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07/26/2023

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Whispers of Ancient Glory. The Resplendent Princess, a Symbol of Power

04/19/2020

PART 2: exactly 10 years ago to the day. Flash back to the old days at the University of hip-hop on Chicago's South Side 📸 hope you enjoy a peek into my photo archives. Please credit accordingly if you share. @ The Southwest Youth Service Collaborative

04/19/2020

Old snapshot I took of the homie in action at the Eagle in

04/17/2020

The homie a few years back, definitely been killing it in Chicago for years be sure to check out his music. Another live performance I filmed out of my video archives

04/17/2020

Flash back to the old days at the University of hip-hop on Chicago's South Side 📸 hope you enjoy a peek into my photo archives

04/16/2020

Flashback to some photos I shot of my family in action.

04/16/2020

The looooong time homie recently put out his first Looper for the scratch heads. It's full of some heat and I highly recommend visiting his profile immediately to hit that link and support the homie!

01/02/2018

An ode to the boom bap era of the hip-hop culture's musical front. Especially to iconic figures who we've lost during our time here. Wall Art available in various sizes!

12/26/2017

An ode to the boom bap era of Hip-Hop

An ode to the boom bap era of the hip-hop cultures musical front. Especially to iconic figures who weve lost during our time here. This makes for a great staple t-shirt. Its made of a thicker, heavier cotton, but its still soft. And the double stitching on the neckline and sleeves add more

12/20/2017

A huge thanks to the Beatdown 3000​ crew for having me out to document their Rub-A-Dub Mood event featuring OBF Sound, Sr. Wilson, Von D, Kinky P, Beatdown Sound, DJ Toltech and Fadadougou with an amazing sound system by Black Scorpion Sound System. Those kicks, snares, and riding bass lines were intense all throughout the night! Had a blast documenting the night and I'm happy to share the visuals with you all! Also check out the photo gallery of the night up at www.JAM1PHOTO.com

A huge thanks to the Beatdown Sound crew for having me out to document their Rub-A-Dub Mood event featuring OBF Sound, Sr. Wilson, Von D, Kinky P, Beatdown S...

12/09/2017

A few snapshots from the Rub A Dub Mood event by BeatDown3000Sound

11/30/2017

A little Charlie's Angels moment during our students picture day with and the coworker homie Emily

10/08/2017

09/21/2017

The homie DJ Gilateen invited a bunch of us out to the Waukegan lakefront on a beautiful saturday afternoon to get a little cut session on, I shot photos mor...

08/16/2017

Free DJ classes coming up! Perfect for teenage youth near the Little Village / Pilsen / Cicero area. Next round of classes will be in September - Stop by Piotrowski Park to learn more.

Video promo for my free to the public DJ classes being held in conjunction with Piotrowski Park in Chicago's little village neighborhood. Classes are for tee...

07/21/2017

A few snapshots from last night's King of the Hill battle

07/17/2017

Been a blessing to teach young individuals the art of DJing at Piotrowski Park - Between working with both Piotrowski Park and the Town of Cicero it feels great to give back to both communities that I grew up in at different points of my life and pay those inspirations that molded me forward to others. I clearly remember being a young teenager and too many people and organizations that would brush me off to the side when I approached them asking to learn or collaborate on setting up a space to teach and learn the arts of Hip-Hop.

Only a select few people and places opened up their arms without hesitation and welcomed me in with open arms. I will always have endless gratitude to the Pilsen YMCA for willing to hear out a teenagers ideas and give 100% support to allow me to nurture my first collaborative project and inspire me to start my quest to work with the communities.

The Southwest Youth Collaborative was another huge support, not only for me but for endless other young people who wanted to start up new and exciting endeavors for their peers. No idea was too far fetched for them, they allowed us to spread our wings like none other. Alternatives up on the northside being another huge player in the game, always bringing people together all city style.

Boogie Park sessions known as "Hip-Hop at the Park" being some of my favorite projects, bringing so many young heads together with the power of word of mouth. So much talent and devotion ran through those young circles. Blackbooks crossing every path, linoleum being beat to death by all the b-boys and b-girls, young emcees tapping into the heavens for meaningful flows and us beatboxers cramping at the lungs dedicated at keeping the beat alive for every syllable that came to the circle.

One of the most amazing projects I was able to land was being able to collaborate with the Code of the Cutz arena at the Vans Warped Tour for 3 years in a row. Being able to share the stage with the likes of Adeem, Immortal Technique, Hangar 18, Outerlimitz and more.. that was one hell of an inspiration.

Fast forward to being able to collaborate with Scion (shoutout to Ulysses!) for the Back 2 Basics breaking battles / car shows we held on an annual basis. My proudest moment was being able to collaborate with Latination to showcase everything that we were doing for all to see on a countrywide audience on the UPN network. Proud to see so many people I grew up with represented right in their element on national television!

Collaborations with M**f 7, Typical Cats and all of Galapagos 4, Scan DLS, DJ Deluge, Dynamic Vibrations, SOC, Mr. Bim and loca kats, molement and scam artists, Sour Apples, TNA, endless block party shows, road trips, parking lot cyphers, hotel hallway battles, Scribble Jam, Danger Dave, all of the Blue Island heads and cavazos family, Red Bull Chicago, everyone at the Scratch DJ Academy, shooting as a photographer for 40oz Prophet, being able to shoot some of my favorite artists over the years, Rock The Bells concert series in Chicago, We Are Hip-Hop festival and so many others, huge thanks to all of you for the willingness to collaborate and endless opportunities.

