INTERVIEW BY HECKSTAR

HECK: WHAT DO YOU WRITE AND HOW DID YOU GET YOUR NAME/TAG?

KSTAR: WELL MY NICKNAME IS KARINA AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INFATUATED WITH STARS. THATS HOW KSTAR WAS BORN!

HECK: WHAT CREWS DO YOU PUSH?

KSTAR: JK PREZ..ALL DAY EVERYDAY!! FTR, TPA, KOA, VIC, ETC....

HECK: WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?

KSTAR: BACK IN 87', I USE TO WRITE LR BSK AKA LADY ROC!

HECK: WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID YOU START WRITING IN?

KSTAR: BUSHWICKED!!

HECK: WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT THE HOOD?

KSTAR: PGISM, JIMDOG AND ALL THE COLORFUL PIECES!

HECK: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE FIRST TIME YOU DID YOUR FIRST FILLIN, BURNER, OR PEICE?

KSTAR: THE FIRST TIME I DID A FILLIN IT WAS COLDDDDDD!!! IT WAS A WHITE BALLOON LIKE CIRCLE WITH THE LETTERS LR IN BLACK ON STANHOPE & KNICK. MY FIRST PIECE WAS NERVE WRECKING BUT EXCITING!!

HECK: WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LEGEND IN YOUR EYES?

KSTAR: A LEGEND TO ME IS SEEN, WHO IS A TRUE PIONEER OF THE GRAFFITI WORLD, ONE WHO HAD THE FAME THEN AND STILL HAS THE FAME NOW! ONE WHO HAS MANY VENTURES ALL BASED ON GRAFFITI!

HECK: WHO WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU MET, AND WERE MOST IMPRESSED WITH THEIR WORK?

KSTAR: DAIM, I HAVE NEVER MET HIM BUT HIS WORK IS FASCINATING, I LOVE HIS WORK. SOMEONE WHO I DO KNOW IS SLASH FTR, THE DETAIL IN HIS CREATIONS AND WICKED STYLES ARE PHENOMENAL.

HECK: WHO WOULD YOU SAY INFLUENCED YOU TO START WRITING?

KSTAR: PGISM RIP!! IT'S NOT LIKE I HAD A CHOICE LOL, WHEN I WAS LIKE 11 HE PUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF MARKERS AND STACKSSS OF STICKERS IN MY LAP...

HECK: WOULD YOU SAY YOU GOT INTO GRAFF FOR THE FAME, RESPECT OR SENSE OF SELF-ACHIEVEMENT?

KSTAR: NONE, RESPECT I GOT, FAME DON'T WANT IT, AND AS FAR AS ACHIEVEMENT, I HAVE BIGGER GOALS! AGAIN, I GOT INTO GRAFF BECAUSE OF THE ANSWER ABOVE AND I STILL LOVE IT, ALWAYS DID, ALWAYS WILL!

HECK: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO MAKE PEOPLE RESPECT GRAFF AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU?

KSTAR: EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINIONS ON GRAFF I CAN'T MAKE ANYONE DO ANYTHING AS LONG AS YOU RESPECT ME THEN ITS ALL GOOD!

HECK: HOW DID YOU LEARN TO WRITE?

KSTAR: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!!

HECK: HOW DO YOU GET YOUR PAINT? ANY FUNNY RACKING MISSIONS?

KSTAR: ONE OF THE MANY DAYS GEORGE (PG), NAT AND I WERE RACKING FROM THE MORNING TO THE NIGHT AND WHEN WE FINISHED WE HAD ABOUT 200 CANS EACH!! MY WHOLE TRUNK WAS FULL OF CANS..CAN'T FORGET ALL THE GEAR THAT CAME WITH IT TOO! THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS!

HECK: ANY FUNNY STORIES?

KSTAR: LOTS..NAT CALLS ME UP TALKING ABOUT HE'S DOING A "LEGAL" WALL ON HIS BIRTHDAY, TO COME CHILL. SO I GO BY AND CHECK HIM DOING HIS THING. SKUF & AR STOPPED BY AND DECIDED THEY WERE GONNA CLIMB ON EACH OTHER TO TAKE A HIGH TAG ABOVE NAT'S PIECE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I SEE THIS MAN REACHING OVER THEIR HEADS WITH A GUN AND BEFORE I GOT TO SAY ANYTHING THIS MAN JUST STARTED BUCKING SHOTS AT US!! THE GUYS RAN AROUND THE CORNER AND I RAN TO MY CAR WHICH WAS PARKED RIGHT IN FRONT SO NOW THE DAM MAN IS BUCKING SHOTS AT ME WHILE I AM TRYING TO GET INTO MY CAR, FINALLY GOT IN, RACED OUT, AT THE LIGHT AND BANGED INTO THE BACK OF A BEMA AND KEPT DRIVING...ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE WITH NAT. I JUST REMEMBER WHEN SOMEONE (I WON'T MENTION ANY NAMES) WAS CATCHING A TAG STANDING ON TOP OF A GARBAGE CAN AND FELL INTO IT! THAT WAS FUNNY..

HECK: BEEF: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO GET OFF YOUR CHEST?

KSTAR: DON'T LET IT GET IN THE WAY!! I HAD MORE FUCKING FANS THAN FILLINS, SO I STOPPED WRITING. THE PAPARAZZI WAS TOO MUCH AND I DIDN'T EVEN COME OUT STRONG YET! JEALOUSY KILLS!!

HECK: WHAT ADVISE WOULD YOU GIVE TO WRITERS OUT THERE?

KSTAR: IF YOUR IN IT, STAY IN IT TO WIN IT!!

HECK: HOW DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER YOU BY?

KSTAR: JUST KSTAR!!

HECK: SHOUT OUTS?

KSTAR: TO THE WHOLE JK FAM!!

HECK: FINAL THOUGHTS?

KSTAR: YES, I SHOOT THESE QUESTIONS RIGHT BACK TO YOU HECKSTAR, I'M INTERESTED.

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