THE MILLION DOLLAR VANDAL (2023) Part 1 -NYC Graffiti Documentary-

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10 ай бұрын

"DESA" is a graffiti writer from NYC. In the mid-nineties, he was prosecuted and did time in prison for graffiti-vandalism. This is his story in his words.
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@kennysrecordcollection9573
@kennysrecordcollection9573 10 ай бұрын
Really well done. The gritty VHS footage really captures the era. Can’t wait for part 2
@bfbfbfgr8
@bfbfbfgr8 10 ай бұрын
Some of the tape clips are from the 5 ninth Avenue project!
@qweensfinest
@qweensfinest 9 ай бұрын
wheres that at?​@@bfbfbfgr8
@user-up3tv2ei7g
@user-up3tv2ei7g 4 ай бұрын
Weed makes you paranoid but smoking dust doesnt?
@kevin5000
@kevin5000 10 ай бұрын
as always, really appreciating the work Jack. Much respect to DESA for doing the film. side note - it really stuck out to me how his mother wanted to move away from Bushwick high school for fear of getting involved in heroin. As a current teacher in the building, I can really appreciate how the place has cleaned up.
@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii
@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii 7 ай бұрын
Because heroin was bad *at that time*.
@MAYONAISEHUMMER
@MAYONAISEHUMMER 3 ай бұрын
I drove by there a few months ago and saw like 4-6 high school girls having a fist fight out front haha
@sea4our
@sea4our 3 ай бұрын
hey man. would love to see more interviews with legends like this. i know not everyone is up for it, but goddamn it's dope getting into their backgrounds. MTA is legendary.
@one_nation_fanwear
@one_nation_fanwear 6 ай бұрын
Desa was a legend on the videograf vhs tapes hitting the tops of trains. I’m glad I grew up in era. Eventually the crew I wrote with the 203 crew got on the videograf tapes when we all moved into the city. Desa was the man when it came to ups. Y’all have fancy paint brands & caps now. We had Krylon, Rusto & few different caps. We made markers from shoe polish containers etc. y’all have it made today. The vandal squad doesn’t hunt you down. Banksy ain’t 💩 😆.
@dogbog99
@dogbog99 4 ай бұрын
Y’all
@KJAY2THOUSAND
@KJAY2THOUSAND 10 ай бұрын
Such a dope interview/documentary.. can’t wait for part 2 to come out.. hell Id like a part 3/4 and 5 lol.. could listen to Desa talk all day. The added pictures and videos are a dope touch too. Very well done
@trustori2407
@trustori2407 3 ай бұрын
TAD - TOTS AINT DOWN, 👈🏼 OTB - ONLY THE BEST 👈🏼 IBM- IDOLIZED BY BILLIONS👈🏼
@gotyourpantiesinatwist
@gotyourpantiesinatwist 10 ай бұрын
Great doc, you keep coming up with banger after banger... Much love from Portugal, thank you for documenting the culture and making it available free of charge for us all. Hope to cop merch from you soon, keep it real, cant wait for the next one!
@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS
@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS 10 ай бұрын
I moved my kids to L.I. so they didn’t have to grow up like I did in the 80’s & 90’s, only got to live out there for 1 1/2 years before I got divorced and eventually moved back to Astoria, my X and the kids are still out there which is fine by me because it was always for the kids. Even though things are much different now than they were when I was growing up it comforts me to know that they’re living a better life. I can relate to so much of what DESA is saying because many of us grew up the same way at the same time, a stroll through memory lane right here!
@iluvdebussy
@iluvdebussy 7 ай бұрын
Mad funny because my parents moved from Astoria to Long Island to give me and my brothers a better life. I kinda was mad at them because I loved visited my family in queens and hanging out there. There was so much to do especially since I skateboard. Long Island was so boring, but now that I’m older I understand they did what they did.
@IanF5
@IanF5 10 ай бұрын
Incredible story I couldn’t stop watching. Man that guy was productive. Great editing everyone.
@eggboye352
@eggboye352 10 ай бұрын
Incredible work as usual, Jack!
