the exteriors of homes, but created jobs for its execution.
As a Ch'an Buddhist, Rza of Wu Tang was the first rapper to be welcomed to the original Shaolin temple in China that birthed Kung Fu. There, the Sifu, who could barely speak english, told RZA “This is your home”.“
