Originally posted by BD
when i first moved to new york in 96, i used to hang out with this guy... he wasn't homeless, but he panhandled on park ave at like 18th. i used to
pass by him all the time, but one night he was drawing in a graffiti black book and that caught my eye so we started taking.
i guess he had a lot of odd jobs, including doing occasional art work for record labels, but he'd panhandle near union square to make a few extra
bucks. anyways, when i'd see him, i'd stop and shoot the shit and we'd draw a little. he was definitely a good writer - i still have a few of his
pieces around here somewhere.
one of the jobs he did was promotions, which in this case meant plastering everything possible with stickers and posters for an event or release or
whatever. anyway, one night he gave me a stack of these 10" stickers for xzibit and mobb deep.
when i saw this, i was like, 'oh shit!' - i thought they totally ripped it off. i didn't know about any collaboration at the time (i was still trying
to get that horrible judgement night outta my head from years earlier!).
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