BD GRMMR

BD GRMMR (pronounced Bad Grammar) is an artist collective founded in the summer of 2012 by multimedia artist Yulan Grant, writer Justin Allen and sound artist Brandon Owens (NU GROWTH). Taking its name from stereotypes of inarticulacy surrounding African diasporic language, their zine focuses on the lives and work of queer artists of color and has been featured at the NY ART BOOK FAIR, in the Bureau of General Services – Queer Division’s book Future Perfect and anthologized in Printed Matter’s QUEER ZINES 2.

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Read an interview with BD GRMMR in VOLUME TWO of THE TENTH ZINE, available now!

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Stills from Jay Boogie's video for his song "Body," from his latest album Allure.

Wardrobe: Torr Love Grooming: Micheal Anthony Photography: Lauren Geswein Creative Direction: Joel Rayos

Check out BD GRMMR's interview with the rapper in our last issue, EXECUTION.

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Very excited to have collective member Justin Allen talking zine-making--Thursday, February 5 at The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Follow the link for more info.

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Jay Boogie-Body

Wardrobe: Torr Love Grooming: Micheal Anthony Photography: Lauren Geswein Creative Direction: Joel Rayos

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Abdu Ali - I, Exist

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LUAR ZEPOL

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Big Momma - Dentata (Official Video)

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THEESatisfaction - Recognition

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Tonight!

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Theme Song: Shamir

December 2014: “The House That Built Me”

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Check out former BD GRMMR interviewee and house artist Tigga Calore in her new video for her song BEADS, edited by our own Yulan Grant.

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brown girl, 2014

At a moment in which social media directs and shapes daily interactions, artist Kamille Jackson converges the digital with her traditional practices of painting and drawing. Pieces she begins on canvas or paper she then scans, converts and distorts in Photoshop through a series of interventions that draw on both pop art and psychedelic aesthetics.

Follow Kamille and her work on Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram. You can visit her website here.

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me + gole-yakh + amalia in last night’s march via the gothamist 

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[DECEMBER 4, 2014] Police were investigating the death of a 21-year-old transgender woman who was gunned down while pounding on the front door of a Compton home seeking help.

Deshawnda Sanchez was shot around 4 a.m. Wednesday on the porch of a home near Wilton Place and 62nd Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

“She was definitely at that door pounding on that door seeking help,” LAPD Detective Christopher Barling said.

The occupant of the home came outside after hearing multiple gunshots but it was too late.

A neighbor’s surveillance camera captured part of the incident. Police were not releasing the video which apparently showed someone pulling up to the house in a vehicle, getting out and running up to the porch. The figure could then be seen running back to the vehicle and driving away, police said.

“The footage, it was heartbreaking,” said Diana Williams, the victim’s sister

Detectives believe Sanchez was running away from a robber when she was shot, but said they were not ruling anything out.

“Deshawnda is a transgender female. At this point we cannot say it’s a hate crime but we have not ruled out that as being a possibility,” Barling said. [source]