Graffiti is NOT one of the four elements of Hip Hop. This is chronologically impossible. "Graffiti" was first born as "Writin' " in NYC in 1969-70, a decade before rap music reached NYC in the late 70s. Hip Hop which began in the early 80s, can not include "graffiti" as one of its elements, because Writin' or Graffiti surfaced decade before Hip Hop. Hip Hop is really the last element of Writin'.
Graffiti is the plural of the italian "graffito." Graffito in english means to scratch or scribble. What you saw on the NYC subways in the early 70s were no "scribbles. Instead, those of us who started Writin' would call our large letter pieces, masterpieces.
We were WRITERS who WROTE OUR NAMES.We were not "graffiti artists." Every time a new face would appear on the scene, we would always ask two questions, "you write?" and "what you wrtie?" Not "do you do graffiti?"
It was the NYT who first baptized an entire Culture with the denigrating term "graffiti" in 1971.
Why this denigration? The only correct answer to this question is: Racism.
If our last names would have been been Rockefeller, Trump, Bloomberg or Kennedy, instead of Ramirez, Jones or Delgado, then those same powers that be would have named the new Culture with a more formal name. Instead of "graffiti", the NYT would have referred to it as "avant garde pop something art." But because it was invented by the children of the Working Class, the powers that be saw fit to denigrate the entire Culture with "graffiti."
Graffiti is the plural of the italian "graffito." Graffito in english means to scratch or scribble. What you saw on the NYC subways in the early 70s were no "scribbles. Instead, those of us who started Writin' would call our large letter pieces, masterpieces.
We were WRITERS who WROTE OUR NAMES.We were not "graffiti artists." Every time a new face would appear on the scene, we would always ask two questions, "you write?" and "what you wrtie?" Not "do you do graffiti?"
It was the NYT who first baptized an entire Culture with the denigrating term "graffiti" in 1971.
Why this denigration? The only correct answer to this question is: Racism.
If our last names would have been been Rockefeller, Trump, Bloomberg or Kennedy, instead of Ramirez, Jones or Delgado, then those same powers that be would have named the new Culture with a more formal name. Instead of "graffiti", the NYT would have referred to it as "avant garde pop something art." But because it was invented by the children of the Working Class, the powers that be saw fit to denigrate the entire Culture with "graffiti."
by MICO March 12, 2015
The streaks left on the sides of the toilet bowl after an explosive bowel movement, particularly after the first flush.
Them: I’ve already flushed twice and there’s still shit stuck on the toilet
Me: That’s the Devil’s Graffiti, baby. You can’t deface what’s already been defaced.
Me: That’s the Devil’s Graffiti, baby. You can’t deface what’s already been defaced.
by link1ater July 26, 2021
by saserone September 16, 2022
A graffiti taggin' squad from northern KY formed from Blood and Crip gang members. PxBGK3TS-ARMY. represented by a purple or black bandana. or the kolour purple.
man1:dude you know jake?
man2:yea man, hes reppin pine st. Crip why?
man1:na dog hes going all city with Graffiti Kingz
man2:dude there shit is crazy!!
man2:yea man, hes reppin pine st. Crip why?
man1:na dog hes going all city with Graffiti Kingz
man2:dude there shit is crazy!!
by fghjk34 June 27, 2011
The first Roller Graffiti mural was painted in Cape Coral, Florida in 1994 by street Artist Daniel Paul using a 3" Shur line paint roller.
by Creativelingo January 17, 2021
When two asses are connected by a nerd rope then a person has to use their mouth to remove the nerds and then insert them in one of the two asses that resembles the Ohio river then the one who didn’t have nerds in there ass has to catch them in there mouth as they squirt or drop out of the ass and the starting person has to lay down and take a load on their back starting the out line of the art and the person with the nerds in there mouth have to make a famous Picasso and if is not approved by there person blowing the load they get beating with the remaining part of the nerd rope.
by lcarpetrondukemarriott June 29, 2022
I wish people would stop leaving all this taco bell graffiti, I mean the brush is right next to the toilet for a reason!
by I piss knowledge December 11, 2020