Say what you may about hip-hop and the negativity you think it may embrace but when it came to demonizing crack cocaine and promoting safe sex through condom use there is no other musical subculture that kicked it to the curb. Hip-Hop made sure that you were looked at like a dumb-ass if you didn’t wear a condom and a complete asshole if you smoked crack. Hip-Hop embraced a primal creative release that has since run unparalleled in its impact on a poverty stricken culture.

Illustrator Jason Levesque blesses us regularly with his whimsically sexual, clean-line illustrations. This time around he has jumped off the two dimensional plane and directly into the third via custom painted nesting dolls.  Well done Jason. I love these jawnies.

Designer, art director and hand-crafted model maker, Kyle Bean has pleasantly neutered man’s favorite tools for creating bloodshed and mayhem. Jello Grenades and Birthday Candle Ammo may not be ideal for the goodie bags at your daughters birthday party but Id prefer the dude running the Chucky Cheese ticket-counter to pack a feather-knife than the 3″ Buck knife he has stashed in his boxer lining. Just sayin’.

I haven’t been this excited about a find since Sonny Bono discovered that tree. (just a joke Sonny) Flickr user D.Shelley has blessed us with an absolutely incredible photo set detailing the custom artwork applied to the back panel of WWII bomber jackets. Hand-crafted and war-torn, these jackets set the tone for graffiti-adorned jean jackets of the 80′s. These dudes were seriously bombin‘ shit…. no, seriously.

You remember that video of that chubby Indonesian kid smoking cigarrettes that went viral a little while ago? So did Belgian photographer, Frieke Janssens. The difference between us and her is that she acted on her reaction to the video and put together an incredibly kick-ass photo project titled, “Smoking Kids”. Keep in mind that no actual cigarette product or smoke was involved in the shoot.

Chillingsworth & Co.  X  24Flinching bring the beat back to the Mobb Deep streets of Queensbridge. Download and chill at will…(subscribe to the mixtape feed to stay looped)

Believe it or not this bad boy is the Guiness Record holder as the Largest Caganer. For those unfamiliar with the Spanish custom of the caganer let me enlighten you. He is a dude that typically poops next to the traditional Catalan Christmas nativity scenes. No bullshit. If enormous pooping mountain men in the mall aren’t your thing then maybe a menagerie of miniature pooping politicians, super-heroes or  seasonal snowmen may tickle your dingleberry. Happy Holidays!

The Uncanny Culture Initiative is gearing up to celebrate their 3rd Anniversary of growing and supporting the creative culture in North Carolina. They are doing it up properly with a 3D themed showcase featuring roughly 50 artists freaking it in the third dimension. If you are anywhere near Charlotte this Saturday you need to make like a fetus and head out to AKA Creative.