GraffRootsMedia

it's been a while since i've explored this crevice of the settings for this shop.
a story has been requested about this shop.

graffiti and hip-hop culture has been 2/3rds of my entire life. i started sketching, painting (horribly) and rapping with my friends around the age of 12 years old. growing up in saint paul, we were right next door to minneapolis, and it was all very conducive to a wild journey of growing up in twin cities hip-hop starting around 2001, 2002.

i might write a book one day. but this is a story about this current shop.

around 2012, my cousin cleo was graduating high school. i was broke. not wanting to show up empty handed to her graduation party, i painted her a custom 11x14" canvas with her name on it. it was this canvas, that began the word of mouth, and slowly but surely started to get me more and more customers.

since then, i have painted custom skateboard decks and canvases for clients such as Lil Wayne, a Green Bay Packer (NFL football player), "Punky Brewster" remake on Peacock Network, "The Gifted" by Marvel on FOX Network, and many amazing people across the entire world.

due to covid, i no longer offer international service. it has been a pleasure to be able to have a presence across the world thanks to these amazing people that trusted me to deliver a quality, custom, one-of-a-kind piece of art.

i am currently located in south minneapolis, minnesota - i am a full time father of a 15 year old son, a cat named sketchy, and a bunny named honey. a proud type-1 diabetic that strives to leave the world more beautiful than how i found it.

if you read this far, thank you for being here, and for being you.

tl;dr:
Lover of the finer things in life. Decade-plus making words, names and imagination come alive on walls and canvas.