When I was a teenager, I worked at an ice cream store in a mall and would trade ice cream for food to a local graffiti artist who worked at the Panda Express. We became friends through this haha. He was well known and respected in the local graffiti community. He would have me roll with him on countless occasions to "hit up" and in the process we would have some amazing conversations. Sometimes they were whispered to keep from being caught, other times we could relax more and drink some tall cans and smoke a joint. This friendship although in a risky setting kept me from getting in a lot of trouble in other aspects of my life. As I got older, he was there to guide me on the right path. Getting a career, being present for my daughter, learning to manage my anger and spread love. This episode made me feel like I was that 17-year-old fearless kid again watching my older homies back while getting kicked some knowledge from an OG. RIP King PLEX 83

Bushcamp was a perfect guy to interview/have as a guide for this video. You can tell how passionate he is about this stuff ! Great vid Tommy

i dont think u realise how much of a legend niceo is.. Dude gets up and BIG too.. All writers take part in tagging no matter the skill level.. it is the fundamental part of graffiti.

Pretty soon tommy is gonna be in the middle of a war interviewing soldiers and running through cover for his documentaries. Dude is dedicated. What an amazing job.

Love it, but I wish it was longer and more in depth. With NYC's graffiti history there are so many old school writers and other more current writers you could have also linked with. With NYC graf there's so much history and so many stories to be told. But im glad you covered the tiny bit you did.

Pleaseeee film graffiti bombers its a totally different game. climbing buildings, catching fills infront of people, running from the feds. Alot of writers like the rush of being in the streets and not chill spots like this hahaha no hate but it would be way more interesting

Shoutout to all the people keeping the graffiti culture alive, and shoutout to Tommy for making great content.

I love that tommy is getting his well deserved fame filming these documentaries showing people the dark side of life. Much love brother ❤

Im a writer from nyc and was literally praying you would do something like this. I know all these guys and this video just made my day

Shoutout to all the NYC writers putting in work keeping the culture alive!

This brought back some good memories! Climbing on rooftops and bridges, running from the cops. Some of the most fun I ever had!

Firefighters goin down for their “smoke” break. Hahaha We need full hour long episodes!

Props to the firefighters for being so chill about it. They even wrote cavemen for giggles, lol. I used to be a pretty big writer in the mid 90's early 20's. I really miss those days

This is very cool. As a writer my self, tunnels and chill spots like those are only a part of the scene. Lots of writers hit red hot spots that are very visible and dangerous. Those writers focus on getting up than dropping burners in a chill spot.

I used to be a writer and have done a ton of missions with real crews, not trying to catch any felonies for trains or throwups at this point in my life but graffiti helped shape me as a teen. Big ups to the writers still out there doing their thing and expressing themselves. Good to see it still alive in some sense. Long live NYC Graff. Shoutout JA, Klops, Cope,TFV, EZK.

Bushcamp is a G bro. Most of the graffiti artist I know are older people. Their prime was in the 90’s.

I’ve been part of the graff scene since I was 13 and I’m 22 now. Im one of the very few younger writers in my city (New Haven, CT) that breathes graff. People still do it, but not as many young writers do it fr they just fucking around. So I love that you’re exposing my generation to this way of life. My Pops wrote in Brooklyn in the 90s and I used to love taking the train down w him as a kid and seeing the pieces. THANK YOU Tommy G for documenting this iconic part of American culture ❤🙏

Shoutout to tommy for putting all his time into these videos. ❤

I only came across your channel today and so far I've now spent the past few hours watching your video's and think they're great. You and your crew do an amazing job because your all respectful towards everyone you interview, you come across as a really likeable character that asks the right questions so us viewers aren't left scratching our heads. Love to see alot more on people in America as I live in London UK and we have alot of similar issues but not come across anyone yet that does what you guy's do. Lol.

