#  @braindrainpod Brain Drain w/ Connor McCann Brain Drain w/ Connor McCann posts on YouTube about graff, in the, san, youtube the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/youtube::UCoUjMjtISo039BFeTWV8Tbg/interactions)  - [--] Week [------] +101% - [--] Month [------] -51% - [--] Months [-------] +69% - [--] Year [---------] +48,708% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/youtube::UCoUjMjtISo039BFeTWV8Tbg/posts_active)  - [--] Month [--] -42% - [--] Months [---] +8.50% - [--] Year [---] +3,300% ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/youtube::UCoUjMjtISo039BFeTWV8Tbg/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +0.69% - [--] Month [-----] +5% - [--] Months [-----] +59% - [--] Year [-----] +380% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCoUjMjtISo039BFeTWV8Tbg/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [countries](/list/countries) [finance](/list/finance) [currencies](/list/currencies) [mlb](/list/mlb) **Social topic influence** [graff](/topic/graff) #39, [in the](/topic/in-the), [san](/topic/san) #1856, [youtube](/topic/youtube), [90s](/topic/90s), [times](/topic/times), [clips](/topic/clips), [topics](/topic/topics), [art](/topic/art), [this is](/topic/this-is) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@ewkuks](/creator/undefined) [@resaksgraffiti](/creator/undefined) [@syrianorthodoxy](/creator/undefined) [@sacooltv](/creator/undefined) [@combatzonegraffiti](/creator/undefined) [@hundredsummers](/creator/undefined) [@justwanderingasido](/creator/undefined) [@lrskrewofficial](/creator/undefined) [@ssanfranciscograffitiandhipho](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Making Graffiti Markers In The 90s #graff #markers #marker #diycrafts #tagging #graffiti Knowing how to make markers was essential as a young graffiti writer in the 90s. Spray paint was very hard to come by in San Franciscos scene if you were my age at the time and markers were only slightly easier to get so if you wanted to get up making your own markers was a surefire way to do so. graffiti marker homemade marker graffiti marker tagging diy marker diy graffiti marker homemade marker graffiti marker tagging diy marker diy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hmcxMOaWLp0) 2025-03-29T16:32Z [----] followers, 277.8K engagements "How Reminisce Started Tagging Horses #tagging #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #graff #graffiti In the late 1980s Ruby Neri became a student at the San Francisco Art Institute. Many other legends of the SF graff scene would were students at the Institute and around the time she became a student she became a writer During one of her early graff missions she decided to draw a horse and these horses became a common and iconic sight in the city even to people who didnt tag. Credit for Clips & Pictures (By Order of Appearence): Clips: 1990s San Francisco Hip Hop and Graffiti Archive (YouTube) Internet" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=51tyeTEwVJ0) 2025-06-22T18:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why Graff Writers Bus Hop in San Francisco (And Not Really Elsewhere) Bus Hopping is the act of jumping from bus to bus sometimes on the same line but often times jumping to multiple lines tagging each one along the way. I spent whole days bus hopping in San Francisco in the late 90s and while I was writing I never thought about if graffiti writers in other cities bus hopped as well. But did they In this video I discuss the roots of bus hopping in SF as well as the roots of graff in other cities and which scenes in particular that I know of that hit buses. #graff #graffiti #stylewars" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6LNgsosMOR0) 2025-07-30T21:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why Cities Need Graffiti Graff Spot Talks Modern graffiti came to be in the urban landscapes of cities on the American East Coast in the late 60s and early 70s. And ever since that time the cities towns and rural locations that graffiti finds itself in have gone after both graff and writers in an attempt to suppress both. However despite decades of suppression efforts and especially the tens of billions of dollars spent to suppress graffiti there is another underlying reality: Cities need graffiti. And in this video shot on location at Foundy in Asheville NC I give my opinion on why this is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AaFyEWvXQYc) 2026-01-08T22:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "TAKI [---] & Graffiti's Immigrant Roots Graff Spot Talks In the context of the American experience immigration and immigrants lay at the roots of almost everything. However nativist sentiment runs high in the states and immigrants find themselves under threat and worse attack on a daily basis. Given the political realties of living in this country many in this country wouldn't be shocked to hear that their fellow citizens neighbors or even relatives hold these kinds of views. But it might shock some in the graffiti community to know that our fellow writers hold these views too and hold them in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B6K7EetsPNs) 2026-02-10T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tagging Your First Spot #graff #tagging #graffitiart #markers #spraypaint #graffiti #urbanart The first time a graffiti writer tags is a momentous occasion but where a writer tags for the first time makes a big difference. Understandably many people will be anxious and on edge and thus youll want to go to a place thats familiar. This familiar location can be mellow but might also be the opposite though thankfully there are ways to get up in busy spots too. Credit for clips by order of appearance: VinceVert (YouTube) Katsubot (Instagram) TagMachine (YouTube) Resk [--] (YouTube) ArtPrimo" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BFBAtmiVKD8) 2025-06-09T17:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Supplies in [----] Are Endless #tagging #graffitisupplies#markers #graff #graffiti #spraycan When it comes to graffiti supplies in [----] if youre willing to pay a little bit more you can have anything you want in a couple of days. This wasnt the case for me in the 90s when supplies and access to them were limited and when I got back into graff recently I was floored by what was available to me. Credit for Clips: Machine Studio (YouTube) Ducks Markers (YouTube) Art Primo (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E8xm1KLdBRo) 2025-05-15T16:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Bus Flow Graffiti: SFs Native Style #tagging #sanfrancisco #graffiti #handstyle #graff #spraypaint When I entered the world of graffiti there were multiple regional styles being hit up all throughout the world. This includes in my home city of San Francisco where I was born and raised and our style native to the city is called Bus Flow. This style was created to optimize tagging on MUNI buses and features transitions in letters and transitions in thickness in its letters which were one of my favorite reasons for hitting up in this style. Credit for Pics & Clip Clip: LCM Crew Pics:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IkoCT8NXRf4) 2025-05-12T18:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Jade BTM & Graffiti Specialization Graffiti offers the graffiti writer endless pathways to express themselves. Pieces throw ups handstyles mop tags fire extinguisher shots you name it you can do it and more over you can specialize in any of these facets of graff. And from [----] onwards I saw one of the greatest graffiti artists in San Francisco Jade One specialize in multiple facets of the graffiti art form. Music: With You by Scientific #graffitiart #handstyle #sanfrancisco #bayarea #tagging #graffiti #spraypaintart #streetart jade btm san francisco tagging thr graffiti crew handstyles one" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K5sOq-sC5_c) 2025-04-17T18:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Perfect Graff Markers For San Francisco #markers #graff #streetart #sanfrancisco #tagging Mini and Ultra Wide markers are beloved in San Francisco and have been in use in the city for decades. In the 90s I used them as often as I could to tag on buses and both markers were perfecting for hitting one flows or the tags done in Bus Flow style. And considering the bus hopping scene in the city and all the various items you could hit in the streets with Minis and Ultras they were the perfect SF graff marker. Credit: Clips: ArtPrimo (YouTube) Outer415 (YouTube) Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KKu43DmwK18) 2025-05-25T18:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Checking Out Heaven Spots (With A Drone) IRL Graff Heaven spots are places graffiti writers hit up that are usually dangerous and located high off the ground. Many writers myself included avoid them and all the dangers that come with them but the graffiti you find in heaven spots has an incredible power to captivate those who see it. And with my new drone I take you to some of my favorite heaven spots in the River Arts District of Asheville North Carolina. #graffiti #dronevideo #tagging #graffitiart #streetart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=So_VS5yEJW0) 2025-12-06T21:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I Found A Chill Graffiti Spot In A Residential Area IRL Graff Residential neighbors in many cities and towns are amongst the worst environments for writers to get up in. The lack of cover other people on the street and the ease with which you can stick out lead many to just avoid them entirely. But one of the most tagged up neighborhoods where I live is also a residential area and in this video I take you through the backstreets of West Asheville and to a cutty DIY skate and graff spot I found along the way. #graffiti #abandoned #urbex #tagging #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YMiJFuGfsWg) 2025-10-11T20:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Throws Tags & Trains in Asheville NC IRL Graff In my last few videos I've explored some of the socioeconomic psychological and spiritual elements of graffiti and I have many more videos in this vein on the way. To me it's incredibly important to examine our circumstances understand what we go through and why but its just as important to appreciate the art we commit ourselves to as well. And in this video that's what you'll get: pieces throws tags and trains all seen in the city of Asheville NC in the last couple of days. Some of the artists you'll see running are: IROT Fowl Corpse Corky Sante" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gk4j_tjxN98) 2026-01-23T21:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tagging Stealthily with Stickers #graff #tagging #graffitiart#streetart #graffiti As a bus hopper in San Franciscos graff scene I used stickers extensively and found them to be particularly helpful when it came to staying stealthy. And even with a bus driver watching everything I did I could usually still catch a tag if I had a sticker. Credit for Clips & Pics: By Order of Appearence Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) ArtPrimo (YouTube) Devastatorbrand (YouTube) Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hbHFsjB4i6c) 2025-06-30T18:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Cutty Spots Run The Longest #graff #graffitiart #tagging #graffiti #spraypaint Cutty spots or spots located in the cuts (hard to reach/ out of the way places) run longer than any other graffiti spot in my opinion. In San Francisco despite being a bus hopper some of my favorite places to hit up were in the cuts where my tags would run a little longer and get seen by the writers who frequented these kinds of spots and I recommend findng them if you want some more run time. Credit for Clips: Ilovegraffiti1312 (YouTube) GTs Performance (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=k9UBE9oT3f0) 2025-07-09T17:05Z [----] followers, 14.4K engagements "Graffiti & Faith Graff Spot Talks On the surface graffiti and faith in a higher power have nothing to do with each other. And though it's not intended some might even take offense at the notice that there is a link between belief in a higher power and committing an illegal act such as tagging. However the spiritual and internal lives of human beings can be complicated and in my experience there is more to examine when it comes to where graffiti and faith connect. And in this video I discuss faith graffiti being an atheist who wrote and being a Muslim who writes with what connects them all at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pT_WAqOLPns) 2026-01-17T21:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "A Freeway Graffiti Gallery & Legendary Writers IRL Graff Graffiti yards and just places where graffiti naturally collects have always been special for me. Its easy for me to get lost amongst the multiple pieces you find in such a spot and for the last few months there's been a spot here in Asheville that I suspected might provide that experience. And while usually I like to incorporate a theme or multiple locations in my videos in this video we hit this spot and let the spot and the art do the talking. #urbanart #graffiti #spraypaint #streetart #tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sAXGN7jdqeM) 2025-10-18T20:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Twist & Tie Tagged Buses Too #graffitiart #tagging #streetart #graffiti #graff San Francisco had multiple graff scenes in the 90s that coexisted with each other but it wasnt always an equal or tranquil coexistence. And as a bus hopper I found that some of the writers who hit the streets and in particular hit pieces looked down on bus hopping and bus hoppers. But two of the all time greats in the city ran on buses too in addition to running everywhere else. Credit for Pics & Clips: (By Order of Appearence) Clips: Inturnet_Explorer (YouTube) TransitBay (YouTube) MyanUGS (YouTube) David Lee" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=t5nT5HsTkSk) 2025-06-29T18:00Z [----] followers, 34K engagements "Best Value Graff Mop #tagging #markers #graff #grog #marker #urbanart #streetart #handstyle Throughout my experience as a writer graffiti supplies have always been expensive and in current times mops are especially expensive. Though they werent commercially available when I was writing in the 90s theyre easy to obtain now but usually obtaining them comes at a considerable cost. So in my opinion whats the best value graff mop thats on the market currently Credit for Clips: Syrex Graffiti (YouTube) Vince Vert (YouTube) cheerupofficial (YouTube) NegroMia (IG) grog squeezer krink mop graffiti mop" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vi3WqVgdmuU) 2025-06-01T17:33Z [----] followers, 17.8K engagements "When AWR & MSK Hit San Francisco In The 90s AWR & MSK are two of the most famous graffiti crews of all time. These interconnected crews were founded in Los Angeles and in [----] their fame has spread across the world through the works of legends like SABER REVOK NORM (RIP) & FATE. But long before their fame spread worldwide they were very famous in San Francisco a location about [---] miles north of where they were based. And this is my experience of seeing them up in their home away from home. #graffiti #tagging #90s #graffitiart #urbanart #markers" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vnObrIbeV3U) 2025-11-05T21:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Supplies In The 90s Were Hard To Come By #graffitiart #tagging #graff #markers #spraypaint As a graff writer who was under [--] in the late 90s graff supplies could be very hard to come by. This scarcity of supplies meant what was out there came with limited variation and this scarcity also led to people acting and treating each other in particularly foul ways. 90s graffiti san francisco tagger graffiti 90s graffiti san francisco tagger graffiti" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=l-dy76M-bjQ) 2025-05-05T17:58Z [----] followers, 115.7K engagements "Choosing Your First Graff Name #tagging #graffiti #graffitiart #graffitiartist #markers #graff Graffiti writers have the entire world at their disposal when it comes to picking names and a prospective writer can find inspiration anywhere on earth. My first graffiti name was inspired by a song and this is my advice for choosing your first graff name. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: Living Proof New York a_d_e_k_b_t_m (Instagram) Krinknyc (YouTube) san francisco spray paint bay area graffiti name san francisco spray paint bay area graffiti name" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wOeY6lWfoHg) 2025-06-08T17:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Street People Graff Crews & Other Topics Off The Top In this fourth installment of Graffiti Topics Off The Top I discuss the period of time after I stopped writing the value of joining graffiti crews and the natural ally of graff writers out on the streets. If there is something you would like me to speak on drop it in the comments and Ill include it in future episodes #graffiti #graff #tagging #sanfrancisco #graffitiworldwide #piecebypiece #homeless Topics Start 0:00 Did I Notice Graffiti After I Stopped Tagging 0:17 Was I Doing Throw Ups & Pieces In the 90s 3:00 Graffiti Writers & Street" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1u-JHd18Z-8) 2025-02-21T21:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Graffiti Karens vs Heroes #graffiti #tagging #streetart #90s #graffitiart Heroes civilians that take the law into their own hands are a reality the graffiti world has had to confront for decades. During my time in the 90s you could expect a hero encounter every few months but hero encounters seem so rare in current times that some writers don't know what a hero is. But they know what a Karen is and given that Karens are the more modern manifestation of heroes they see little to fear about them. However our experiences with heroes in the 90s left us feeling the opposite and the danger of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2AgAWCdgDnc) 2025-11-20T19:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Bus Graffiti: Learning When To Tag #graff #streetart #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #buses As bus hoppers in San Franciscos graff scene we naturally made buses our main priority. For some of us myself included tagging on buses was our entry point into graff and we had a lot of learning to do when we started bus hopping. Most of this learning was done on the job and by going out and hitting buses every day we learned the best ways to do so. Credit for Pics and Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: LCM Crew (YouTube) Server [----] (YouTube) Vonbstransitpage (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3y7bcZWx09Q) 2025-08-06T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti Heroes: My Experience #graff #tagging #graffiti #markers #spraypaint #graffitiart Heroes made tagging an even more stresful activity in the 90s. Despite who a hero was and how a hero looked you had to take them seriously and I understood that any situation with a hero could take an ugly turn and in my case took very ugly turns. Credit for Clips TagMachine (YouTube) LCM Crew Adek BTM (IG)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Umq6ohQsRA) 2025-05-08T18:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Tagging In Nice Neighborhoods When people think about nice neighborhoods many things to come mind but graffiti probably isn't one of them. And definitely in most upper class and wealthy neighborhoods of cities across the country you won't find much. But in San Francisco depending on the day you might find plenty and in my day of the mid to late 90s I hit up in plenty and this was my experience of doing so. #streetart #bluecollar #graffitiart #tagging #graffiti" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5WdGMfNX2GM) 2025-11-12T22:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Scribers: One Of The Best Graffiti Tools For Solo Missions From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Episode [--] As a young graff writer in the late 90s I almost never left the house without a scriber in my pocket. I found them easy to obtain and very useful in a variety of situations and their value was constantly proven to me. #scribers #graff #graffitisupplies #sanfrancisco #graffiti #tagging #etching #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5iWYz6vR-dI) 2025-03-07T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Twist & Reminisce Made People Like Graffiti #tagging #streetart #urbanart #graffiti #markers Twist and Reminisce are two of the best graffiti artists to ever practice the craft. Being able to see them both up constantly in the mid to late 90s was a huge blessing and they both influenced me greatly both during and after my time as an active tagger. Their greatness as artists simply can't be understated and they were so great that even people who hated graffiti and graffiti writers also loved their work. Credit for Clips: THEARTJRK (YouTube) RGRPowerWashing (YouTube) 1990s San Francisco" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5j6Hhn8dohE) 2025-10-16T19:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why Doing Graffiti With A lot Of Writers Was Awesome Mobbing deep rolling with sometimes as many as ten or more writers was one of the first things I found myself doing when I started doing graffiti. And I soon came to experience a lot during these preliminary graff sessions and ultimately fell in love with graff because of them. Simply put tagging with a bunch of writers was awesome but what was awesome about it and what was it like tagging with smaller groups as well In this video I discuss both set amidst the backdrop of San Francisco's Graffiti Golden Age of the 90s. Credit for Thumbnail" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5oargKreLCI) 2025-11-26T21:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How San Francisco Taggers Acted Hot In the 90s (And Why) Being hot is acting in a way that draws unwanted attention or heat your way. In the minds of a lot of people a graffiti writer drawing this kind of unwanted attention would be counterproductive at the least yet many of us did exactly this on a regular basis. But why What compelled us to act in a very counterproductive potentially harmful way that exposed us to a lot of danger To me while there might be multiple answers to this question all of them are very logical despite the phenomena itself being the opposite. Credit for Thumbail Pic:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9TYo0_T95ys) 2025-10-01T22:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Snowy Freight Graffiti #graffiti #tagging #freighttrain #train #shorts Cold weather and snow present challenges for anyone trying to get up in either but man. there's something about seeing some graff in the snow though and I got to see these trains yesterday during our first snow. Credit for Clip at Start: Rueckoner (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ARfHJX4OHbw) 2025-11-11T21:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How I Find Graffiti Spots IRL Graff For the last few months I've shot at least one video a week which showcases graffiti out in the real world. And while there have been locations and areas here in Asheville that I've been to multiple times I keep finding new spots to record and appreciate. Part of this is due to the amount of graffiti and spots you can find around where I live but how I'm able to find spots plays a role as well. And in this video I discuss my process for finding graffiti spots out in the real world. #graffiti #abandonedplaces #irl #tagging #graffitiart #markers" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BAeaASklro4) 2025-12-29T19:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Tagging With Etch: My Thoughts #graff #graffiti #tagging #etching #scribers #graffitiart Etch is a graffiti implement many in the graff world find controversial. In basic terms etch is a chemical solution that burns itself onto surfaces and while its also used on metal the controversy it generates comes from its use on glass. But what are my thoughts on tagging with etch Credit for Videos: TagMachine (YouTube) BokerTKO (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DSNW4j_si-c) 2025-04-09T16:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "What Graffiti Beef Looks Like (With SUTOL) Graff Spot Talks Beef is an unfortunate part of graffiti and one that has likely always been a part of graffiti culture. However I do differentiate battling from beefing and while I saw and participated in some battles in San Francisco in the 90s I rarely saw beef and never had any graff beef as an active writer. And given that where I currently live Asheville NC is a quiet town in the mountains I was kinda surprised to see that there is more beef here then there is back home and in this video I explore some of it. Shout out to SUTOL One for sharing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EaeHehJWRLI) 2025-11-15T23:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti & Mental Health #graffiti #tagging #mentalhealth #streetart #graffitiart Given the backgrounds many of us come from unfortunately its not uncommon for graffiti writers to have mental health issues. I certainly do and some of these issues I have I've had them for most of my life. But despite being an illegal and largely maligned activity I've found having graffiti in my life to be helpful in dealing with my mental health struggles and this is how. Credit for Clips: a_d_e_k_b_t_m (Instagram) Deber614_ (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HgyKbSIO82E) 2025-11-03T19:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Wheatpaste Graffiti In The 90s #graffiti #tagging #90s #streetart #urbanart Wheatpaste posters were a big part of San Francisco's graff scene in the 90s but honestly I barely ever see them up or in use anymore. Their association with street art versus graffiti might be why I don't see graffiti writers using them in current times but back in the day they were looked at simply as a form of graffiti and the elite of the scene including some all time greats in SF history got up with them regularly. Credit for Pics: Hifiart Credit for Clips: Blmlstreetart (YouTube) AlienGangMty (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JqNV1ipGC64) 2025-10-30T17:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Heaven Spots in Asheville NC #graffiti #tagging #urbanart #abandoned #streetart Heaven spots are places graffiti writers hit up that are elevated and often times dangerous locations. Given the danger associated with them I've always had respect for the writers who go after them. And wether these spots were in San Francisco where I grew up or in Asheville NC where I currently live I always stop to take an extra moment to check them out. In my most recent IRL Graff video I checked out some of the many heaven spots in Asheville with my new drone and these are some of my favorites. Credit for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MVEr4Fq4-JM) 2025-12-08T19:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Chill Graffiti Spots Aren't Always Chill Graff Spot Talks In the last few weeks I've been exploring a lot of chill graff spots where I live in my IRL Graff series. I plan on shooting more videos both in and out of chill spots but in filming them and discussing them there always at least to me seems to be one facet about them missing. And that is there's many things in chill spots that you can encounter that are very un-chill. In this video which is my definitive guide to staying safe in out of the way hard to reach and remote areas I discuss the things you need to watch out for and the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NrnS-MJu94w) 2025-11-08T22:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Writers Representing Their Beliefs #tagging #graffiti #shorts #streetart #urbanart Graffiti writers come from many different backgrounds and accordingly include references to our backgrounds and beliefs in our art. For me personally this might mean hitting something up in Black and Orange which would be a reference to my beloved San Francisco Giants. But other times the references might be more subtle such as a possible reference to the Orisha Chango a figure in Santeria (and other Yoruba derived faiths) that I saw in a piece by the writer Sante while filming my last IRL Graff video." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R_2DENrk-nQ) 2025-10-27T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Being Up As A Graffiti Writer IRL Graff When a graffiti writer has graff in multiple locations that writer is up. Another way of describing this phenomenon is saying that such a writer is running and for a writer to be talked about in such a way is a goal for many. But functionally what does this look like In this video I take you around the extensive graffiti scene of Asheville North Carolina and show you what it's like when a writer is running. #tagging #streetart #graffiti #markers #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UVQ02uLmiXM) 2025-09-20T20:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Cutty Downtown Tags & Spots IRL Graff Heavily packed urban environments intimidate many people graffiti writers or otherwise. But amongst writers especially those from smaller towns the amount of people the amount of police officers the amount of cameras that dot the landscape as well as the limited fields of view and safety issues that can arise can seem overwhelming. But as someone who grew up and tagged in a densely packed neighborhood what do I see and think in such an environment" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VMwcrWrLtRg) 2025-10-04T21:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How Graffiti Writers Viewed Shepard Fairey In The 90s Shepard Fairey is a controversial figure in the art world and as someone who has been plastering stickers and wheat paste posters on public property for almost four decades maybe that's not surprising. But what many would find surprising is that he might be more controversial to graffiti artists than he is to the general public. But was this always the case and was it the case back in the 90s when I personally saw his work up almost daily #graffiti #streetart #urbanart #tagging #markers #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WSb904h88rk) 2025-10-29T20:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti's Major Crisis Graff Spot Talks We all know about it. We know people effected by it and some of us fear being next in the midst of this major crisis facing the graffiti community. And if you're a graffiti writer you might be able to guess what I'm alluding to. Then again the graffiti community has and continues to face multiple crises at any given time but in my mind this crisis is the most serious and unfortunately shows no sign of ending. But what am I talking specifically about In this new video recorded on location in a dope bando in Asheville NC I talk all about it. #graffiti" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wmlgrm48qIE) 2025-12-23T22:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti: Types of Heroes #graffiti #tagging #bus #streetart #shorts Heroes or civilian vigilantes were something bus hoppers constantly ran into in San Francisco in the 90s. If you did graffiti long enough you'd encounter one and your experience really depended on the type of hero you encountered. Outside of off duty cops and vigilantes belonging to groups like the Guardian Angels everyday people acted in a variety of manners and these are the types of heroes I saw. Credit for Clips: Opening Clip- 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) FckCourtKases (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XtjqsYSZru4) 2025-11-24T20:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti: Closeness of Writers #graff #tagging #markers #sanfrancisco #urbanart #spraypaint Graffiti writers in the 90s had a tendency to be close especially in comparison to modern times. And while there were always lone wolves and people who avoided others while getting up the majority of the writers I saw in the city were usually with other writers all day and a lot of times daily. This is what I saw who I ran into and what we did. