Bob Ross really was Tupac With An Afro Pick

[Complexion]

There is a great documentary out about the OG of paint slanging and its worth checking.

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In a nutshell it says that his "friends" the Kowalskis 360'd him, jacked his name, IP, loot and then told his son he wasn't allowed to paint either because that impinged upon their trademark of his fathers name, game and trade! Thats like 360x2, nexgen boogaloo.

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Really crazy story but the title is inspired by the mans background as he was a Sarge in the Air Force and once out he decided to flip the script because he'd had enough of yelling and screaming whilst poppin them thangs and so he grew out his fro, picked up the paints and started the ASMR wave before people knew it was a thing and provided the background for most of us heads via his rerun presence.

Dude was, and is, a legend. Just goes to show how there are no friends in the business... Even if they helped the come up and where there from the jump.

 

[Heafcliffe]

Watched the doc. Good stuff.

Man, I remember vividly as a yute watching him. Duke was just calm, cool and collected. Kinda inspired me to draw...

 

[OneManGang]

Will watch. I feel like being around all that toner low key contributed to his cancer. He also permed his hair for the show

 

[that guy]

It’s amazing how many black artists and creatives get fukked over by the small hat community

 

[Doobie Doo]

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Really crazy story but the title is inspired by the mans background as he was a Sarge in the Air Force and once out he decided to flip the script because he'd had enough of yelling and screaming whilst poppin them thangs and so he grew out his fro, picked up the paints and started the ASMR wave before people knew it was a thing and provided the background for most of us heads via his rerun presence.

Dude was, and is, a legend. Just goes to show how there are no friends in the business... Even if they helped the come up and where there from the jump.

He is to ASMR what Tariq was to the PUA community

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Will watch. I feel like being around all that toner low key contributed to his cancer. He also permed his hair for the show

They go into that. The paint thinner messed him up. He was also dipping his brush in other colors he didn’t have at home.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

They go into that. The paint thinner messed him up. He was also dipping his brush in other colors he didn’t have at home.

Enlighten me on this bold.