STEEL WHEELS: PITTSBURGH HIP HOP FOR CEREBRAL PALSY!

HEY PITTSBURGH! hope yinz all plan on makin it out to this event for a great cause! If you been livin under a rock, I'll putchyinz D.  Ramon Luis Silva Jr. aka @DaKidInWheels is a die-hard Pittsburgh Hip-Hop fan and if you haven't guessed, is in a wheelchair and lives with the disability Cerebral Palsy. But this hasn't slowed Da Kid down a bit. I reached out to him to get a few words about CP and how having the disability has affected his life. Take a read . Mad uplifiting! This is a good dude and true believer of the PGH HIP HOP SCENE. (not to mention a huge B White fan!)

"Cerebral Palsy is a disability that never held me down. Even though I wasn't born with CP, i never let the fact of having it get in the way of what I wanted to do with my life. It was a medical accident that happen at my birth. But cp never disabled my ability to do normal stuff like play sports, go to prom and attend college.

Pittsburgh Hip Hop means a lot to me because I can relate to most of the mc's like the Come Up ( Vinny radio & Fran), Bwhite, Mayo, and Varsity Squad (Beedie & Jon Quest). The MC I can relate to the most is B. White because many of his struggles he raps about in his songs, I can feel his hunger. Being the best but everyone always doubt him, which is similar to my life because many people doubt me on stuff I wanted to do with my life and now I'm doing big things like B. White is now. Another similarity me and B are very ambitious, we are determined to get what we want & work hard for it. This event is not only about raising money it's a showcase of the music that gets me through my day and my love for Pittsburgh hip hop."

-Ramon Silva

BOOM! So feel that! All proceeds raised from this ALL AGES show will be donated to the United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh! Check the line-up! @DAKIDINWHEELS FAVORITES!

BOOT PRINTS WILL BE IN THE BUILDING SELLING SHIRTS FOR THE CAUSE.!
these tees will be on sale for 10$ and all proceeds will be givin to the charity! it feels good to give back people! so come out and cheers for the good!

only making a limited number of these. so make sure you get there on time and cop that tee!

thanks to everyone involved in this. Dave Schurmann from MANIFEST FRESH, Brick & KT from TIME BOMB, Hubbs, Beedie, Jon Quest, Vinny, Fran, B. White, the rest of the WRK CREW @veedot1 and @sbuggy.
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BEEDIE THE BEAT BULLY!

BEEDIE THE BEAT BULLY . PERIOD.

joe boots and the BPC been down with BEEDIE for a grip. part of that older video was shot at our shop, we print all the varsity squad tees and on top of all that . dude can spit. AND make tracks.

hip hop addict.
heavy smoker.
not mad at that combo.
CHECK FOR THE HOMIE!! BEEDIE THE BEAT BULLY

6.30.11 beedie full length will be released. until them .. peep what he lets leak.
one.
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Apex ft Varsity Squad

Hot new video! Apex ft Varsity Squad-Move back

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winter shit.

first off. hope everyone had a great holiday season! its been a crazy rough and tumble couple months here at the BPC shop.  at the beginning of december things just about screeched to a halt, as i was forewarned by industry types that it would.  this is where the BPC HOLIDAZE SPECIAL came from. one morning while cleaning screens we kicked around the idea of a holiday sale.  but we're not a definitive retail spot and to be honest , its a factory, cant have people walking around a factory all like that. "ya cant go dahn the mill just nebbin arahhnnd. "(yinzer voice) so, long story short we came up with a special offering to print ONE custom tee shirt for $22! it was a great deal and there were a few people that bit on the offer! thank yinz for that! check out some of the holidaze special shirts :: a few of them are the single shirt deal that ended 18DEC10 a few were for more! shout out everyone that came thru the whole month of december, whether you brought food, jet fuel, or just a shout in sayin yinz fuck wit what were doing up here...

its crazy watching the seconds go by. nightly, 51 becomes more and more like a ghost highway, the bursts of truck traffic a low steady rumble. then quiet. repeat.  after the work is done i get to relax, not too much, but just a bit. tonite has been one of reflection. of the past year, mistakes as well as breakthroughs. crazy to think where i was and what i was going through at the beginning of 2010. i was in so far over my head and had no idea what type of pandora's box i had pryed open. school can't prepare you for this. nothing can. you just gotta close your eyes and JUMP! head-first into the wild world of business. throw in the whole "growing up" thing .... real life. man, its crazy.

 look i suck at blogging. but its worth checking out sometimes i think. and i am going to try to post something nightly. after the works been done. i need to have a ketchup and mustard day... then relish my accomplishments.... (theres a little Carrick High VISCOM humor) speaking of Carrick High and VISCOM . the VISCOM teacher: Mr. Walchesky taught me the very basics of screen printing and i knew i wanted to do something in this field since i was in 10th grade (although i was stencil / spray painting shirts in 7th grade) so a big thank you goes out to Checky. a few months ago i tweeted something about Mr. Walchesky when Brick, world famous streetwear bully and owner of timebombshop.com, told me he had a teacher at Arsenal Middle School named Mr. Walchesky who was his Visual Arts teacher ... aka VISCOM . so we figured out that the same person taught us basically the same thing. with about a decade in between . neat!

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i started posting this a GRIP ago. and well. its probably all out of time sync but whatever. its some nice little ramblings and a few photos too.

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ill shit, ill people ... period

We've been havin some ill people come through the shop.

Pittsburgh MC Beedie stopped through to pick up a shirt order for his crew, the Varsity Squad. Check out his myspace for show dates and to hear some tracks. Cop his mixtape from Time Bomb Spot if you know what's good for you.

The homie Seth came through, which was an awesome treat considering his wild ass has been busy squatting in Maui for the past year or so. He made time on his trip back to the 'Burgh to stop through the shop.

Do you have a picture of yourself or your homies rocking BOOT PRINTS CREW gear? Take a picture! Send photos to Bootprinting@gmail.com

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Blogs are neat but hard to keep

We suck at keeping a blog, you already know. This is another attempt to do this on a regular basis. We have been slammed with work this summer, and shit just keeps gettin better. We did the biggest job through the doors this week courtesy of the Pittsburgh Black Family Reunion (Big ups to Twitter for this job).

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The shirts were designed by Dreamers and Believers (@dandbapparel). They are a sick ass self-made clothing company from Pittsburgh. T-Shirts and Wovens available at Time Bomb now.

Another sick job we did this week was for local rap ruffians The Varsity Squad. Jon Quest, Beedie, and Shade Cobain deliver hard hitting punch lines and creative concepts. Check the next blog for more about them.

Seriously though, we really are going to keep at it this time, so check back for more.

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