the train line was the mate artery for the movement and art form that was being created. it s a really exciting place. being a young kid that had a need to express myself, graffiti was naturally captivating and consumed my entire life and took over my life from 12 years old on. it was called the graffiti blasters. words were routinely painted over and a law was passed to ban the sale of spray cans. i was always told no. i was always arrested and locked up or beat up by the police.
need to express myself, graffiti was just naturally captivating and just completely consumed my entire life and took over my life from about 12 years old on. in 1993, chicago s mayor richard daily launched a program to eliminate all graffiti from the streets of the city. it was called the graffiti blasters. works wore routinely painted over and constitutional law was passed to ban the sale of spray cans. i was always told, no, i was always arrested and locked up or beat up by the police or, you know, it s very, very rough city. one of the most anti-graffiti cities that i ve ever seen in the world. but things are beginning to change. you look around and all the cool neighborhoods have street art. and that in graffiti co-exists in that. those are the neighborhoods that are being sought after for some of the highest property values. be sure to check out the full
the grate, the third rails here. if you hit that you are fried you know. so it s a really exciting place. being a young kid that had a need to express myself, graffiti was just naturally captivating and just completely consumed my entire life. it took over my life from about 12 years old on. in 1993 chicago s mayor richard daily launched a program to eliminate all graffiti from the streets of the city. called the graffiti blasters. works were routinely painted over and a constitutional law was passed to ban the sale of spray cans. i was always told knno. i was always arrested and locked up. or beat up by the police. a very rough city. one of the most antigraffiti cities that i ve ever seen in the world. but things are beginning to change. you look around like all the cool neighborhoods have street
not go to jail. but if i got caught spray-painting on a train, yeah, absolutely, you d go to jail. we could try it out. i ll get some spray cans, we ll go down after the show. i m busy that day. it could be fun. i did that for a story once. we snuck into this train yard in the bronx. really? absolutely. we had cutters. we went through the fence and we were out there riding on the train, looking out for the cops. we thought somebody was coming. it was actually cool. we did a little piece inside a train. it s actually fun. you would like it. you would like it. you might be scared. i probably would be. this is what we call an extreme weather spin. we go from the hot summer that s potentially to come to graffiti. this used to be a critical part of new york city. i know, i love the arts. it s beautiful. some folks were hating on it and talk about it being part of urban blight. no, this was a beautiful part of people making art. abby, i m just excited that the weather is
friend s backpack with all the spray cans in them. and these two cops caught me and they just put me in the car. they cuffed me and they took me down to the juvenile hall and they called my mom. how did you like that feeling? i felt scared. i didn t know what to do. i didn t know how my mom was going to react. and i was just scared. did it make you change, being cuffed up? no? it didn t make you change? what about you, dog? did it make you change? it, like, taught me, i don t want to go to prison. and dude, i never want to go there, ever. not even not ever again. right now, you all have a goal to become something in life. listen to your teachers. they is not going to school you wrong. i think i got a message to say to the kids. i think i got a pretty strong message to try to change their opinion in life. they pretty much got a lot of future ahead of them.