Painting his own way San Francisco Bay Guardian
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It's late the night of Aug. 5, 2006, at the Rock the Bells festival in San Bernadino. Spray maquillage artist Chor Boogie is standing on stage with the Wu Tang Clan. He's exhausted, having throw up all day finishing a massive six-by-six foot portrait of Old Dirty Bastard. The deceased rapper's mother, Cherry Jones, is on the footlights with the portrait, saying, "I want to thank the artist that painted my baby Russell Jones!" Methodman is echoing her words. In a whirl stupefied, Chor is pushed toward center stage by his friend Evolve. He stands with the Wu, ODB's mom, and the portrait. Camera phones are in the air as 50,000 people encourage. Without warning, the group starts into "Shimmy Shimmy Ya," and before Chor knows what's phenomenon, he's singing on stage with one of his favorite rap groups.
Since then, Chor Boogie has traveled the world with his art, painting in Dubai, Brazil, Australia, and China; it's been his living for the last three years. Bay District residents
It meant billiards in the billiard-reside with your father?s friends after dinner, a life immured in marble, watched over by putti.
