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Interview with BREW42

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1.(L.A. Crews)-What do u write?

(BREWSKI42)-BREWSKI.

2.(L.A. Crews)-How did u get your name?

(BREWSKI42)-MY FAVORITE BASEBALL TEAM WAS THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS ,BACK IN 1986.SOME OTHER NAMES I WROTE WERE VICE,MAIZE,DEVO,COMIX,DUCK ETC....I WROTE DIFFERENT NAMES UNTIL ONE STUCK. BREW JUST STUCK WITH ME.

3.(L.A. Crews)-What city are u from?

(BREWSKI42)-ALL CITY LOS ANGELES!

4.(L.A. Crews)-What crews are u from?

(BREWSKI42)-IM FROM THE 12 TRIBES :BIG UP! BACK IN THE DAY THE MOST PROMINENT CREWS I WERE FROM WERE: CREATE 2 DEVASTATE,SKILLED TO KILL,DEF CITY KINGS,AND KICKING IT LIVE.IN 1986 I WAS ALSO FROM ON THE RUN,AND CRAZY INSIDE ARTISTS. I ALSO STARTED MY OWN CREWS:VCR CREW,HARD 2 CATCH,SWAT,AND DARK SIDE PRODUCTIONS.

5.(L.A. Crews)-How long have u been writing?. What year did u begin to write???

(BREWSKI42)-AS A YOUTH I WROTE ON STUFF WITH CRAYOLAS. MY FIRST NAME WAS NINJA3 IN 1983/1984.I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE AT THE TIME.

6.(L.A. Crews)-How do it feel to be from one of the most reconized crews in Southern California?

(BREWSKI42)-GRAFFITTI ART IS MY CULTURE ,GRAFFITTI ART IS THE LIFE THAT JAH GAVE ME. I HAVE ALWAYS EXPRESSED MYSELF THROUGHOUT TIME AS A WRITER.I FEEL IT TOTALLY CONTRIBUTED TO MY PERSONALITY.I AM A GRAFFITTI ARTIST.

7.(L.A. Crews)-Did u ever hit Buses?What lines did u kill?who did u see up back then on the busses

(BREWSKI42)-I WAS AN RTD KILLER BEFORE THERE WAS EVEN RTDK!, I LOVED HITTING DRIVERS SIDES ESPECIALLY.I THINK I HIT EVERY RTD LINE AVAILABLE. LONG LIVE THE WRITERS BENCH! I'M JUST ONE OLDE SCHOOL WRITER OUT OF A CHOSEN FEW.I REMEMBER ROB AND SKATE (RIP) WERE THE 217 KINGS,I LOOKED FORWARD TO SEEING MERRY X-MAS EVERY YEAR FROM ROB AND SKATE(2+2=4 PLUS ONE MORE!)!!!

8.(L.A. Crews)-Do u still write? Will u ever stop writing?

(BREWSKI42)-I'M NOW RETIRED FROM WRITING.I GOT A FAMILY TO RAISE.I AM FROM THE 12 TRIBES. AS FOR PAINTING, IT'S PART OF MY LIFE FOR AN ETERNITY. TO BE HONEST I DONT THINK GRAFFITTI IS A BIG DEAL. IT SHOULD ALL BE LEGAL. I'M ALL FOR GRAFFITTI, THE ALMIGHTY GAVE US A GREAT BLESSING ,IF YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN. IF I COULD DO IT AGAIN,I WOULD,NO DOUBT.I TRULLY WOULD LOVE TO SPEND ONE MORE DAY AT THE WRITERS BENCH BACK IN THE DAY.LIKE I SAID THOSE MEMORIES ARE PRICELESS. I WILL ALWAYS BE A PIECER;PAINTING IS IN MY SOUL,ITS SECOND NATURE.GRAFFITTI ART IS MY HIDDEN MANNA.I NO LONGER WRITE, BUT WHEN ROBONE PASSED IN 2000,THE BRETHREN AND I BOMBED AGAIN,IN RESPECT AND LOVING MEMORY OF ROBONE.REST IN PEACE!

9.(L.A. Crews)-How do u stand out from other writers?

(BREWSKI42)-I LOVE TO PAINT,CREATE 2 DEVASTATE HAD THE MOST ABSTRACT COLOR SCHEMES AND LETTERS.I INVENTED THE ONE-LINED THROW-UPS.IM ALSO FROM THE TWELVE TRIBES. JAH RASTAFARI! JESUS CHRIST FIRST!!!!

10.(L.A. Crews)- Whats your most craziest or worse experience in graffiti?

(BREWSKI42)-THE WORST WAS WHEN TERK,SCENT,GNICE AND LILGNICE FROM KICKIN IT LIVE CREW PASSED AWAY;AND WHEN SKATE AND ROB ONE PASSED AWAY ,OLDE SCHOOL GRAFFITTI ART IN MY EYES WAS THROUGH!!!

11.(L.A. Crews)-How do u feel about graffiti crews hooking up with gangs and calling themselves tagbangers?

(BREWSKI42)-TAG-BANGING AND FOX-TV REALLY RUINED THE WHOLE GRAFFITTI SCENE, EVEN IN THESE TIMES YOUTHS DON'T KNOW THEIR CULTURE.FIRE BURN BABYLON.YOUTHS NEED LEGAL WALLS TO PAINT,GRAFFITTI ART NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED AS AN ART FORM GIVEN TO THE CHOSEN ONES .THE HIDDEN MANNA.I THINK IF YOU DONT PAINT,THEN DONT BOTHER.PEOPLE SHOULD LEAVE GRAFFITTI ART TO THOSE WHO RESPECT IT AS A CULTURE AND A WAY OF LIFE.

