Rest in peace Bronx graffiti legend Phase 2 who sadly passed away this week – an influential pioneer who made an indelible mark on the early days of Hip-Hop culture with his spraycan skills and talent for crafting eye-catching event flyers – respect the architects!
Posted in Graffiti
Tagged East Coast Hip-Hop, Old-School Hip-Hop, Phase2, United Graffiti Artists
Trailer for the forthcoming Pulse-directed “King Of New York” documentary telling the story of 70s / 80s graffiti legend Iz The Wiz with narration from Homeboy Sandman – check the Kickstarter here.
Posted in Films / DVDs, Graffiti
Tagged 70s Graffiti, Homeboy Sandman, Iz The Wiz, King Of New York, New York Graffiti, Pulse
Associated Press piece featuring fifty-something NYC graffiti legend Zephyr and Keith Haring’s former right-hand art man LA II speaking on why they still can’t resist the lure of the spraycan.
Clip promoting veteran NY-based graffiti-inspired clothing label Writers Bench.
Trailer for legendary Rotten Apple graffiti artist Rammellzee of “Wild Style” / “Beat Bop” fame’s new exhibition “The Equation: The Letter Racers” which is currently running in NYC until early April.
TaniaFuentezMedia.Com interview with Nicer of NYC graffiti legends the TATS Cru.
Part One
Part Two
Posted in East Coast Hip-Hop, Graffiti
Tagged East Coast Hip-Hop, Graffiti, Nicer, TATS Cru, The Mural Kings
Trailer for the forthcoming Dokument Press book “Classic Hits: New York’s Pioneering Subway Graffiti Writers” featuring stories, memories and thoughts from original Rotten Apple spraycan kings such as Blade, Iz The Wiz, Taki 183 and Phase 2.
Props to DailyDiggers.Com for the heads-up.
Si Phili – “Wallz” (SiPhili.Com / 2011)
The Phi Life Cypher member pays homage to everyone putting in work with a spray-can in this clip filmed at the UK event” Meeting Of Styles” in October.
Posted in Graffiti, Music Videos, UK Hip-Hop
Tagged Independent Hip-Hop, Phi-Life Cypher, Si Phili, UK Hip-Hop, Underground Hip-Hop
Directed by Bunny Bread and shot in both London and NYC this dope short film looks at the art of tagging and features three graffiti artists who all started writing in the early-80s – Cane, Pulse and State Of Art.
Posted in Graffiti
Tagged Bunny Bread, Cane, Pulse, State Of Art. Graffiti. Tagging, The Art Of Tagging
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