London rock band Brace Yourself! is putting their Banksy painting up for auction because “people should be able to see it”, Guardian reports. The band was formerly known as Exit Through the Gift Shop, and they were asked by Banksy more than a decade ago to choose a new name owing to copyright issues with his Oscar-nominated 2010 documentary of the same name. The band indeed changed their name, and got a Banksy in return. The painting, also named 'Brace Yourself! - features Death driving a bumper car - is on show in London before sale where it has estimate of $600,000-$800,000.

"Growing up in a working class neighborhood, I judged the possibilities in my own life on the basis of what others in our home town had achieved. I was fortunate that I had a few success stories to latch onto—and others deserve that same kind of boost. They now have it in more than a dozen cities in North Carolina" - music writer Ted Gioia points out introducing music murals of John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Thelonious Monk, and others, painted by graffiti artist Scott Nurkin in several cities in North Carolina, where the painted musicians hail from.

The great late MF Doom has been honored with a big new mural at Toronto street art supply store Toronto Collective in the city's Chinatown district. The mural was made by graffiti artist Moises Frank, who previously said "me and my toy friends would draw so much graffiti in our black books back then, we would listen to Doom and tried rapping over the special herbs albums all summer".

Producer Terrace Martin narrates a video about how jazz influenced New York graffiti artist Basquiat. Martin delves into how the genre, and especially artists like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, played a role in his artistic vision.

Australian painter Lushsux was savagely beaten as he attempted to paint another one of his famous murals of 50 Cent. Lush became famous by merging images of 50 Cent as Taylor Swift, Mike Pence and President Donald Trump (his Instagram profile). 50 Cent didn't really like it, or get it, so he called on for somebody to beat Lushsux up over his paintings, Complex reports. "Unfortunately, some 6 or 7 smoothebrains at one time on the street already put me in hospital already this month because of this s##t" Lushsux said. He adds this attack won't stop him "me doing what 99.8% of what everyone else seems to for the most part get a hearty chuckle out of".

Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Blink-182, and Cypress Hill are among the high-profile names who star in the new trailer for the upcoming Netflix documentary 'LA Originals' about tattoo artist Mister Cartoon and photographer Oriol. Directed by Estevan Oriol and set for release on April 10, 'LA Originals' is billed as “an exploration of the culture and landmarks of the chicano and street art movement".