Jay Shells Drops “Rap Quotes,” His Most Site-Specific Street Art Project Yet
March 25, 2013 | Aymann Ismail
After schooling New Yorkers on etiquette via numerous unsanctioned interventions, artist Jay Shells channeled his love of hip hop music and his uncanny sign-making skills towards a brand new project: “Rap Quotes.”
For this ongoing project, Shells created official-looking street signs quoting famous rap lyrics that shout out specific street corners and locations. He then installed them at those specific street corners and locations.
Shells went all city and posted over 30 signs quoting the likes of Jeru tha Damaja, Mos Def, Nas, Kanye West, CL Smooth, GZA, and RA the Rugged Man. ANIMAL followed. Ride along with our video above. Follow @TheRapQuotes for more.
So far, artist Jay Shells has installed a total of 68 site-specific "Rap Quotes" in New York, with more coming. Yesterday, just like old times when we first covered the project, ANIMAL followed Shells as he put up 21 new uncanny signs with hip hop lyrics that shout-out street corners and…
On Saturday night in Los Angeles, a crowd filled 1988 Gallery for an exhibition of "Rap Quotes," a series of works by Jay Shells. The right side of the gallery housed the artist's New York City street signs, which he's been hanging at specific locations mentioned in hip hop songs…
After getting New Yorkers to clean up their act with his etiquette campaign, artist Jay Shells has been memorializing iconic hip-hop lyrics with the Rap Quotes project. For the project, Shells identifies specific locations mentioned in rap songs, paints them on street signs, and posts them at the intersections they…