12.How did u get started in graffiti?any influences???

(BREWSKI42)-I STARTED IN 1983/1984 WITH ROBONE,MECK,PED AND CEPT.MY FIRST NAME WAS NINJA3! MY FIRST CREW WAS VCR(VICE CODE ROB1 CREW) CREW IN 7TH GRADE(1984) I WROTE VICE ONE AT THE TIME,AND MECK WAS CODE. PAN PACIFIC,MOTOR,BELMONT,RTA,AND KSN YARDS WERE MY INFLUENCES.THE BEST YARD EVER WAS PAN PACIFIC.I WAS INFLUENCED BY C2D AND KIL CREWS.

13.(L.A. Crews)- Have u ever got caught writing or racking?

(BREWSKI42)-MAN I WAS CAUGHT RACKING ONCE IN KMART BACK IN 1990.I WAS RACKING DICKIES AND WORK BOOTS AS FOR WRITING I GOT BUSTED IN 1988 PAINTING IN A "DSP" PIECE IN THE VALLEY,THE POLICE EVENTUALLY DROPPED THE CHARGES BECAUSE WE HAD PERMISSION,BUT IT STAYED ON MY JUVENILE RECORD.I GOT POPPED ONCE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD TO DO SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE.

14.(L.A. Crews)-Have u ever hit freeways?

(BREWSKI42)-I WAS ALL-CITY,I LIKED PIECING FREEWAYS AND DOING THROW-UPS!

15.(L.A. Crews)-Have u ever battled anyone? or any crews?

(BREWSKI42)-I HAD MY SHARE OF BATTLES.

16.(L.A. Crews)-What do u like to write with?

(BREWSKI42)-HOME-MADES! I LOVED WRITING WITH EDDINGS.I ALSO LOVED MEAN-STREAKS,UNI-PAINTS(PX30),PILOTS,WHITE-OUTS,SCRIBERS,PENTELS,SAKURAS,MAGNUMS,BUCKET PAINT ....I LOVED IT ALL.!!!!!

17.(L.A. Crews)-Whats your favorite Krylon color to "GET-UP" with or pieces with?

(BREWSKI42)-MY FAVORITE COLORS TO PAINT WITH WERE SCHOOL BUS YELLOW,JUNGLE GREEN,CHERRY RED,HOT PINK,TRUE BLUE AND IVORY...

18.(L.A. Crews)-Do u have any beef wtih anyone or any crews?

(BREWSKI42)- NO BEEFS. JAHLOVE TO EVERYONE.FIRE BURN BABYLON!!!!!!

19.(L.A. Crews)- What did u like about the oldschool days?

(BREWSKI42)-THE WRITERS BENCH,YARDS,RACKING,MAKING FAKE BUS PASSES,AND GANKING FLUID! I ENJOYED BREAKING ON HOLLYWOOD AND HIGHLAND!THOSE MEMORIES ARE WORTH MORE THAN SILVER AND GOLD.I THINK ABOUT MY PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY FREQUENTLY.I MISS WALKING DOWN FAIRFAX AND SEEING EVERYONE FROM KIL CREW AND SKATE AND ROB FROM CBS! I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF JOHN BURROUGHS JUNIOR HIGH AND FAIRFAX HIGH! THOSE SCHOOLS WERE ESSENTIAL TO OLD SCHOOL L.A. GRAFF.

20.(L.A. Crews)- How has graffiti changed from back them till now?

(BREWSKI42)- THE YOUTHS TODAY ARE STUCK WITH HALF-TRUTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS OF HOW THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE,GRAFFITTI ART WAS STARTED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO GANGS,VIOLENCE AND DRUGS.HIP HOP HAS BEEN INVADED BY PRO-BABYLONIANS WHO ONLY PROMOTE PAGAN RAP COMMERCIALS WITH RENTED CARS,GANG VIOLENCE,JEWELRY AND DISRESPECT TO WOMEN.THATS NOT HIP-HOP,THATS BABYLON.I THINK IF YOU DONT PIECE,DONT WRITE AND PLEASE DONT RHYME.

21.(L.A. Crews)- Do u have any last words or advise for anyone?

(BREWSKI42)-MY YOUTHS :DON'T WAR WITH MANKIND,DON'T LET BABYLON USE YOU TO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR BROTHERS. I SUPPORT PIECERS IN ALL ASPECTS.BIG UP ALL JAH'S PEOPLE. PROPS TO ALL REAL B-BOYS AND BREAKERS! MOST OF ALL: READ YOUR BIBLE ONE CHAPTER A DAY.12 TRIBES AND PROPHET GAD LEAD THE WAY.THE WEST IS PERISHING.JAH RASTAFARI.SELASSIE I!JESUS CHRIST SAVES!!!!!!!I PRAISE THE HOLY TRINITY CONTINUALLY FOR KEEPING ME ALIVE IN THESE TIMES!ETHIOPIA #1 ! PEACE OUT AND JAHLOVE FROM THE NORTHGATER. I ALSO WANT TO SEND MY LOVE TO THE OLDE SCHOOL: C2D,KIL,DCK,STK AND TWC! REST IN PEACE ROB,SKATE,SCENT,TERK,GNICE,AND LIL-GNICE!!!!!


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