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: Topwallsgraffiti (YouTube) TheDCShowO (YouTube) Guser360 (Instagram)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aFWLEtvaubw) 2025-06-04T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Chill Graffiti Spot Considerations #tagging #streetart #urbanart #graffiti #graffitiart Chill spots are graffiti spots where you run less of a risk of getting busted. Many times these spots are abandoned buildings or remote freeway overpasses and bridges and accordingly come with some concerns. And in just hitting such a spot in my most recent IRL Graff video these are the things I think you should keep in mind when hitting a chill spot" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aWk8R-hSAhE) 2025-10-21T20:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti: Meeting Older Taggers #tagging #bayarea #graff #graffiti When I started tagging I was [--] years old and by default most graffiti writers in San Francisco's scene were older than I was. So given this reality my greatest inspiration in graff came from these older generations of writers and especially older generations of bus hoppers. But if I ever got to see any of these writers out and about how was it and how did I react Music: Woke by SINY Credit for Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) LCM Crew (YouTube) Arab (YouTube) TheNeurOne (YouTube) Credit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b4fuCk8MmDc) 2025-09-03T18:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Having A Mid Graffiti Name New graffiti writers spend a lot of time worrying about their names and especially if their name is wack or not. I know this because as a graffiti content creator writers ask me if their name is wack or not all the time. And while truly wack names are pretty hard to come by some names are just mid and their midness detracts away from the value of name. So what does it look like when you have a mid name How do other writers react to it And can a writer be dope enough overcome a mid or just straight wack name Credit for thumbnail: Scott Hocking (who documents wack" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bMkoQQNzFjw) 2025-10-22T20:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "High Level Street Graffiti IRL Graff High level works of graffiti like straight letter pieces and wild style burners are the most celebrated works of art to come out of our community. The images of works like these inspired millions of people the world over to follow suit and with maybe the exception of Antartica you can find graffiti of this type on every other continent on the planet. But many times these works of art are in hard to reach or dangerous locations and you may question your own rationale in going to find them. However given the right circumstances you can find these high level" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bOzPGKu9Eos) 2025-09-27T20:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Legends On A Freight Train #tagging #streetart #freighttrain #urbanart #graffiti Back in San Francisco I didn't get too deep into train graffiti but since moving to Asheville it's been something I've been more drawn to. And given that Asheville where I currently live is a smallish town deep in the Appalachian Mountains there's a great chance that I won't see many of my favorite writers from back home running. But as long as freight trains pass through here I'll still have a chance to see the work of writers from the Bay Area or legends like ICH and Zephyr like I did a couple days" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cMqwQyP2bV8) 2025-10-20T19:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Giant Straight Letter Pieces (On The Street) IRL Graff In the next couple of weeks I have something special planned for these IRL Graff videos. Perhaps you can say I even have a couple of special things planned but one more so sooner than the other. I'm going to start planning this video ASAP and as such for this video I wanted a more so mellow experience. So join me as I check out some street spots here in Asheville including a couple of spots located right on the street where I saw some giant Straight Letter Pieces #graffiti #asheville #graffitiart #streetart #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cTjJCxreXMM) 2025-11-22T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Favorite Freight Graffiti Vol. [--] #graffiti #tagging #freighttrain #train #streetart I wasn't too into trains back in San Francisco and even after moving to Asheville and getting back into graffiti I didn't get too into them either. But after starting to film my IRL Graff series I've gotten more so into them especially because of who I have seen running. Zephyr ICH Buck [--] (RIP) Tride & JEWL have dropped some of my favorite pieces I've seen lately and in this video you'll see them running on trains. Vol [--] to follow Credit for Opening Clip: UncleP68 (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cVC154gFeS0) 2025-11-18T21:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Being Obsessed With Graffiti Graff Spot Talks The life of a graffiti writer is not an easy one. For many of us our lives being difficult is what lead us into graff in the first place but there are many hazards that come with being an active or even not so active tagger. And many people might wonder why would we subject ourselves to such a life and such hazards And in my mind its because a lot of us don't just love or appreciate graffiti we're obsessed with it. This is definitely the case for me and in this IRL Graff video I talk about graffiti and obsession at graff spots in Asheville North" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cW3xkOUHDqM) 2025-11-29T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Legends Up In This Abandoned Complex IRL Graff When I set out to record this video I planned on hitting some cuts seeing what was up in them and taking a closer look. And after seeing perhaps more graff in one place than I ever have previously the value of taking a closer look should be apparent in all. I hope you guys enjoy this spot and I plan on being back soon with my own contribution. #graffiti #graffitiart #urbex #spraypaint #tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ca399pbZb_8) 2025-11-01T19:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Vigilantes (AKA Heroes) 90s Graffiti vs Now In the world of graffiti civilians that take the law into their own hands and attempt to deal with graffiti writers extralegally are called heroes. I had multiple encounters with them as a tagger in the 90s and being a bus hopper meant having these encounters on locked moving buses with only one way off them. Naturally I spent a good deal of time worrying about running into heroes but do writers in current times share my experience or even share the weariness I had for heroes as an active writer RIP TIE ONE #graffitiart #graffiti #karen" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gH8_7T6RzgQ) 2025-11-19T22:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Freight Cars & A Fallen Legend IRL Graff As a writer coming up in San Francisco I didn't get to interact a lot with freight trains. Many of the yards and layups were inaccessible to me not to mention that there was plenty on the streets and on buses to occupy my attention. But last week I saw something special: ICH and Zephyr two legends of graff running on the same train. And since then I've been lightweight obsessed to get back out there and see more. And in this installment of IRL Graff this is what I do. #graffiti #train #markers #tagging #irl #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gOsEZRx-zFk) 2025-10-25T17:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Revok's Insane Heaven Spot #graffiti #tagging #sanfrancisco #streetart #graffitiart Heaven Spots are graffiti spots located high off the ground and a lot of times in not safe locations. And the latter was definitely true for an insane heaven spot that the legendary Revok from AWR & MSK hit in San Francisco in the late 90s. To this day I still don't know how he was able to pull it off and it remains one of my favorite pieces I've ever seen. Credit for Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Me Credit for Pics: HifiArt" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hQd8NhfjNCo) 2025-11-06T18:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Writers From Nice Neighborhoods #graffiti #tagging #streetart #shorts #markers San Francisco is a city where graffiti is huge part of the city's culture. As such you find graffiti all over the city and writers from every neighborhood including middle and upper class areas. And while not from one of these areas myself I can say that some of the writers from these neighborhoods are legendary and some of the dopest graff artists SF has ever seen. Credit for Clips: Color the Bay Documentary (YouTube) For The Love Of The Game (YouTube make sure to check him out) VigilanteFilm (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iiwTUNqbAfU) 2025-11-17T19:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Graffiti Writer Accused Of Doing $100k In Damage Graff Spot Talks Mango is a graffiti writer from the city of Tulsa Oklahoma and on November 7th [----] he experienced something that many writers fear most. On that day while hitting a straight letter piece on Highway [--] he had the police called on him and he was caught in the act of getting up. After a brief pursuit he was arrested and charged with vandalism. After bonding out Mango found himself getting arrested again on new charges less than a month later. As it stands Mango is facing multiple charges and has been accused of doing over" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jliay0DXPPo) 2025-12-18T20:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Etch: A Controversial Graffiti Tool Etch is an acid based chemical solution thats used by graffiti artists the world over. Though its been around for a long time I only started seeing its use in the late 90s and in the early to mid 2000s in San Francisco its use was endemic. But its a controversial tool to use for many reasons and some graff writers are against it period. #graffiti #scribers #etching #tagging #streetart #tagginggraffiti #graffitiart #graff Music: Ginger Root by Sarah The Instrumentalist" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=k2vdTsNdStg) 2025-04-08T17:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Pieces & Burners: My Recent Favorites #graffiti #streetart #tagging #spraypaint #shorts This week I'll be filming my eighth installment of my IRL Graff series. As the name would imply I hit spots in real life and check out who's running and how. And over the last few weeks I've seen some amazing work and these are some of my favorite pieces and burners in particular. Credit for Clip at Start: Driftershoots (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kV1JdgB3Ugk) 2025-10-28T20:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "When Saber And Revok Crushed San Francisco #graffiti #tagging #shortvideo #90s #streetart AWR & MSK two interconnected crews from Los Angeles county are two of the most legendary crews to ever hit up in San Francisco. And while there were many members from these crews to hit up in San Francisco from the 90s onward the work of Saber and Revok in particular influenced me and sticks with me almost [--] decades later. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Credit for Clips: Andre Sandoval (YouTube) 1990s San Francisco Graffiti And Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) ChooChooTane (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n_AG0UA_FEQ) 2025-11-10T18:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Memorial Graffiti #graffiti #tagging #streetart #rip #markers Memorial graffiti is graff done in remembrance of fallen writers. Sometimes its graff specifically honoring a writer and other times its the living hitting the fallen up and I saw the latter recently while filming my last IRL Graff video. This tag stopped me in my tracks and gave me hope that it was an original but even work done in remembrance is something I respect greatly and it makes me happy to see especially when its a fallen legend from SF's scene like this tag was. Credit for Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nfZ8KM1dOpg) 2025-11-04T20:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "His Graffiti Name Was A Tourist Trap #tagging #streetart #pier39 #graffiti #urbanart Pier [--] is a graffiti writer from the Bay Area who is named after the Pier [--] tourist trap in San Francisco. Though many of us who grew up in the city loved going to Pier [--] as kids we came to feel the opposite about the place as adults and to many of us Pier [--] represented the complete opposite of what San Francisco represented to us. So when I found out someone wrote Pier [--] as their graff name I found it hilarious and to this day its still possibly the most ridiculous name I've heard but the artist behind" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oejEDrZHFmU) 2025-10-23T19:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Zen Of Cutty Graffiti Spots #graffiti #tagging #abandonedplaces #mentalhealth #markers The benefits of cutty spots are obvious to anyone who's ever hit up in one. Little to no people little to no distractions and a pervading quiet are what I find in cutty spots here in Asheville and hitting spots here is something I do regularly for my IRL Graff series. But I also encounter something very unexpected and in this short I discuss the zen of cutty graff spots. Credit for Clips: @RESAKSGRAFFITI @braindrainpod @syrianorthodoxy @Sacooltv" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pVq68nI_SAo) 2025-12-15T21:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Twist & Tie: The Most Up In SF #tagging #streetart #urbanart #graffiti #markers As a young writer in San Francisco in the mid 90s I lived and wrote in one of the most tagged up environments in the world. Some of the greatest graffiti writers ever were at their most prolific at that time and in any other scene at any other time any one of them would have been the most up in their location. But in the mid to late 90s there were two writers that I saw up way more than anyone else and they were the legendary Twist and TIE One RIP Credit for Pics: Dave Schubert (RIP) HifiArt Black Crown Credit for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qakv329W2Ug) 2025-10-15T16:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "When A Graffiti Writer Is Really Running #graffiti #tagging #streetart #markers #shorts As a graffiti writer one of my favorite experiences is seeing one of my tags running but I also get a lot of joy from seeing other writers up as well. And in Asheville I see the writer IROT up to an unexpected degree especially given he lives thousands of miles from here. But in looking over some old pictures from a recent trip to the Caribbean I unexpectedly saw him up as well and I came to understand just how up IROT truly is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qeH64o_hjxE) 2025-11-25T21:34Z [----] followers, 14.1K engagements "Graffiti & The Allure of Danger #graffiti #tagging #markers #streetart #shorts Graffiti is not a safe activity and writers face serious consequences any time they hit up. This is especially the case in heaven spots where a misstep or mistake can cost them anything but even lesser consequences can be pretty severe. All this might make a person ask why would we be drawn to any of it but especially the most dangerous facets of it like heaven spots. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Credit for Clips: fuxcy (reddit) CombatZoneGraffiti (@CombatZoneGraffiti )" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ql7P4pRo3Jg) 2025-12-09T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "A Graffiti Writer's Obsession #graffiti #train #tagging #urbanart #handstyle In my last IRL Graff video I discussed how I became obsessed with graffiti and the nature of obsession in general. In a sign of this obsession I was hitting a spot over the weekend in a very remote part of Asheville when I saw a tiny handstyle done by the writer Tride on a cinderblock. I don't know Tride but I've seen a lot of his work and a lot of it consists of giant pieces but I felt like this little tag I saw spoke to his own obsession with graff and the need to leave something behind. Credit for Opening Clip:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r6X2YIuK3hE) 2025-12-01T21:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "My Favorite Type of Graffiti #graffiti #tagging #streetart #abandoned #losangelesgraffiti Anyone who checked out my channel for a couple of minutes would come to know one thing about me: I love graffiti. And while I love graff in all its forms there's one type of graffiti that's my favorite and it's this. Credit for Clips: @HundredSummers @JustWanderingAsIDo @braindrainpod @lrskrewofficial" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r7cJAJEErMk) 2025-12-10T21:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Becoming A Cutty Graffiti Writer Graff Spot Talks Cutty graffiti spots are places that are usually out of the way hard to reach obscured or just plain neglected where graffiti writers run less of a chance of encountering the police or heroes. But cuttiness doesn't just extend to spots: writers can be cutty too and some of us are very cutty indeed. I can say that's definitely the case for myself and I know that my cutty nature has aided me in my path as a graffiti writer. And in this video I discuss how I became cutty how you can become cutty and how being cutty benefits you all from a cutty" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r8-011WN0fw) 2025-12-13T22:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Doing Graffiti With A Large Group #graffiti #tagging #streetart #bus #graffitiart The first time I ever did graffiti it was a solo mission but most of my missions after that first one were with a lot of writers. In my mind doing graffiti with ten or more writers is a lot and in today's times it would be a great way to get busted in a lot of places. But I absolutely loved mobbing with a crowd and these are the reasons why. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Credit for Videos: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Piece by Piece (Documentary) boroe1" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uF9Jw08dy0A) 2025-11-27T17:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Racking Paint: Early Fails #graffiti #tagging #spraypaint #spraypaintart #sanfrancisco #graffitiart As a kid in San Franciscos graff scene supplies like markers and especially spray paint were very hard to come by. And like many graffiti artists the world over I turned to racking or the theft of said items as a way to obtain them. However in this early stage of my graff journey successful racking missions were few and failures were many. Clip credit: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip-hop Archive (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vkCI7fbItlc) 2025-04-26T17:26Z [----] followers, 81.6K engagements "Graffiti & Class In Nice Neighborhoods #graffiti #tagging #streetart #class #socialscience Classism is a common part of life in pretty much every society on earth. It frequently intersects with other isms and forms of discrimination but in my experience it was the main ism I encountered as a young kid living in poverty. And while it had and does make many parts of my life more difficult when it came to hitting up in nice neighborhoods it made it easier to get away with. Credit for Clips: Color the Bay Documentary (YouTube) Server [----] (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wenDcm4VMaA) 2025-11-13T19:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graff & Lonliness in [----] #graff #tagging #mural #urbanart #streetart #graffiti #spraypaint Joining a graffiti crew was one of the easiest things to do as a graff writer in San Francisco in the 90s. And in San Francisco its not the hardest thing to do now but in many places in the United States & Europe there are a lot of writers who are flying solo and its not by choice. Credit for Clips & Pics FN pic: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Culturenyc718 (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zYvxBmNaYIU) 2025-06-05T17:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why Graffiti Writers Beef #graff #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging #skateboarding #streetart Beef and battling have long existed in the world of graff and while battling has helped move the culture forward beef at times has done the opposite. But given that graff writers dont control territory or make money from doing graffiti why do writers beef like this Credit for Clips: Erizospin (YouTube) Style Wars" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-b-7coye6C4) 2025-06-17T18:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Discovering New Graffiti Spots #tagging #skateboarding #streetart #graffiti #markers In my experience you feel a lot of different things as a graffiti artist wether actively tagging or not. And almost three decades after I started writing almost nothing makes me as happy as find a new spot. In my most recent IRL Graff video I take you to the spot seen in this video which is a DIY Skatepark in addition to being a gallery of pieces and throws. Credit for Clips: BazookaFilms77 (YouTube) Me" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-tRP-zlj0w8) 2025-10-13T20:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Homemade Markers: The Downsides #markers #graffiti #tagging #graff #graffitiart In the 90s it could be very difficult for writers my age to get markers much less spray paint. As such we did as many had since graffiti's inception: we made our own markers and many out in the world were making their own ink. But while a homemade marker was better than no marker at all they came with downsides and these were the ones I experienced. Music: Monday Moonwalk by Guustavv Credit for Clips: snoegraff (YouTube) smooth.official (TikTok) Lucky_TheBestDog (YouTube) Machine Studio (YouTube) Credit for Pic:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-z9_aOz9HQA) 2025-09-05T18:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti: Tagging Trains #graffiti #train #tagging #markers #bayarea #graffitiart In addition to having an extensive bus network San Francisco also has an extensive light rail train network. These trains especially the J Church line were some of the first things I ever tagged on but tagging on them could be anxiety inducing almost claustrophobic experience. Music: Gray or Grey by _91nova Credit for Clips: Server [----] (YouTube) SF Muni Transit Operations (YouTube) Bus TV Chan (YouTube) UnBoundReviews (YouTube) LCM Crew (YouTube) Credit for Picture: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0XrDAnGnzYk) 2025-09-02T19:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Going Camping With a Graffiti Writer Changed My Life In the summer of [----] I had just graduated Middle School and considering that this was something of an achievement for me my mom wanted to celebrate In addition to going on a trip to Disneyland I was also booked a slot on a YMCA camping trip. Another older and better known writer was on this trip with me and after this trip was over my life as I knew it wouldnt be the same. Music: Cathartic by ocean jams #graff #markers #spraypaint #90s #graffitiart #graffiti #tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1HlSJP-jf7M) 2025-08-19T21:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Freedom of Night Time Graffiti #graffitiart #markers #tagging #streetart #shorts The first time I went out tagging at night time was in the spring of [----]. Myself my best friend E and a writer from the crew TFC went out to San Francisco's Mission District that night to get up but in the process we ended up encountering a very unexpected feeling: the feeling of freedom. Credit for Clips: TagMachine (YouTube) Color The Bay Documentary (YouTube) J Utah (YouTube) Server [----] (YouTube) BazookaFilms77 (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1O3KnsyiNRg) 2025-09-22T16:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti: Avoiding Getting Caught #tagging #graff #spraypaint #spraypaintart #markers #urbanart Pieces and other elaborate works of graffiti instantly caught my eye when I got involved in the scene and San Francisco had some of the top writers in the country hitting pieces when I got my start. But upon seeing them I used to wonder: how could a writer be in this place for so long and not get caught This is what I found Credit for Clips: RESAKSGRAFFITI (YouTube) CKTT2011 (YouTube) 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Music: The BOP (Sway To It) by Sarah The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1cniBr9L7ow) 2025-08-28T18:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Tagged Up Bridge in Puerto Rico #graff #graffiti #tagging #puertorico #graffitiart #sanjuan #marker Saw this destroyed bridge in San Juan Puerto Rico back in January when I was briefly visiting. As is often the case when man made structures collapse and fail art finds its way onto them" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=24frVQvbFHI) 2025-03-24T19:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Graffitis Age Limit #graffiti #sanfrancisco #bayarea #graffitiart #graffitiworldwide #tagging When I was younger I felt that graff had an age limit and never expected to hear of or see writers past their teenage years. But do I still feel this way Credit for clips & pics: BokerTKO (YouTube) Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) BazookaFilms77 (YouTube) The Artist Block (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2G9l_34uJe0) 2025-04-04T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Fear Paranoia & Graffiti Fear is a constant companion in the journey of a graffiti writer. And despite speaking about this fear previously in the time since the videos release Ive been asked to address facing fear as a graffiti writer many more times. So this is how I feel about the role fear plays as a graff writer and how I was able to overcome the fear and paranoia I felt when I went out to tag. Music: Winter Nights by Mizlo #tagging #mentalhealth #graffitiart #fear #ptsd #graff #urbanart #streetart #graffiti" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2kJlkHAvzwo) 2025-04-29T17:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "San Francisco Bus Hopping Legends & Other Topics Off The Top In this revived series focused solely on graff I select random topics and speak about them right off the top of my head. If you would like me to speak on something please drop a comment with your topic and Ill add it to the list. #graffiti #sanfrancisco #graff #piecebypiece #streetart #graffitilife #tagging Music: You Like It By Sarah The Instrumentalist Topics: 1) Topics Off The Top 0:00 2) Kerbs FN 0:26 3) Talking My Way Outta Stuff 2:58 4) Making Money Out Of Graff 5:04" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3hrL-2EJGTs) 2025-02-05T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Seeing Writers Up (That Are From Somewhere Else) #graffitiart #tagging #streetart #graffiti #shorts Long before the world became globalized graffiti writers crossed borders and boundaries. And in [----] its not uncommon to see the work of writers from one location up somewhere else very far from home. And even though where I currently live in Asheville NC is a small town in the Appalachian Mountains I regularly see graff up from writers from somewhere else including from my home city of San Francisco. Credit for Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Me Credit for Clips: AGGRO.TV (YouTube) TagMachine" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=43bRog05sIs) 2025-10-07T19:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Writers: More Bold Since The 90s #graff #tagging #graffiti #graffitiart #streetart #markers In the 90s many of us in the graff scene did hot stuff regularly but many more of us did our best to remain lowkey and undetected. But in the last couple of years that Ive been back in the scene Ive seen writers grow more bold when it comes to graff and have seen people hitting up pieces in broad daylight including seeing this in person. Credit for Clips & Pics Clips: BokerTKO (YouTube) The WalkingGiant (YouTube) GorillaNEMS (YouTube) Pic: Phillip Pesar (Flickr)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6fME0MGgD7E) 2025-05-16T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "SF Graffiti Dynamics #tagging #graffitiart #graff #urbanart #graffiti #sanfrancisco #bayarea In San Francisco and possibly in cities across the world youre more likely to find certain writers up in certain neighborhoods including writers that were and are all city. And it was in the Richmond district of the city that I started seeing the work of one of SFs all time greats in the late 90s. Credit: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) VIdeos. BokerTKO (YouTube) World4k22 (YouTube) ChooChooTane (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=796_aL9ucRk) 2025-04-20T17:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graff Writers Jumping From Bus Windows #graffiti #graff #sanfrancisco #graffitiart #tagging Graffiti writers that tag on buses in San Francisco are called bus hoppers and the world of bus hoppers was a world in of itself. Like many distinct cultures and movements bus hopping came with its own particularities and one of the more particular parts of bus hopping was jumping from bus windows when you got caught tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7OrvlSBeuSs) 2025-03-27T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tagging Every Day: My Experience From the moment I first put a white shoe polish applicator to a wall and wrote my name I was hooked on graff. And for the next two years running from the autumn of [----] to the autumn of [----] I rarely missed a day when it came to tagging. This video is the definitive guide to my life as a graff writer and more specifically a bus hopper in the late 90s and I discuss how I prepared myself where I was going to tag and what effect did tagging every day have on me as a person. Credit for Photo in Thumbnail: Amir Escanderia #graffitiart #tagging #streetart #graffiti" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7bXF9kZi_Y0) 2025-08-05T21:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti: Regional Graff Styles #graffitiart #graff #spraypaint #streetart #urbanart #markers I got my start as a graff writer in [----] and it was the regional bus flow style with its one flow tags that served as my introduction to graff. But bus flow was far from the only regional style in graff and in the mid to late 90s multiple regional scenes with regional variations were in existence. Credit for Clips & Pictures: Pics: ReppinDa415ripaj (Flickr) El Chap Carnal (Flickr) Sabmoney The Hustla (Flickr) Clips: KrinkNyc (YouTube) TheGrifters (YouTube) SilviClapp (YouTube) Coty Bread (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=94otvOv15gY) 2025-05-11T17:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti: Being Up As A Writer #tagging #streetart #graffitiart #graffiti #spraypaint Many things drew me towards graff but what I felt both when I got up as well as just having tags running is what kept me involved in graffiti. But this powerful feeling of being up didn't just cut one way: it felt very powerful to see other writers up as well. And in the late 90s when I was finding my footing some of the most legendary writers in San Francisco graffiti (and just graffiti period) provided much inspiration. