Interview: TEEZ DFC DME

Who you is and what set(s) you claim? I WRITE TEEZ 122 • DFC • DME How long have you been in the game? BEEN WRITIN SINCE 1985 How did you get your Tag? WHEN I STARTED THERE WAS A LOTTA PEOPLE WITH A DOUBLE E IN THEIR TAGS SO I JUST CAME UP WIT A NAME THAT I COULD WRITE WITH A DOUBLE E. How did you get in your Crew(s)? MET MORK DFC ONE DAY N WE BECAME HOMIES N HE PUT ME DOWN WITH DFC + DFC ORIGINATED WHERE I HUNG AT A LOT AND DME WAS PUT DOWN BY ANOTHER DFC MEMBER AS WELL AND LONG TIME FRIEND ALROC What writers/crews Influenced you? MOSTLY WRITERS IN SUBWAY ART AND STYLE WARS. I BEEN AROUND SINCE THE BEGINNINGS SO WHEN I STARTED THERE WERE NO OLD SCHOOL WRITERS. WE WERE THE PIONEERS OF THIS GAME. What part of Dade do you rep? LIL HAVANA IS WHERE I CALL HOME… Favorite part and or spot of Dade to paint? ANY Would you Rather peice or bomb? why? I LIKE MOSTLY ILLEGALS AND BOMBING. TO ME GRAFFITI IS NOT A PAPER SPORT. TOO MANY WRITERS OUT THERE CLAIM TO BE GRAFFITI WRITERS AND NEVER CAUGHT AN ILLEGAL PIECE OR TAG. I LIKE TO KEEP IT REAL. WE DIDN’T HAVE INTERNET BACK THEN WHERE U COULD DO A PIECE HIDDEN IN SOME PENIT AND POST IT ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN U GOT FAME. WHERE I COME FROM YOU HAD TO PUT IN REAL WORK AND RISK YOUR ASS TO GET FAME. TOO MANY FUKIN PAPER BOYS TUCKED IN BED AND SCURRED WHILE IM OUT THERE DOIN MY SHIT IN THE LATE NITE NAH MEEN. Favorite thing to paint? ANYTHING Favorite paint? HMMMM RIGHT NOW I LIKE BEAT THATS GOOD SHIT….HAVE A LOTTA BRANDS I LIKE BELTON, CLASH,  I LIKE IT ALL BUT GOTTA SAY BEAT.. What Music do you jam to while painting? HIP HOP Best spot you’ve hit? GOTTA SAY 57 AVE N 8 STREET. Have you painted outside of florida, if so whats the best place you’ve painted? MIAMI Do you perfer the traditional NY shit or the wildstyle Cali shit? N.Y. SHIT Have you been roped? if so, how? YUP. WAS ROOFIED OUT N DRUNK ONE DAY AND JUS CARELESSLY BOMBING WATEVER AND HAPPENED TO BE AT A GAS STATION ON 42 AVE N BIRD ROAD. I HAD THE WHOLE GAS STATION BOMBED N MY GIRL WAS PASSED OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE O THE CAR. I WAS CATCHIN A FLOURESCENT TAG W/ A GIGGIE 50 AND HAD TWO CANS IN MY POCKET AND HANDS FULL O PAINT. A CORAL GABLES COP PULLED IN AND ARRESTED ME. Any good chase stories you’d like to share? ME N ALROC WERE FIGHTIN ON THE MIDDLE O CORAL WAY AND 12 AVE AT LIKE 3 AM AND WE WAS MAKIN A RUCKUS THROWIN CANS AT EA. OTHER N SHIT N WE GOT CHASED BY POPO. I ENDED UP GETTIN CAUGHT ON A FENCE. THEN WHEN I GOT LOOSE FR THE FENCE WE WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE N BREAK INTO THE LAUNDRY ROOM OF A CRIB N HIDE OUT FOR A MINUTE TILL THEY LEFT. WAS A CLOSE ONE. What do you think of the graff scene on the internet? I GUESS ITS COOL BUT IT MAKES FOR NEW KIDS TO HAVE AN EXCUSE NOT TO GO AND GET SEEN ON THE STREET TO GET FAME. IN ANY CASE ITS AN EXTRA OUTLET TO REACH OUT TO OTHER WRITERS AND POST WORK. ITS OVERALL GOOD AS A COMPLIMENTARY TOOL NOT AS A PRIMARY ONE. Thought’s on Art Basel? AWESOME EVENT HAD LOTSA FUN. KIKS ASS. Any words of wisdom for the noobs/toys? RESPECT YOUR ELDERS. What sites do you visit to get your graff fix? 12 oz, miamigraffiti, pure graffiti, art crimes, flickr and a few others. Which Kardashin bitch would you bust a nut in? KIM 4 SHO Shout outs? PEACE TO ALL MY PEEPS OUT THERE YALL KNO WHO U ARE….TOO MANY 2 MENTION… .

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