TAKI183 INTERVIEWED BY STREET ART NYC

While browsing Hurtyoubad we found this interview on Street Art NYC about the legendary, Taki183. The New Yorker of Greek origin is often incorrectly given the title, “the first graffiti writer”, a status that he was given for being the first graffiti writer to be featured in the media.

It’s always great to read comments by one of the pioneers of modern graffiti, so below we’ve included some excerpts from his answers.

My friends Phil T. Greek and Greg 69 had begun writing their names in the neighborhood. They had most likely been inspired by Julio 204, whose tag first surfaced around 1964.

I didn’t understand why they would waste their time on some kid who was tagging. I thought to myself, “For stupid things they put me into The New York Times. Aren’t there more important things going on in the world?”