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: 1990s San Francisco" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AFYTM9s0ve0) 2025-09-21T18:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "A Perfect Downtown Cutty Tag #tagging #markers #shorts #graffiti #graffitiart Cutty tags also called cutty shots are tags/graffiti done in hard to reach out of the way or overlooked locations. These kinds of spots are a priority for many writers in any environment but they are especially important in heavily populated city center and downtown areas. And the other day in Asheville North Carolina I found what I felt to be the perfect downtown cutty tag done by the prolific graffiti writer DADBOD. Credit for Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) CAF Outdoor Cleaning" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AxCEqeKBT1g) 2025-10-06T18:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Graffiti Artist Who Was A Master Horseman #graffitiart #tagging #graff #graffiti #cowboy Growing up in San Francisco which is one of the most densely packed urban areas in the United States I didnt experience much of the outdoors as a kid. And for every bit of the graff world I got to experience I got the opposite amount of experience when it came to stuff like rock climbing or kayaking. But this wasnt the case for everyone growing up in San Francisco or even my neighborhood and a neighborhood writer named Poisen from DOT was a master horseman despite growing up just blocks away from me." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=C0jy3vc9d24) 2025-08-20T18:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Most Reckless Tagger I Knew In The 90s In San Franciscos graff scene in the 90s recklessness was almost an expectation of writers. And with this with baseline of recklessness there were still many writers I knew who went above and beyond this including the most reckless tagger I knew in those years From Episode [--] Topics Off The Top #sanfrancisco #graffiti #tagging #tagginggraffiti #piecebypiece #graffitiart #streetart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DG_Kj5R6TSI) 2025-02-13T15:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "How Music Inspired & Intertwined with Graffiti In The 90s Music and more specifically Hip Hop wasn't just something I listened to in the 90s: it was something I lived. And the artists I listened to wether they intended to or not influenced my life greatly and this was especially true when it came to doing graffiti. But I and others in the city didn't only listen to Hip Hop and these other genres influenced us greatly as well. So what was I listening to in those days and how did it impact myself and others in SF's graff scene #graffiti #90s #punk #tagging #hiphop #graffitiart #streetart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FFALNfwhIzk) 2025-09-09T21:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "90s Graffiti vs Now: Regional Styles Not long after Graffiti and the larger Hip Hop culture left their birthplace on the East Coast graff in new locations took on new forms. San Francisco where I was born and raised was one of these locations and in the city a couple different regional variants of graffiti took hold. One of these variants served as my introduction to graffiti but decades later what is the state of regional graff Music: Fool Me Once by Mizlo #graff #philly #pixacao #handstyle #graffiti #tagging #tagging #sanfrancisco #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FVuMz79MBYY) 2025-05-10T18:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Older Taggers Gang Graffiti & Other Graffiti Topics Off The Top In this eleventh episode of GTOTT I cover a range of topics from my time as a toy in the 90s the realities of street organizations and their graff during the same time and middle aged taggers hitting up in [----]. As always if you would like me to address a topic in a video drop it in a comment and Ill include it for future episodes. Topics: Start 0:00 Gang Graffiti 0:20 My Time As A Toy 3:53 Does Graffiti Have A Retirement Age 7:17 Music: We Got It At The House by Sarah The Instrumentalist #graff #graffitiart #sanfrancisco" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GMYD6JKxjQM) 2025-04-02T18:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Doing Graffiti On A Budget Graffiti isnt something most people would consider an expensive pursuit. But most people dont know how much markers and paint cost Since I got involved in graffiti in [----] graff supplies have always run a pretty penny so Ive put together a starter pack for those who want to hit the streets for the cost of $20 minus tax and shipping. Music: Medjool by Mizlo #artsupplies #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #spraypaint #streetart #urbanart #tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7wf81xe7E) 2025-05-28T20:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffitis Tradition of Racking Paint #spraypaintart #graffiti #markers #streetart #graff #tagging Human beings have felt the compulsion to write their names or meaningful symbols on walls for thousands of years. But since the introduction of modern graffiti which came together on the East Coast of the US in the late 60s and early 70s stealing your own supplies otherwise known as racking has been one of the traditions graff writers follow. Credit for Clips: Inturnet_Explorer (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hs5SVa3ERfY) 2025-05-19T18:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Roller Graffiti in Asheville NC #graffitiart #tagging #streetart #spraypaintart Growing up in San Francisco I was surrounded by graffiti and high level graffiti from a very young age. I came to fall in love with graff in the city but ultimately I left SF and I've now lived in the state of North Carolina for almost a decade. And where I currently live in Asheville I see a lot of high level graffiti and in my most recent video I take a trip to the River Arts District where I saw a lot of dope graffiti in general but especially a lot of dope roller shots. Credit for videos: 1990s San Francisco" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IvLG1Fs18C4) 2025-09-12T18:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Recording Yourself Tagging 90s Graffiti vs Now In [----] almost everybody has the ability to take pictures and video whenever they want no matter what theyre doing. Graffiti writers are no different and in the world of graffiti this tendency of some mostly younger writers to not only post their tags online for approval and validation but also themselves in the action of tagging ruffles some feathers. And possibly the most common criticism of this tendency I see is that in previous times this was something that wasnt done and writers from that time would be horrified if it was done. But is this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J_-nkaQpzLA) 2025-07-16T20:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Ultras & Minis: The Forgotten Graffiti Markers When I got involved in graff I found myself drawn towards many of the things I encountered. This included particular styles but also certain graffiti supplies and as soon as I saw an Ultra Wide marker I needed to get one. In [----] I left the graffiti world but a little over two decades later I found myself back in it and was shocked by one thing in particular: people seemed to have forgotten about Ultras and their little brother the Mini. Music: Park Way Universe by Tilden Parc #markers #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #graff #spraypaint #tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K9XCiZ_S24k) 2025-05-24T17:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti On Private Property: My Thoughts #graffiti #losangeles #tagging #graffitiart #markers During my time as a tagger in San Francisco hitting up on private property was pretty normal and many of us tagged up houses as well as businesses. I cant speak for everyone but while I had a bit of guilt doing so I didnt have enough guilt to avoid tagging private entirely and usually would do so without much reflection. But is this still how I feel in [----] Credit for clips: TagMachine (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KjR31_S27XA) 2025-04-15T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Finding Spots That Run (On The Streets) Runner spots are places where graffiti stays up or runs longer than usual. Personally Ive found reasons particular to some spots as to what makes them runners but with the exception of abandonded buildings there is no general rule of thumb for runners. However thats not to say they are impossible to find and in fact you can find them in any environment you live in. Many of these spots are also available on the streets or not far from them. And to prove this point in this video I take you around Asheville and find spots in the many environments this city" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kr0QVFKI58M) 2025-07-07T20:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Being A Toy Was Frustrating #graffiti #tagging #markers #spraypaint #mural #graff The first few months of my time as a writer were very frustrating. In topic [--] of my latest episode of Graffiti Topics Off The Top I list the various elements of toydom that left me frustrated but possibly most frustrating of all I felt like my time as a toy would never end. Credit: Pictures: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Videos: BokerTKO & Outer415 (Youtube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LEXtncegd00) 2025-04-06T17:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti & Overcoming Fear #tagging #streetart #urbanart #graff #graffitiart #anxiety #mentalhealth Graffiti writers experience and encounter a lot during their times as writers and for many fear is one of the chief emotions they feel. For some writers this fear is paralyzing and ends their time as a graff writer before it ever starts. So how did I deal with the emotions I felt when I was an active writer Credit for Clips: Ilovegraffiti1312 & BokerTKO (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LVII3D_eR1w) 2025-05-01T17:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Small Town Graffiti: Where To Tag #graffiti #tagging #spraypaint #markers #losangeles #bayarea Graffiti takes on a different form and presents different challenges in different locations. And the challenges graffiti writers face in small towns are unique ones and ones Ive given some thought to. And in terms of where to hit up in a small town this is how I feel. Credit for Clips: Pixobgod6069 (YouTube) Bazookafilms77 (YouTube) JuiceYBK (YouTube) Paint-TV (YouTube) Youfeelmyskill (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LcFGgSJVK_4) 2025-05-21T17:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Learning To Do Graffiti (Before The Internet) In present times if someone becomes interested in graffiti theres an endless amount of information out there that they can draw from to learn about the craft. Much of this information is online in the form of tutorials and anectdotes (my content included) and in [----] theres many writers in the world who not only were introduced to graffiti through the internet and social media it's the primarily place they engage with it. But given that I grew up and began writing in pre-internet times what was it like for me to learn how to do graffiti before the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M1Pfv0jKSFQ) 2025-10-08T20:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Doing Graffiti For A Greater Purpose In creating graffiti related content I read criticisms about graff from people daily. However some of these criticisms come from people who are supportive of graffiti and what they criticize is graff not being used to serve a higher purpose often if at all. But is that truly the case and are there writers out there doing so Music: Monday Moonwalk by Gustaav #tagging #pixao #brazil #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #hiphop" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MbYhMXswiVA) 2025-08-13T21:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Consequences & Punishment 90s Graffiti vs Now When I first got involved in graffiti I resolved myself towards not getting caught. By that time I was doing other stuff I shouldnt have so I developed some sneakiness already but I tried my hardest to avoid getting spotted tagging much less caught. And a lot of why I felt this way was because of how negatively society felt about taggers and writing but does society still feel and more importantly act this way now Music: Caught in a Rainstorm by Mizlo #graff #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #crime #graffiti #streetart #bayarea #tagginggraffiti" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MzF0SoGuNQw) 2025-05-07T18:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Graffiti Yard Destroyed by a Hurricane #graffiti #hurricane #tagging #urbanart #graff #streetart One of my best graffiti memories is hitting the Coors yard with the writer CFOR in [----]. I wouldnt hit another yard until [----] when I visited a legal spot in Asheville called Foundy. I would go back to this spot repeatedly for the next couple of months until Hurrican Helene hit and ultimately changed Asheville forever. Credit for Clip: Piece by Piece (Psycho City Footage)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N23lsp3d2-k) 2025-05-31T18:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Doing Graffiti In Small Towns vs. Big Cities Anyhere that you do graff will present unique challenges. Some of these challenges will arise anywhere randomly in any setting while other challenges are more specific to their environments as are other benefits. So in my experience having tagged in both settings and having grown up in a big city yet currently living in a smaller town how do I see these things stacking up Music: Back At It by Dyalla #graff #graffitiart #smalltown #sanfrancisco #tagging #urbanart #graffitiworldwide #graffiti" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NKQHimikWV4) 2025-05-20T19:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Being Hot As A Graffiti Writer #tagging #shorts #graffiti #graffitiworldwide #spraypaintart Being hot is drawing unwanted attention to yourself and as a young graffiti writer you could get scolded for blowing up the spot. However despite being hot being advised against to a very large degree you got a lot of props for acting hot and the hotter the stuff you did sometimes the more love you would receive. And in this short I talk about some of the most common wats writers would act hot during the late 90s. Credit for Clips: populist. (YouTube) Drakobk7 (YouTube) mortalcomeback5374 (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NM-FcwruwGo) 2025-10-02T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Changing Your Graffiti Name: When & Why Graffiti names many times hold little significance when it comes to their meaning but their significance to writers is paramount. For some people their only name I knew them by was their graff name and some of these writers were still known by this names even after they were done writing. As such changing a name isn't a frivilous matter to a graffiti artist and if someone is considering a change there's much to consider beforehand. However sometimes a change is inevitable and in this video I discuss what one should consider if you're looking into" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OfVepOGsRnQ) 2025-09-24T20:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Fame: Small Town vs. Big City #tagging #graff#graffitiart #streetart #urbanart #graffiti As someone who grew up in a big city (San Francisco) and who currently lives in a smaller town in Western North Carolina Ive noticed a lot of differences. This includes many differences between the experiences in graffiti scenes between here and home and how graff writers obtain fame in a small town is very different from how they do so in a big city. Credit For Clips & Pics: Art21.org Gouchizm (YouTube) The Riverstone Life (YouTube) Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Me" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QLP1bn1H2dg) 2025-05-27T17:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Essentials: Streakers #markers #tagging #graff #urbanart #artsupplies #graffiti Paint sticks also known as streakers are an essential graffiti tool. I became acquainted with them in the 90s and not long after I started writing I started using streakers. Their lack of a detectable scent (unlike pilots) ability to be used on many different surfaces and especially their price made them essential to me in the 90s and these same characteristics make them essential now. Credit for Clips: Piece by Piece Machine Studio (YouTube) ArtPrimo (YouTube) Lover20k (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QkqivBIgo5c) 2025-05-29T16:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Scribers: Why I Always Kept One On Me #graffiti #scribers #tagging #handstyle #graff #graffitiart Of all the graffiti implements I used as an active writer in the 90s scribers might have been the most valuable one to me. And once I was actively tagging and especially actively bus hopping I tried to keep one on me at all times. Credit for clips: Clip 1) Machine Studios (YouTube) Clip 2) Devastator Brand (YouTube) Clip 3) Chris On Transit :D (YouTube) Clip 4) Devastator Brand (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SEELtZdTk78) 2025-03-31T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Did I Ever Fight Over Graffiti From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Episode [--] Graffiti writers can be very passionate by nature and competition is an element both of graff and hip hop culture. So did I ever come to blows with another writer over graff during my time as a writer in San Francisco in the 90s #graffiti #sanfrancisco #bayarea #tagginggraffiti #90s #graff #spraypaintart #streetart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sl5jQN42JdM) 2025-03-19T15:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Scandalous Writers & Other Graffiti Topics Off The Top In episode three of this series I discuss San Francisco graffiti legends a store owned by a Bay Area graffiti legend one of the best things about tagging in SF in the 90s and one of the worst. If you have anything you want me to speak on drop it in a comment but more to come soon #graffiti #sanfrancisco #tagging #tagginggraffiti #spraypaint #streetart #graff #graffitiart Music: Song 1) Everything Cool by Timothy Infinite Song 2) Wildernesses by Dusty Decks Topics: Start 0:00 Best Things About SF Graffiti In the 90s- Number of Writers 0:17" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TJkudNUuzDg) 2025-02-15T19:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why Street Art Gets Dissed #streetart #urbanart #graffiti #mural #graff #graffitiart #tagging Street art and graffiti at root are the same thing and share a common lineage. But in [----] there is a large gap between the two and street artists including muralists find their work getting dissed (tagged over covered) for a variety of reasons with this gap between the two crafts playing a big role. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pic at the end: Built-In (Reddit) Clips (By order of appearance) 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Cut In The Fence (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TVT5x6h043I) 2025-06-25T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Homemade Markers & Other Graffiti Topics Off The Top In this tenth episode of GTOTT I discuss my history with making and using homemade markers graffiti in rural locations and how bus hoppers would escape from buses after getting caught tagging on them. As always if you have any topics that you want me to speak on drop them in a comment and Ill address them in a future episode. #markers #marker #graffititag #graffiti #sanfrancisco #rural #streetart #spraypaintart TOPICS Start 0:00 Homemade Markers 0:22 Jumping From Bus Windows 3:35 Rural Graffiti 7:31 MUSIC If Youre Good At Something by Sarah" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UiTkbNOgvwU) 2025-03-26T17:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tagging With Stickers In The 90s Graffiti meant many things to me during my time as an active writer and there were many things I loved about graff. And one facet of the graff experience that I particularly loved was getting up with stickers. In those days they were easy to get easy to use and seemingly everyone in San Franciscos scene from bushoppers to all time legends used them. Music: Reignforest by Timothy Infinite #graffitiart #graff #markers #stickers #graffiti #graffitiworldwide #tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UmMXsFQZn2c) 2025-06-27T20:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Does Graffiti Have A Retirement Age #graff #tagging #streetart #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #markers From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep.11 By the time I was [--] years old I unfortunately stepped away from the graff scene. At the time it just kind of happened and in the years that followed it felt like the right thing to do. It doesnt anymore but it does beg the question: does graff have a retirement age Credit for Images & Videos: Art21 (YouTube) BokerTko (Youtube) Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WSG_-v-X0RU) 2025-04-03T16:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Philosophy: Why Graff Writers Hate Sidebusting In graffiti culture there are many unwritten rules and a violation of these rules that many get very angry at is sidebusting. But why does sidebusting anger so many graffiti writers #graffiti #graff #tagging #tagginggraffiti #graffitiworldwide #spraypaint #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wx36HVD0KC4) 2025-02-09T17:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Graffiti In The Countryside #graffiti #tagging #mural #streetart #graff #spraypaint #spraypaintart Graffiti in rural locations wasnt something I got to experience coming up as a tagger. This shouldnt be too shocking given that I grew up in a very densely packed urban area but even with this in mind I still have a great appreciation for graff in rural locations. So much so that my favorite piece Ive seen lately was in such a place" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YkD2jVhI058) 2025-03-30T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Freight Cars Parked On The Street #graff #tagging #graffitiart#freighttrain #freight #graffiti In San Francisco as a young tagger it could be hard to reach freight cars and this was a part of the scene I had little to no involvement in. But in Asheville NC where I currently live its easy to find freight cars and sometimes you find them parked right on the street. And sometimes as in the case of this car you even see someone youve met running Music: Silver Clouds by Sarah the Instrumentalist" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YqGFCKGTedA) 2025-07-04T17:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How Graffiti Beef Can Start #graffitiart #graff #tagging#urbanart #streetart #tagginggraffiti Beef between graffiti writers can pop off for multiple reasons and has done so for most of modern graffitis history. In my own experience Ive seen and had beef with other writers that had its roots outside of graffiti but many times all it takes is a simple thoughtless action to cause problems between writers. Credit for Clips & Pic: Graffiti Park (Instagram) KEVERONES (YouTube) No Diss Pic: redlefthanded (reddit)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZylRhOiQRZA) 2025-06-14T17:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Catching A Tag: What you feel #graffiti #markers #tagging #tagginggraffiti #graffitiart #spraypaint During the course of a normal time going out doing graff you feel multiple things. And one of the best things you can feel is that feeling of getting the all clear to hit a spot" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_U5vOQezDG4) 2025-03-25T15:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "When Cops Dont Care About Graffiti #tagging #urbanart #spraypaintart #graffiti #graff #streetart Throughout the world graff writers can expect to experience at the very least resistance to their efforts from the local police. But this isnt always the case all the time and in a lot of locations graff isnt looked at as a priority in the face of larger issues. So what happens when the police turn a blind eye to graff Credit for Clips and Pics: Clips: Stesi156 (IG) Server [----] (YouTube) RERTV (YouTube) UnboundReviews (YouTube) Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_n6cH0Me5xw) 2025-05-13T17:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "SF Bus Hoppers & Racking #graffitiart #graff #tagging #urbanart #graffiti #sanfrancisco Bus Hopping is a graffiti subculture that arose in San Francisco in the 1980s. While still connected to the traditional graff world both in SF and in general Bus Hopping was a unique subculture in many ways with its own values and traditions. But did Bus Hoppers follow the long standing graff tradition of racking during my time in the late 90s Credit for Clips: Ilovegraffiti1312 (YouTube) lowkey_fla (YouTube) Jagadeesh1242 (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a1iA_JZjx38) 2025-04-24T17:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "When Reminisce Quit Graffiti #tagging #graff#graffitiart #sanfrancisco #graffitiart #streetart Reminisce is one of the most legendary graffiti writers in San Francisco history. From [----] until [----] she covered the streets of the city with her trademark horse pieces and got up to the degree that when she quit tagging I nor no one else I knew could tell. Credit for Clip & Pics: Clip: Malicious Mischief posted by Internet Explorer (YouTube) Pics: Petalum (flickr) David Golden" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aKwoNQHj5Xc) 2025-06-19T17:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Tagging On Private Property Ive been making videos about graffiti for almost [--] years now and all through out this time the issue of tagging on private property specifically tagging on houses has been brought up by people in the comments. So what are my feelings about tagging on private property and how did these feelings come to be Music: Freedom Fighting by Jevon Ives #graff #sanfrancisco #bayarea #tagginggraffiti #streetart #mural #markers #graffitiart #graffiti" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aU-FLFVFTQM) 2025-04-14T18:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Dealing With Street People As A Graffiti Writer From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep [--] Graffiti writers by nature spend a lot of time on the streets and in those streets one of the most natural allies we have are the people living on them. But can we look past our biases and see the commonality #graff #sanfrancisco #homeless #addictionrecovery #mentalhealth #graffiti #tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cQVpFrH5ddE) 2025-02-24T17:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Graffiti And Substances Hitting Parked Buses & Other Graffiti Topics Off The Top In this ninth episode of GTOTT I discuss the feeling you get coming up on a parked bus a legendary San Francisco writer I met before I ever wrote and the correlation between graff writers and substances. If there are any topics youd like me to address please drop them in a comment and Ill include them in future episodes. #tagging #mentalhealthawareness #ptsd #graff #sanfrancisco #bayarea #oldschool #tagginggraffiti #streetart TOPICS Start 0:00 The Feeling Of Catching A Parked Bus 0:17 Graffiti & Substances 4:02" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=clpq2h-eHaE) 2025-03-20T18:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Getting Caught Tagging & Jumping Off The Bus From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep. [--] As bus hoppers our primary focus naturally was tagging buses back in the 90s. And while some (but not all of us) tried to avoid getting caught doing graffiti by bus drivers you only had to mess up once to get busted. And when we would get busted the easiest way out of the situation was jumping out of the bus windows #graffiti #piecebypiece #bus #graff #sanfrancisco #90s #tagginggraffiti #markers" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=co8RQJdiXzA) 2025-03-28T17:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Staying Up In Urban Environments #graffitiart #graffiti #markers #tagging #streetart For the entire time I did graffiti in the 90s I tagged primarily in urban environments. In this kind of environment tags go up quick and get buffed almost as fast. But while tagging in one of the most densely packed cities in the country I found something that tags ran on longer than anything else and if youre looking to stay up in a city this thing should be a priority. Credit for Video Clips: Katsubot (Instagram) Wanderlust Experiences (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e3oFqupOc5A) 2025-07-11T17:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "San Francisco Taggers & Our Backpacks From Episode [--] of Graffiti Topics Off The Top: In this segment I discuss a particularity of SFs graff scene and thats how we wore/wear our backpacks. This style where our backpacks are strapped down tightly was especially common amongst bus hoppers and underlined a reality for us that tagged in this fashion. #graffitiworldwide #streetart #sanfrancisco #graff #tagging #tagginggraffiti #graffiti #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eusA6yFMgis) 2025-02-18T17:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "My First Time Night Time Graffiti Mission For most of my time as an active graffiti writer I went out on missions during the day time. However this wasn't by choice: it was due to my age and the fact that there was no way my mom would let me out of the house at night for any reason much less to go hit up. But not being able to go out at night just made me want to do so more. My best friend and graff mentor The Homeboy E was in a similar predicament and in the spring of [----] we decided that enough was enough and somehow we were going to go out on a graffiti mission in San Francisco's Mission" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g6xZ0i40pXQ) 2025-09-17T20:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Racking: A Graffiti Tradition Since the earliest days of graffiti cultures formation racking or the theft of graff supllies has been an integral part of the culture. And I explore this tradition from its origins up to my time as a bus hopper to present times and in particular discuss whether bus hoppers followed this tradition in the 90s that our graff ancestors laid down decades previously. Music: To Each His Own by Matt Large #tagging #racking #graffiti #streetart #tagginggraffiti #graff #graffitiart #spraypaint" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ha3UTelRsbk) 2025-04-23T17:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti: Bus Hoppers & Radios #tagging #markers #graffiti #90s #graffiti Bus Hopping is the act of hopping from bus line to bus line tagging buses along the way. Its a phenomenon mostly unique to San Francisco and bus hoppers had an equally unique way of being which included a style of dress slang and music. And given how important music was to us at the time it makes sense that a lot of us would bring radios with us when we bus hopped but how the homeboy Bubbles acted with a radio while bus hopping was a little less sensical. Credit for Clips: LCM Crew (YouTube) Piece by Piece" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ijfEqbeGm5g) 2025-09-14T17:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "When To Pick A New Graffiti Name #streetart #graffitiart #markers #spraypaint #graffiti I get questions from new graffiti artists regularly and many of these questions revolve around names. Is this name good Is this name bad Does someone already have it I have gotten asked the