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The Mighty Zulu Kingz are way old school, to say the least. In fact, the members of the infamous Bronx b-boy and graf art crew, which spun off of Afrika Bambaataa’s renowned Universal Zulu Nation back in November 1973, were ruining cardboard and transforming brick walls into masterpieces while your...

By Benjamin Leatherman

September 6, 2012

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The Mighty Zulu Kingz are way old school, to say the least. In fact, the members of the infamous Bronx b-boy and graf art crew, which spun off of Afrika Bambaataa’s renowned Universal Zulu Nation back in November 1973, were ruining cardboard and transforming brick walls into masterpieces while your favorite hip-hop superstars were chillaxing in diapers.

Members of the Zulu Kingz do their thing in cities across the globe and continue inspiring newbie rappers, breakers, DJs, and taggers for decades. They continue to do so this weekend when they will be the special guests during the Back to School Daze urban art extravaganza.

Hosted by the cats from Cyphers: The Center For Urban Arts, the two-day event kicks off on Friday, September 7, outside of Think!, 917 North Fifth Street, where MZK members will participate and inspire during b-boy, turntable, and blackbook sessions open to all.

Fri., Sept. 7, 7 p.m., 2012

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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