@g3wb
@g3wb 10 ай бұрын
incredible capture of graffiti and nyc history im excited for part two
@llamatoots7699
@llamatoots7699 9 ай бұрын
what an amazing interview! ive been looking up to desa for my whole graff career ive always loved his throwies
@laory1808
@laory1808 10 ай бұрын
you're great at making these my guy thank you
@EclecticWizard6
@EclecticWizard6 10 ай бұрын
Love your documentaries dude!
@Restinpeacetompenny
@Restinpeacetompenny 9 ай бұрын
Amazing storytelling amazing editing amazing video
@ingridfong-daley5899
@ingridfong-daley5899 9 ай бұрын
I remember watching the opening credits of Welcome Back Kotter as a kid from my little swamp shack in Louisiana, seeing the tagged trains blow past on the elevated lines, and i felt exactly how that guy is describing @3:55. It's a universal type of excitement... like an ultimate 'alive' moment. I totally get it.
@rudiger5926
@rudiger5926 10 ай бұрын
Amazing work 👏 keep em coming ❤
@bennikomouk
@bennikomouk 10 ай бұрын
DESA is a NYC legend like JA, GIZ, VE and so on . Thanks for the amazing work 🙏🏽
@erichoepelman7764
@erichoepelman7764 10 ай бұрын
Tabe Cope rod dog the list is long
@The_Albanian_Syndicate
@The_Albanian_Syndicate 10 ай бұрын
TABE & RIC had shit on lock!
@Mabu_T_Lusse
@Mabu_T_Lusse 10 ай бұрын
Hot dog, dictip,scrotum,vagflaps….& the list goes on & on & on
@Stu_DLNGR
@Stu_DLNGR 10 ай бұрын
Dopeness. We need more! 😂 Well worth the wait. Salute.
@yesplease5661
@yesplease5661 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the non-lurid documentary and the insights. I am an eighties child from Europe and came into contact with graffiti/hip-hop back then.. I'm having flashbacks right now 🙏
@sunstruck
@sunstruck 10 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for part 2!!!
@Doksiman
@Doksiman 10 ай бұрын
Great documentary. You really captured that era of graffiti with these visuals.
@nastynate2379
@nastynate2379 9 ай бұрын
Protect DESA AT ALL COST 💯💪🏽💪🏽
@deedeeshamone
@deedeeshamone 10 ай бұрын
really informative and enjoyable doco. looking forward to seeing the second part
@post-monk671
@post-monk671 9 ай бұрын
I had a fun time watching and listening to this. Thank you.
@JWFdocumentaries
@JWFdocumentaries 9 ай бұрын
Part 2 is coming soon!
@mystermysterio5348
@mystermysterio5348 10 ай бұрын
Good Documentary ... DESA definitely got his props and respect. He put in work and got his fame in the Graffiti game.
@eadweard.
@eadweard. 10 ай бұрын
How depressing.
@tehjamerz
@tehjamerz 10 ай бұрын
​@@eadweard.Toy
@eadweard.
@eadweard. 10 ай бұрын
@@tehjamerz Me or him?
@mystermysterio5348
@mystermysterio5348 10 ай бұрын
@@eadweard. Depressing" is when you don't know anything about the Graffiti World. So SaE LESS!
@eadweard.
@eadweard. 10 ай бұрын
@@mystermysterio5348 The graffiti world is wack.
@zig.i_
@zig.i_ 8 ай бұрын
Amazing documentary!
@MFSHECKS
@MFSHECKS 9 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for part 2
@alfredoalfredo8796
@alfredoalfredo8796 10 ай бұрын
Another really dope 😎😎 video .....best audio at that .....🎉🎉🎉 Mots talked about ❤❤❤
@TimandVic131
@TimandVic131 10 ай бұрын
The Korean Artist TKA🔥🔥🔥
@respectthearchitects3328
@respectthearchitects3328 10 ай бұрын
This was great!
@quinncooper9249
@quinncooper9249 10 ай бұрын
Please keep these vids going they’re awesome
@madbomr9129
@madbomr9129 10 ай бұрын
Great doc!.
