Bro just described human history..

@jayrohena5094 actually freddy started writing in the early 70s with the fabulous 5,hence the name fab5 freddy. One of his most memorable pieces is the Campbell soup car that he wasn't able to finish cause the train pulled out the lay up.

amsterdam was looking wild in early 80s

That's because many graffiti artists are devided on if they feel it counts as being the same as what we do. I'd say by cornbreads standards it does and therefore he certainly isn't the first. I think for this debate (of first graffiti) it certainly is relevant

@@Theartistblockyou say that because your a culture vulture just like the rest of the lie-tinos we’re on too you buddy.

Could you possible link and article or video about this? its interesting but I can’t find anything about it.

@@Theartistblock the lies stop here #microphonecheck out now!!! No more guests in hiphop culture every body’s evicted!

​​@@Bb99bb99kbNah Tariq is not accurate with street / subway art. Cornbread just wrote on the wall. It wasn't creative / artistic

Look up Staff 161 The Ebony Dukes. He's the real authority on the artwork not this toy who runs this channel who talks too fast for no reason.

Checkout the graffiti in The Westside Story movie that was filmed in 1960 and then debut in theaters in 1961. Cornbread would be 7 years old in 1961. The play was created in 1957, which would make cornbread 4 years old. I'm not referring to prop graffiti, but to actual real graffiti tags.

Lies

@@Bb99bb99kb Checkout the graffiti in The Westside Story movie that was filmed in 1960 and then debut in theaters in 1961. Cornbread would be 7 years old in 1961. The play was created in 1957, which would make cornbread 4 years old. I'm not referring to prop graffiti, but to actual real graffiti tags.

@@ev8318 #microphonecheck out now!!!

Oh actually if you weren't slagging him off please ignore last comment

I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that one. His crew TMB is still alive and well. And people mention him and pay tribute to him all the time. At least on Instagram. No hate, but there are better writers who are way more overlooked. SP One, TKID, Tracy 168, Comet, etc.

Demer was 72 or 74.

@@TheartistblockIf you're talking about the Demer in those photos (1:39)? Definitely 80s.

@@clh2192 I mean he did those in the 80s sure but he started in the 70s. Not like I spent every day with the man working in his store or anything. Edit, to be fair though he did start with a different name and get demer later

@@TheartistblockDon't think he was hitting the trains in the 70s. The guys he was writing with? They were all from the mid to late 80s. But hey anything is possible, what did he write?

You really can't and that's the issue. It's all he said she said pluss the limited photos that do exist and that's just about it. That's why I don't think this is an issue we can solve.

By that standard my rap sheet wouldn't count in your fact check, I never once copped a "vandalism" charge, some B&E, some trespass and 52 Property Damage charges. Then if you do accept the property damage charges as evidence and cross referenced it with my surviving photo's from the era you'd think i got busted for every piece i ever did. My house burned down in 2005 with my entire collection, so of course nobody is going to believe me except a very few close friends and my brother, that combined with the threat of jail as a "repeat offender" made me so depressed i didn't paint for 18 years. Now everyone thinks i am some old shhh talking toy who only just started painting, and apart from about 60 pics i had left at my brothers house from 1998 to 2002 i can't prove otherwise. Grim is right on, the real history is so distorted it's crazy, now i see guys from my day who only did the same 3 letter throwy about 20 times on trains on podcasts jabbering about how if you didn't hit those trains on that line you're nobody, worst part is he is sort of right. I had over 600 full blown 6 letter pieces on walls and freights that counted for nothing in the end. Still worth it.

@heryace9825: My man Mike tagged VO5

@terrenceliburd8655 that's dope, in what city?

I mean by all means let's hear a bit about him, I'm always down for more info. If you don't want to drop it here in a comment, feel free to email me, jongrim219@gmail.com Legit, I'd love to hear some history from you

Look up Arthur Stace.

@@jaymannewell 1930 is not earlier than 1800

Didn't say it was. Just thought you'd be interested

@@jaymannewell there is a movie about him. I’m interested 👍💕one love Cause the new generation is not interesting in knowledge no more

@@ulischroder7618 There is a few YT vids and a book, we put Eternity on the Sydney Opera house once. rock on mate

Lmao I can't say that word at all I don't get it haha. Krim and I were just talking about you today and how sweet you are. Hope all is well for you!

Damn wonder if you carry that same mentality in history class lol. "Oh man people talking about WW2 when they weren't there is fucking weird". Bit of a stupid outlook.

​@@Theartistblockdork

White people

Grafitti comes from grafito. First done 10.000 B.C. Caveman left the Chat 2:43

Oh my friend it's not about style at all, don't focus on that. Why? Well because any name can have style, style will come after years of practice and once you have it you can apply it to any name. Now for opinion, and keep in mind this is only my opinion, I mike mercy the best. The others are good too.

