INTERVIEW BY HECKSTAR

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

RABE: I WRITE RABE..I GOT MY TAG FROM THIS KID IN BUSHWICK WHO WROTE RACE..TOOK OUT THE C AND ADDED A B..RADISHING AND BETTER EVERY DAY

HECK: WHAT CREWS DO YOU PUSH?

RABE: MSD, UF, CDS, GLK, TPA, KOA, BBK, KMS, MGM, 146, VIC, JK ETC.

HECK: WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?

RABE: I STARTING WRITING IN 1991 AND FOREVER WILL BE

HECK: WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID YOU START WRITING IN?

RABE: I STARTED BOMBIN WITH MY MAN LARGE IN QUEENS, AND MADE MY WAY TO BUSHWICK..FROM THERE IT WAS MURDER.

HECK: WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT THE HOOD?

RABE: I MISS HANGIN OUT AND BOMBIN WITH MY NIGGAS.

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

RABE: FIRST I DID A BLOCKBUSTER IN QUEENS..I HIT A GARBAGE TRUCK WITH A BLOCK STRAIGHT LETTER. I SEEN IT 2 DAYS LATER AND FELT THE ADDRENALINE...AFTER THAT I WAS AMPED TO KEEP WRECKIN SHIT.

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

RABE: TO ME LEGENDS ARE NIGGA'S WHO WRECKED THE TRAIN ERA..SEEN, REVOLT, CAP, BLADE, ZEPHYR AND THEN AFTER THAT...STREET BOMBIN...JOZ & EASY AND JOSH5

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

RABE: I DID IT CAUSE I CAME FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT WAS BIG...I WANTED TO BE ON TOP OF THE GAME..I ALWAYS LIKED IT...EVEN BEFORE IT BECAME STREET BOMBIN.

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

RABE: GRAFF GAME TO ME IS LIKE A SPORT...YOU HAVE ROOKIES AND LEGENDS...IT'S A LEAGUE OF IT'S OWN...TO ME IT'S NOT JUST VANDALISM..IT MAKES THE WALLS LOOK MUCH BETTER.

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

RABE: KP AND DF..I USED TO SEE THEM UP WHEN I WAS YOUNGER...I USED TO SEE THEM UP AND I WANTED TO DO THE SAME.. MIND YOU I WAS ONLY 7 OR 8, SO I'VE REALLY HAD THE GRAFF GAME IN MY HEAD FOR A WHILE..

HECK: HOW DID YOU LEARN TO WRITE?

RABE: BLACKBOOKS, AND THEN I TOOK IT TO THE WALLS. BLACKBOOKS AND WALLS ARE VERY DIFFERENT..DON'T THINK BECAUSE YOU CAN WRITE IN A BOOK, YOU CAN WRITE ON A WALL...YOU GOT THAT PRESSURE AND THE RUSH.

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

RABE: I NEVER BOUGHT PAINT. I NEVER BOUGHT MARKERS...STRAIGHT 5 FINGER DISCOUNT..

HECK: ANY FUNNY STORIES?

RABE: ONE TIME ME, NAT, KSTAR AND A COUPLE CATS FROM QUEENS WERE HITTING UP DELANCY ST..I WAS COPPIN A TAG AND WE STARTED TO HERE SIRENS EVERYWHERE..I WAS LIKE OH SHIT...NAT SAYS "LETS BE OUT"...TURNED AROUND AND THE NIGGA WAS GONE! ME, KSTAR AND THE OTHER DUDES RAN DOWN TO BOWERY TRAIN STATION, HOPPED THE TURNSTYLE AND RAN THROUGH THE TUNNELS..I WAS LAUGHING THOUGH THE WHOLE THING..SHIT HAPPENED MAD FAST. WE CAME OUT OF ESSEX ST, MET UP WITH NAT AND BOUNCED BACK TO BUSHWICK...

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

RABE: BEEF...TO ME, A NIGGAS GOES OVER YOU...YOU SHOOT THE FAIR ONE...IF NOT, RUN YOUR PAINT...I'M TAKIN IT...

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

RABE: DON'T COME IN THE GAME IF YOUR NOT GONNA DO IT TO THE FULLEST...THERE'S NO SPACE ON THE WALLS FOR NIGGAS WHO DON'T TAKE THE GAME SERIOUS.

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

RABE: AS A NIGGA THAT USED TO GO ALL OUT FOR HIS NAME..

HECK: SHOUT OUTS?

RABE: RIP TO PG, VE, ASP, CHECO, SHOW, REC...SHOUT OUTS TO HECK, ZEKO, LARGE, NAT, NASH, RISE, PEAK, DIVA, POET, AC2, SLASH, KEZ5, SKUF, SPOT, WEB 113, RAD, WINK, VN, HOOCH, IM ONE, NEW, GI, SMUG, RLC

HECK: FINAL THOUGHTS?

RABE: THE GRAFF GAME GOT NIGGAS SCARED TO WRITE THESE DAYS....WE NEED TO UNITE AND TAKE BACK THE STREETS

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