#362 REE MTA (ORIGINAL 70s NY GRAFFITI WRITER)

On todays podcast, we are on location in North London at VIP Graffiti paint to meet a 1st generation 70’s New York Graffiti legend by the name of REE from the notorious MTA crew 🔥👑🔥 And we’re talking Graffiti from the very beginning of the NY era - the Buses, the trains, the missions. The 70’s and 80’s gang culture, the graffiti battles, early paint brands, train piecing and way more…  This is a rare and unique chat with one of the key people in early graffiti, who can actually talk on the accounts of 70’s New York.. this is Ree MTA’s podcast! TIMESTAMPS  (0:00) MEET REE MTA (3:06) PAINT THEN VS NOW (5:14) EARLY 70S WRITER (10:22) NEW YORK SCENE (11:25) 1ST GENERATION RISKS (12:51) PROGRESSION & LEARNING (15:04) MTA (17:28) FREQUENCY (18:41) RARE STORIES (20:50) STREET CULTURE CREATIVITY (21:42) LEGENDARY STATUS (23:53) TRAIN TALK (29:35) RACKING (34:00) WHY HE STOPPED WRITING (37:16) THE BATTLES (42:45) STYLE WARS ERA (44:39) ENJOYING THE CULTURE (45:39) MEET JOKER (49:58) THE FUTURE (51:29) VIP GRAFFITI CELEBRATION