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OG’s Against Violence
Clifford Ryan’s
Local Artist
Meet & Greet
The Most Astonishing Photos
that Won Awards in 2015

2. Our story, as told before, began when Mistah Wilson created
ThaWilsonBlock Magazine in February 2013. It started out as
creative project. Something that would challenge my creativity and
force me to find ways of reinventing myself. And for the past 36
month, we’ve been faithfully releasing a new issue of our magazine.
ThaWilsonBlock Magazine Issue35 featuring Culver City, California
wasn’t our best piece of work.Though innovative, we admit, it
came with dead links and misplaced photos. But, it played a very
crucial role in our transition as a publication. thawilsonMAG
Issue35 is our first ever issue to receive over 500+ downloads in
one week.
With the release of Issue36, we are entering a new phase of
publication. Our magazine now works as a publisher & distributor
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How a Step Ladder is Useful for your Photography
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The Most Astonishing Photos thatWon Awards in 2015
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14 Portrait Photography tips you’ll never want to forget
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5 things photographers will learn switching from dSLR to mirrorless
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How to Photograph People in the harsh Midday Sun
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How to use On-Camera Flash
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A Photographer’s Guide to AestheticVisualization
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30 perfect photos of famous people at their most charismatic
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5. Contents
Publisher/Editor In Chief
Michael Taylor
Layout & Design
Michael Taylor
Content Creation
Michael Taylor
Photographer
Michael Taylor
Distribution/Circulation
Michael Taylor
Advertising Sales Mgr.
Michael Taylor
Outreach Coordinator
Michael Taylor
ThaWilsonBlock Magazine is
the premier digital street
sign photography publication
released on the 10th of every
month. Articles &
Advertisements are due by
5th of every month.
Michael Taylor is commonly
known as Bing Bing or
Mistah Wilson, the man
behind ThaWilsonBlock and
the Pasadena Music Scene.
ThaWilsonBlock Magazine
851 N. Oakland Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91104
Call (626)817-6978
Text (626)644-4821
thawilsonMAG@gmail.com
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12. At a day & age like this, we had to take this time out to honor a special person. A person whom we’ve never met in
person. A person we discovered on facebook. A person…on the other side of the country…
His name is Clifford Ryan and he is making it clear that he is an OG Against Violence! The reason we felt the need
to give Mr. Ryan the spotlight was because he is doing exactly what we expect from our elders. Our big homies.
Our OG’s. Clifford has been very active in the community getting people involved by having them post photos of
unity while holding a sign that says “OGs Against Violence”. And he’s even got the kids involved!
One thing is for certain: Clifford Ryan understands the importance of setting a proper example for our youth and
aspiring artists. It is clear that he also understands the power in a picture. In fact, Clifford’s movement is so
active that it inspired this article. We included some screenshots of Ryan’s community outreach work. It is
imperative that we work towards a solution for the sake of our children’s future.
“The youth really want to change if you reach out to them,” says Clifford Ryan in a facebook post about10 young
people taking a unity photo holding the sign. “This is the proof. Stop the violence.” What makes all of this so cool
is that Clifford recognizes that even the kids want to be united. And he’s gone to the extent of making
appearances with city officials like the mayor and chief of police.
“Some of my older homeboys can learn a lot of Clifford,” says Mistah Wilson. “To see my elder stand for the cause
of young people gives me hope for a better tomorrow.” For young, positive men & women in our communities, it
means something to see our OG’s involved for the betterment of the next generation. This is what is expected if we
are to strive to become a better individuals.
Clifford Ryan’s

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14. We don’t have to be helpless.The Canadian government
has set up a system whereby groups of private citizens
are permitted to raise money and sponsor a refugee
family.
For 12 months, the sponsors are responsible for the refugee
family’s financial and social well-being.They do everything from
picking up the family at the airport, to providing them with
housing, food and even clothing.The Canadian private refugee
sponsorship program lets citizens play a larger role in the
resettlement program. It also takes some of the financial burden
of refugee resettlement off the taxpayers.
This crisis calls for such innovation, and the US
government should follow suit and create a similar
program. Please join me in asking the State
Department to allow private citizens and organizations
to sponsor refugees, so that we as a nation can help save
more people, even faster.
When we rely solely on government-sponsored refugee
relocation, we can only accept a very small pool of
people in need. Even those people encounter roadblocks
to success because of the minimal financial support they
receive from the government.
I believe there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of
Americans just like me who would be willing to make a year-
long sacrifice in order to make a difference in the lives of some
of the world's most vulnerable communities.
A refugee in the midst of resettlement should have a
community of people behind them who have a vested
interest in their success as a new resident.
Justice for Tamir Rice
Sign this Petition
Tamir Rice was only 12-years-old when he was shot and
killed last year by a Cleveland police officer as he played
in a park with a toy gun. Timothy Loehmann, an officer in
training, shot and killed Tamir within two seconds of
arriving at the park. The police car hadn’t even fully
stopped before he began shooting.
He shot my little cousin so quickly it would have
been impossible for him to tell Tamir to drop the
toy airsoft gun, much less for Tamir to respond to
them.
Tamir’s killing was captured on camera. That should
have been all that was needed to charge the officer. But
next month marks a full year since his death and the
County Prosecutor, Timothy McGinty, has still not even
presented this case to a grand jury to determine if
charges will be filed against the officers.
This is unacceptable.Timothy McGinty needs to
be replaced with a special prosecutor, who are
used in high-profile cases, to ensure that there
isn’t bias.
Our family believes that McGinty is clearly biased and in
favor of the officers. This week he released two “expert”
reviews which sided with the officers even though
neither of the review writers had even
interviewed the officers.
Please join Tamir’s family in calling for a special
prosecutor to be appointed to this case.
Allow private citizens to
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16. 30 Places to Promote
Your Soundcloud Songs
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2. PROMOTE! all Drum & Bass/House/Garage/breaks/hip hop - Downloadables ​
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20. Collab (where hip hop emcees meet producers) ​
21. Rap HipHop Beats [ THE Group for the producers and Rappers ] ​
22. Alternative Rappers/Singers; Looking for rappers/singers who can flow to alternative beats
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24. TRU Atlanta Musicians, Artist, Producers, and Rappers ​
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30. Hip Hop | Listen, Share and Enjoy ​
ThaWilsonBlock Magazine encourages musicians to learn ways to promote
themselves and distribute their own content. This is how you build leverage in
a competitive industry. Below, we comprised a list of 30 Soundcloud Groups
that musicians on Soundcloud can share their music to. If you share your
tunes to these groups regularly (once a day or 2-3 times a week), you will see
your music grow organically. This is an essential and FREE way of getting
listens, downloads, comments, & shares of your music.