above countless times but I also get asked about if a writer should change their names. And in regards to this last question this is how I feel. Credit for Photos: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Credit for Clips: Doser_uno (Instagram) TagMachine (YouTube) KEVERONES (YouTube) afor_4ever (Instagram)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j2D7VeTQVUQ) 2025-09-29T18:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Roller Shot On A Train #trains #graffitiart #graff #tagging #markers #spraypaint #graffitiart Theres a layup close to where I live and the trains that get parked there are sometimes sitting around for over a week. Naturally they end up leaving with more graff than they arrived with and on this train I saw yesterday I saw a dope roller shot from JEWL CWC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jbn3rgvuNqg) 2025-08-15T16:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Big City Graffiti In A Small Town #tagging #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #shorts Growing up in San Francisco I never really thought about graffiti in small towns and was never looking for it when I would hit one. But if you asked me if I expected to see graffiti especially anything comparable to what I would see in SF in a small town I would say that I wouldn't. But here in Asheville North Carolina which is a smaller sized town of about [------] people I see high level graffiti all the time and even on the street. Credit for Clips: photorob (YouTube) OCDHiFIGuy (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jvo2TMkHXrc) 2025-09-30T21:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Jade One: Style King of SF #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #graffiti #tagginggraffiti #streetart When I started doing graffiti in [----] Jade One was already active in the scene and would remain a dedicated writer until his passing in [----]. When I first saw him up it was on box trucks with pieces and throws but by the end of his life Jade would become a master of multiple styles and many could argue became style king of San Francisco Credit: Pictures: ReppinDa415ripaj (Flickr) Clips: Vigilante Films (YouTube) Gems Of the Orient (Documentary)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=k8-l0hop2KE) 2025-04-22T15:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "San Francisco Graffiti Legends: CFOR From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep. [--] With his work seen in the graff documentary Piece by Piece as well as his work being seen all through San Francisco from the mid 90s onward CFOR (also written C4) is the most talented graffiti artist I know personally. When I first saw him up I became a fan of his work without knowing he was my friend from middle school and since that time Ive seen him up with multiple methods be they etch throws mop tags or pieces. And each time I saw him up I saw dope work from a dope human being. #graff #graffiti #sanfrancisco" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lEeU3q4h2jM) 2025-03-22T16:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Multiple Inks In Graffiti Markers #markers #markertutorial #graffitiart #tagginggraffiti #tagging During my time as an active graffiti writer I experimented with multiple types of markers. This includes homemade markers such as those Ive talked about on here before but I would also experiment with multiple types of ink on the same marker. Music: Good Company by Nyck Caution Clips: Server [----] (YouTube) NYC Graffiti (YouTube) Ilovegraffiti1312 (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lQohzLJOHg0) 2025-04-18T17:58Z [----] followers, 14.4K engagements "Markers & Materials 90s Graffiti vs Now I got my start as a graffiti writer in [----] and after a two decade long hiatus I find myself back in the scene in [----]. Ive noticed many differences between what i experienced then versus now and in this first video of this series I discuss the differences between then and now when it comes to markers as well as graffiti materials. Music: Here and Now by DonVayei #tagging #markers #spraypaint #90s #graffiti #graffitisupplies #graff #handstyle #urbanart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nCCpPxz7QmA) 2025-05-03T18:06Z [----] followers, 18.2K engagements "Reckless Graffiti Writers & Other Topics Off The Top In this second installment of Topics Off The Top I discuss San Francisco graff writer fashion tagging in nice neighborhoods and my recollections of the most reckless graffiti writer I knew. If you would like me to speak on anything drop it in a comment and Ill include it for future episodes #graffiti #streetart #sanfrancisco #graff #tagging #tagginggraffiti #spraypaint #spraypaintart Music: Song 1: Ready Set Vibe by Sarah The Instrumentalist Song 2: Venice Sun by Rocket Jr Topics: Start 0:00 Reckless Writers 0:15 Krylon Paint 3:43 Tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nUL9g8ZXrhk) 2025-02-10T18:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Handstyles: The Foundation of Graffiti #handstyle #tagging #graffiti #markers #irl Being from San Francisco my introduction to graffiti came from encountering One Flows or tags done in the Bus Flow style. Anything I learned appreciated or loved about graffiti grew out of this essential element of graffiti and graffiti itself grew out of handstyles as well. And while many people especially members of the general public don't like handstyles all that much without them we wouldn't have any else and we especially wouldn't have the elements of graffiti that are more loved" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oFFknBfEcPo) 2025-09-25T18:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Keeping It In The Blackbook #graffiti #tagging #streetart #shorts #markers Since getting back into graffiti over the last few years I've seen numerous new writers post pictures of their tags and sketches. And for most of them they've received the same feedback: keep that in your blackbook. I understand this mentality from more established writers towards newer ones but was this the expectation of newer taggers when I got my start in the 90s Credit for Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Credit for Clips: theneur0ne (YouTube) BOROE [--] (YouTube) alies36 (YouTube) JWF Documentaries (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ogjCsjZl0Rs) 2025-10-09T19:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "My Favorite Seat To Tag Buses From #graff #buses #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #tagging Not long after I started tagging I started bus hopping. Most days out of the week Id end up bus hopping and not long into this journey I found what I thought to be the best places on a bus to sit and catch tags. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Welcome2theMission (Instagram) Clips: Server [----] (YouTube) LCM Crew (YouTube) Shakespearcafe (YouTube) Machine Studio (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pNNfaYBPIek) 2025-08-08T16:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Doing Graffiti Away From Home: My Experience From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Episode [--] https://www.youtube.com/watchv=b2pNkMfjgd4 During the later part of my time as an active graffiti writer I started getting up outside of my home city of San Francisco. Starting in [----] I was in Berkeley almost every weekend and I soon found that tagging away from home was a very different experience. #graffiti #sanfrancisco #berkeley #bayarea #graff #tagging #streetart #spraypaint #markers" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pfuAfc4lNrI) 2025-03-17T16:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Avoiding Gangs As A 90s Tagger #graffiti #norteo #sur #tagging #sanfrancisco #graff #streetart One of the worst things about being a tagger in the 90s in San Francisco was having to deal with gangs. At that time there were multiple conflicts playing out in the city but the one that impacted me the most was between Norte and Sur. And everything between what colors I wore what streets I went on or whether I tagged or not was impacted by this conflict. Picture: W.Devill (IESTREETLIFE Forum) Video: BokerTKO (YouTube) DC2 Integra Shop (YouTube) BadBoy (Youtube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q6ZTKpDUHms) 2025-04-07T18:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "My Moms Favorite Graffiti Writer: Reminisce One Reminisce is one of the greatest writers to ever hit up in San Francisco. Originally from the Bay Area Reminisce moved to the city in [----] and soon found herself enmeshed in the local scene. She would found herself in a class of her own in this scene and by the time of her exit from graff in [----] her legacy was well established. And this legacy was such that many in the city who didnt tag or didnt even like graff loved Reminisce including my mother Theresa. Music: At Ease by Mizlo #graffiti #tagging #streetart #urbanart #mural #graffitiart #graff" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r9WaNVz_BYE) 2025-06-18T21:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Graffiti Writers Working Together To Hit Buses #graff #sanfrancisco #graffitiart #tagging #markers As bus hoppers graffiti writers who prioritized tagging on buses often times we would work together to get up. And given that tagging on locked moving buses could be somewhat dangerous we had a system to ensure we got up and stayed safe. Credit for Clips: LCM Crew (YouTube) Piece By Piece BusTV Chan (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rB430lb2zlo) 2025-04-12T18:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Battles vs. Beef Though I most like to talk about the things in graffiti that make me the happiest I cant ignore other parts of the experience. And beef is one of those other experiences and in my own life its not been a pleasant experience. But beefing and battling are two very different things so what are the differences how do they effect the graff community as a whole and what have been my experiences with battling and beef Music: Fields by ocean jams #graff #beef #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging #tagginggraffiti #markers #streetart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s3Kz4ydRtV4) 2025-06-12T20:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Seeing Twist Up EVERYWHERE In The 90s Twist is one of the most celebrated and beloved graffiti artists in the history of the craft. Personally I became a fan of his work very early on during my time as a writer when I was going to school in San Francisco's Mission District. And in those days it was incredibly easy to get a look at some of his art because his tags throws pieces and characters were up all over the Mission District and all over the city. This is my experience of becoming a fan of his work and a glimpse into how we thought about graff writers and legends like Twist in the 90s." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sQxtHWLTHaM) 2025-10-14T21:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How Bus Hoppers Worked Together To Crush Buses San Franciscos graffiti scene in the 90s was extensive with multiple different scenes coexisting and interacting with each other. One of these scenes was the world of the bus hoppers graff writers who specialized in hitting up on MUNI buses in the city. And while many of us would go crush buses solo sometimes there was a lot of bus hopper teamwork at play when it came to bus hopping. Music: Prototype by Tilden Parc #tagging #piecebypiece #graffiti #graffitiworldwide #streetart #markers #graff" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sRUU4EtGY_0) 2025-04-11T15:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Is A Sign Of Life #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging #mural #streetart #graff The River Arts district is a place in the city of Asheville North Carolina where you could find many different forms of art. Potters painters sculptors and graffiti artists contributed much to the flavor of the neighborhood but unfortunately in September of [----] the River Arts District was destroyed entirely by Hurricane Helene. And while there arent many signs of life in the neighborhood signs of life are returning and one of the most noticeable signs is the many graff pieces to pop up since Helene. Credit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=spSRkLb-ox0) 2025-08-25T18:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti: A Method of Communication #tagging #streetart #graff #markers #spraypaint #graffiti In my latest video I discussed the tradition of graffiti writers taking pictures (and nowadays videos) of their work despite this being something that could get them in further trouble. But ultimately theres something that needs to be understood about graff: its a method of communication. Credit for Clips & Pics: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) HifiArt Clips: raincitygraffiti (YouTube) sleepy_one_3102 (YouTube) Bazookafilms77 (YouTube) infamous_chaka (Instagram)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tJShAZ1duQs) 2025-07-20T18:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Is Digital Graffiti Really Graffiti I was away from graff for over [--] years and upon returning to it I found many things that were different about graffiti. One of the more notable new additions is whats called Digital Graffiti which is done through programs on electronic devices. And while Digital graff comes in a few different forms is it even graffiti at all Credit for source pic in thumbnail: Misk Music: How it Go by Scientific #graffitiart #digitalart #graffiti #graff #digitalartist #streetart #tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tr7mElCBgZU) 2025-07-02T19:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "90s Graffiti vs Now: Going Over Murals Growing up where I did in San Francisco I was surrounded by murals and public art. This exposure to public art drew me towards the arts from a young age but in [----] there are numerous writers in the world who feel very differently about murals and whats been coined street art. And some murals are gone over damn near as soon as they go up. But why is this the case in [----] and in the 90s how did we act towards murals Music: Find Me Again by Mizlo Credit for thumbnail pic: Carnagenyc (Flickr) #graffitiart #streetart #mural #urbanart #graffiti #graff" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uFgfo9azSzA) 2025-06-24T20:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti: Older Writers (And Dealing With Them) When I started tagging in [----] I was twelve going on thirteen. By this simple fact almost everyone in the city active in graffiti would have been older than me. But there were a lot of similarities between myself and people one or two years older but what about the bus hoppers who were maybe four or five years older and especially the writers doing pieces Some of these writers could be a decade plus older so what was it like talking to them dealing with them or encountering them out in the streets Music: Woke by SINY Thumbnail Picture" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uj1lWxb7oDk) 2025-08-30T18:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Hurricane Helene Destroyed The Graffiti Yard Though Im originally from San Francisco and much of my content revolves around my home city I currently live in Asheville North Carolina. And it was in Asheville where I found myself getting back in the graff scene and in July of [----] I visted a legal graff yard here called Foundy. And just a couple of months later in September of [----] Hurricane Helene hit Asheville and changed everything. This is my experience. Music: Dreadnought by Dylan Sitts #graffiti #hurricanehelene #hurricane #asheville #graff #spraypaintart #streetart #urbanart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v4BUjTTjU44) 2025-05-14T18:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "San Francisco Graffiti In The 90s: Tagging Parked Buses From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep. [--] As a bus hopper in the mid to late 90s buses were my obvious focus when it came to graffiti. Most times I would tag buses when I was riding them but I was always on the lookout for buses parked on the street. And when I would find one I would encounter a very special feeling followed by a frenzy of getting up. #graff #graffitiworldwide #tagging #markers #90s #graffitiart #streetart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vHghTfd_JmA) 2025-03-24T16:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Tagging The Inside Of Parked Buses #graff #graffiti #tagging #sanfrancisco #graffitiart Catching outsider shots was one of my favorite ways of getting up as a bus hopper. And the corner of 30th and Mission was a great place to catch buses parked on the street without their drivers and sometimes we could even sneak inside these buses and hit up the insides too" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wtQ_NAsKPro) 2025-03-23T18:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Friendly Battles Are Good For Graff #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging #stylewars #streetart #graff Friendly graffiti battles with clear rules of engagement and sometimes with friends on each side were a common part of my experience in San Francisco in the 90s. These battles would compel and push us to do more and get up more than we would and ultimately these kinds of battles are good for the craft as a whole. Credit for Clips and Pics: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips by order of appearance: Boroe1 (YouTube) ChooChooTane (YouTube) Server [----] (YouTube) kemalcomayz7569 (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=x9A3k15HiuY) 2025-06-13T17:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Hitting Graffiti Spots in Asheville NC IRL Graff Over the last four years that I've been putting videos out I've done over [---] graffiti related videos across two platforms. And though graffiti is an outdoor activity 100% of these videos have been recorded in an indoor environment. But this time I did something different: I hit the streets of Asheville North Carolina and went to the River Arts District where I hit some spots shot some footage and shared some thoughts. I'll be putting together many more of these types of videos both in Asheville and elsewhere and if you'd like me to shoot" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xm1PVuTfp5U) 2025-09-11T20:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Pixao: Protest In The Form of Graffiti #graffiti #pixao #saopaulo #tagging #pixo #handstyle So Paulo Brazil is home to over [--] million people and is home to a unique tradition in the world of graffiti. This tradition called Pixao first developed in the 80s in the city amongst people who lived in overwhelmingly neglected ostracized and excluded communities. And in addition to being a city where handstyles predominate its also one of the few cities on earth where graffiti done for the sake of graffiti is used as a form of protest. Credit for Clips: chepaytt (YouTube) Ilovegraffiti1312 (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xnlo8RvJr_4) 2025-08-14T17:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "90s Graffiti vs. Now: Social Lives of Writers Graffiti is a social activity and in essence is a manner in which one person communicates with another. And in my personal experience the social aspects of graff namely the writers you met how you traveled and how you grew as an artist were some of my favorite parts of graff period. But how have these social dynamics evolved as I find myself in present times and how do they stack up to my time in the 90s Music: Lady in Red by Scientific Big shoutout to the @sSanFranciscoGraffitiandHip-ho channel who have tons of footage from my time as a writer." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ySUQ-nQUwSA) 2025-06-03T20:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Doing Graffiti For The First Time The term graffiti writer means different things to different people and to many the term is imbued with a great significance. But for a writer to truly be considered a writer they need to undertake a fundamental action: going and hitting up for the first time. In this video I discuss what a writer needs and what they should keep in mind before their first time tagging and what I did as well. Music: Empty Road by ocean jams #graff #markers #sanfrancisco #graffiti #streetart #graffitiart #tagging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ya0gsNtWXfk) 2025-06-07T19:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Bus Mobbing: Early Graff in LA #graff #losangeles #streetart #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging Bus Mobbing is the act of rushing or mobbing buses sometimes with just one or two people but as was the case in LAs early graff scene it could be dozens. But why were buses a focus in the early graff scene of Los Angeles and how did bus mobbing become a feature of the scene down there Credit for Pics and Clips: Pics: Art Crimes el.monte.memes (Instagram) Clips: Style Wars Taboos Comics & Kicks (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zhxwu7Z0hJE) 2025-08-01T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "TAKI [---] & Graffiti's Immigrant Roots Graff Spot Talks In the context of the American experience immigration and immigrants lay at the roots of almost everything. However nativist sentiment runs high in the states and immigrants find themselves under threat and worse attack on a daily basis. Given the political realties of living in this country many in this country wouldn't be shocked to hear that their fellow citizens neighbors or even relatives hold these kinds of views. But it might shock some in the graffiti community to know that our fellow writers hold these views too and hold them in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B6K7EetsPNs) 2026-02-10T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Throws Tags & Trains in Asheville NC IRL Graff In my last few videos I've explored some of the socioeconomic psychological and spiritual elements of graffiti and I have many more videos in this vein on the way. To me it's incredibly important to examine our circumstances understand what we go through and why but its just as important to appreciate the art we commit ourselves to as well. And in this video that's what you'll get: pieces throws tags and trains all seen in the city of Asheville NC in the last couple of days. Some of the artists you'll see running are: IROT Fowl Corpse Corky Sante" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gk4j_tjxN98) 2026-01-23T21:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Graffiti & Faith Graff Spot Talks On the surface graffiti and faith in a higher power have nothing to do with each other. And though it's not intended some might even take offense at the notice that there is a link between belief in a higher power and committing an illegal act such as tagging. However the spiritual and internal lives of human beings can be complicated and in my experience there is more to examine when it comes to where graffiti and faith connect. And in this video I discuss faith graffiti being an atheist who wrote and being a Muslim who writes with what connects them all at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pT_WAqOLPns) 2026-01-17T21:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why Cities Need Graffiti Graff Spot Talks Modern graffiti came to be in the urban landscapes of cities on the American East Coast in the late 60s and early 70s. And ever since that time the cities towns and rural locations that graffiti finds itself in have gone after both graff and writers in an attempt to suppress both. However despite decades of suppression efforts and especially the tens of billions of dollars spent to suppress graffiti there is another underlying reality: Cities need graffiti. And in this video shot on location at Foundy in Asheville NC I give my opinion on why this is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AaFyEWvXQYc) 2026-01-08T22:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How I Find Graffiti Spots IRL Graff For the last few months I've shot at least one video a week which showcases graffiti out in the real world. And while there have been locations and areas here in Asheville that I've been to multiple times I keep finding new spots to record and appreciate. Part of this is due to the amount of graffiti and spots you can find around where I live but how I'm able to find spots plays a role as well. And in this video I discuss my process for finding graffiti spots out in the real world. #graffiti #abandonedplaces #irl #tagging #graffitiart #markers" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BAeaASklro4) 2025-12-29T19:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti's Major Crisis Graff Spot Talks We all know about it. We know people effected by it and some of us fear being next in the midst of this major crisis facing the graffiti community. And if you're a graffiti writer you might be able to guess what I'm alluding to. Then again the graffiti community has and continues to face multiple crises at any given time but in my mind this crisis is the most serious and unfortunately shows no sign of ending. But what am I talking specifically about In this new video recorded on location in a dope bando in Asheville NC I talk all about it. #graffiti" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wmlgrm48qIE) 2025-12-23T22:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Graffiti Writer Accused Of Doing $100k In Damage Graff Spot Talks Mango is a graffiti writer from the city of Tulsa Oklahoma and on November 7th [----] he experienced something that many writers fear most. On that day while hitting a straight letter piece on Highway [--] he had the police called on him and he was caught in the act of getting up. After a brief pursuit he was arrested and charged with vandalism. After bonding out Mango found himself getting arrested again on new charges less than a month later. As it stands Mango is facing multiple charges and has been accused of doing over" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jliay0DXPPo) 2025-12-18T20:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Zen Of Cutty Graffiti Spots #graffiti #tagging #abandonedplaces #mentalhealth #markers The benefits of cutty spots are obvious to anyone who's ever hit up in one. Little to no people little to no distractions and a pervading quiet are what I find in cutty spots here in Asheville and hitting spots here is something I do regularly for my IRL Graff series. But I also encounter something very unexpected and in this short I discuss the zen of cutty graff spots. Credit for Clips: @RESAKSGRAFFITI @braindrainpod @syrianorthodoxy @Sacooltv" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pVq68nI_SAo) 2025-12-15T21:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Becoming A Cutty Graffiti Writer Graff Spot Talks Cutty graffiti spots are places that are usually out of the way hard to reach obscured or just plain neglected where graffiti writers run less of a chance of encountering the police or heroes. But cuttiness doesn't just extend to spots: writers can be cutty too and some of us are very cutty indeed. I can say that's definitely the case for myself and I know that my cutty nature has aided me in my path as a graffiti writer. And in this video I discuss how I became cutty how you can become cutty and how being cutty benefits you all from a cutty" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r8-011WN0fw) 2025-12-13T22:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "My Favorite Type of Graffiti #graffiti #tagging #streetart #abandoned #losangelesgraffiti Anyone who checked out my channel for a couple of minutes would come to know one thing about me: I love graffiti. And while I love graff in all its forms there's one type of graffiti that's my favorite and it's this. Credit for Clips: @HundredSummers @JustWanderingAsIDo @braindrainpod @lrskrewofficial" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r7cJAJEErMk) 2025-12-10T21:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti & The Allure of Danger #graffiti #tagging #markers #streetart #shorts Graffiti is not a safe activity and writers face serious consequences any time they hit up. This is especially the case in heaven spots where a misstep or mistake can cost them anything but even lesser consequences can be pretty severe. All this might make a person ask why would we be drawn to any of it but especially the most dangerous facets of it like heaven spots. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Credit for Clips: fuxcy (reddit) CombatZoneGraffiti (@CombatZoneGraffiti )" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ql7P4pRo3Jg) 2025-12-09T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Heaven Spots in Asheville NC #graffiti #tagging #urbanart #abandoned #streetart Heaven spots are places graffiti writers hit up that are elevated and often times dangerous locations. Given the danger associated with them I've always had respect for the writers who go after them. And wether these spots were in San Francisco where I grew up or in Asheville NC where I currently live I always stop to take an extra moment to check them out. In my most recent IRL Graff video I checked out some of the many heaven spots in Asheville with my new drone and these are some of my favorites. Credit for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MVEr4Fq4-JM) 2025-12-08T19:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Checking Out Heaven Spots (With A Drone) IRL Graff Heaven spots are places graffiti writers hit up that are usually dangerous and located high off the ground. Many writers myself included avoid them and all the dangers that come with them but the graffiti you find in heaven spots has an incredible power to captivate those who see it. And with my new drone I take you to some of my favorite heaven spots in the River Arts District of Asheville North Carolina. #graffiti #dronevideo #tagging #graffitiart #streetart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=So_VS5yEJW0) 2025-12-06T21:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "A Graffiti Writer's Obsession #graffiti #train #tagging #urbanart #handstyle In my last IRL Graff video I discussed how I became obsessed with graffiti and the nature of obsession in general. In a sign of this obsession I was hitting a spot over the weekend in a very remote part of Asheville when I saw a tiny handstyle done by the writer Tride on a cinderblock. I don't know Tride but I've seen a lot of his work and a lot of it consists of giant pieces but I felt like this little tag I saw spoke to his own obsession with graff and the need to leave something behind. Credit for Opening Clip:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r6X2YIuK3hE) 2025-12-01T21:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Being Obsessed With Graffiti Graff Spot Talks The life of a graffiti writer is not an easy one. For many of us our lives being difficult is what lead us into graff in the first place but there are many hazards that come with being an active or even not so active tagger. And many people might wonder why would we subject ourselves to such a life and such hazards And in my mind its because a lot of us don't just love or appreciate graffiti we're obsessed with it. This is definitely the case for me and in this IRL Graff video I talk about graffiti and obsession at graff spots in Asheville North" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cW3xkOUHDqM) 2025-11-29T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Doing Graffiti With A Large Group #graffiti #tagging #streetart #bus #graffitiart The first time I ever did graffiti it was a solo mission but most of my missions after that first one were with a lot of writers. In my mind doing graffiti with ten or more writers is a lot and in today's times it would be a great way to get busted in a lot of places. But I absolutely loved mobbing with a crowd and these are the reasons why. