Philly Graffiti Artist Lamont Nelson Makes Tribute To Power WVSR 1360 Radio Station And Musician/Model Bob Conga by Writing Their Call Letter And Name

Philly Graffiti Artist Lamont Nelson Makes Tribute To Power WVSR 1360 Radio Station And Musician/Model Bob Conga by Writing Their Call Letter And Name 

Lamont Nelson is a graffiti artist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   His latest art project, though, takes on a decidedly different side of the city than the one that most commonly appears on city walls.

Nelson creates handwriting letters and shapes and sizes to pay tribute to Black Americans who have accomplished features such as social awareness through means of journalism or music dealing with Africa and American history.

His latest graffiti art handwriting letters praises the well established radio station on the internet called Power WVSR1360.us and singer, song writer, conga instrumentalist, and fashion model (amateur), Bob Conga.  Both the radio station and musician are top topics on the East coast areas these days.

As for Bob Conga, formerly a musical artist who played alongside the late great Grover Washington, Jr., and his music career is resurfacing as far as the Dominican Republic Caribbean areas.  

Meet the Graffiti Artist, Lamont Nelson, who spends his day off giving writing to the Internet radio station powerwvsr1360.us and conga musician and model, Yeadon, Pa. singing star, Bob Conga.

He brings the city of Philly and borough of Yeadon population into focus by visualizing and depicting their dreams on their cursive and print letter surroundings. A wheelchair-bound man sits on a castle wall; a homeless man has a makeshift tent structure; a school kid goes to a school that has no school supplies; a man or woman doesn’t understand their own African history. These issues and more are transported into an image so small that it could fit into a music cd case.

Lamont Nelson talks to each of his subjects, asking them for their story and background.  Rather than money, he asked for support of more Black independent creative artistic leaders like radio station Power WVSR 1360 or Bob Conga to be able to come forth for the community.

Most of the subjects Nelson writes graffiti about are happy to participate. He seems to be able to translate any name or title into a fine piece of handwritten art which can be given as a small gift when he is all done.

Overall, the artist feels that his graffiti work is changing the way in which people look at the issue of homelessness, lack of education, and appreciation for just being able to write or print but also changing how people feel within themselves.   Nelson is taking something that appears to be so simple to do, something that is overlooked as nothing of importance and artistically transforming it into something with meaning that people can enjoy and become deemed to be worthy by.

Lamont Nelson is also working on a gallery where you can view his music cd sleeve size art –there’s graffiti writing on the front and the back- and he has set up a facebook page to draw new attention to raise money to travel to children schools in both Philadelphia and Delaware County with his work and provide music cd size graffiti packages for the school age children he meets along the way.