18. Newsletter
McSteezy drops new music video “Rough Day”

19. #NeverGiveUp

21. SupportYourLocalArtists

22. 2-Hye
Hip Hop / Rap Songwriter
P a s a d e n a A r t i s t
Back 2-Hye School EP (2013) Love, Death, & Revolution (2012) The Hye Way (2009) A Little Past High (2007)
1. Feel Me
2. Bump to This
3. No Come Down
4. Take It Up a Notch
5. Do What You Gotta Do
6. Pop One
7. Fire It Up
8. Tell It Like It Is
9. 2-Hye
10. It’s You
11. That Livin’
12. Heard You Don’t Like Me
13. Still Sippin’
14. The Hye Way
15. How Hard It Is
1. Taking Over
2. Cali Connect
3. Round 3
4. Probation
5. No Place Like Home
6. Move Mountains
7. Bottom Barrels
8. Blvd. Babies
9. Cruising At Night
10. My People
11. Hustle the Hustler
12. Hate Me
13. Where Were You
14. Love, Death, & Revolution
15. Money Over Morals
16. In His Hands
17. 2 Cultures
18. Family
1. Next Big Thing
2. That’s Westcoast
3. Metaphorically Speaking
4. Nobody Like Me
5. The Fam Don’t Play
6. On the Floor
7. Messages
8. So Greezy
9. Kill That Noise
10. Just Another One
11. Someone Behind You
12. Westcoast Psycho
13. Why They Talkin
14. Shake Drop & Snap It
15. Every City I Go, City I See
16. It’s 2-Hye
17. Outro
1. Back 2-Hye School
2. Curves Like the Coast
3. Won’t Let You Down
4. Messages (skit)
5. Revive Me
6. Life Is so Beautiful
7. Get Loose
8. My Crew
9. Climbing Out the Trenches
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23. Imani Akil
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27. M i c h a e l J o n e s
G a l l e r y
P a i n t e r & I l l u s t r a t o r
“Life of the party” by Michael Jones
Acrylic, on 24x36 canvas
Price Inquire Within
Date created 11.21.15
“All around the world” by Michael Jones
Acrylic spray paint and nail polish on 24x30 canvas
Price Inquire Within
Date created 12.19.15
“You give me chills down my spine” by Michael Jones
Acrylic nail polish on 6 feet by 2 feet
Price $800.00 "SOLD"
Date Created 1.4.12
Signed and dated

28. “Love is a universal language” by Michael Jones
Acrylic , Recycled newspaper on 11x14 Canvas panel
Price Inquire within
Date Created 4.18.13
Signed , dated and thumb printed

29. “24 hours” by Michael Jones
Various newspaper sports clippings, nail polish, spray paint, smeared sun dried
red roses, crayons, marker, pencil, gold leaf ,acrylic on 11x14 canvas panel.
Price Sold
Date created 2.13.14
Signed, dated, and thumb printed

30. “All around the world” by Michael Jones
Acrylic spray paint and nail polish on 24x30 canvas
Price Inquire Within
Date created 12.19.15

32. “Where is the gold at ?” by Michael Jones
Acrylic, nail polish, oil, and spray paint on recycled Japanese Newspaper
Price Inquire within
Date created 5.18.13
Signed, dated, numbered, and thumb printed

33. “Fedora me” by Michael Jones
Acrylic, spray paint, smeared dandelion, marker, crayon, glitter, on 11x14
canvas panel
Price Inquire Within
Date created 1.18.16
Signed, dated, and thumb printed

34. “MM Part take” by Michael Jones
Pencil, Marker, nail polish, crayon, Acrylic, Oil, Gold Leaf, Pages from
Smithsonian magazine, 1941 Roanoke times newspaper, Found Foster freeze
wrapper,Thor Comic book pages,Tootsie pop wrappers, Spray paint, German
newspaper, Smeared(cherry) Tootsie pop chunks on 24x36 on canvas
Price Inquiry Within
Date created 11.8.15

35. “We don’t die” by Michael Jones
Acrylic,14k gold leaf, spray paint, water color, nail polish, marker, on 12x12
recycled cardboard
Date created 9.11.14
Signed, dated, and thumb printed

36. Kathleen McGuinness is creative director
& illustrator for McGraphics Design, Inc. — mcgraphics.us —
and a long time a fan of Rolling Stone Magazine portraits. She
believes that drawing is the backbone of painting portraits.
Her current project is painting 1960s & 1970s musicians —
mcgraphics.us/music. Each painting starts with choosing the
musician, recently Eric Clapton, reading about the artist,
listening to his music and studying his facial structure. At that
point she does concept design drawings. A digital or scanned
drawing is following by painting, often started in Affinity
Designer or Affinity Photo software programs. The painting is
then shifted to Photoshop CS6. When finished each painting
goes up on mcgraphics.us/music and out to social media.