Graffiti, Guns, Girls and Ganja: Founder of Four Gs Magazine Talks About His Fav Things

Meet Andy Souza, the founder of Four Gs Magazine, a 26-year-old graffiti, guns, girls and ganja aficionado. Heeb caught up with Souza to ask about his four fave things.

Why did you start this mag?

I grew up–and still live–about an hour north of San Francisco, in Santa Rosa. That’s smack dab in the middle of the Emerald Triangle (which is composed of the largest marijuana-producing places in the whole USA) and the Bay Area.

Four Gs is a product of its environment. It’s not about making a profit. I just want to make dope shit.

The magazine definitely comes across as a dangerous juvenile version of Maxim with an activist vibe. Let’s start with the most explosive G: guns. Do you intend to use your publication to push for gun control legislation?

Part of being an American is enjoying the freedom created by the Second Amendment. If you participate in this democracy, then gun control laws could change in your favor. All I can persuade readers to do is to vote.

In Issue Two, you made your case for legalizing silencers. However, the states that haven’t legalized them yet (which are in the minority) are densely populated–like New York. What do you think of that?

I’m guessing that states with big cities and gang problems wouldn’t be down with legalizing silencers. That being said, a motherfucker carrying around a gun with a silencer anywhere could be scary–doesn’t matter if it’s New York City or Alabama. It all depends on the mind state of that mutherfucka, ya dig?

OK, so we covered guns, which about ganja? Weed in New York is as expensive as shit. How are prices in your neck of the woods?

Because of California’s natural environment, a lot more is being grown outdoors – making easy to figure out what to do in California as a hobby if one moves here. When you grow outdoors you can produce a much higher yield per plant than an average indoor grow. Therefore, more product in circulation equals lower costs.

New York weed is probably not grown locally. When you have to travel, no matter what product it is, it increases the costs for the customer.

What about graffiti? Were you really into graff growing up?

I wasn’t really influenced by graffiti until around 2002, when my brother and his female friend would try to get me to go paint with them early mornings, every weekend. I was intrigued by this girl and her interest in the graffiti scene, and that’s what really got me involved.

Speaking of graffiti–how would you remake classic tagger movie, The Warriors?

It would be based in Los Angeles and take place after an earthquake, which would split California from the rest of the United States. All the gangs of L.A. meet to unite and establish a new independent country, all while law enforcement and military personnel try to destroy all gang members involved in the revolution. Add some giant robots, sexual content and a little bit of marijuana references and you got yourself an upgrade.

And the girls in your mag–where do you find them?

The girls are either girls that I’ve found in my area or girls that have approached me about being a part of Four Gs Magazine. I plan to increase the enjoyment for readers in Issue Three, which is planned to be distributed around September.

I’m asking the girls to step up their sexiness with more revealing outfits (bikinis, lingerie), and I’m now able to attract more experienced models from around the country. Perhaps someday we can collaborate with someone like Larry Flynt for a truly eye-popping periodical.

Where can people buy your magazine, and do you have any events planned?

You can currently buy it at our online store. I’m currently working on Issue Three, a 2010 calendar and some new Ts and bandanas (in collaboration with Two In The Shirt). We will be celebrating the release of Issue Three around October in San Francisco.

What do you think?