I'm currently using MERCY.@@Theartistblock

Mercy

Mercy all the way

for someone to say cornbread is the first they'd have to intentionally ignore all of the many examples that predate cornbread by a long shot. People in the UK, even. also, spoiler alert, I'm not from NY, but that being said, many people outside NY know cornbread CANT be the first, never was, and never will be. the facts don't lie.

@@Theartistblock what prof do you have to supert your claim

@@imjustsaying401 lol you're the one with the burden of proof buddy. What proof do you have that cornbread was doing graffiti before the Roman, before the people writing bird lives that predate cornbread, before Mr eternity, before people writing their names in California, before people writing their names on walls in NY in the 40s, before the gangs cornbread himself admits did graffiti before him? What proof do you have that he predates any and ALL of those? I'd be shocked if you can seeing as he was still in his dad's nuts during some of these

@@Theartistblock he documented and widely excepted as the worlds first, you made the claim that he wasn't so you have the burden of truth and making more claims is not prof of your original claim. Graffiti at its core is writing your name for clout and i don't think the romans did that.

@@imjustsaying401 wildly accepted AFTER he was made famous from a documentary. Before that no one outside philly really knew or cared about him. It was alread in ny in the 40s, and once again mr eternity. Once again plenty of others did graffiti before he did and yes they did it for clout, especially in ancient Rome long before he did. They made up fake names, wrote them publicly illegally, and took spots from one another and tried to get their name out there as much as possible, literally the essence of bombing thay youre referring to (I saw your other comment stating clout as a factor as well as this new comment). Now, the person that made him famous, zephyr, even walked that statement back over on Instagram. Cornbread factually is not the world's first and to state that he is requires to either lie or requires you to intentionally ignore all those who came before. He documented his history so well, he also forgot when he started. He initially insisted on one year, then when that wasn't early enough he suddenly claims it was years earlier. Little does he know, even if he claimed it was in the 50s he'd still the race to be the first. That being said, you'll find any reason to ignore facts that don't fit your goal because you're less focused on the truth and facts an more focused on making anything fit your predetermined conclusion

Thanks brother I appreciate it. Bless you too man 🙏

Cornbread

@@Runitup84 i don’t think it was cornbread tbh

@@Chris-gh6ux it definitely wasn't cornbread. This guys brown nosing cornbread without knowing much else past what he heared in a documentary. If you're talking who made tagging popular than yes taki is responsible for that. He wasn't the first ever though.

@@Theartistblock thank the roman empire for that

Lol you're not wrong. It's kind of amazing that this stuck around

Nope

@@wicklash9065 oh lord no, not even close. We could give him a 30 year head start and he wouldnt be in the first 5 or 10

@@Theartistblockso who was?

@@wicklash9065so who was?

@@Theartistblocklet me guess Puerto Ricans created hiphop as well? lol

Cornbreads a dork and a liar

Hmmmmm. I'm not a fan of this comment because I feel like you misunderstood while having good intentions. With all do respect the following is said in a kind way, keep that in mind. So number 1 I didn't decide anything, simply stating facts isn't be deciding anything. It's true people lie in these interviews, it's true some people don't get the credit they deserved despite playing massive roles like iz the wiz) , it's true people only got fame due to movies. None of that is false. Also, when I'm around legends all day as a kid and I see factual legends make fun of, denounce, and straight up say how full of crap certain legends are and say they aren't really a legend, that isn't me deciding, that's them. When I see a room of legends and suddenly some random guy I don't know walks in and NOT A SINGLE new school kid including myself knows the person yet all the old heads are greeting this person calling them a legend, it becomes clear that , like I said , some people are legends that we don't hear about. That individual was Ree2 . So no, I didn't claim anything, all of this was facts from the old heads and based on actual events. Lastly when an older legend is in the comments of this very video AGREEING with me and this video, it only proves my point more.

@Theartistblock I agree with you, buddy. I made that comment before I watched the whole video.

That's fine, I don't often care for the opinion of people who hear facts and ignore them based on shallow things like a cap. I tend to think of those types as not being too smart.

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You’re just jealous he looks cool in that beanie

You wanna really vandalize? Hit a mall, hit a Gucci store, hit a car dealership. Don’t paint in the “ghetto”

Graffiti should be a political act, a crime of property. Don’t punch down. Punch up. You will be caught, there will be consequences. That’s the point

Sit down antifa

Unfortunately, the only good book on the market is Subway art. any other book, while entertaining is pretty much a waste of money. Most are either filled with BS stories mixed in with few true stories, or they're simply packed with BS from cover to cover.

@@Theartistblock Thx for the answer 🙏 I'm definitely going to check it out. Do you know if there is anything new planned before all the legends are taken by time?