@BronxBastard730
@BronxBastard730 10 ай бұрын
Whens part 2 dropping ???? , this was dope
@bozosaurus666
@bozosaurus666 2 ай бұрын
Well made doc... keep up the great work, mate =)
@horrificillusion
@horrificillusion 10 ай бұрын
Excellent work
@zacharybenard1076
@zacharybenard1076 9 ай бұрын
What a legend this dude is. respect
@jdportwerks6795
@jdportwerks6795 9 ай бұрын
Damn this dude is a true G! Vandal squad Mona… never hear of him. My era was Tom & Jerry Also if anyone did damage was KEZ5
@_antwonTT6
@_antwonTT6 10 ай бұрын
Damn fam... I havn't seen anyone show a RedBird train in forever. Where you get those clips? Beautifully done JWF. Legit History without filler in this.
@tonysmith5878
@tonysmith5878 10 ай бұрын
THIS IS GORGEOUS. BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES... THINGS WERE SO MUCH MORE AUTHENTIC THEN. NOW IT'S A LOT OF TOYS R US SHIT NOW. THIS WAS THE "GET DOWN FOR YOURS" ERA.
@nastynate2379
@nastynate2379 9 ай бұрын
💯💯💯
@bigfriz1229
@bigfriz1229 9 ай бұрын
awesome footage of old trains with some nice work on them!
@davidcutler6930
@davidcutler6930 10 ай бұрын
Dope!!
@Bravonewyork
@Bravonewyork 10 ай бұрын
Crazy how the mother didn’t want her kid to go to bushwick hs but moved to East Ny…
@Jorok_Paints
@Jorok_Paints 6 ай бұрын
Fire vid🔥 my father (Zim) would tell me story’s about the M train
@Jorok_Paints
@Jorok_Paints 6 ай бұрын
He from Ridgewood he gotta know DG,Zim, almost all of AOK, NWC, ect most of them were in or involved with MTA pretty sure
@grocker5382
@grocker5382 8 ай бұрын
He's such a legendary writer.theres a desa in my city, and he's been painting around the same time nyc desa has ..
@inkandsoles5038
@inkandsoles5038 10 ай бұрын
nah this shit is the realest ! big props to you jwf for this one.
@user-qw9xv1xx3p
@user-qw9xv1xx3p 10 ай бұрын
Most talked about!!
@Georg3Nada
@Georg3Nada 4 ай бұрын
How the hell weed gonna give you anxiety but pcp doesn’t 😂 Dope interview wish I could go back in time to the late 80s early 90s graff was just different back then
@williammccarthy5265
@williammccarthy5265 6 ай бұрын
really cool. cool to see how he was saying how he seen on the trains and why he was randomly fixated on them. that was me growing up. and i always seen DESA wondering
@Sho_Goat
@Sho_Goat 10 ай бұрын
Good ass documentry 🙌🙌
@yommish
@yommish 6 ай бұрын
Dope documentary, making this is a good deed
@gregoryklein7323
@gregoryklein7323 9 ай бұрын
DESA MDV - really enjoyed this one. He didn't talk much about what originally drew him to graffiti, style and outside influence - I'd like to hear that shit.
@KonstantElavation
@KonstantElavation 10 ай бұрын
The homie CEND LSD 👊
@SUFROC
@SUFROC 10 ай бұрын
Most Talked About!!!!
@marc6016
@marc6016 3 ай бұрын
Bushwick legends! So much fun back then. I ran with or ran into a lot of these writers in the late 80's early 90's. Myrtle and Troutman! BLK, BMF, TNS, YKK and many other crews. RIP to those writers that have passed from drugs, accidents or murdered, so sad.
@alwaystired1
@alwaystired1 10 ай бұрын
great vid, i always like straight painting videos but i love the human side of graff too. some really interesting people
@Nicky-uo8zc
@Nicky-uo8zc 4 ай бұрын
What a crazy and interesting life he must have lived.👑👏
@arcanehernandez867
@arcanehernandez867 10 ай бұрын
This is fire 🔥 🙌 funny i just came from the lay up with Dek this past weekend lol...