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Credit for Videos: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Piece by Piece (Documentary) boroe1" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uF9Jw08dy0A) 2025-11-27T17:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why Doing Graffiti With A lot Of Writers Was Awesome Mobbing deep rolling with sometimes as many as ten or more writers was one of the first things I found myself doing when I started doing graffiti. And I soon came to experience a lot during these preliminary graff sessions and ultimately fell in love with graff because of them. Simply put tagging with a bunch of writers was awesome but what was awesome about it and what was it like tagging with smaller groups as well In this video I discuss both set amidst the backdrop of San Francisco's Graffiti Golden Age of the 90s. Credit for Thumbnail" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5oargKreLCI) 2025-11-26T21:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "When A Graffiti Writer Is Really Running #graffiti #tagging #streetart #markers #shorts As a graffiti writer one of my favorite experiences is seeing one of my tags running but I also get a lot of joy from seeing other writers up as well. And in Asheville I see the writer IROT up to an unexpected degree especially given he lives thousands of miles from here. But in looking over some old pictures from a recent trip to the Caribbean I unexpectedly saw him up as well and I came to understand just how up IROT truly is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qeH64o_hjxE) 2025-11-25T21:34Z [----] followers, 14.1K engagements "90s Graffiti: Types of Heroes #graffiti #tagging #bus #streetart #shorts Heroes or civilian vigilantes were something bus hoppers constantly ran into in San Francisco in the 90s. If you did graffiti long enough you'd encounter one and your experience really depended on the type of hero you encountered. Outside of off duty cops and vigilantes belonging to groups like the Guardian Angels everyday people acted in a variety of manners and these are the types of heroes I saw. Credit for Clips: Opening Clip- 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) FckCourtKases (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XtjqsYSZru4) 2025-11-24T20:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Giant Straight Letter Pieces (On The Street) IRL Graff In the next couple of weeks I have something special planned for these IRL Graff videos. Perhaps you can say I even have a couple of special things planned but one more so sooner than the other. I'm going to start planning this video ASAP and as such for this video I wanted a more so mellow experience. So join me as I check out some street spots here in Asheville including a couple of spots located right on the street where I saw some giant Straight Letter Pieces #graffiti #asheville #graffitiart #streetart #graffitiart" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cTjJCxreXMM) 2025-11-22T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Karens vs Heroes #graffiti #tagging #streetart #90s #graffitiart Heroes civilians that take the law into their own hands are a reality the graffiti world has had to confront for decades. During my time in the 90s you could expect a hero encounter every few months but hero encounters seem so rare in current times that some writers don't know what a hero is. But they know what a Karen is and given that Karens are the more modern manifestation of heroes they see little to fear about them. However our experiences with heroes in the 90s left us feeling the opposite and the danger of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2AgAWCdgDnc) 2025-11-20T19:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Vigilantes (AKA Heroes) 90s Graffiti vs Now In the world of graffiti civilians that take the law into their own hands and attempt to deal with graffiti writers extralegally are called heroes. I had multiple encounters with them as a tagger in the 90s and being a bus hopper meant having these encounters on locked moving buses with only one way off them. Naturally I spent a good deal of time worrying about running into heroes but do writers in current times share my experience or even share the weariness I had for heroes as an active writer RIP TIE ONE #graffitiart #graffiti #karen" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gH8_7T6RzgQ) 2025-11-19T22:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Favorite Freight Graffiti Vol. [--] #graffiti #tagging #freighttrain #train #streetart I wasn't too into trains back in San Francisco and even after moving to Asheville and getting back into graffiti I didn't get too into them either. But after starting to film my IRL Graff series I've gotten more so into them especially because of who I have seen running. Zephyr ICH Buck [--] (RIP) Tride & JEWL have dropped some of my favorite pieces I've seen lately and in this video you'll see them running on trains. Vol [--] to follow Credit for Opening Clip: UncleP68 (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cVC154gFeS0) 2025-11-18T21:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Graffiti Writers From Nice Neighborhoods #graffiti #tagging #streetart #shorts #markers San Francisco is a city where graffiti is huge part of the city's culture. As such you find graffiti all over the city and writers from every neighborhood including middle and upper class areas. And while not from one of these areas myself I can say that some of the writers from these neighborhoods are legendary and some of the dopest graff artists SF has ever seen. Credit for Clips: Color the Bay Documentary (YouTube) For The Love Of The Game (YouTube make sure to check him out) VigilanteFilm (YouTube)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iiwTUNqbAfU) 2025-11-17T19:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "What Graffiti Beef Looks Like (With SUTOL) Graff Spot Talks Beef is an unfortunate part of graffiti and one that has likely always been a part of graffiti culture. However I do differentiate battling from beefing and while I saw and participated in some battles in San Francisco in the 90s I rarely saw beef and never had any graff beef as an active writer. And given that where I currently live Asheville NC is a quiet town in the mountains I was kinda surprised to see that there is more beef here then there is back home and in this video I explore some of it. Shout out to SUTOL One for sharing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EaeHehJWRLI) 2025-11-15T23:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements Limited data mode. 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"Making Graffiti Markers In The 90s #graff #markers #marker #diycrafts #tagging #graffiti Knowing how to make markers was essential as a young graffiti writer in the 90s. Spray paint was very hard to come by in San Franciscos scene if you were my age at the time and markers were only slightly easier to get so if you wanted to get up making your own markers was a surefire way to do so. graffiti marker homemade marker graffiti marker tagging diy marker diy graffiti marker homemade marker graffiti marker tagging diy marker diy"
YouTube Link 2025-03-29T16:32Z [----] followers, 277.8K engagements
"How Reminisce Started Tagging Horses #tagging #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #graff #graffiti In the late 1980s Ruby Neri became a student at the San Francisco Art Institute. Many other legends of the SF graff scene would were students at the Institute and around the time she became a student she became a writer During one of her early graff missions she decided to draw a horse and these horses became a common and iconic sight in the city even to people who didnt tag. Credit for Clips & Pictures (By Order of Appearence): Clips: 1990s San Francisco Hip Hop and Graffiti Archive (YouTube) Internet"
YouTube Link 2025-06-22T18:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why Graff Writers Bus Hop in San Francisco (And Not Really Elsewhere) Bus Hopping is the act of jumping from bus to bus sometimes on the same line but often times jumping to multiple lines tagging each one along the way. I spent whole days bus hopping in San Francisco in the late 90s and while I was writing I never thought about if graffiti writers in other cities bus hopped as well. But did they In this video I discuss the roots of bus hopping in SF as well as the roots of graff in other cities and which scenes in particular that I know of that hit buses. #graff #graffiti #stylewars"
YouTube Link 2025-07-30T21:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why Cities Need Graffiti Graff Spot Talks Modern graffiti came to be in the urban landscapes of cities on the American East Coast in the late 60s and early 70s. And ever since that time the cities towns and rural locations that graffiti finds itself in have gone after both graff and writers in an attempt to suppress both. However despite decades of suppression efforts and especially the tens of billions of dollars spent to suppress graffiti there is another underlying reality: Cities need graffiti. And in this video shot on location at Foundy in Asheville NC I give my opinion on why this is"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T22:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"TAKI [---] & Graffiti's Immigrant Roots Graff Spot Talks In the context of the American experience immigration and immigrants lay at the roots of almost everything. However nativist sentiment runs high in the states and immigrants find themselves under threat and worse attack on a daily basis. Given the political realties of living in this country many in this country wouldn't be shocked to hear that their fellow citizens neighbors or even relatives hold these kinds of views. But it might shock some in the graffiti community to know that our fellow writers hold these views too and hold them in"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tagging Your First Spot #graff #tagging #graffitiart #markers #spraypaint #graffiti #urbanart The first time a graffiti writer tags is a momentous occasion but where a writer tags for the first time makes a big difference. Understandably many people will be anxious and on edge and thus youll want to go to a place thats familiar. This familiar location can be mellow but might also be the opposite though thankfully there are ways to get up in busy spots too. Credit for clips by order of appearance: VinceVert (YouTube) Katsubot (Instagram) TagMachine (YouTube) Resk [--] (YouTube) ArtPrimo"
YouTube Link 2025-06-09T17:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Supplies in [----] Are Endless #tagging #graffitisupplies#markers #graff #graffiti #spraycan When it comes to graffiti supplies in [----] if youre willing to pay a little bit more you can have anything you want in a couple of days. This wasnt the case for me in the 90s when supplies and access to them were limited and when I got back into graff recently I was floored by what was available to me. Credit for Clips: Machine Studio (YouTube) Ducks Markers (YouTube) Art Primo (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T16:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Bus Flow Graffiti: SFs Native Style #tagging #sanfrancisco #graffiti #handstyle #graff #spraypaint When I entered the world of graffiti there were multiple regional styles being hit up all throughout the world. This includes in my home city of San Francisco where I was born and raised and our style native to the city is called Bus Flow. This style was created to optimize tagging on MUNI buses and features transitions in letters and transitions in thickness in its letters which were one of my favorite reasons for hitting up in this style. Credit for Pics & Clip Clip: LCM Crew Pics:"
YouTube Link 2025-05-12T18:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Jade BTM & Graffiti Specialization Graffiti offers the graffiti writer endless pathways to express themselves. Pieces throw ups handstyles mop tags fire extinguisher shots you name it you can do it and more over you can specialize in any of these facets of graff. And from [----] onwards I saw one of the greatest graffiti artists in San Francisco Jade One specialize in multiple facets of the graffiti art form. Music: With You by Scientific #graffitiart #handstyle #sanfrancisco #bayarea #tagging #graffiti #spraypaintart #streetart jade btm san francisco tagging thr graffiti crew handstyles one"
YouTube Link 2025-04-17T18:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Perfect Graff Markers For San Francisco #markers #graff #streetart #sanfrancisco #tagging Mini and Ultra Wide markers are beloved in San Francisco and have been in use in the city for decades. In the 90s I used them as often as I could to tag on buses and both markers were perfecting for hitting one flows or the tags done in Bus Flow style. And considering the bus hopping scene in the city and all the various items you could hit in the streets with Minis and Ultras they were the perfect SF graff marker. Credit: Clips: ArtPrimo (YouTube) Outer415 (YouTube) Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-25T18:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Checking Out Heaven Spots (With A Drone) IRL Graff Heaven spots are places graffiti writers hit up that are usually dangerous and located high off the ground. Many writers myself included avoid them and all the dangers that come with them but the graffiti you find in heaven spots has an incredible power to captivate those who see it. And with my new drone I take you to some of my favorite heaven spots in the River Arts District of Asheville North Carolina. #graffiti #dronevideo #tagging #graffitiart #streetart"
YouTube Link 2025-12-06T21:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I Found A Chill Graffiti Spot In A Residential Area IRL Graff Residential neighbors in many cities and towns are amongst the worst environments for writers to get up in. The lack of cover other people on the street and the ease with which you can stick out lead many to just avoid them entirely. But one of the most tagged up neighborhoods where I live is also a residential area and in this video I take you through the backstreets of West Asheville and to a cutty DIY skate and graff spot I found along the way. #graffiti #abandoned #urbex #tagging #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-10-11T20:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Throws Tags & Trains in Asheville NC IRL Graff In my last few videos I've explored some of the socioeconomic psychological and spiritual elements of graffiti and I have many more videos in this vein on the way. To me it's incredibly important to examine our circumstances understand what we go through and why but its just as important to appreciate the art we commit ourselves to as well. And in this video that's what you'll get: pieces throws tags and trains all seen in the city of Asheville NC in the last couple of days. Some of the artists you'll see running are: IROT Fowl Corpse Corky Sante"
YouTube Link 2026-01-23T21:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tagging Stealthily with Stickers #graff #tagging #graffitiart#streetart #graffiti As a bus hopper in San Franciscos graff scene I used stickers extensively and found them to be particularly helpful when it came to staying stealthy. And even with a bus driver watching everything I did I could usually still catch a tag if I had a sticker. Credit for Clips & Pics: By Order of Appearence Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) ArtPrimo (YouTube) Devastatorbrand (YouTube) Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)"
YouTube Link 2025-06-30T18:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Cutty Spots Run The Longest #graff #graffitiart #tagging #graffiti #spraypaint Cutty spots or spots located in the cuts (hard to reach/ out of the way places) run longer than any other graffiti spot in my opinion. In San Francisco despite being a bus hopper some of my favorite places to hit up were in the cuts where my tags would run a little longer and get seen by the writers who frequented these kinds of spots and I recommend findng them if you want some more run time. Credit for Clips: Ilovegraffiti1312 (YouTube) GTs Performance (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-07-09T17:05Z [----] followers, 14.4K engagements
"Graffiti & Faith Graff Spot Talks On the surface graffiti and faith in a higher power have nothing to do with each other. And though it's not intended some might even take offense at the notice that there is a link between belief in a higher power and committing an illegal act such as tagging. However the spiritual and internal lives of human beings can be complicated and in my experience there is more to examine when it comes to where graffiti and faith connect. And in this video I discuss faith graffiti being an atheist who wrote and being a Muslim who writes with what connects them all at"
YouTube Link 2026-01-17T21:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A Freeway Graffiti Gallery & Legendary Writers IRL Graff Graffiti yards and just places where graffiti naturally collects have always been special for me. Its easy for me to get lost amongst the multiple pieces you find in such a spot and for the last few months there's been a spot here in Asheville that I suspected might provide that experience. And while usually I like to incorporate a theme or multiple locations in my videos in this video we hit this spot and let the spot and the art do the talking. #urbanart #graffiti #spraypaint #streetart #tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-10-18T20:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Twist & Tie Tagged Buses Too #graffitiart #tagging #streetart #graffiti #graff San Francisco had multiple graff scenes in the 90s that coexisted with each other but it wasnt always an equal or tranquil coexistence. And as a bus hopper I found that some of the writers who hit the streets and in particular hit pieces looked down on bus hopping and bus hoppers. But two of the all time greats in the city ran on buses too in addition to running everywhere else. Credit for Pics & Clips: (By Order of Appearence) Clips: Inturnet_Explorer (YouTube) TransitBay (YouTube) MyanUGS (YouTube) David Lee"
YouTube Link 2025-06-29T18:00Z [----] followers, 34K engagements
"Best Value Graff Mop #tagging #markers #graff #grog #marker #urbanart #streetart #handstyle Throughout my experience as a writer graffiti supplies have always been expensive and in current times mops are especially expensive. Though they werent commercially available when I was writing in the 90s theyre easy to obtain now but usually obtaining them comes at a considerable cost. So in my opinion whats the best value graff mop thats on the market currently Credit for Clips: Syrex Graffiti (YouTube) Vince Vert (YouTube) cheerupofficial (YouTube) NegroMia (IG) grog squeezer krink mop graffiti mop"
YouTube Link 2025-06-01T17:33Z [----] followers, 17.8K engagements
"When AWR & MSK Hit San Francisco In The 90s AWR & MSK are two of the most famous graffiti crews of all time. These interconnected crews were founded in Los Angeles and in [----] their fame has spread across the world through the works of legends like SABER REVOK NORM (RIP) & FATE. But long before their fame spread worldwide they were very famous in San Francisco a location about [---] miles north of where they were based. And this is my experience of seeing them up in their home away from home. #graffiti #tagging #90s #graffitiart #urbanart #markers"
YouTube Link 2025-11-05T21:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Supplies In The 90s Were Hard To Come By #graffitiart #tagging #graff #markers #spraypaint As a graff writer who was under [--] in the late 90s graff supplies could be very hard to come by. This scarcity of supplies meant what was out there came with limited variation and this scarcity also led to people acting and treating each other in particularly foul ways. 90s graffiti san francisco tagger graffiti 90s graffiti san francisco tagger graffiti"
YouTube Link 2025-05-05T17:58Z [----] followers, 115.7K engagements
"Choosing Your First Graff Name #tagging #graffiti #graffitiart #graffitiartist #markers #graff Graffiti writers have the entire world at their disposal when it comes to picking names and a prospective writer can find inspiration anywhere on earth. My first graffiti name was inspired by a song and this is my advice for choosing your first graff name. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: Living Proof New York a_d_e_k_b_t_m (Instagram) Krinknyc (YouTube) san francisco spray paint bay area graffiti name san francisco spray paint bay area graffiti name"
YouTube Link 2025-06-08T17:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Street People Graff Crews & Other Topics Off The Top In this fourth installment of Graffiti Topics Off The Top I discuss the period of time after I stopped writing the value of joining graffiti crews and the natural ally of graff writers out on the streets. If there is something you would like me to speak on drop it in the comments and Ill include it in future episodes #graffiti #graff #tagging #sanfrancisco #graffitiworldwide #piecebypiece #homeless Topics Start 0:00 Did I Notice Graffiti After I Stopped Tagging 0:17 Was I Doing Throw Ups & Pieces In the 90s 3:00 Graffiti Writers & Street"
YouTube Link 2025-02-21T21:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Graffiti Karens vs Heroes #graffiti #tagging #streetart #90s #graffitiart Heroes civilians that take the law into their own hands are a reality the graffiti world has had to confront for decades. During my time in the 90s you could expect a hero encounter every few months but hero encounters seem so rare in current times that some writers don't know what a hero is. But they know what a Karen is and given that Karens are the more modern manifestation of heroes they see little to fear about them. However our experiences with heroes in the 90s left us feeling the opposite and the danger of"
YouTube Link 2025-11-20T19:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Bus Graffiti: Learning When To Tag #graff #streetart #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #buses As bus hoppers in San Franciscos graff scene we naturally made buses our main priority. For some of us myself included tagging on buses was our entry point into graff and we had a lot of learning to do when we started bus hopping. Most of this learning was done on the job and by going out and hitting buses every day we learned the best ways to do so. Credit for Pics and Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: LCM Crew (YouTube) Server [----] (YouTube) Vonbstransitpage (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-08-06T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti Heroes: My Experience #graff #tagging #graffiti #markers #spraypaint #graffitiart Heroes made tagging an even more stresful activity in the 90s. Despite who a hero was and how a hero looked you had to take them seriously and I understood that any situation with a hero could take an ugly turn and in my case took very ugly turns. Credit for Clips TagMachine (YouTube) LCM Crew Adek BTM (IG)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-08T18:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Tagging In Nice Neighborhoods When people think about nice neighborhoods many things to come mind but graffiti probably isn't one of them. And definitely in most upper class and wealthy neighborhoods of cities across the country you won't find much. But in San Francisco depending on the day you might find plenty and in my day of the mid to late 90s I hit up in plenty and this was my experience of doing so. #streetart #bluecollar #graffitiart #tagging #graffiti"
YouTube Link 2025-11-12T22:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Scribers: One Of The Best Graffiti Tools For Solo Missions From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Episode [--] As a young graff writer in the late 90s I almost never left the house without a scriber in my pocket. I found them easy to obtain and very useful in a variety of situations and their value was constantly proven to me. #scribers #graff #graffitisupplies #sanfrancisco #graffiti #tagging #etching #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-03-07T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Twist & Reminisce Made People Like Graffiti #tagging #streetart #urbanart #graffiti #markers Twist and Reminisce are two of the best graffiti artists to ever practice the craft. Being able to see them both up constantly in the mid to late 90s was a huge blessing and they both influenced me greatly both during and after my time as an active tagger. Their greatness as artists simply can't be understated and they were so great that even people who hated graffiti and graffiti writers also loved their work. Credit for Clips: THEARTJRK (YouTube) RGRPowerWashing (YouTube) 1990s San Francisco"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T19:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why Doing Graffiti With A lot Of Writers Was Awesome Mobbing deep rolling with sometimes as many as ten or more writers was one of the first things I found myself doing when I started doing graffiti. And I soon came to experience a lot during these preliminary graff sessions and ultimately fell in love with graff because of them. Simply put tagging with a bunch of writers was awesome but what was awesome about it and what was it like tagging with smaller groups as well In this video I discuss both set amidst the backdrop of San Francisco's Graffiti Golden Age of the 90s. Credit for Thumbnail"
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T21:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How San Francisco Taggers Acted Hot In the 90s (And Why) Being hot is acting in a way that draws unwanted attention or heat your way. In the minds of a lot of people a graffiti writer drawing this kind of unwanted attention would be counterproductive at the least yet many of us did exactly this on a regular basis. But why What compelled us to act in a very counterproductive potentially harmful way that exposed us to a lot of danger To me while there might be multiple answers to this question all of them are very logical despite the phenomena itself being the opposite. Credit for Thumbail Pic:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-01T22:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Snowy Freight Graffiti #graffiti #tagging #freighttrain #train #shorts Cold weather and snow present challenges for anyone trying to get up in either but man. there's something about seeing some graff in the snow though and I got to see these trains yesterday during our first snow. Credit for Clip at Start: Rueckoner (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-11T21:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How I Find Graffiti Spots IRL Graff For the last few months I've shot at least one video a week which showcases graffiti out in the real world. And while there have been locations and areas here in Asheville that I've been to multiple times I keep finding new spots to record and appreciate. Part of this is due to the amount of graffiti and spots you can find around where I live but how I'm able to find spots plays a role as well. And in this video I discuss my process for finding graffiti spots out in the real world. #graffiti #abandonedplaces #irl #tagging #graffitiart #markers"
YouTube Link 2025-12-29T19:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Tagging With Etch: My Thoughts #graff #graffiti #tagging #etching #scribers #graffitiart Etch is a graffiti implement many in the graff world find controversial. In basic terms etch is a chemical solution that burns itself onto surfaces and while its also used on metal the controversy it generates comes from its use on glass. But what are my thoughts on tagging with etch Credit for Videos: TagMachine (YouTube) BokerTKO (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-09T16:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"What Graffiti Beef Looks Like (With SUTOL) Graff Spot Talks Beef is an unfortunate part of graffiti and one that has likely always been a part of graffiti culture. However I do differentiate battling from beefing and while I saw and participated in some battles in San Francisco in the 90s I rarely saw beef and never had any graff beef as an active writer. And given that where I currently live Asheville NC is a quiet town in the mountains I was kinda surprised to see that there is more beef here then there is back home and in this video I explore some of it. Shout out to SUTOL One for sharing"
YouTube Link 2025-11-15T23:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti & Mental Health #graffiti #tagging #mentalhealth #streetart #graffitiart Given the backgrounds many of us come from unfortunately its not uncommon for graffiti writers to have mental health issues. I certainly do and some of these issues I have I've had them for most of my life. But despite being an illegal and largely maligned activity I've found having graffiti in my life to be helpful in dealing with my mental health struggles and this is how. Credit for Clips: a_d_e_k_b_t_m (Instagram) Deber614_ (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-03T19:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Wheatpaste Graffiti In The 90s #graffiti #tagging #90s #streetart #urbanart Wheatpaste posters were a big part of San Francisco's graff scene in the 90s but honestly I barely ever see them up or in use anymore. Their association with street art versus graffiti might be why I don't see graffiti writers using them in current times but back in the day they were looked at simply as a form of graffiti and the elite of the scene including some all time greats in SF history got up with them regularly. Credit for Pics: Hifiart Credit for Clips: Blmlstreetart (YouTube) AlienGangMty (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-10-30T17:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Heaven Spots in Asheville NC #graffiti #tagging #urbanart #abandoned #streetart Heaven spots are places graffiti writers hit up that are elevated and often times dangerous locations. Given the danger associated with them I've always had respect for the writers who go after them. And wether these spots were in San Francisco where I grew up or in Asheville NC where I currently live I always stop to take an extra moment to check them out. In my most recent IRL Graff video I checked out some of the many heaven spots in Asheville with my new drone and these are some of my favorites. Credit for"
YouTube Link 2025-12-08T19:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Chill Graffiti Spots Aren't Always Chill Graff Spot Talks In the last few weeks I've been exploring a lot of chill graff spots where I live in my IRL Graff series. I plan on shooting more videos both in and out of chill spots but in filming them and discussing them there always at least to me seems to be one facet about them missing. And that is there's many things in chill spots that you can encounter that are very un-chill. In this video which is my definitive guide to staying safe in out of the way hard to reach and remote areas I discuss the things you need to watch out for and the"
YouTube Link 2025-11-08T22:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Writers Representing Their Beliefs #tagging #graffiti #shorts #streetart #urbanart Graffiti writers come from many different backgrounds and accordingly include references to our backgrounds and beliefs in our art. For me personally this might mean hitting something up in Black and Orange which would be a reference to my beloved San Francisco Giants. But other times the references might be more subtle such as a possible reference to the Orisha Chango a figure in Santeria (and other Yoruba derived faiths) that I saw in a piece by the writer Sante while filming my last IRL Graff video."