That dude is my favorite from any doc so far. What a legend. This video was dope

As a person that lives next to a Fire House, It Was Way More Suspicious Those Fire Fighters Was There! What Fire? Who Needed Assistance?

bro said nobody was about to pull up lmaoo the whole fire department came outta nowhere

Bush is so natural and funny on camera for these types of gritty documentaries lol

10:23 Miguel is a real one 😂😂

I never saw this coming. I got into the game when I was a lil kid. A lot of talent in the city. Rip Zexor WTO and shout out to graffiti wanderer

When he said bushcamp I knew it was niceo....nyc legend

i love the wibe down in the tunnels, seems like a chill spot to go and check out. It reminds me of when i just walked the trainline taking photos and looking for cool spots to paint. Now i only paint semilegal walls under the highway. But back in the days we where hitting subway stations! Its so quiet at the same time you can feel the adrenaline rush when you hear a noise. And i love to take the subway to the station the next day to check it out before they buff it. Much love from Oslo Norway! :)

If that Amtrak train in the tunnel was actually blowing its horn and not just an SFX you put on after the fact then the conductor definitely saw you because they never use their horn underground in NYC.

Man as a writer it’s hurts me to hear Tommy trashing tags and toy work. You don’t understand and that’s cool but try to learn before trashing people for getting up. You wouldn’t have That beautiful work without that person starting doing trash tags. It’s all apart of the process and it’s all art.

Tommy covering the graph scene is dope 🔥🔥

Bushcamp is a living legend anywhere you go. If you spray, you know Bushcamp.

By far favorite video. Explore more of the underground physical art scene. It’s the art of our day.

That’s niceo dudes a legend . Keep the graff stuff coming

Hyped for this one...Tommy G + Underground shit + Graffiti =🔥🔥🔥🐶

He needs to do a documentary with real street writers! Hitting up billboards,rooftops,buildings,freeways street signs hiding from cops and people

I wonder if they got silent alarms on those doors. Maybe that's why the fire department showed up. That's crazy af though. Dope video G

YESS!! thanks for delivering. i requested this like... a couple months ago. once again, love you tommy.

i feel like the “caveman” tag while you guys were gone was the fire dept messing with you if you were to come back😭

I've been writing for so long I don't even really give it much thought. I'm a grown ass man. Lol honestly I'll prolly do it till I die. I got into it through art and breakdancing, then tattooing. Painting letters as tall as you can reach is so much fun. It's a love letter to the streets. FGCrew 512 ATX

Great video! I love BushCamp gear, especially the T-shirts! Nice is my favorite!

You can see the passion and the artistry that resides within BUSHCAMP it is unearthly

By far one of the most interesting topics you've talked about, when I was a kid I was always curious about graffiti and the culture around it. Thank you for this amazing video :)))

Now New York and Philadelphia lead the carjacking race! Such innovators

So many different cities you could do this in. Detroit, LA, SF etc. I wish this vid was 3 times longer. But thanks for this. Loved graff since 92’ and will forever love it.

yo my guy the production value and overall flow of your vids have gotten so much cleaner bro! keep that shit comin!

Cool guy. He was really chill about explaining tags, getting up, and pieces to you. I’m mad jealous of the spots in New York.

I love Graff I'm from UK and I've seen some amazing stuff . Especially in Spain they had some of the illest shiz I e ever seen in Seville . Its nice to see the Big Apple writers doing their stuff big respect to all the real writers out there fr. That Raekwon piece was priceless . This guy was a real one great content Tommy u killing it atm.

Not me sitting outside a tire shop in Wichita “out of town” from Kansas City & being right next to a train watching all of the ART going by feet away from me admiring the talent…then this man Tommy popping up with a history of ART!

Tommy is such a good KZfaqr I love all his videos keep up the good work!

Lmao I love how he said they can’t get in from there and then they do

Tommy you blew up for real dawg! Your on the 1 mill grind now my brother. You got it no problem💯💯 great video big dawg

The freedom tunnels (the place this was recorded) is an amazing place, me and my friends go there sometimes. Its wild down there cus sometimes homeless guys chill there and u gotta watch out cus theyre dangerous

every jump cut in the first 50 sec didnt need that shoowsh noise lmao

I found you through the KIA boyz video and ive binged watched all your videos since

8:08 " Yeah but ten thousand times may not be your number" 💯

Tommy with another banger.

