About
Fly Art Productions is a single topic blog featuring hip hop lyrics captioned over classic works of art.
Origin
On December 12th, 2013, the Fly Art Productions Tumblr blog was launched, with the first post featuring the 1908-1909 painting The Kiss (Lovers) by Gustav Klimt with lyrics from the song “Bound 2” by Kanye West (shown below).
Spread
On December 12th, 2013, the “Fly Art Productions” Facebook[2] page was launched, gaining over 3,000 likes in the first seven months. On June 23rd, the blog was featured in an article on The Huffington Post.[4] On July 2nd, 2014, BuzzFeed[3] highlighted several notable examples from the Tumblr blog.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1]Tumblr – Fly Art Productions
[2]Facebook – Fly Art Productions
[3]BuzzFeed – This Tumblr Puts Hip Hop Lyrics Over Classic Art
[4]The Huffington Post – These Hip Hop Classic Art Mashups