YouTube Link 2025-10-27T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Being Up As A Graffiti Writer IRL Graff When a graffiti writer has graff in multiple locations that writer is up. Another way of describing this phenomenon is saying that such a writer is running and for a writer to be talked about in such a way is a goal for many. But functionally what does this look like In this video I take you around the extensive graffiti scene of Asheville North Carolina and show you what it's like when a writer is running. #tagging #streetart #graffiti #markers #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-09-20T20:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Cutty Downtown Tags & Spots IRL Graff Heavily packed urban environments intimidate many people graffiti writers or otherwise. But amongst writers especially those from smaller towns the amount of people the amount of police officers the amount of cameras that dot the landscape as well as the limited fields of view and safety issues that can arise can seem overwhelming. But as someone who grew up and tagged in a densely packed neighborhood what do I see and think in such an environment"
YouTube Link 2025-10-04T21:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How Graffiti Writers Viewed Shepard Fairey In The 90s Shepard Fairey is a controversial figure in the art world and as someone who has been plastering stickers and wheat paste posters on public property for almost four decades maybe that's not surprising. But what many would find surprising is that he might be more controversial to graffiti artists than he is to the general public. But was this always the case and was it the case back in the 90s when I personally saw his work up almost daily #graffiti #streetart #urbanart #tagging #markers #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-10-29T20:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti's Major Crisis Graff Spot Talks We all know about it. We know people effected by it and some of us fear being next in the midst of this major crisis facing the graffiti community. And if you're a graffiti writer you might be able to guess what I'm alluding to. Then again the graffiti community has and continues to face multiple crises at any given time but in my mind this crisis is the most serious and unfortunately shows no sign of ending. But what am I talking specifically about In this new video recorded on location in a dope bando in Asheville NC I talk all about it. #graffiti"
YouTube Link 2025-12-23T22:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti: Types of Heroes #graffiti #tagging #bus #streetart #shorts Heroes or civilian vigilantes were something bus hoppers constantly ran into in San Francisco in the 90s. If you did graffiti long enough you'd encounter one and your experience really depended on the type of hero you encountered. Outside of off duty cops and vigilantes belonging to groups like the Guardian Angels everyday people acted in a variety of manners and these are the types of heroes I saw. Credit for Clips: Opening Clip- 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) FckCourtKases (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-24T20:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti: Closeness of Writers #graff #tagging #markers #sanfrancisco #urbanart #spraypaint Graffiti writers in the 90s had a tendency to be close especially in comparison to modern times. And while there were always lone wolves and people who avoided others while getting up the majority of the writers I saw in the city were usually with other writers all day and a lot of times daily. This is what I saw who I ran into and what we did. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: Topwallsgraffiti (YouTube) TheDCShowO (YouTube) Guser360 (Instagram)"
YouTube Link 2025-06-04T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Chill Graffiti Spot Considerations #tagging #streetart #urbanart #graffiti #graffitiart Chill spots are graffiti spots where you run less of a risk of getting busted. Many times these spots are abandoned buildings or remote freeway overpasses and bridges and accordingly come with some concerns. And in just hitting such a spot in my most recent IRL Graff video these are the things I think you should keep in mind when hitting a chill spot"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T20:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti: Meeting Older Taggers #tagging #bayarea #graff #graffiti When I started tagging I was [--] years old and by default most graffiti writers in San Francisco's scene were older than I was. So given this reality my greatest inspiration in graff came from these older generations of writers and especially older generations of bus hoppers. But if I ever got to see any of these writers out and about how was it and how did I react Music: Woke by SINY Credit for Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) LCM Crew (YouTube) Arab (YouTube) TheNeurOne (YouTube) Credit"
YouTube Link 2025-09-03T18:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Having A Mid Graffiti Name New graffiti writers spend a lot of time worrying about their names and especially if their name is wack or not. I know this because as a graffiti content creator writers ask me if their name is wack or not all the time. And while truly wack names are pretty hard to come by some names are just mid and their midness detracts away from the value of name. So what does it look like when you have a mid name How do other writers react to it And can a writer be dope enough overcome a mid or just straight wack name Credit for thumbnail: Scott Hocking (who documents wack"
YouTube Link 2025-10-22T20:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"High Level Street Graffiti IRL Graff High level works of graffiti like straight letter pieces and wild style burners are the most celebrated works of art to come out of our community. The images of works like these inspired millions of people the world over to follow suit and with maybe the exception of Antartica you can find graffiti of this type on every other continent on the planet. But many times these works of art are in hard to reach or dangerous locations and you may question your own rationale in going to find them. However given the right circumstances you can find these high level"
YouTube Link 2025-09-27T20:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Legends On A Freight Train #tagging #streetart #freighttrain #urbanart #graffiti Back in San Francisco I didn't get too deep into train graffiti but since moving to Asheville it's been something I've been more drawn to. And given that Asheville where I currently live is a smallish town deep in the Appalachian Mountains there's a great chance that I won't see many of my favorite writers from back home running. But as long as freight trains pass through here I'll still have a chance to see the work of writers from the Bay Area or legends like ICH and Zephyr like I did a couple days"
YouTube Link 2025-10-20T19:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Giant Straight Letter Pieces (On The Street) IRL Graff In the next couple of weeks I have something special planned for these IRL Graff videos. Perhaps you can say I even have a couple of special things planned but one more so sooner than the other. I'm going to start planning this video ASAP and as such for this video I wanted a more so mellow experience. So join me as I check out some street spots here in Asheville including a couple of spots located right on the street where I saw some giant Straight Letter Pieces #graffiti #asheville #graffitiart #streetart #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Favorite Freight Graffiti Vol. [--] #graffiti #tagging #freighttrain #train #streetart I wasn't too into trains back in San Francisco and even after moving to Asheville and getting back into graffiti I didn't get too into them either. But after starting to film my IRL Graff series I've gotten more so into them especially because of who I have seen running. Zephyr ICH Buck [--] (RIP) Tride & JEWL have dropped some of my favorite pieces I've seen lately and in this video you'll see them running on trains. Vol [--] to follow Credit for Opening Clip: UncleP68 (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-18T21:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Being Obsessed With Graffiti Graff Spot Talks The life of a graffiti writer is not an easy one. For many of us our lives being difficult is what lead us into graff in the first place but there are many hazards that come with being an active or even not so active tagger. And many people might wonder why would we subject ourselves to such a life and such hazards And in my mind its because a lot of us don't just love or appreciate graffiti we're obsessed with it. This is definitely the case for me and in this IRL Graff video I talk about graffiti and obsession at graff spots in Asheville North"
YouTube Link 2025-11-29T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Legends Up In This Abandoned Complex IRL Graff When I set out to record this video I planned on hitting some cuts seeing what was up in them and taking a closer look. And after seeing perhaps more graff in one place than I ever have previously the value of taking a closer look should be apparent in all. I hope you guys enjoy this spot and I plan on being back soon with my own contribution. #graffiti #graffitiart #urbex #spraypaint #tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-11-01T19:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Vigilantes (AKA Heroes) 90s Graffiti vs Now In the world of graffiti civilians that take the law into their own hands and attempt to deal with graffiti writers extralegally are called heroes. I had multiple encounters with them as a tagger in the 90s and being a bus hopper meant having these encounters on locked moving buses with only one way off them. Naturally I spent a good deal of time worrying about running into heroes but do writers in current times share my experience or even share the weariness I had for heroes as an active writer RIP TIE ONE #graffitiart #graffiti #karen"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T22:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Freight Cars & A Fallen Legend IRL Graff As a writer coming up in San Francisco I didn't get to interact a lot with freight trains. Many of the yards and layups were inaccessible to me not to mention that there was plenty on the streets and on buses to occupy my attention. But last week I saw something special: ICH and Zephyr two legends of graff running on the same train. And since then I've been lightweight obsessed to get back out there and see more. And in this installment of IRL Graff this is what I do. #graffiti #train #markers #tagging #irl #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-10-25T17:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Revok's Insane Heaven Spot #graffiti #tagging #sanfrancisco #streetart #graffitiart Heaven Spots are graffiti spots located high off the ground and a lot of times in not safe locations. And the latter was definitely true for an insane heaven spot that the legendary Revok from AWR & MSK hit in San Francisco in the late 90s. To this day I still don't know how he was able to pull it off and it remains one of my favorite pieces I've ever seen. Credit for Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Me Credit for Pics: HifiArt"
YouTube Link 2025-11-06T18:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Writers From Nice Neighborhoods #graffiti #tagging #streetart #shorts #markers San Francisco is a city where graffiti is huge part of the city's culture. As such you find graffiti all over the city and writers from every neighborhood including middle and upper class areas. And while not from one of these areas myself I can say that some of the writers from these neighborhoods are legendary and some of the dopest graff artists SF has ever seen. Credit for Clips: Color the Bay Documentary (YouTube) For The Love Of The Game (YouTube make sure to check him out) VigilanteFilm (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-17T19:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Graffiti Writer Accused Of Doing $100k In Damage Graff Spot Talks Mango is a graffiti writer from the city of Tulsa Oklahoma and on November 7th [----] he experienced something that many writers fear most. On that day while hitting a straight letter piece on Highway [--] he had the police called on him and he was caught in the act of getting up. After a brief pursuit he was arrested and charged with vandalism. After bonding out Mango found himself getting arrested again on new charges less than a month later. As it stands Mango is facing multiple charges and has been accused of doing over"
YouTube Link 2025-12-18T20:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Etch: A Controversial Graffiti Tool Etch is an acid based chemical solution thats used by graffiti artists the world over. Though its been around for a long time I only started seeing its use in the late 90s and in the early to mid 2000s in San Francisco its use was endemic. But its a controversial tool to use for many reasons and some graff writers are against it period. #graffiti #scribers #etching #tagging #streetart #tagginggraffiti #graffitiart #graff Music: Ginger Root by Sarah The Instrumentalist"
YouTube Link 2025-04-08T17:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Pieces & Burners: My Recent Favorites #graffiti #streetart #tagging #spraypaint #shorts This week I'll be filming my eighth installment of my IRL Graff series. As the name would imply I hit spots in real life and check out who's running and how. And over the last few weeks I've seen some amazing work and these are some of my favorite pieces and burners in particular. Credit for Clip at Start: Driftershoots (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-10-28T20:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"When Saber And Revok Crushed San Francisco #graffiti #tagging #shortvideo #90s #streetart AWR & MSK two interconnected crews from Los Angeles county are two of the most legendary crews to ever hit up in San Francisco. And while there were many members from these crews to hit up in San Francisco from the 90s onward the work of Saber and Revok in particular influenced me and sticks with me almost [--] decades later. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Credit for Clips: Andre Sandoval (YouTube) 1990s San Francisco Graffiti And Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) ChooChooTane (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-10T18:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Memorial Graffiti #graffiti #tagging #streetart #rip #markers Memorial graffiti is graff done in remembrance of fallen writers. Sometimes its graff specifically honoring a writer and other times its the living hitting the fallen up and I saw the latter recently while filming my last IRL Graff video. This tag stopped me in my tracks and gave me hope that it was an original but even work done in remembrance is something I respect greatly and it makes me happy to see especially when its a fallen legend from SF's scene like this tag was. Credit for Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop"
YouTube Link 2025-11-04T20:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"His Graffiti Name Was A Tourist Trap #tagging #streetart #pier39 #graffiti #urbanart Pier [--] is a graffiti writer from the Bay Area who is named after the Pier [--] tourist trap in San Francisco. Though many of us who grew up in the city loved going to Pier [--] as kids we came to feel the opposite about the place as adults and to many of us Pier [--] represented the complete opposite of what San Francisco represented to us. So when I found out someone wrote Pier [--] as their graff name I found it hilarious and to this day its still possibly the most ridiculous name I've heard but the artist behind"
YouTube Link 2025-10-23T19:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Zen Of Cutty Graffiti Spots #graffiti #tagging #abandonedplaces #mentalhealth #markers The benefits of cutty spots are obvious to anyone who's ever hit up in one. Little to no people little to no distractions and a pervading quiet are what I find in cutty spots here in Asheville and hitting spots here is something I do regularly for my IRL Graff series. But I also encounter something very unexpected and in this short I discuss the zen of cutty graff spots. Credit for Clips: @RESAKSGRAFFITI @braindrainpod @syrianorthodoxy @Sacooltv"
YouTube Link 2025-12-15T21:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Twist & Tie: The Most Up In SF #tagging #streetart #urbanart #graffiti #markers As a young writer in San Francisco in the mid 90s I lived and wrote in one of the most tagged up environments in the world. Some of the greatest graffiti writers ever were at their most prolific at that time and in any other scene at any other time any one of them would have been the most up in their location. But in the mid to late 90s there were two writers that I saw up way more than anyone else and they were the legendary Twist and TIE One RIP Credit for Pics: Dave Schubert (RIP) HifiArt Black Crown Credit for"
YouTube Link 2025-10-15T16:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"When A Graffiti Writer Is Really Running #graffiti #tagging #streetart #markers #shorts As a graffiti writer one of my favorite experiences is seeing one of my tags running but I also get a lot of joy from seeing other writers up as well. And in Asheville I see the writer IROT up to an unexpected degree especially given he lives thousands of miles from here. But in looking over some old pictures from a recent trip to the Caribbean I unexpectedly saw him up as well and I came to understand just how up IROT truly is"
YouTube Link 2025-11-25T21:34Z [----] followers, 14.1K engagements
"Graffiti & The Allure of Danger #graffiti #tagging #markers #streetart #shorts Graffiti is not a safe activity and writers face serious consequences any time they hit up. This is especially the case in heaven spots where a misstep or mistake can cost them anything but even lesser consequences can be pretty severe. All this might make a person ask why would we be drawn to any of it but especially the most dangerous facets of it like heaven spots. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Credit for Clips: fuxcy (reddit) CombatZoneGraffiti (@CombatZoneGraffiti )"
YouTube Link 2025-12-09T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A Graffiti Writer's Obsession #graffiti #train #tagging #urbanart #handstyle In my last IRL Graff video I discussed how I became obsessed with graffiti and the nature of obsession in general. In a sign of this obsession I was hitting a spot over the weekend in a very remote part of Asheville when I saw a tiny handstyle done by the writer Tride on a cinderblock. I don't know Tride but I've seen a lot of his work and a lot of it consists of giant pieces but I felt like this little tag I saw spoke to his own obsession with graff and the need to leave something behind. Credit for Opening Clip:"
YouTube Link 2025-12-01T21:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"My Favorite Type of Graffiti #graffiti #tagging #streetart #abandoned #losangelesgraffiti Anyone who checked out my channel for a couple of minutes would come to know one thing about me: I love graffiti. And while I love graff in all its forms there's one type of graffiti that's my favorite and it's this. Credit for Clips: @HundredSummers @JustWanderingAsIDo @braindrainpod @lrskrewofficial"
YouTube Link 2025-12-10T21:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Becoming A Cutty Graffiti Writer Graff Spot Talks Cutty graffiti spots are places that are usually out of the way hard to reach obscured or just plain neglected where graffiti writers run less of a chance of encountering the police or heroes. But cuttiness doesn't just extend to spots: writers can be cutty too and some of us are very cutty indeed. I can say that's definitely the case for myself and I know that my cutty nature has aided me in my path as a graffiti writer. And in this video I discuss how I became cutty how you can become cutty and how being cutty benefits you all from a cutty"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T22:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Doing Graffiti With A Large Group #graffiti #tagging #streetart #bus #graffitiart The first time I ever did graffiti it was a solo mission but most of my missions after that first one were with a lot of writers. In my mind doing graffiti with ten or more writers is a lot and in today's times it would be a great way to get busted in a lot of places. But I absolutely loved mobbing with a crowd and these are the reasons why. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Credit for Videos: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Piece by Piece (Documentary) boroe1"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T17:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Racking Paint: Early Fails #graffiti #tagging #spraypaint #spraypaintart #sanfrancisco #graffitiart As a kid in San Franciscos graff scene supplies like markers and especially spray paint were very hard to come by. And like many graffiti artists the world over I turned to racking or the theft of said items as a way to obtain them. However in this early stage of my graff journey successful racking missions were few and failures were many. Clip credit: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip-hop Archive (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-26T17:26Z [----] followers, 81.6K engagements
"Graffiti & Class In Nice Neighborhoods #graffiti #tagging #streetart #class #socialscience Classism is a common part of life in pretty much every society on earth. It frequently intersects with other isms and forms of discrimination but in my experience it was the main ism I encountered as a young kid living in poverty. And while it had and does make many parts of my life more difficult when it came to hitting up in nice neighborhoods it made it easier to get away with. Credit for Clips: Color the Bay Documentary (YouTube) Server [----] (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T19:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graff & Lonliness in [----] #graff #tagging #mural #urbanart #streetart #graffiti #spraypaint Joining a graffiti crew was one of the easiest things to do as a graff writer in San Francisco in the 90s. And in San Francisco its not the hardest thing to do now but in many places in the United States & Europe there are a lot of writers who are flying solo and its not by choice. Credit for Clips & Pics FN pic: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Culturenyc718 (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-06-05T17:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why Graffiti Writers Beef #graff #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging #skateboarding #streetart Beef and battling have long existed in the world of graff and while battling has helped move the culture forward beef at times has done the opposite. But given that graff writers dont control territory or make money from doing graffiti why do writers beef like this Credit for Clips: Erizospin (YouTube) Style Wars"
YouTube Link 2025-06-17T18:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Discovering New Graffiti Spots #tagging #skateboarding #streetart #graffiti #markers In my experience you feel a lot of different things as a graffiti artist wether actively tagging or not. And almost three decades after I started writing almost nothing makes me as happy as find a new spot. In my most recent IRL Graff video I take you to the spot seen in this video which is a DIY Skatepark in addition to being a gallery of pieces and throws. Credit for Clips: BazookaFilms77 (YouTube) Me"
YouTube Link 2025-10-13T20:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Homemade Markers: The Downsides #markers #graffiti #tagging #graff #graffitiart In the 90s it could be very difficult for writers my age to get markers much less spray paint. As such we did as many had since graffiti's inception: we made our own markers and many out in the world were making their own ink. But while a homemade marker was better than no marker at all they came with downsides and these were the ones I experienced. Music: Monday Moonwalk by Guustavv Credit for Clips: snoegraff (YouTube) smooth.official (TikTok) Lucky_TheBestDog (YouTube) Machine Studio (YouTube) Credit for Pic:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-05T18:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti: Tagging Trains #graffiti #train #tagging #markers #bayarea #graffitiart In addition to having an extensive bus network San Francisco also has an extensive light rail train network. These trains especially the J Church line were some of the first things I ever tagged on but tagging on them could be anxiety inducing almost claustrophobic experience. Music: Gray or Grey by _91nova Credit for Clips: Server [----] (YouTube) SF Muni Transit Operations (YouTube) Bus TV Chan (YouTube) UnBoundReviews (YouTube) LCM Crew (YouTube) Credit for Picture: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)"
YouTube Link 2025-09-02T19:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Going Camping With a Graffiti Writer Changed My Life In the summer of [----] I had just graduated Middle School and considering that this was something of an achievement for me my mom wanted to celebrate In addition to going on a trip to Disneyland I was also booked a slot on a YMCA camping trip. Another older and better known writer was on this trip with me and after this trip was over my life as I knew it wouldnt be the same. Music: Cathartic by ocean jams #graff #markers #spraypaint #90s #graffitiart #graffiti #tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-08-19T21:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Freedom of Night Time Graffiti #graffitiart #markers #tagging #streetart #shorts The first time I went out tagging at night time was in the spring of [----]. Myself my best friend E and a writer from the crew TFC went out to San Francisco's Mission District that night to get up but in the process we ended up encountering a very unexpected feeling: the feeling of freedom. Credit for Clips: TagMachine (YouTube) Color The Bay Documentary (YouTube) J Utah (YouTube) Server [----] (YouTube) BazookaFilms77 (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-09-22T16:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti: Avoiding Getting Caught #tagging #graff #spraypaint #spraypaintart #markers #urbanart Pieces and other elaborate works of graffiti instantly caught my eye when I got involved in the scene and San Francisco had some of the top writers in the country hitting pieces when I got my start. But upon seeing them I used to wonder: how could a writer be in this place for so long and not get caught This is what I found Credit for Clips: RESAKSGRAFFITI (YouTube) CKTT2011 (YouTube) 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Music: The BOP (Sway To It) by Sarah The"
YouTube Link 2025-08-28T18:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Tagged Up Bridge in Puerto Rico #graff #graffiti #tagging #puertorico #graffitiart #sanjuan #marker Saw this destroyed bridge in San Juan Puerto Rico back in January when I was briefly visiting. As is often the case when man made structures collapse and fail art finds its way onto them"
YouTube Link 2025-03-24T19:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Graffitis Age Limit #graffiti #sanfrancisco #bayarea #graffitiart #graffitiworldwide #tagging When I was younger I felt that graff had an age limit and never expected to hear of or see writers past their teenage years. But do I still feel this way Credit for clips & pics: BokerTKO (YouTube) Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) BazookaFilms77 (YouTube) The Artist Block (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-04T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Fear Paranoia & Graffiti Fear is a constant companion in the journey of a graffiti writer. And despite speaking about this fear previously in the time since the videos release Ive been asked to address facing fear as a graffiti writer many more times. So this is how I feel about the role fear plays as a graff writer and how I was able to overcome the fear and paranoia I felt when I went out to tag. Music: Winter Nights by Mizlo #tagging #mentalhealth #graffitiart #fear #ptsd #graff #urbanart #streetart #graffiti"
YouTube Link 2025-04-29T17:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"San Francisco Bus Hopping Legends & Other Topics Off The Top In this revived series focused solely on graff I select random topics and speak about them right off the top of my head. If you would like me to speak on something please drop a comment with your topic and Ill add it to the list. #graffiti #sanfrancisco #graff #piecebypiece #streetart #graffitilife #tagging Music: You Like It By Sarah The Instrumentalist Topics: 1) Topics Off The Top 0:00 2) Kerbs FN 0:26 3) Talking My Way Outta Stuff 2:58 4) Making Money Out Of Graff 5:04"
YouTube Link 2025-02-05T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Seeing Writers Up (That Are From Somewhere Else) #graffitiart #tagging #streetart #graffiti #shorts Long before the world became globalized graffiti writers crossed borders and boundaries. And in [----] its not uncommon to see the work of writers from one location up somewhere else very far from home. And even though where I currently live in Asheville NC is a small town in the Appalachian Mountains I regularly see graff up from writers from somewhere else including from my home city of San Francisco. Credit for Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Me Credit for Clips: AGGRO.TV (YouTube) TagMachine"
YouTube Link 2025-10-07T19:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Writers: More Bold Since The 90s #graff #tagging #graffiti #graffitiart #streetart #markers In the 90s many of us in the graff scene did hot stuff regularly but many more of us did our best to remain lowkey and undetected. But in the last couple of years that Ive been back in the scene Ive seen writers grow more bold when it comes to graff and have seen people hitting up pieces in broad daylight including seeing this in person. Credit for Clips & Pics Clips: BokerTKO (YouTube) The WalkingGiant (YouTube) GorillaNEMS (YouTube) Pic: Phillip Pesar (Flickr)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-16T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"SF Graffiti Dynamics #tagging #graffitiart #graff #urbanart #graffiti #sanfrancisco #bayarea In San Francisco and possibly in cities across the world youre more likely to find certain writers up in certain neighborhoods including writers that were and are all city. And it was in the Richmond district of the city that I started seeing the work of one of SFs all time greats in the late 90s. Credit: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) VIdeos. BokerTKO (YouTube) World4k22 (YouTube) ChooChooTane (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-20T17:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graff Writers Jumping From Bus Windows #graffiti #graff #sanfrancisco #graffitiart #tagging Graffiti writers that tag on buses in San Francisco are called bus hoppers and the world of bus hoppers was a world in of itself. Like many distinct cultures and movements bus hopping came with its own particularities and one of the more particular parts of bus hopping was jumping from bus windows when you got caught tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-03-27T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tagging Every Day: My Experience From the moment I first put a white shoe polish applicator to a wall and wrote my name I was hooked on graff. And for the next two years running from the autumn of [----] to the autumn of [----] I rarely missed a day when it came to tagging. This video is the definitive guide to my life as a graff writer and more specifically a bus hopper in the late 90s and I discuss how I prepared myself where I was going to tag and what effect did tagging every day have on me as a person. Credit for Photo in Thumbnail: Amir Escanderia #graffitiart #tagging #streetart #graffiti"
YouTube Link 2025-08-05T21:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti: Regional Graff Styles #graffitiart #graff #spraypaint #streetart #urbanart #markers I got my start as a graff writer in [----] and it was the regional bus flow style with its one flow tags that served as my introduction to graff. But bus flow was far from the only regional style in graff and in the mid to late 90s multiple regional scenes with regional variations were in existence. Credit for Clips & Pictures: Pics: ReppinDa415ripaj (Flickr) El Chap Carnal (Flickr) Sabmoney The Hustla (Flickr) Clips: KrinkNyc (YouTube) TheGrifters (YouTube) SilviClapp (YouTube) Coty Bread (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-11T17:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti: Being Up As A Writer #tagging #streetart #graffitiart #graffiti #spraypaint Many things drew me towards graff but what I felt both when I got up as well as just having tags running is what kept me involved in graffiti. But this powerful feeling of being up didn't just cut one way: it felt very powerful to see other writers up as well. And in the late 90s when I was finding my footing some of the most legendary writers in San Francisco graffiti (and just graffiti period) provided much inspiration. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips: 1990s San Francisco"
YouTube Link 2025-09-21T18:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A Perfect Downtown Cutty Tag #tagging #markers #shorts #graffiti #graffitiart Cutty tags also called cutty shots are tags/graffiti done in hard to reach out of the way or overlooked locations. These kinds of spots are a priority for many writers in any environment but they are especially important in heavily populated city center and downtown areas. And the other day in Asheville North Carolina I found what I felt to be the perfect downtown cutty tag done by the prolific graffiti writer DADBOD. Credit for Clips: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) CAF Outdoor Cleaning"
YouTube Link 2025-10-06T18:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Graffiti Artist Who Was A Master Horseman #graffitiart #tagging #graff #graffiti #cowboy Growing up in San Francisco which is one of the most densely packed urban areas in the United States I didnt experience much of the outdoors as a kid. And for every bit of the graff world I got to experience I got the opposite amount of experience when it came to stuff like rock climbing or kayaking. But this wasnt the case for everyone growing up in San Francisco or even my neighborhood and a neighborhood writer named Poisen from DOT was a master horseman despite growing up just blocks away from me."