Been on the Graff game for a few years now, seeing Tommy posting bout the art of it all it's crazy keeping up !🔥💪🏻

i’ve been waiting for a graff episode

If you are struggling with addiction, trauma, gang life, depression, I implore you to explore the world of writing art. Trust me.

i was just out hitting the streets last night and wake up to this video. Tommy rlly knows whats up, still got paint on my fingers as i type lmao

big OG Niceo! no shit, dude. this guy has no idea he's in the presence of greatness. what a fucking guide to have. truly a once in a lifetime experience. shoutout all my AUB's OSH PT's (@6:04) BTM's 3A's IBU's MDP's holding down the PNW and west coast in NYC. FreshPaint is a cool dude, too. love his channel.

As an amateur writer i enjoyed this alot! Please do more graffiti related videos.

These videos go CRAZY!

This has to be one on my favorites tommy g documentaries. That ending was epic “fuq all y’all” 😂 & that “nice” piece was beautiful .

Graffiti is a brilliant form of art especially when it's good pieces not just tags. It would brighten up cities and towns if they let portions of the walls and buildings be used as art platforms. The colours the styles the creativity it's limitless. Cool video

Being from a smaller city compared to New York, its crazy the amount of space and buildings you guys have to scale and get up.

Support Tommy G at all cost! Big dawg gotta eat to keep these fire ass episodes going 🔥🔥🔥

That was wild lmao bushcamp an OG

CM is not only a movement. It is definitely the criminal minded brand straight Outta NYC. Thanks for showing my brother Much love Tommy G. Respect Milwaukee and all those with the criminal minded state of mind of prosperity across the globe. We are all CM. Thanks for your support. Keep truth. Keep graffiti, keep hip-hop culture alive. . My brother and our family thank you! Peace and love from Kev Lova, aka Chicken Lova aka Kev Hutch aka Philly Blunt CM , CMOM.

We love tommy g

“I love being by myself a lot” so relatable

This culture is unmatched props to you for making this! This scene has so much history!

I have always been interested in graffiti since I was a kid. I love the different styles and colors and how from place to place how it differs. I went to Germany and their Graffiti has different styles over there.

pleasee make more graffiti documentarys they are so good!

As a long term writer myself it's good to see youtubers checking the scene out! Peace from Australia!

Bush camp has talent!!!

As a life long Graff writer I appreciate you making this doc

Bushcamp is lit good episode

I couldn't find anything enjoyable to watch and then tomy g posted video!!! Love ya bro keep up the amazing work

We are gonna look back and use this dudes shit in history class. He documents and gives voices to the people who aren't heard and understood. He gives a great platform for all walks of life. Thank you Tommy!

I love the video as always! Crazy the things you document! Happy to see the subs going up!!👏🏻 Video idea…catching big river catfish by hand, noodling! I’d love to see your take on that eventually even though you probably have better ideas already

he aint worried bout anybody coming thru that door lol😂 fire department comes thru

You have to do another video with Bushcamp, this was amazing :)

Finally someone made a good graffiti documentary glad that he make a documentary of something i do

Wow , Niceo is a legend for sure. I didn't know he has been writing so long. Also, Billy from the Graffiti Wanderer channel is dope af. Thanks for the great content

The video all New Yorkers have been waiting for 🔥💯

Each upload is a banger!!! Thanks for showing us the inside of certain hobbies🤟🏻

So does anyone know why the fire department was there? Was it because they went through a fire exit?

these videos r always incredibly interesting and well made. loved this, hope ur doing great Tommy

Dope video. Wasn’t expecting to see the graffiti wanderer ! Stay up!

My man loves them murder creek jammerz! Shesh🔥🔥🔥

The videos I’ve been waiting for

I jus got in from painting smoning a fatty now ha mad

Do a sequel! This was very interesting and entertaining

There's an FDNY firehouse in that area that refers to themselves as "the cavemen" so that tag was very likely a member doing an inspection and seeing the fresh paint

Thank you so much for representing graff writers!

Tommy may not be pregnant but he never fails to deliver🎉

Dope! Now go to the West Coast and hang with those graffiti artists. Let the world see how crazy diverse graffiti artists are, yet it’s all one culture. Simply beautiful.

Bro that WOULD HAPPEN with the firefighters🤣 Tommy really comes around and the 1 in a million happens !

BIG DAWGS GOTTA EAT