@Mabu_T_Lusse
@Mabu_T_Lusse 10 ай бұрын
Ok, keep name dropping so you can get clouted up or whateva
@planetalignment2523
@planetalignment2523 10 ай бұрын
Fucking awesome video man cant wait for the next episode!
@headmondronary2127
@headmondronary2127 10 ай бұрын
Recognize alot of the early footage from my book graffiti art which I purchased in 1985 and just about wore that book out. It reached little old New Zealand back then.
@patswayze7359
@patswayze7359 10 ай бұрын
Looks like im about to smoke one and watch a desa documentary...we live in the future
@nyccrimespot
@nyccrimespot 10 ай бұрын
Hell Yea 🔥
@toneriggz
@toneriggz 10 ай бұрын
REE is a good dude. He was big in the 70’s, chilled out in the 80’s but still always had that passion for graff. He does a lot of legal walls now but he’s older. DESA is a legend too, more of a vandal but both paid their dues in their own ways.
@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii
@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii 7 ай бұрын
dude is a criminal
@mno3305
@mno3305 5 ай бұрын
@@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWiievery writer is a criminal that’s just how it is
@KP-ec7mr
@KP-ec7mr 4 ай бұрын
​@@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWiiand what are you going to do about it? 😂😂😂😂😂
@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii
@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii 4 ай бұрын
@@KP-ec7mr I'm gonna own this boy half-moons and rake in the dough, thats what you get for going full vandal
@PR4U2NV
@PR4U2NV 7 ай бұрын
I remember my day's hanging out stories below the subways. Robbing train conductors for their keys. Shout out to Duro, Michelob, Mack2, Rebel, Dondi, Zephyr & Tkid. 149th St. bench where we all met to trade books and find out the best layups for the week.
@headmondronary2127
@headmondronary2127 10 ай бұрын
Big love for the intelligence to be honest and humble but real.
@christianmolina8677
@christianmolina8677 10 ай бұрын
Badass video
@HALOHOLES
@HALOHOLES 10 ай бұрын
thats craazy story since i grew up in Ridgewood i like this nice documentary This is before all the hippies came different times so much change
@tminusnyc2915
@tminusnyc2915 10 ай бұрын
QUEENS GET THE MONEY.
@Xander102
@Xander102 10 ай бұрын
Nice one ☝️
@abnormalarea5288
@abnormalarea5288 9 ай бұрын
ik its anti graft culture to be putting everyones work on front street lately but im loving it I really love hearing all the stories these guys are modern artists
@erichoepelman7764
@erichoepelman7764 10 ай бұрын
Allegedly I use to paint in the 90 and 2000s.
@williamomarra9938
@williamomarra9938 10 ай бұрын
Yesssssss
@Dontbemad1
@Dontbemad1 10 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@dogbog99
@dogbog99 4 ай бұрын
Anyone got the name for the beat/song in the background? 7:30 Greatly appreciated
@DJJS1
@DJJS1 10 ай бұрын
DESA! For The Rush...
@madeyoucitytv
@madeyoucitytv 10 ай бұрын
DESA YOU NYC LEGEND
@JohnGaray
@JohnGaray 10 ай бұрын
Peace Desa, good to know you still good! Grover Cleveland Days.
@AMEHOELA
@AMEHOELA 10 ай бұрын
Wow. That’s quite a story. Man. 🤯
@tertube77
@tertube77 10 ай бұрын
Ahh TKA... Went to LaGuardia HS with him. We did some boosting together. Think I still got his work in a blackbook somewhere. Damn that feels like a lifetime ago.
@eddieelprimoflores5620
@eddieelprimoflores5620 8 ай бұрын
Much respect from chitown homie. Fuckin dope!
@deuceproduction216
@deuceproduction216 10 ай бұрын
HARD!
@jamessones4044
@jamessones4044 9 ай бұрын
Until you’ve done a train depot you don’t know what adrenaline is…🥰💥🥰💥🥰💥🥰💥
@pablogallardo7872
@pablogallardo7872 10 ай бұрын
So sick but in the part2 subtitles in spanish please 🙏🏽🙏🏽
@flybynight4928
@flybynight4928 10 ай бұрын
BROOKLYN KEEPS ON TAKIN IT.... KING DESA 💣👑💪 RIP VE
@eadweard.
