Sweet, soft | harsh, vulgar
Concepted, illustrated & hand designed fruits paired with my favorite hip hop and r&b songs.
Self-produced a gallery party featuring 90 artworks.
Reposts, Likes and Tweets from:
WuTang, LL Cool J, Outkast, Jurassic 5, Foxy Brown, N.E.R.D.,
KRS-One, Akon, 2 Live Crew, Crooklyn Clan's DJ Riz
Blahzay Blahzay | “Danger” | 1993
All parts of the yew plant are toxic to humans, while the YEW BERRY itself causes headaches, lethargy, aches, itching, skin rashing that leads to trembling, staggering, coldness, weak pulse to collapsing. The fruit looks like a red olive where its seed is found protruding from its hollow center. Its the seed in the berry and every part of the plant that is highly toxic. Additionally the poison does not die away when the plant dies. Branches, leaves and bark, if strewn or pruned, are still poisonous. As few as three berries can cause the above symptoms. Dangerous AF ❗️❗️❗️.
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Thank you so much to
Slo-Down Wines & DJ Philthy from BFF.fm
for bringing the party to life with great drinks and music.
Missy Elliott | “Work It” | 2002
Low in sugar and high in healthy (monounsaturated) fat, AVOCADOS are👌👌👌. Eaten or smothered on as a face mask, this fruit is great for keeping skin soft and hydrated. Avocados contain nearly 20 vitamins & minerals and known as the darling of the produce section. This fruit is also known to contribute to strong shiny 💇 and 💅’s. Overall a solid food AND beauty product making you sexy AF.
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Q-Tip | “Breathe and Stop” | 1999
TOMATOES mistaken as a veggie, but really a fruit. Research has found those who consumed tomatoes every other day resulted in a greater lung capacity reducing severe wheezing and breathing problems. Tomatoes and apples contain quercetin that helps protect lungs from external pollutants 😷😷😷 Breathe and don’t stop 🍅🍅🍅.
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Ol Dirty Bastard ft. Maya | “Ghetto Superstar” | 2001
The PINEBERRY is a modern day creation by Dutch farmers who had a dream to save the South American superstar fruit from extinction by making it a hybrid with a red berry. Smelling and tasting like a pineapple, the pineberry resembles a teeny tiny strawberry. This fruit starts off green and ripens to white. Dream team and schemes 🍓🍓🍓🍍🍍🍍 Cute and sweet AF.
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Q-Tip | "Vivrant Thing" | 1999
DRAGONFRUIT have a stunning bright fuschia color skin with rounded green horns. On the inside the fruit is white with tiny black seeds and a texture like a kiwi. Native to Central America, dragonfruit are known as Pitahaya or Pitaya depending on the region. In addition to being packed with vitamin b1, b2, b3 and c, dragonfruit are high in carotene - linked to being anti-carcinogenic, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. Super immune booster. Q-Tip created the word: vibrant/vivacious. Dragonfruit, vivrant AF.
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Big Sean ft. E40 | “I don’t **** with you” | 2014
From Japan the WINEBERRY was introduced to the United States in 1890 as an ornamental plant and a potential for cross breeding with other berries. Unfortunately the raspberry-like berry and and its vines grow abundantly. Despite being an edible fruit, the wineberry is notoriously known as the most invasively growing fruit in North America and one of the most unwanted plants “bullying” others out of their landscape. Wineberries don’t give AF.
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Nelly ft. St Lunatics | “Ride Wit Me” | 2000
MEYER LEMONS are a hybrid between a lemon and a mandarin orange. Unfortunately due to the drought, all lemon varieties are extremely limited. California grows 91% of the country’s lemons and the long-lasting drought has doubled their usual cost. Today, all varieties of lemons are the most expensive they’ve ever been since the Bureau of Stats have been tracking the fruit since 1980. It costs $50 for a case of 165 lemons ($30-$35 standard price). For small/local restaurants it’s extremely time consuming and costly to quickly revise their menus. Bars are also very reliant on this fruit for garnishing and flavouring. Lemons are a basic staple in cooking & drink mixing. Dependant AF.
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Bell Biv DeVoe | “Poison” | 1990
DAPHNE BERRIES are extremely toxic. You’ll apparently experience choking sensations if you eat the fruit, while its twigs and bark can cause rashing and eczema. Only fruit-eating birds are immune to them. Such a pretty name, Daphne, but that girl is poison AF 💊💊💊🔪🔪🔪.
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Chamillionaire ft. Krayzie Bone | “Ridin’ Dirty” | 2005
Ridin’ dirty, MANGOSTEENS were a contraband fruit, illegal in the United States. Native to the Sunda and Moluccas islands of Indonesia, mangosteens are grown and found in Southeast Asia and tropical countries like Colombia. The deep purple rind is extremely thick, but once sliced, inside are five perfectly white sectioned slices of fruit. Mangosteens have been available in Canada but because of a belief the fruit harboured a particular fruit fly they became illegal in the US. Dirty AF no more as the ban has been lifted.
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Outkast | “Spottieottiedopaliscious” | 1997
From the same state as Outkast, GEORGIA PEACH farming began around the civil war as an alternative to cotton farming. Known as the “Peach State” Georgia was the first to grow the fruit before California and South Carolina - the top three states to cultivate the sweet, fuzzy-skinned fruit. A Georgia peach also refers to a cute southern beauty. Outkast’s made up word for a beautiful lady 👉👉👉Spottieottiedopalicious. This fruit 🍑🍑🍑 a spottieottiedopalicious georgia peach.
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Snoop Dogg | “Who I am (What’s My Name)” | 1993
Cultivated first in Belgium and Northern France during the 17th century, the REDCURRANT are a tiny bright red translucent berry slightly smaller than a blueberry. A variety of cultivars spread wild across Europe extending to Asia. Grapes and raisins top the list for the most poisonous fruits for dogs but the redcurrant is equally as dangerous with the same levels of toxicity. Toxic AF 🐶🐶🐶.
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Ghostface Killah | “Apollo Kids” | 2010
Encased in delicate paper-like leaves, the CAPE GOOSEBERRY is a perfectly round yellow berry closely related to the tomatillo. Native to South America the leaves that encase the fruit are tissue paper thin and like dried flower petals surrounding a marble sized berry. Golden yellow like Ghostface Killah’s pair of Air Max.
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