The History of Graffiti by Dwayne Smith

Modern graffiti was created.

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Philadelphia in the early 1960s modern graffiti was created.

Subway Wars

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March 3 1970,Gangs tagged everywhere and anywhere there gang went to mark their territory.

Graffiti a crime?

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June 8 1980.During the 80's graffiti became associated with hip hop in movies graffiti was seen as a bad thing and crimes.

Graffiti became popular in New York.

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Late 1960-Early 1970s New York,Graffiti reached New York and became a hit in the area.

New styles

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Jul 12 2000,Mass production of art products and access to to the internet to see pictures all over the world, new styles and technique that evolved quickly

Phase 2

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Phase 2 was born Michael Lawrence Marrow on Aug. 2, 1955, in Manhattan. He was raised primarily in the Bronx, in the Forest Houses projects, and attended DeWitt Clinton High School, which in the early 1970s was rapidly becoming a graffiti hotbed.

Improving himself

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His lettering constantly changed you never saw his tag repeat itself. He was constantly trying to improve on his art, destroying his previous style.He also helped form the United Graffiti Artists collective, of which Phase 2 he was a member of the group in 1972.

Phase 2 Death

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Phase 2 died on December 12 2019 because amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease one of the greatest graffiti artist taken from making more art because of disease

The Art

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Hip hop has a lot of parts and we chose graffiti.In this art, we made an art piece with the vocal point being the bubble letters and smaller piece.Being how we see ourselves and others and that everyone is royalty and is capable of great things.