Back to the hometown.... tons of multi-genre art shows at Klas Restaurant here in Cicero. Endless love to Frank there for always welcoming local youth into his establishment to throw shows. I think plenty of Cicero cats know how important those rock shows were at Klas. The gallery shows that I was able to hold at Klas will always hold a strong place in my heart, I just wish Klas was still operational, such an amazing little venue.

Years later I'm finally able to work with my own hometown of Cicero and their Community Outreach Department. Helping cultivate like-minded individuals who are dedicated with supporting our youth and giving them the opportunities and encouragement to do anything their heart desires and not feel alienated or shunned away for wanting to express their dreams. Long rant short, I give all thanks to my mama for always supporting me through every decision and idea I've ever wanted to pursue and giving me the encouragement and prayers to better myself every step of the way. She could have been like all the other naysayers and shut down my aspirations of being a DJ or wanting to get involved in all these activities that seemed way over my head as a young teen but she did everything she could to help me make it all happen.

JAM1PHOTO.com catching our summer teen deejay workshop in action learning different scratch styles

06/21/2017

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06/20/2017

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06/08/2017

To anyone who would like to support what the non-profit I'm affiliated with does (Gang Awareness and Prevention, Case Management for at-risk teens, life skill classes, etc).. here's a Super easy way to support Higher Ground Refuge today at NO COST to you.

Sign up for Great Hearts Community through the website below, once you log in visit our page and click on the blue ribbon on the right side that says AWARD. You may then give some or all of your available "clicklets" to Higher Ground Refuge or any other nonprofit you choose and each clicklet is equal to $1 in donations :)

There will be plenty of opportunities in the future to earn more clicklets just by being active on the website, and other times when you can donate all your clicklets to a non-profit of your choosing.
Link to our page on the Great Hearts Initiatives portal:

https://app.greathearts.community/nonprofits/higher-ground-refuge

Higher Ground Refuge was founded to act as a service provider and resource bank to assess and address risks that impede the positive social growth of our local youth. We aim to develop a strong core portal to tackle the issues that hinder our youth from living a safe and promising life. We believ...

12/06/2016

My fresh new skin for my mixer. I kept it simple and whipped up a red and white scheme paying tribute to the ones who inspired me as a kid - First time trying Style Flip's skins and I'm very happy with the fit, application, and surface quality, top notch stuff for sure.

Instrumental from on the app

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoNH0gGKQcE&t=0s

My fresh new skin for my mixer. I kept it simple and whipped up a red and white scheme paying tribute to the ones who inspired ...

11/19/2016

Modifications to my - cut and mounted a modified version of the into my deck. Cuts on both sides too! Huge thanks to Elliot from innofader, rasteri, and focus for the tips and tricks to get this done

11/15/2016

Kurteek and Ichy the Killer in action at At The Ave: Chicago Feat. D-Styles + The Cut2Cut Scratch Battle this past Sunday, west coast nastiness! Huge shoutout to DJs Are Not Jukeboxes / Battle Avenue - JAM1PHOTO.com

11/14/2016

D-Styles in action at At The Ave: Chicago Feat. D-Styles + The Cut2Cut Scratch Battle this past Sunday, killed it as always! Huge shoutout to DJs Are Not Jukeboxes / Battle Avenue - JAM1PHOTO.com

11/14/2016

Yesterday was a very special day for Chicago Turntablism, awesome battle presented by Battle Ave / DJs are Not Jukeboxes / Texas Scratch League / Skratcher Chicago - West Coast maniacs such as D-Styles, Kurteek and Ichy the Killer, and local cats such as Boi Jeanius, Big Once, Toltech, J.Marz, R.T.S.T. and to everyone's surprise A-Trak making an appearance, plus all the battlers. Too many scratch fanatics in one room, it was too nice... I'm glad I thought about bringing my Vestax 06 faceplate with me to have everyone sign, knew it was going to be a special day for Chicago!

10/11/2016

If you're a big spender on amazon consider purchasing through this link, at NO COST TO YOU, amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to the charity I volunteer with, Higher Ground Refuge, which works with at-risk youth and assists in rehabilitating former gang involved youth.

Feel free to share the link as well, help a good cause!
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09/12/2016

Open practice 6pm every Monday / Wednesday / Friday here in Cicero - Add yourself to the facebook group for daily practice confirmations (just in case the building is closed due to a special event or something)

Add yourself to the group ----> Common Ground Academy of the Arts

www.JAM1PHOTO.com | Epek of Brickheadz • Visit www.CommonGroundAcademy.com for practice information

08/16/2016

Quinceañera weather in Chicago 2016 - JAM1PHOTO.com www.JAM1PHOTO.com

05/12/2016

My photos from the 2016 DMC Chicago Regional a few weeks ago, please be sure to give credit if you repost these anywhere, thanks! - JAM1PHOTO.com

03/08/2016