Billy Taylor Park mural by Tats Cru - Providence, Rhode Island
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At Billy Taylor Park in Providence, RI, the playground's southwest retaining wall mural celebrates the Mount Hope community through Hip-Hop music and dance. Painted in 2007 by Tats Cru, a Bronx-based graffiti artists group turned pro muralists.
Waymark Code: WM11C0E
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2019
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At Billy Taylor Park in Providence, RI, the playground's southwest retaining wall mural celebrates the Mount Hope community through Hip-Hop music and dance. Painted in 2007 by Tats Cru, a group of Bronx-based graffiti artists turned professional muralists.
"Billy Taylor Park" in graffiti lettering stands front and center in the layout. The panoramic work features, from left to right:
- Legg Work Productions logo
- "In Memory of Lil Dee, Ryan Pearl, Clean Pete, MLK - You will always be missed"
- A portrait of DJ Leggs working two turn tables with "The Institute for the Study & Practice of Non-Violence" on his table cover
- "Inspired by Joe Hector"
- B-boys dancing
- Two guys playing basketball on a court at the park
- Three kids doing double dutch jump rope
- A rapper with a purple shirt and red hat
- ©2007 Tats Cru signed at the lower right