@eadweard. 10 ай бұрын
🤢
@daddypig.5796
@daddypig.5796 10 ай бұрын
I wasn’t a tagger. I knocked around with 6 or 7 of the main artists of my city in late 80’s. Some had witnessed the horrors of the Frank Beck situation here in UK, having been child residents of those boarding houses. My mates were out of control. Understandably. They’re all doing ok now in life. Some wrote famous records. Some wrote well known books. Some are running workshops for the next gen of artists. . It could of gone either way for a couple of those guys but I believe graff work is what kept them here. They were focused and out of trouble when working on a piece together. I’ve recently walked past a piece that my mate did in 92. I remember it being done. We all lived around from there back then. Wonderful to see it still up 30 years later and it’s also brilliant how our councils now dedicate certain spots for graff work. There will never be a day I don’t want to see work up. I don’t care much for vandalism but I think there’s a place or two perfect in every city for a touch of graff. I love to see it. It’s bright and colourful.
@Stoney-Jacksman
@Stoney-Jacksman 6 ай бұрын
Don't you consider the bombardment of advertising wherever you look as vandalism? Dedicated spots for graffiti, is like Lion's in a zoo. It defeats the purpose. But you dont seem to get it.
@sayanimslayer3437
@sayanimslayer3437 8 ай бұрын
Big DESA! Much respect!!! FREE CEND!!!!!!! Lock Shit Down!
@D-Sin5
@D-Sin5 10 ай бұрын
Nice, doc. Perfect descrip of, N.Y. bombing culture in the 90's.
@user-ub1uv2dv9f
@user-ub1uv2dv9f 2 ай бұрын
Good stuff,,, LUE 1,,AOW
@parttime9070
@parttime9070 10 ай бұрын
In the Netherlands they had designated graffiti zones along the rail lines and no one tagged the trains..
@differentlystill1846
@differentlystill1846 8 ай бұрын
🔥
@doggydoge3044
@doggydoge3044 3 ай бұрын
What’s the beat name at 20:57?
@lolrip176
@lolrip176 10 ай бұрын
do boston next graf scene been blowing up in the last few years
@meltednostrilsbornwithoutn781
@meltednostrilsbornwithoutn781 10 ай бұрын
"big deal it's a van, it will never be nothing more "😂
@user-pg4qj7vf8t
@user-pg4qj7vf8t 10 ай бұрын
respect
@getbuckposse
@getbuckposse 10 ай бұрын
I think they sampled those bagpipes on House Of Pain “Jump Around”
@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551
@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 10 ай бұрын
Yes Im from Queens and was Bombin the Same Time as Desa I had a good deal of fame too as far as Queens cats from that Era, I was Flik MIK Flik VKS Edit now all thse years later people still call Me that.
@nicholasrella6904
@nicholasrella6904 10 ай бұрын
A lot of those old heads still do murals in the alley behind the train station. You would definitely know a lot of those guys. They told me Slash lives down here now but I don’t think he paints much anymore. Some of those guys still go bombing when they get all drunk. I think they’re out of their minds.
@100hands6
@100hands6 10 ай бұрын
MIK but I never heard of you. Who put you down "Flik"?
@josemunoz-tr5dj
@josemunoz-tr5dj 9 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥😬
@josephsmith6777
@josephsmith6777 9 ай бұрын
Nyc in the 80s and 90s was fkn crazy
@IHYDRO718I
@IHYDRO718I 9 ай бұрын
This was actually pretty dope. I grew up in Bushwick and remember when he came out in the paper. MTA FTR KILLED SHIT !
@Dj_StrifeWon
@Dj_StrifeWon 4 ай бұрын
holy shit, family moved to east new york in late 1800s from sicily, thanks to an earthquake. i was on drew street quite a lot as a youth, white house on the corner that was never raised, theres a rebuild there, drew st. all day
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