YouTube Link 2025-08-20T18:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Most Reckless Tagger I Knew In The 90s In San Franciscos graff scene in the 90s recklessness was almost an expectation of writers. And with this with baseline of recklessness there were still many writers I knew who went above and beyond this including the most reckless tagger I knew in those years From Episode [--] Topics Off The Top #sanfrancisco #graffiti #tagging #tagginggraffiti #piecebypiece #graffitiart #streetart"
YouTube Link 2025-02-13T15:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"How Music Inspired & Intertwined with Graffiti In The 90s Music and more specifically Hip Hop wasn't just something I listened to in the 90s: it was something I lived. And the artists I listened to wether they intended to or not influenced my life greatly and this was especially true when it came to doing graffiti. But I and others in the city didn't only listen to Hip Hop and these other genres influenced us greatly as well. So what was I listening to in those days and how did it impact myself and others in SF's graff scene #graffiti #90s #punk #tagging #hiphop #graffitiart #streetart"
YouTube Link 2025-09-09T21:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"90s Graffiti vs Now: Regional Styles Not long after Graffiti and the larger Hip Hop culture left their birthplace on the East Coast graff in new locations took on new forms. San Francisco where I was born and raised was one of these locations and in the city a couple different regional variants of graffiti took hold. One of these variants served as my introduction to graffiti but decades later what is the state of regional graff Music: Fool Me Once by Mizlo #graff #philly #pixacao #handstyle #graffiti #tagging #tagging #sanfrancisco #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-05-10T18:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Older Taggers Gang Graffiti & Other Graffiti Topics Off The Top In this eleventh episode of GTOTT I cover a range of topics from my time as a toy in the 90s the realities of street organizations and their graff during the same time and middle aged taggers hitting up in [----]. As always if you would like me to address a topic in a video drop it in a comment and Ill include it for future episodes. Topics: Start 0:00 Gang Graffiti 0:20 My Time As A Toy 3:53 Does Graffiti Have A Retirement Age 7:17 Music: We Got It At The House by Sarah The Instrumentalist #graff #graffitiart #sanfrancisco"
YouTube Link 2025-04-02T18:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Doing Graffiti On A Budget Graffiti isnt something most people would consider an expensive pursuit. But most people dont know how much markers and paint cost Since I got involved in graffiti in [----] graff supplies have always run a pretty penny so Ive put together a starter pack for those who want to hit the streets for the cost of $20 minus tax and shipping. Music: Medjool by Mizlo #artsupplies #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #spraypaint #streetart #urbanart #tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-05-28T20:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffitis Tradition of Racking Paint #spraypaintart #graffiti #markers #streetart #graff #tagging Human beings have felt the compulsion to write their names or meaningful symbols on walls for thousands of years. But since the introduction of modern graffiti which came together on the East Coast of the US in the late 60s and early 70s stealing your own supplies otherwise known as racking has been one of the traditions graff writers follow. Credit for Clips: Inturnet_Explorer (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T18:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Roller Graffiti in Asheville NC #graffitiart #tagging #streetart #spraypaintart Growing up in San Francisco I was surrounded by graffiti and high level graffiti from a very young age. I came to fall in love with graff in the city but ultimately I left SF and I've now lived in the state of North Carolina for almost a decade. And where I currently live in Asheville I see a lot of high level graffiti and in my most recent video I take a trip to the River Arts District where I saw a lot of dope graffiti in general but especially a lot of dope roller shots. Credit for videos: 1990s San Francisco"
YouTube Link 2025-09-12T18:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Recording Yourself Tagging 90s Graffiti vs Now In [----] almost everybody has the ability to take pictures and video whenever they want no matter what theyre doing. Graffiti writers are no different and in the world of graffiti this tendency of some mostly younger writers to not only post their tags online for approval and validation but also themselves in the action of tagging ruffles some feathers. And possibly the most common criticism of this tendency I see is that in previous times this was something that wasnt done and writers from that time would be horrified if it was done. But is this"
YouTube Link 2025-07-16T20:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Ultras & Minis: The Forgotten Graffiti Markers When I got involved in graff I found myself drawn towards many of the things I encountered. This included particular styles but also certain graffiti supplies and as soon as I saw an Ultra Wide marker I needed to get one. In [----] I left the graffiti world but a little over two decades later I found myself back in it and was shocked by one thing in particular: people seemed to have forgotten about Ultras and their little brother the Mini. Music: Park Way Universe by Tilden Parc #markers #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #graff #spraypaint #tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-05-24T17:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti On Private Property: My Thoughts #graffiti #losangeles #tagging #graffitiart #markers During my time as a tagger in San Francisco hitting up on private property was pretty normal and many of us tagged up houses as well as businesses. I cant speak for everyone but while I had a bit of guilt doing so I didnt have enough guilt to avoid tagging private entirely and usually would do so without much reflection. But is this still how I feel in [----] Credit for clips: TagMachine (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-15T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Finding Spots That Run (On The Streets) Runner spots are places where graffiti stays up or runs longer than usual. Personally Ive found reasons particular to some spots as to what makes them runners but with the exception of abandonded buildings there is no general rule of thumb for runners. However thats not to say they are impossible to find and in fact you can find them in any environment you live in. Many of these spots are also available on the streets or not far from them. And to prove this point in this video I take you around Asheville and find spots in the many environments this city"
YouTube Link 2025-07-07T20:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Being A Toy Was Frustrating #graffiti #tagging #markers #spraypaint #mural #graff The first few months of my time as a writer were very frustrating. In topic [--] of my latest episode of Graffiti Topics Off The Top I list the various elements of toydom that left me frustrated but possibly most frustrating of all I felt like my time as a toy would never end. Credit: Pictures: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Videos: BokerTKO & Outer415 (Youtube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-06T17:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti & Overcoming Fear #tagging #streetart #urbanart #graff #graffitiart #anxiety #mentalhealth Graffiti writers experience and encounter a lot during their times as writers and for many fear is one of the chief emotions they feel. For some writers this fear is paralyzing and ends their time as a graff writer before it ever starts. So how did I deal with the emotions I felt when I was an active writer Credit for Clips: Ilovegraffiti1312 & BokerTKO (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-01T17:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Small Town Graffiti: Where To Tag #graffiti #tagging #spraypaint #markers #losangeles #bayarea Graffiti takes on a different form and presents different challenges in different locations. And the challenges graffiti writers face in small towns are unique ones and ones Ive given some thought to. And in terms of where to hit up in a small town this is how I feel. Credit for Clips: Pixobgod6069 (YouTube) Bazookafilms77 (YouTube) JuiceYBK (YouTube) Paint-TV (YouTube) Youfeelmyskill (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-21T17:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Learning To Do Graffiti (Before The Internet) In present times if someone becomes interested in graffiti theres an endless amount of information out there that they can draw from to learn about the craft. Much of this information is online in the form of tutorials and anectdotes (my content included) and in [----] theres many writers in the world who not only were introduced to graffiti through the internet and social media it's the primarily place they engage with it. But given that I grew up and began writing in pre-internet times what was it like for me to learn how to do graffiti before the"
YouTube Link 2025-10-08T20:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Doing Graffiti For A Greater Purpose In creating graffiti related content I read criticisms about graff from people daily. However some of these criticisms come from people who are supportive of graffiti and what they criticize is graff not being used to serve a higher purpose often if at all. But is that truly the case and are there writers out there doing so Music: Monday Moonwalk by Gustaav #tagging #pixao #brazil #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #hiphop"
YouTube Link 2025-08-13T21:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Consequences & Punishment 90s Graffiti vs Now When I first got involved in graffiti I resolved myself towards not getting caught. By that time I was doing other stuff I shouldnt have so I developed some sneakiness already but I tried my hardest to avoid getting spotted tagging much less caught. And a lot of why I felt this way was because of how negatively society felt about taggers and writing but does society still feel and more importantly act this way now Music: Caught in a Rainstorm by Mizlo #graff #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #crime #graffiti #streetart #bayarea #tagginggraffiti"
YouTube Link 2025-05-07T18:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Graffiti Yard Destroyed by a Hurricane #graffiti #hurricane #tagging #urbanart #graff #streetart One of my best graffiti memories is hitting the Coors yard with the writer CFOR in [----]. I wouldnt hit another yard until [----] when I visited a legal spot in Asheville called Foundy. I would go back to this spot repeatedly for the next couple of months until Hurrican Helene hit and ultimately changed Asheville forever. Credit for Clip: Piece by Piece (Psycho City Footage)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T18:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Doing Graffiti In Small Towns vs. Big Cities Anyhere that you do graff will present unique challenges. Some of these challenges will arise anywhere randomly in any setting while other challenges are more specific to their environments as are other benefits. So in my experience having tagged in both settings and having grown up in a big city yet currently living in a smaller town how do I see these things stacking up Music: Back At It by Dyalla #graff #graffitiart #smalltown #sanfrancisco #tagging #urbanart #graffitiworldwide #graffiti"
YouTube Link 2025-05-20T19:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Being Hot As A Graffiti Writer #tagging #shorts #graffiti #graffitiworldwide #spraypaintart Being hot is drawing unwanted attention to yourself and as a young graffiti writer you could get scolded for blowing up the spot. However despite being hot being advised against to a very large degree you got a lot of props for acting hot and the hotter the stuff you did sometimes the more love you would receive. And in this short I talk about some of the most common wats writers would act hot during the late 90s. Credit for Clips: populist. (YouTube) Drakobk7 (YouTube) mortalcomeback5374 (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-10-02T17:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Changing Your Graffiti Name: When & Why Graffiti names many times hold little significance when it comes to their meaning but their significance to writers is paramount. For some people their only name I knew them by was their graff name and some of these writers were still known by this names even after they were done writing. As such changing a name isn't a frivilous matter to a graffiti artist and if someone is considering a change there's much to consider beforehand. However sometimes a change is inevitable and in this video I discuss what one should consider if you're looking into"
YouTube Link 2025-09-24T20:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Fame: Small Town vs. Big City #tagging #graff#graffitiart #streetart #urbanart #graffiti As someone who grew up in a big city (San Francisco) and who currently lives in a smaller town in Western North Carolina Ive noticed a lot of differences. This includes many differences between the experiences in graffiti scenes between here and home and how graff writers obtain fame in a small town is very different from how they do so in a big city. Credit For Clips & Pics: Art21.org Gouchizm (YouTube) The Riverstone Life (YouTube) Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Me"
YouTube Link 2025-05-27T17:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Essentials: Streakers #markers #tagging #graff #urbanart #artsupplies #graffiti Paint sticks also known as streakers are an essential graffiti tool. I became acquainted with them in the 90s and not long after I started writing I started using streakers. Their lack of a detectable scent (unlike pilots) ability to be used on many different surfaces and especially their price made them essential to me in the 90s and these same characteristics make them essential now. Credit for Clips: Piece by Piece Machine Studio (YouTube) ArtPrimo (YouTube) Lover20k (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-29T16:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Scribers: Why I Always Kept One On Me #graffiti #scribers #tagging #handstyle #graff #graffitiart Of all the graffiti implements I used as an active writer in the 90s scribers might have been the most valuable one to me. And once I was actively tagging and especially actively bus hopping I tried to keep one on me at all times. Credit for clips: Clip 1) Machine Studios (YouTube) Clip 2) Devastator Brand (YouTube) Clip 3) Chris On Transit :D (YouTube) Clip 4) Devastator Brand (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-03-31T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Did I Ever Fight Over Graffiti From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Episode [--] Graffiti writers can be very passionate by nature and competition is an element both of graff and hip hop culture. So did I ever come to blows with another writer over graff during my time as a writer in San Francisco in the 90s #graffiti #sanfrancisco #bayarea #tagginggraffiti #90s #graff #spraypaintart #streetart"
YouTube Link 2025-03-19T15:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Scandalous Writers & Other Graffiti Topics Off The Top In episode three of this series I discuss San Francisco graffiti legends a store owned by a Bay Area graffiti legend one of the best things about tagging in SF in the 90s and one of the worst. If you have anything you want me to speak on drop it in a comment but more to come soon #graffiti #sanfrancisco #tagging #tagginggraffiti #spraypaint #streetart #graff #graffitiart Music: Song 1) Everything Cool by Timothy Infinite Song 2) Wildernesses by Dusty Decks Topics: Start 0:00 Best Things About SF Graffiti In the 90s- Number of Writers 0:17"
YouTube Link 2025-02-15T19:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why Street Art Gets Dissed #streetart #urbanart #graffiti #mural #graff #graffitiart #tagging Street art and graffiti at root are the same thing and share a common lineage. But in [----] there is a large gap between the two and street artists including muralists find their work getting dissed (tagged over covered) for a variety of reasons with this gap between the two crafts playing a big role. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pic at the end: Built-In (Reddit) Clips (By order of appearance) 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Cut In The Fence (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-06-25T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Homemade Markers & Other Graffiti Topics Off The Top In this tenth episode of GTOTT I discuss my history with making and using homemade markers graffiti in rural locations and how bus hoppers would escape from buses after getting caught tagging on them. As always if you have any topics that you want me to speak on drop them in a comment and Ill address them in a future episode. #markers #marker #graffititag #graffiti #sanfrancisco #rural #streetart #spraypaintart TOPICS Start 0:00 Homemade Markers 0:22 Jumping From Bus Windows 3:35 Rural Graffiti 7:31 MUSIC If Youre Good At Something by Sarah"
YouTube Link 2025-03-26T17:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tagging With Stickers In The 90s Graffiti meant many things to me during my time as an active writer and there were many things I loved about graff. And one facet of the graff experience that I particularly loved was getting up with stickers. In those days they were easy to get easy to use and seemingly everyone in San Franciscos scene from bushoppers to all time legends used them. Music: Reignforest by Timothy Infinite #graffitiart #graff #markers #stickers #graffiti #graffitiworldwide #tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-06-27T20:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Does Graffiti Have A Retirement Age #graff #tagging #streetart #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #markers From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep.11 By the time I was [--] years old I unfortunately stepped away from the graff scene. At the time it just kind of happened and in the years that followed it felt like the right thing to do. It doesnt anymore but it does beg the question: does graff have a retirement age Credit for Images & Videos: Art21 (YouTube) BokerTko (Youtube) Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-03T16:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Philosophy: Why Graff Writers Hate Sidebusting In graffiti culture there are many unwritten rules and a violation of these rules that many get very angry at is sidebusting. But why does sidebusting anger so many graffiti writers #graffiti #graff #tagging #tagginggraffiti #graffitiworldwide #spraypaint #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-02-09T17:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Graffiti In The Countryside #graffiti #tagging #mural #streetart #graff #spraypaint #spraypaintart Graffiti in rural locations wasnt something I got to experience coming up as a tagger. This shouldnt be too shocking given that I grew up in a very densely packed urban area but even with this in mind I still have a great appreciation for graff in rural locations. So much so that my favorite piece Ive seen lately was in such a place"
YouTube Link 2025-03-30T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Freight Cars Parked On The Street #graff #tagging #graffitiart#freighttrain #freight #graffiti In San Francisco as a young tagger it could be hard to reach freight cars and this was a part of the scene I had little to no involvement in. But in Asheville NC where I currently live its easy to find freight cars and sometimes you find them parked right on the street. And sometimes as in the case of this car you even see someone youve met running Music: Silver Clouds by Sarah the Instrumentalist"
YouTube Link 2025-07-04T17:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How Graffiti Beef Can Start #graffitiart #graff #tagging#urbanart #streetart #tagginggraffiti Beef between graffiti writers can pop off for multiple reasons and has done so for most of modern graffitis history. In my own experience Ive seen and had beef with other writers that had its roots outside of graffiti but many times all it takes is a simple thoughtless action to cause problems between writers. Credit for Clips & Pic: Graffiti Park (Instagram) KEVERONES (YouTube) No Diss Pic: redlefthanded (reddit)"
YouTube Link 2025-06-14T17:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Catching A Tag: What you feel #graffiti #markers #tagging #tagginggraffiti #graffitiart #spraypaint During the course of a normal time going out doing graff you feel multiple things. And one of the best things you can feel is that feeling of getting the all clear to hit a spot"
YouTube Link 2025-03-25T15:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"When Cops Dont Care About Graffiti #tagging #urbanart #spraypaintart #graffiti #graff #streetart Throughout the world graff writers can expect to experience at the very least resistance to their efforts from the local police. But this isnt always the case all the time and in a lot of locations graff isnt looked at as a priority in the face of larger issues. So what happens when the police turn a blind eye to graff Credit for Clips and Pics: Clips: Stesi156 (IG) Server [----] (YouTube) RERTV (YouTube) UnboundReviews (YouTube) Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr)"
YouTube Link 2025-05-13T17:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"SF Bus Hoppers & Racking #graffitiart #graff #tagging #urbanart #graffiti #sanfrancisco Bus Hopping is a graffiti subculture that arose in San Francisco in the 1980s. While still connected to the traditional graff world both in SF and in general Bus Hopping was a unique subculture in many ways with its own values and traditions. But did Bus Hoppers follow the long standing graff tradition of racking during my time in the late 90s Credit for Clips: Ilovegraffiti1312 (YouTube) lowkey_fla (YouTube) Jagadeesh1242 (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-24T17:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"When Reminisce Quit Graffiti #tagging #graff#graffitiart #sanfrancisco #graffitiart #streetart Reminisce is one of the most legendary graffiti writers in San Francisco history. From [----] until [----] she covered the streets of the city with her trademark horse pieces and got up to the degree that when she quit tagging I nor no one else I knew could tell. Credit for Clip & Pics: Clip: Malicious Mischief posted by Internet Explorer (YouTube) Pics: Petalum (flickr) David Golden"
YouTube Link 2025-06-19T17:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Tagging On Private Property Ive been making videos about graffiti for almost [--] years now and all through out this time the issue of tagging on private property specifically tagging on houses has been brought up by people in the comments. So what are my feelings about tagging on private property and how did these feelings come to be Music: Freedom Fighting by Jevon Ives #graff #sanfrancisco #bayarea #tagginggraffiti #streetart #mural #markers #graffitiart #graffiti"
YouTube Link 2025-04-14T18:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Dealing With Street People As A Graffiti Writer From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep [--] Graffiti writers by nature spend a lot of time on the streets and in those streets one of the most natural allies we have are the people living on them. But can we look past our biases and see the commonality #graff #sanfrancisco #homeless #addictionrecovery #mentalhealth #graffiti #tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-02-24T17:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Graffiti And Substances Hitting Parked Buses & Other Graffiti Topics Off The Top In this ninth episode of GTOTT I discuss the feeling you get coming up on a parked bus a legendary San Francisco writer I met before I ever wrote and the correlation between graff writers and substances. If there are any topics youd like me to address please drop them in a comment and Ill include them in future episodes. #tagging #mentalhealthawareness #ptsd #graff #sanfrancisco #bayarea #oldschool #tagginggraffiti #streetart TOPICS Start 0:00 The Feeling Of Catching A Parked Bus 0:17 Graffiti & Substances 4:02"
YouTube Link 2025-03-20T18:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Getting Caught Tagging & Jumping Off The Bus From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep. [--] As bus hoppers our primary focus naturally was tagging buses back in the 90s. And while some (but not all of us) tried to avoid getting caught doing graffiti by bus drivers you only had to mess up once to get busted. And when we would get busted the easiest way out of the situation was jumping out of the bus windows #graffiti #piecebypiece #bus #graff #sanfrancisco #90s #tagginggraffiti #markers"
YouTube Link 2025-03-28T17:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Staying Up In Urban Environments #graffitiart #graffiti #markers #tagging #streetart For the entire time I did graffiti in the 90s I tagged primarily in urban environments. In this kind of environment tags go up quick and get buffed almost as fast. But while tagging in one of the most densely packed cities in the country I found something that tags ran on longer than anything else and if youre looking to stay up in a city this thing should be a priority. Credit for Video Clips: Katsubot (Instagram) Wanderlust Experiences (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-07-11T17:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"San Francisco Taggers & Our Backpacks From Episode [--] of Graffiti Topics Off The Top: In this segment I discuss a particularity of SFs graff scene and thats how we wore/wear our backpacks. This style where our backpacks are strapped down tightly was especially common amongst bus hoppers and underlined a reality for us that tagged in this fashion. #graffitiworldwide #streetart #sanfrancisco #graff #tagging #tagginggraffiti #graffiti #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-02-18T17:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"My First Time Night Time Graffiti Mission For most of my time as an active graffiti writer I went out on missions during the day time. However this wasn't by choice: it was due to my age and the fact that there was no way my mom would let me out of the house at night for any reason much less to go hit up. But not being able to go out at night just made me want to do so more. My best friend and graff mentor The Homeboy E was in a similar predicament and in the spring of [----] we decided that enough was enough and somehow we were going to go out on a graffiti mission in San Francisco's Mission"
YouTube Link 2025-09-17T20:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Racking: A Graffiti Tradition Since the earliest days of graffiti cultures formation racking or the theft of graff supllies has been an integral part of the culture. And I explore this tradition from its origins up to my time as a bus hopper to present times and in particular discuss whether bus hoppers followed this tradition in the 90s that our graff ancestors laid down decades previously. Music: To Each His Own by Matt Large #tagging #racking #graffiti #streetart #tagginggraffiti #graff #graffitiart #spraypaint"
YouTube Link 2025-04-23T17:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti: Bus Hoppers & Radios #tagging #markers #graffiti #90s #graffiti Bus Hopping is the act of hopping from bus line to bus line tagging buses along the way. Its a phenomenon mostly unique to San Francisco and bus hoppers had an equally unique way of being which included a style of dress slang and music. And given how important music was to us at the time it makes sense that a lot of us would bring radios with us when we bus hopped but how the homeboy Bubbles acted with a radio while bus hopping was a little less sensical. Credit for Clips: LCM Crew (YouTube) Piece by Piece"
YouTube Link 2025-09-14T17:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"When To Pick A New Graffiti Name #streetart #graffitiart #markers #spraypaint #graffiti I get questions from new graffiti artists regularly and many of these questions revolve around names. Is this name good Is this name bad Does someone already have it I have gotten asked the above countless times but I also get asked about if a writer should change their names. And in regards to this last question this is how I feel. Credit for Photos: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Credit for Clips: Doser_uno (Instagram) TagMachine (YouTube) KEVERONES (YouTube) afor_4ever (Instagram)"
YouTube Link 2025-09-29T18:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Roller Shot On A Train #trains #graffitiart #graff #tagging #markers #spraypaint #graffitiart Theres a layup close to where I live and the trains that get parked there are sometimes sitting around for over a week. Naturally they end up leaving with more graff than they arrived with and on this train I saw yesterday I saw a dope roller shot from JEWL CWC"
YouTube Link 2025-08-15T16:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Big City Graffiti In A Small Town #tagging #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #shorts Growing up in San Francisco I never really thought about graffiti in small towns and was never looking for it when I would hit one. But if you asked me if I expected to see graffiti especially anything comparable to what I would see in SF in a small town I would say that I wouldn't. But here in Asheville North Carolina which is a smaller sized town of about [------] people I see high level graffiti all the time and even on the street. Credit for Clips: photorob (YouTube) OCDHiFIGuy (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T21:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Jade One: Style King of SF #graffitiart #sanfrancisco #graffiti #tagginggraffiti #streetart When I started doing graffiti in [----] Jade One was already active in the scene and would remain a dedicated writer until his passing in [----]. When I first saw him up it was on box trucks with pieces and throws but by the end of his life Jade would become a master of multiple styles and many could argue became style king of San Francisco Credit: Pictures: ReppinDa415ripaj (Flickr) Clips: Vigilante Films (YouTube) Gems Of the Orient (Documentary)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-22T15:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"San Francisco Graffiti Legends: CFOR From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep. [--] With his work seen in the graff documentary Piece by Piece as well as his work being seen all through San Francisco from the mid 90s onward CFOR (also written C4) is the most talented graffiti artist I know personally. When I first saw him up I became a fan of his work without knowing he was my friend from middle school and since that time Ive seen him up with multiple methods be they etch throws mop tags or pieces. And each time I saw him up I saw dope work from a dope human being. #graff #graffiti #sanfrancisco"
YouTube Link 2025-03-22T16:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Multiple Inks In Graffiti Markers #markers #markertutorial #graffitiart #tagginggraffiti #tagging During my time as an active graffiti writer I experimented with multiple types of markers. This includes homemade markers such as those Ive talked about on here before but I would also experiment with multiple types of ink on the same marker. Music: Good Company by Nyck Caution Clips: Server [----] (YouTube) NYC Graffiti (YouTube) Ilovegraffiti1312 (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-18T17:58Z [----] followers, 14.4K engagements
"Markers & Materials 90s Graffiti vs Now I got my start as a graffiti writer in [----] and after a two decade long hiatus I find myself back in the scene in [----]. Ive noticed many differences between what i experienced then versus now and in this first video of this series I discuss the differences between then and now when it comes to markers as well as graffiti materials. Music: Here and Now by DonVayei #tagging #markers #spraypaint #90s #graffiti #graffitisupplies #graff #handstyle #urbanart"
YouTube Link 2025-05-03T18:06Z [----] followers, 18.2K engagements
"Reckless Graffiti Writers & Other Topics Off The Top In this second installment of Topics Off The Top I discuss San Francisco graff writer fashion tagging in nice neighborhoods and my recollections of the most reckless graffiti writer I knew. If you would like me to speak on anything drop it in a comment and Ill include it for future episodes #graffiti #streetart #sanfrancisco #graff #tagging #tagginggraffiti #spraypaint #spraypaintart Music: Song 1: Ready Set Vibe by Sarah The Instrumentalist Song 2: Venice Sun by Rocket Jr Topics: Start 0:00 Reckless Writers 0:15 Krylon Paint 3:43 Tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-02-10T18:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Handstyles: The Foundation of Graffiti #handstyle #tagging #graffiti #markers #irl Being from San Francisco my introduction to graffiti came from encountering One Flows or tags done in the Bus Flow style. Anything I learned appreciated or loved about graffiti grew out of this essential element of graffiti and graffiti itself grew out of handstyles as well. And while many people especially members of the general public don't like handstyles all that much without them we wouldn't have any else and we especially wouldn't have the elements of graffiti that are more loved"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T18:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Keeping It In The Blackbook #graffiti #tagging #streetart #shorts #markers Since getting back into graffiti over the last few years I've seen numerous new writers post pictures of their tags and sketches. And for most of them they've received the same feedback: keep that in your blackbook. I understand this mentality from more established writers towards newer ones but was this the expectation of newer taggers when I got my start in the 90s Credit for Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Credit for Clips: theneur0ne (YouTube) BOROE [--] (YouTube) alies36 (YouTube) JWF Documentaries (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-10-09T19:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"My Favorite Seat To Tag Buses From #graff #buses #graffiti #graffitiart #markers #tagging Not long after I started tagging I started bus hopping. Most days out of the week Id end up bus hopping and not long into this journey I found what I thought to be the best places on a bus to sit and catch tags. Credit for Pics & Clips: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Welcome2theMission (Instagram) Clips: Server [----] (YouTube) LCM Crew (YouTube) Shakespearcafe (YouTube) Machine Studio (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-08-08T16:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Doing Graffiti Away From Home: My Experience From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Episode [--] https://www.youtube.com/watchv=b2pNkMfjgd4 During the later part of my time as an active graffiti writer I started getting up outside of my home city of San Francisco. Starting in [----] I was in Berkeley almost every weekend and I soon found that tagging away from home was a very different experience. #graffiti #sanfrancisco #berkeley #bayarea #graff #tagging #streetart #spraypaint #markers"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T16:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Avoiding Gangs As A 90s Tagger #graffiti #norteo #sur #tagging #sanfrancisco #graff #streetart One of the worst things about being a tagger in the 90s in San Francisco was having to deal with gangs. At that time there were multiple conflicts playing out in the city but the one that impacted me the most was between Norte and Sur. And everything between what colors I wore what streets I went on or whether I tagged or not was impacted by this conflict. Picture: W.Devill (IESTREETLIFE Forum) Video: BokerTKO (YouTube) DC2 Integra Shop (YouTube) BadBoy (Youtube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-07T18:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"My Moms Favorite Graffiti Writer: Reminisce One Reminisce is one of the greatest writers to ever hit up in San Francisco. Originally from the Bay Area Reminisce moved to the city in [----] and soon found herself enmeshed in the local scene. She would found herself in a class of her own in this scene and by the time of her exit from graff in [----] her legacy was well established. And this legacy was such that many in the city who didnt tag or didnt even like graff loved Reminisce including my mother Theresa. Music: At Ease by Mizlo #graffiti #tagging #streetart #urbanart #mural #graffitiart #graff"
YouTube Link 2025-06-18T21:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Graffiti Writers Working Together To Hit Buses #graff #sanfrancisco #graffitiart #tagging #markers As bus hoppers graffiti writers who prioritized tagging on buses often times we would work together to get up. And given that tagging on locked moving buses could be somewhat dangerous we had a system to ensure we got up and stayed safe. Credit for Clips: LCM Crew (YouTube) Piece By Piece BusTV Chan (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-04-12T18:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Battles vs. Beef Though I most like to talk about the things in graffiti that make me the happiest I cant ignore other parts of the experience. And beef is one of those other experiences and in my own life its not been a pleasant experience. But beefing and battling are two very different things so what are the differences how do they effect the graff community as a whole and what have been my experiences with battling and beef Music: Fields by ocean jams #graff #beef #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging #tagginggraffiti #markers #streetart"
YouTube Link 2025-06-12T20:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Seeing Twist Up EVERYWHERE In The 90s Twist is one of the most celebrated and beloved graffiti artists in the history of the craft. Personally I became a fan of his work very early on during my time as a writer when I was going to school in San Francisco's Mission District. And in those days it was incredibly easy to get a look at some of his art because his tags throws pieces and characters were up all over the Mission District and all over the city. This is my experience of becoming a fan of his work and a glimpse into how we thought about graff writers and legends like Twist in the 90s."
