Hey. Welcome to the Arts District.
Welcome to Miami. I'm Cheech Marin,
and you're watching the Vagabrothers.
Vagabundos....Vaga something or other..
Good morning Vagabuddies.
What is up?
Right now we are in Wynwood Arts District
in Miami Beach, Florida.
It's Art Basel, the big modern art fair.
So of course, the Arts District is popping.
We're going to go get a coffee at
Panther Coffee and then do a tour around
the Wynwood Walls....
street art capital of Miami.
We've just met up with our
street art guide, Ryan,
the wheelbarrow.
Your ride is dope, man.
What do you have here?
This is Dreamboat the Second
The tandem bike is the most under
utilized form of transportation.
Looks kind of dorky, but it is
really fun, and you're going to see why.
This is insane, though.
We've just been biking around for
fifteen or twenty minutes,
and I have never seen so many
people doing street art.
It's really cool because I think
modern art can be something that
puts a lot of people off.
It can seem kind of aloof.
It can seem difficult to get into
Street art is just the most modern
interpretation of expression in art.
It's just happening everywhere here.
Bro, you having fun?
I'm having a good time.
I'm just trying to keep my hat on
because we're moving at risk
at 7 miles per hour.
Just over here in front of us
is a big mural going up
from Shepard Fairey
who's the guy who started Obey.
Definitely one of the most famous
street artist in the world,
and he's working away right there.
Pretty good
I'm Marko. My brother, Alex.
What's going on? Sorry to interrupt.
What's the name of the piece you're working on?
A Gift From The New Gods.
Nice. Fruits of Our Labor.
It's about...
about lack of respect for the environment.
Genetic modification.
The best select. Thank you.
Take it easy, man. See you later.
I'll give you a couple of stickers. Rad
From the man himself. Thank you,
Take it easy, Bro.
That was rad. Very cool guy.
I've been a fan of Obey for years.
It's cool to see the man himself
and get a sticker from the originator.
All right, guys. We've just got
to the Wynwood Walls
which is one of the most famous
congregations of street art here
in Wynwood, and it's basically
what started this whole movement.
We're going to find out a little bit more
once we head inside.
These are Shepard Fairey's who we just
saw earlier, and the guy behind us is
actually...his last name is Gold?
Tony Goldman.
It's really interesting because the way the
artists have been talking about development
here has been so different.
Can you just tell us what you were talking about?
"Gentlefication?"
Tony Goldman was one of those
patrons of the arts...
a real estate artist, I would call him.
But he was a visionary place maker
where he would see that potential.
What he saw in Wynwood was that walking potential.
As he started to buy up all these properties,
he started giving these walls to these
artists to beautify.
Tony Goldman wasn't the first,
definitely not the last,
but by far the most influential. In fact,
they named Northwest Second Avenue
Tony Goldman Way couple years back.
It's very cool to come here at the end
because it just shows you how
something as organic as street art
can really be elevated to this,
which is really ...has a feel of a museum.
It just goes to show that the neighborhood
is a constantly changing open- air museum.
This is really the highest embodiment
of that art.
You can see the businesses that have
grown up around this art.
It's created immense value in the neighborhood.
It's really refreshing to see a city
and a community that is embracing
street art for the value that it brings.
It's such a place.
Hungry? Why wait?
Definitely very hungry.
Coyo Taco is right here. Let's go.
We need a post lunch refuel.
We're going to go to a coffee shop
with some really cool cafe racers called
Brothers and Brawlers because we are
brothers and we also brawl all the time.
So it's perfect.
I'm in love with the mellow
open Feng Shui of this place.
Smells like coffee and motor oil.
Love it.
Nothing better than perusing
motorbikes
over a good coffee.
One of the things that I've noticed about
Miami, and one of the things that
I really love about this city
is that it is just super diverse.
It's like a Caribbean city, a Latino city
I don't know. Let's see where we go.
We just got to this place called
The Juxtapoz Clubhouse.
What's going on here, Bro?
Basically, it's an art installation by the
magazine, Juxtapoz.
There is a crazy thing happening here
called the Hole Glory, play on words.
There is a hole through which people
are putting their arms, and a tattoo
artist named Scott Campbell
is on the other side giving people a
tattoo they've never seen before.
Dangerous. It's a leap of faith.
They're two people doing it right here.
How was that whole experience?
It was easy. Yeah? Fun. Exciting.
OMG. I just bumped into my buddy,
Jonny Alexander, the man himself
from San Diego.
I haven't seen you in so long.
You live in Detroit now?
I live in Detroit, and I work for 1XRun these dudes
No way. Yeah.
I just want to explain.
Johnny is absolutely awesome.
We've known him since high school.
He's an incredibly talented artist.
He did our first graphic design for the
channel way back in the day.
Original Vagabrothers branding.
Jonny Alexander.
He's been living in Detriot
and continues to do his art.
What's the story behind this one, Jonny?
It's called Grounded and Fleeting,
between leaving California and moving to Detroit.
The grounded part being back in
California, where I'm from.....
and then the fleeting part, leaving home.
Well the sun is setting.
We're saying goodbye to
Juxtapoz Club.
Say goodbye to Jonny, which was so awesome.
I'm really stoked that we bumped into him.
And now we're going to head over to
another place
that supposedly has craft beer
and murals being painted.
Let's see if we're right.
Night has fallen.
We are back where we saw
Shepard earlier today.
Looks like his piece, Fruits of Our Labor
is finished. Looks beautiful.
Now we're in this huge food truck circle,
and it's dinner time.
Food trucks in Miami is like the movie Chef.
We're going to try this one right here.
Apparently one of Buzzfeed's top
street food destinations, gourmet Quesadillas
The key to a pork roasted sandwich
the Cuban is the classic Miami dish,
and these guys do it pretty well.
Let's try it.
The evening is coming to its conclusion,
and we're going to a party right now called
Latin Night, hosted by Cheech Marin
from Cheech and Chong.
Latin Night is a party that's trying to celebrate
the local flavor of the city that
Art Basel gets in Miami because it does
exist in Switzerland and Hong Kong.
But here it's a Latin city, Latin party,
drinking mescal with Cheech himself.
I'm Cheech Marin.
I'm here in Miami at the Arts District.
We're celebrating. We're also drinking
Tres Papalote Mescal.
Mescal is the new thing.
You can't be hip without drinking mescal.
What an incredible way to wrap things
up here at Art Basel.
Old friends, new friends, street art,
tons of exhibitions and Cheech!
Who would have thought?
Cheech Marin. Okay, guys.
If you liked this video, definitely try to
make your way to Art Basel.
A super fun festival.
Don't forget to check out Visit Miami.
They're links down below.
Thank them for bringing us out here.
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Peace.