My first real encounter with graffiti began with an exchange in Pamiers, where JOMER’s tags opened my eyes to a new visual language. Not long after, in 1993, a TOO STRONG concert at the Youth Center hit me with the full force of hip hop culture. Outside, a wall painted by ATOM, MASON, and SHARK showed me what style could look like in its purest form. Around the same time, hardcore energy arrived from New York City when MADBALL and CROWN OF THORNZ played the same small venue. Those moments fused music, attitude, and graffiti into one defining spark.
Since 1994, I’ve made yearly trips to Berlin, drawn to the S‑Bahn lines S1 and S2 around Schöneberg, especially the stretch from Yorckstraße. Those rides became moving style studies. Each visit included stops at GHETTOSTARS, later DOWNSTAIRS Graffiti Shop.
Traveling with the Deutsche Bahn Schönes‑Wochenende‑Ticket for 15 marks, I spent countless weekends on the rails—heading to Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Frankfurt, and Wiesbaden. Those trips were all about reaching the local Halls of Fame, meeting writers, and painting new walls in every city I could reach.
Throughout the 1990s, I visited countless hip hop jams during what many call the Golden Era. Events like the Freiburg Vauban Barracks Jam in 1996 and the Battle of the Year 1997 in Celle were milestones—places where music, dance, and graffiti came together and pushed my style and motivation forward.
From 1996 on, I built close ties with the Frankfurt graffiti scene.A year later, the first Wall Street Meeting at the Wiesbaden Schlachthof became a turning point. Seeing artists from around the world— especially the big names from New York Scene.
Studying architecture in Würzburg and completing my thesis in Madrid in 2004 added a new cultural layer to my life. During that time, I painted collaborative murals with LC7, and being finally accepted into the crew.
Since 2017, I’ve traveled to New York City every year, reconnecting with the roots that first inspired me. Painting in The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn, I shared walls with YTS and later GAK, whose energy and tradition pushed my style forward. Being accepted into both groups marked a meaningful return to the source and a new chapter in my graffiti life.