YouTube Link 2025-10-14T21:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How Bus Hoppers Worked Together To Crush Buses San Franciscos graffiti scene in the 90s was extensive with multiple different scenes coexisting and interacting with each other. One of these scenes was the world of the bus hoppers graff writers who specialized in hitting up on MUNI buses in the city. And while many of us would go crush buses solo sometimes there was a lot of bus hopper teamwork at play when it came to bus hopping. Music: Prototype by Tilden Parc #tagging #piecebypiece #graffiti #graffitiworldwide #streetart #markers #graff"
YouTube Link 2025-04-11T15:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Is A Sign Of Life #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging #mural #streetart #graff The River Arts district is a place in the city of Asheville North Carolina where you could find many different forms of art. Potters painters sculptors and graffiti artists contributed much to the flavor of the neighborhood but unfortunately in September of [----] the River Arts District was destroyed entirely by Hurricane Helene. And while there arent many signs of life in the neighborhood signs of life are returning and one of the most noticeable signs is the many graff pieces to pop up since Helene. Credit"
YouTube Link 2025-08-25T18:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti: A Method of Communication #tagging #streetart #graff #markers #spraypaint #graffiti In my latest video I discussed the tradition of graffiti writers taking pictures (and nowadays videos) of their work despite this being something that could get them in further trouble. But ultimately theres something that needs to be understood about graff: its a method of communication. Credit for Clips & Pics: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) HifiArt Clips: raincitygraffiti (YouTube) sleepy_one_3102 (YouTube) Bazookafilms77 (YouTube) infamous_chaka (Instagram)"
YouTube Link 2025-07-20T18:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Is Digital Graffiti Really Graffiti I was away from graff for over [--] years and upon returning to it I found many things that were different about graffiti. One of the more notable new additions is whats called Digital Graffiti which is done through programs on electronic devices. And while Digital graff comes in a few different forms is it even graffiti at all Credit for source pic in thumbnail: Misk Music: How it Go by Scientific #graffitiart #digitalart #graffiti #graff #digitalartist #streetart #tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-07-02T19:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"90s Graffiti vs Now: Going Over Murals Growing up where I did in San Francisco I was surrounded by murals and public art. This exposure to public art drew me towards the arts from a young age but in [----] there are numerous writers in the world who feel very differently about murals and whats been coined street art. And some murals are gone over damn near as soon as they go up. But why is this the case in [----] and in the 90s how did we act towards murals Music: Find Me Again by Mizlo Credit for thumbnail pic: Carnagenyc (Flickr) #graffitiart #streetart #mural #urbanart #graffiti #graff"
YouTube Link 2025-06-24T20:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti: Older Writers (And Dealing With Them) When I started tagging in [----] I was twelve going on thirteen. By this simple fact almost everyone in the city active in graffiti would have been older than me. But there were a lot of similarities between myself and people one or two years older but what about the bus hoppers who were maybe four or five years older and especially the writers doing pieces Some of these writers could be a decade plus older so what was it like talking to them dealing with them or encountering them out in the streets Music: Woke by SINY Thumbnail Picture"
YouTube Link 2025-08-30T18:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Hurricane Helene Destroyed The Graffiti Yard Though Im originally from San Francisco and much of my content revolves around my home city I currently live in Asheville North Carolina. And it was in Asheville where I found myself getting back in the graff scene and in July of [----] I visted a legal graff yard here called Foundy. And just a couple of months later in September of [----] Hurricane Helene hit Asheville and changed everything. This is my experience. Music: Dreadnought by Dylan Sitts #graffiti #hurricanehelene #hurricane #asheville #graff #spraypaintart #streetart #urbanart"
YouTube Link 2025-05-14T18:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"San Francisco Graffiti In The 90s: Tagging Parked Buses From Graffiti Topics Off The Top Ep. [--] As a bus hopper in the mid to late 90s buses were my obvious focus when it came to graffiti. Most times I would tag buses when I was riding them but I was always on the lookout for buses parked on the street. And when I would find one I would encounter a very special feeling followed by a frenzy of getting up. #graff #graffitiworldwide #tagging #markers #90s #graffitiart #streetart"
YouTube Link 2025-03-24T16:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Tagging The Inside Of Parked Buses #graff #graffiti #tagging #sanfrancisco #graffitiart Catching outsider shots was one of my favorite ways of getting up as a bus hopper. And the corner of 30th and Mission was a great place to catch buses parked on the street without their drivers and sometimes we could even sneak inside these buses and hit up the insides too"
YouTube Link 2025-03-23T18:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Friendly Battles Are Good For Graff #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging #stylewars #streetart #graff Friendly graffiti battles with clear rules of engagement and sometimes with friends on each side were a common part of my experience in San Francisco in the 90s. These battles would compel and push us to do more and get up more than we would and ultimately these kinds of battles are good for the craft as a whole. Credit for Clips and Pics: Pics: Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Clips by order of appearance: Boroe1 (YouTube) ChooChooTane (YouTube) Server [----] (YouTube) kemalcomayz7569 (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-06-13T17:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Hitting Graffiti Spots in Asheville NC IRL Graff Over the last four years that I've been putting videos out I've done over [---] graffiti related videos across two platforms. And though graffiti is an outdoor activity 100% of these videos have been recorded in an indoor environment. But this time I did something different: I hit the streets of Asheville North Carolina and went to the River Arts District where I hit some spots shot some footage and shared some thoughts. I'll be putting together many more of these types of videos both in Asheville and elsewhere and if you'd like me to shoot"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T20:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Pixao: Protest In The Form of Graffiti #graffiti #pixao #saopaulo #tagging #pixo #handstyle So Paulo Brazil is home to over [--] million people and is home to a unique tradition in the world of graffiti. This tradition called Pixao first developed in the 80s in the city amongst people who lived in overwhelmingly neglected ostracized and excluded communities. And in addition to being a city where handstyles predominate its also one of the few cities on earth where graffiti done for the sake of graffiti is used as a form of protest. Credit for Clips: chepaytt (YouTube) Ilovegraffiti1312 (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-08-14T17:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"90s Graffiti vs. Now: Social Lives of Writers Graffiti is a social activity and in essence is a manner in which one person communicates with another. And in my personal experience the social aspects of graff namely the writers you met how you traveled and how you grew as an artist were some of my favorite parts of graff period. But how have these social dynamics evolved as I find myself in present times and how do they stack up to my time in the 90s Music: Lady in Red by Scientific Big shoutout to the @sSanFranciscoGraffitiandHip-ho channel who have tons of footage from my time as a writer."
YouTube Link 2025-06-03T20:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Doing Graffiti For The First Time The term graffiti writer means different things to different people and to many the term is imbued with a great significance. But for a writer to truly be considered a writer they need to undertake a fundamental action: going and hitting up for the first time. In this video I discuss what a writer needs and what they should keep in mind before their first time tagging and what I did as well. Music: Empty Road by ocean jams #graff #markers #sanfrancisco #graffiti #streetart #graffitiart #tagging"
YouTube Link 2025-06-07T19:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Bus Mobbing: Early Graff in LA #graff #losangeles #streetart #graffiti #graffitiart #tagging Bus Mobbing is the act of rushing or mobbing buses sometimes with just one or two people but as was the case in LAs early graff scene it could be dozens. But why were buses a focus in the early graff scene of Los Angeles and how did bus mobbing become a feature of the scene down there Credit for Pics and Clips: Pics: Art Crimes el.monte.memes (Instagram) Clips: Style Wars Taboos Comics & Kicks (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-08-01T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"TAKI [---] & Graffiti's Immigrant Roots Graff Spot Talks In the context of the American experience immigration and immigrants lay at the roots of almost everything. However nativist sentiment runs high in the states and immigrants find themselves under threat and worse attack on a daily basis. Given the political realties of living in this country many in this country wouldn't be shocked to hear that their fellow citizens neighbors or even relatives hold these kinds of views. But it might shock some in the graffiti community to know that our fellow writers hold these views too and hold them in"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Throws Tags & Trains in Asheville NC IRL Graff In my last few videos I've explored some of the socioeconomic psychological and spiritual elements of graffiti and I have many more videos in this vein on the way. To me it's incredibly important to examine our circumstances understand what we go through and why but its just as important to appreciate the art we commit ourselves to as well. And in this video that's what you'll get: pieces throws tags and trains all seen in the city of Asheville NC in the last couple of days. Some of the artists you'll see running are: IROT Fowl Corpse Corky Sante"
YouTube Link 2026-01-23T21:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Graffiti & Faith Graff Spot Talks On the surface graffiti and faith in a higher power have nothing to do with each other. And though it's not intended some might even take offense at the notice that there is a link between belief in a higher power and committing an illegal act such as tagging. However the spiritual and internal lives of human beings can be complicated and in my experience there is more to examine when it comes to where graffiti and faith connect. And in this video I discuss faith graffiti being an atheist who wrote and being a Muslim who writes with what connects them all at"
YouTube Link 2026-01-17T21:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why Cities Need Graffiti Graff Spot Talks Modern graffiti came to be in the urban landscapes of cities on the American East Coast in the late 60s and early 70s. And ever since that time the cities towns and rural locations that graffiti finds itself in have gone after both graff and writers in an attempt to suppress both. However despite decades of suppression efforts and especially the tens of billions of dollars spent to suppress graffiti there is another underlying reality: Cities need graffiti. And in this video shot on location at Foundy in Asheville NC I give my opinion on why this is"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T22:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How I Find Graffiti Spots IRL Graff For the last few months I've shot at least one video a week which showcases graffiti out in the real world. And while there have been locations and areas here in Asheville that I've been to multiple times I keep finding new spots to record and appreciate. Part of this is due to the amount of graffiti and spots you can find around where I live but how I'm able to find spots plays a role as well. And in this video I discuss my process for finding graffiti spots out in the real world. #graffiti #abandonedplaces #irl #tagging #graffitiart #markers"
YouTube Link 2025-12-29T19:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti's Major Crisis Graff Spot Talks We all know about it. We know people effected by it and some of us fear being next in the midst of this major crisis facing the graffiti community. And if you're a graffiti writer you might be able to guess what I'm alluding to. Then again the graffiti community has and continues to face multiple crises at any given time but in my mind this crisis is the most serious and unfortunately shows no sign of ending. But what am I talking specifically about In this new video recorded on location in a dope bando in Asheville NC I talk all about it. #graffiti"
YouTube Link 2025-12-23T22:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Graffiti Writer Accused Of Doing $100k In Damage Graff Spot Talks Mango is a graffiti writer from the city of Tulsa Oklahoma and on November 7th [----] he experienced something that many writers fear most. On that day while hitting a straight letter piece on Highway [--] he had the police called on him and he was caught in the act of getting up. After a brief pursuit he was arrested and charged with vandalism. After bonding out Mango found himself getting arrested again on new charges less than a month later. As it stands Mango is facing multiple charges and has been accused of doing over"
YouTube Link 2025-12-18T20:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Zen Of Cutty Graffiti Spots #graffiti #tagging #abandonedplaces #mentalhealth #markers The benefits of cutty spots are obvious to anyone who's ever hit up in one. Little to no people little to no distractions and a pervading quiet are what I find in cutty spots here in Asheville and hitting spots here is something I do regularly for my IRL Graff series. But I also encounter something very unexpected and in this short I discuss the zen of cutty graff spots. Credit for Clips: @RESAKSGRAFFITI @braindrainpod @syrianorthodoxy @Sacooltv"
YouTube Link 2025-12-15T21:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Becoming A Cutty Graffiti Writer Graff Spot Talks Cutty graffiti spots are places that are usually out of the way hard to reach obscured or just plain neglected where graffiti writers run less of a chance of encountering the police or heroes. But cuttiness doesn't just extend to spots: writers can be cutty too and some of us are very cutty indeed. I can say that's definitely the case for myself and I know that my cutty nature has aided me in my path as a graffiti writer. And in this video I discuss how I became cutty how you can become cutty and how being cutty benefits you all from a cutty"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T22:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"My Favorite Type of Graffiti #graffiti #tagging #streetart #abandoned #losangelesgraffiti Anyone who checked out my channel for a couple of minutes would come to know one thing about me: I love graffiti. And while I love graff in all its forms there's one type of graffiti that's my favorite and it's this. Credit for Clips: @HundredSummers @JustWanderingAsIDo @braindrainpod @lrskrewofficial"
YouTube Link 2025-12-10T21:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti & The Allure of Danger #graffiti #tagging #markers #streetart #shorts Graffiti is not a safe activity and writers face serious consequences any time they hit up. This is especially the case in heaven spots where a misstep or mistake can cost them anything but even lesser consequences can be pretty severe. All this might make a person ask why would we be drawn to any of it but especially the most dangerous facets of it like heaven spots. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Credit for Clips: fuxcy (reddit) CombatZoneGraffiti (@CombatZoneGraffiti )"
YouTube Link 2025-12-09T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Heaven Spots in Asheville NC #graffiti #tagging #urbanart #abandoned #streetart Heaven spots are places graffiti writers hit up that are elevated and often times dangerous locations. Given the danger associated with them I've always had respect for the writers who go after them. And wether these spots were in San Francisco where I grew up or in Asheville NC where I currently live I always stop to take an extra moment to check them out. In my most recent IRL Graff video I checked out some of the many heaven spots in Asheville with my new drone and these are some of my favorites. Credit for"
YouTube Link 2025-12-08T19:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Checking Out Heaven Spots (With A Drone) IRL Graff Heaven spots are places graffiti writers hit up that are usually dangerous and located high off the ground. Many writers myself included avoid them and all the dangers that come with them but the graffiti you find in heaven spots has an incredible power to captivate those who see it. And with my new drone I take you to some of my favorite heaven spots in the River Arts District of Asheville North Carolina. #graffiti #dronevideo #tagging #graffitiart #streetart"
YouTube Link 2025-12-06T21:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"A Graffiti Writer's Obsession #graffiti #train #tagging #urbanart #handstyle In my last IRL Graff video I discussed how I became obsessed with graffiti and the nature of obsession in general. In a sign of this obsession I was hitting a spot over the weekend in a very remote part of Asheville when I saw a tiny handstyle done by the writer Tride on a cinderblock. I don't know Tride but I've seen a lot of his work and a lot of it consists of giant pieces but I felt like this little tag I saw spoke to his own obsession with graff and the need to leave something behind. Credit for Opening Clip:"
YouTube Link 2025-12-01T21:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Being Obsessed With Graffiti Graff Spot Talks The life of a graffiti writer is not an easy one. For many of us our lives being difficult is what lead us into graff in the first place but there are many hazards that come with being an active or even not so active tagger. And many people might wonder why would we subject ourselves to such a life and such hazards And in my mind its because a lot of us don't just love or appreciate graffiti we're obsessed with it. This is definitely the case for me and in this IRL Graff video I talk about graffiti and obsession at graff spots in Asheville North"
YouTube Link 2025-11-29T21:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Doing Graffiti With A Large Group #graffiti #tagging #streetart #bus #graffitiart The first time I ever did graffiti it was a solo mission but most of my missions after that first one were with a lot of writers. In my mind doing graffiti with ten or more writers is a lot and in today's times it would be a great way to get busted in a lot of places. But I absolutely loved mobbing with a crowd and these are the reasons why. Credit for Pics: HifiArt Reppinda415RIPAJ (Flickr) Credit for Videos: 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) Piece by Piece (Documentary) boroe1"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T17:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why Doing Graffiti With A lot Of Writers Was Awesome Mobbing deep rolling with sometimes as many as ten or more writers was one of the first things I found myself doing when I started doing graffiti. And I soon came to experience a lot during these preliminary graff sessions and ultimately fell in love with graff because of them. Simply put tagging with a bunch of writers was awesome but what was awesome about it and what was it like tagging with smaller groups as well In this video I discuss both set amidst the backdrop of San Francisco's Graffiti Golden Age of the 90s. Credit for Thumbnail"
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T21:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"When A Graffiti Writer Is Really Running #graffiti #tagging #streetart #markers #shorts As a graffiti writer one of my favorite experiences is seeing one of my tags running but I also get a lot of joy from seeing other writers up as well. And in Asheville I see the writer IROT up to an unexpected degree especially given he lives thousands of miles from here. But in looking over some old pictures from a recent trip to the Caribbean I unexpectedly saw him up as well and I came to understand just how up IROT truly is"
YouTube Link 2025-11-25T21:34Z [----] followers, 14.1K engagements
"90s Graffiti: Types of Heroes #graffiti #tagging #bus #streetart #shorts Heroes or civilian vigilantes were something bus hoppers constantly ran into in San Francisco in the 90s. If you did graffiti long enough you'd encounter one and your experience really depended on the type of hero you encountered. Outside of off duty cops and vigilantes belonging to groups like the Guardian Angels everyday people acted in a variety of manners and these are the types of heroes I saw. Credit for Clips: Opening Clip- 1990s San Francisco Graffiti and Hip Hop Archive (YouTube) FckCourtKases (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-24T20:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Giant Straight Letter Pieces (On The Street) IRL Graff In the next couple of weeks I have something special planned for these IRL Graff videos. Perhaps you can say I even have a couple of special things planned but one more so sooner than the other. I'm going to start planning this video ASAP and as such for this video I wanted a more so mellow experience. So join me as I check out some street spots here in Asheville including a couple of spots located right on the street where I saw some giant Straight Letter Pieces #graffiti #asheville #graffitiart #streetart #graffitiart"
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Karens vs Heroes #graffiti #tagging #streetart #90s #graffitiart Heroes civilians that take the law into their own hands are a reality the graffiti world has had to confront for decades. During my time in the 90s you could expect a hero encounter every few months but hero encounters seem so rare in current times that some writers don't know what a hero is. But they know what a Karen is and given that Karens are the more modern manifestation of heroes they see little to fear about them. However our experiences with heroes in the 90s left us feeling the opposite and the danger of"
YouTube Link 2025-11-20T19:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Vigilantes (AKA Heroes) 90s Graffiti vs Now In the world of graffiti civilians that take the law into their own hands and attempt to deal with graffiti writers extralegally are called heroes. I had multiple encounters with them as a tagger in the 90s and being a bus hopper meant having these encounters on locked moving buses with only one way off them. Naturally I spent a good deal of time worrying about running into heroes but do writers in current times share my experience or even share the weariness I had for heroes as an active writer RIP TIE ONE #graffitiart #graffiti #karen"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T22:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Favorite Freight Graffiti Vol. [--] #graffiti #tagging #freighttrain #train #streetart I wasn't too into trains back in San Francisco and even after moving to Asheville and getting back into graffiti I didn't get too into them either. But after starting to film my IRL Graff series I've gotten more so into them especially because of who I have seen running. Zephyr ICH Buck [--] (RIP) Tride & JEWL have dropped some of my favorite pieces I've seen lately and in this video you'll see them running on trains. Vol [--] to follow Credit for Opening Clip: UncleP68 (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-18T21:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Graffiti Writers From Nice Neighborhoods #graffiti #tagging #streetart #shorts #markers San Francisco is a city where graffiti is huge part of the city's culture. As such you find graffiti all over the city and writers from every neighborhood including middle and upper class areas. And while not from one of these areas myself I can say that some of the writers from these neighborhoods are legendary and some of the dopest graff artists SF has ever seen. Credit for Clips: Color the Bay Documentary (YouTube) For The Love Of The Game (YouTube make sure to check him out) VigilanteFilm (YouTube)"
YouTube Link 2025-11-17T19:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"What Graffiti Beef Looks Like (With SUTOL) Graff Spot Talks Beef is an unfortunate part of graffiti and one that has likely always been a part of graffiti culture. However I do differentiate battling from beefing and while I saw and participated in some battles in San Francisco in the 90s I rarely saw beef and never had any graff beef as an active writer. And given that where I currently live Asheville NC is a quiet town in the mountains I was kinda surprised to see that there is more beef here then there is back home and in this video I explore some of it. Shout out to SUTOL One for sharing"
YouTube Link 2025-11-15T23:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
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