What do you write?

SLAM 1

What crews are you in?

I mainly push TBF now. The crew started in 1993 by me and AKT. BIG UP to the various crew members over the years and a special shout out to the 94 lot!!! Much love to you!

How long now has it been since you first got involved with Graffiti?

I started bombing in 92. Before that I was just tagging the local area, it was all a proper good laugh though, Pentels, Eddings, silver Spectra and Smoothrite (old Smoothrite RIP!!) I probably actually got into graffiti and started looking out for it when I was about 10 years old. The films Breakdance, Beat Street and Style Wars had a big part to play in it, also the books Subway Art and Spraycan Art have a lot to answer for....THE SWINES!

Did you have a mentor, or maybe that person who first introduced you to the whole Graffiti world?

my mate CRO used to tag the area, he was a couple of years older and I went to school with him, I used to look out for his stuff and I liked what he was doing, he gave me some outlines so I suppose he was like a bit of a mentor also CROKS TRC had an influence on me back then. Big up CRO AND CROKS!! I went to secondary school with AKT1 and I've been good mates with him ever since, we've always bombed together and he's been a major influence on me too...respect to you 3!! ;) Nice 1...

Can you still remember your first real Graffiti mission? And what type of mission was it?

I stayed at a mate's house in 1990 and we sneaked out at about 2 in the morning and wrote on everything in the local area with blue Pentels, was fuckin great seeing all our tags the next day (even though they all faded about a week later!)....but nothing compares to a first yard mission, shitting your pants and over the moon at the same time....what a TOP buzz that is.

Tell us about one of your worst experiences while writing or maybe one of your most memorable missions?

Doing a shit piece with shit paint in shit weather is always SHIT. Getting bagged is SHIT too. I've had some right good laughs over the years, too many to mention but I'd probably say Hi*****e 94 or Zoot Circus Tour 2003 have been the highlights for me so far.

While out painting a train or trakside etc, is there ever that little bit of fear or “what mite happen next” thought in the back of your mind?

I don't paint trains or tracksides, I'm not allowed out..... ;)

Recently you have really been killing it with throw ups, where’s all this sudden energy and motivation come from??!!

I've done a few throw ups lately, nothing major though. I just enjoy the whole lot; tags, throw ups, dubs, pieces, whatever I feel like doing at the time, it's all good.

What is your view on the London graffiti scene at the moment and where do you see graffiti heading in the future?

I love London graff, I love London letters, that's what I'd see when I was traveling on the tube when I was a kid so I grew up looking at it. I think there's alot of uncalled-for beef going on at the moment though which is a shame, it should be all about getting up and showing off skills rather than lining each other out for no real reason....but fuck it....LONG LIVE LONDON GRAFFITI!

What is your view on the recent hardcore buffing that’s been happening around London? Do you see this as a sign that graffiti is dying?

London graff will NEVER die....Fuck the buff...The Buff Fails! Hardcore buffing just means that London graff will get dirtier and grimier with more people doing dirty tags and throw ups for getting up quickly using the least amount of paint rather than doing nice pieces and dubs. Kids are always gonna be into graffiti so as long as that's the case there's always gonna be people wanting to get their name up.

Can you tell us a bit about how you managed to get involved with the Zoot Mania movie?

A couple of mates made a short film about skateboarding that won an award at a film festival then went on to blag a load of money to make a proper road movie about skating and graffiti. I was lucky enough to be invited on the European tour to make a feature length film with no rules, just anything goes, do what ya like! It was fuckin top notch, had a proper good laugh.... props to the Zoot Cartel!!!!

In the movie you paint over in Europe, what was it like painting over there?

It was cool.... the skaters would go off and do their thing and the 3 writers would do ours. Just finding random plots to paint wherever we were at with shitloads of paint at our disposal was wicked. Free T-shirts, stolen alcohol, nuff paint and nice weather.....Brits Abroad....can't beat it!

What are your plans for the future? Do you see yourself painting in 10years time?

This year I've been getting into piecing more. I wanna get 30+ pieces done this year. Trying to better myself every time. I think that's how it should be, always trying to better yourself, because the way I see it at the end of the day you're only as good as your last piece. Hopefully I'll achieve that goal....I've never set 'goals' in graffiti but if I don't do 30 pieces by November then fuck it, I'll go out and do some throw ups.... ;)

Anything else you’d like to say while you’re here!?

Yeah much love to my friends (you know who you are!) and all the people i'm safe with....shouts to you! RIP Got2 and all the fallen soldiers - One Love...see you again some day? BIG UP to AKT1, nice one bro! and iCB1, you're a diamond, thanks for being there!

Safe to Writers Delight....Reppin London graff online to the max!!

Peace

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