Crotty also forwarded an email from Lawrence Kris Parker, the hip-hop artist known as KRS-One ... But neither the Buildings Department nor City Canvas permit “commercial advertising.” ...

have used what Goodyear calls a "hip-hop aesthetic," in which they borrow the vibrant colors, thick outlines and contorted letter shapes of street art and translate it to canvas. Additionally ...

The Birthplace of Hip Hop, the organization that ... “While the City Canvas program for temporary construction equipment allows art to be placed on sidewalk sheds,” the statement read ...