INTERVIEW BY HECKSTAR

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

RE: RE WAS ORIGINALLY SHORT FOR REAPS WHICH WAS THE FIRST NAME I STUCK WITH. I JUST SHORTENED IT TO RE.

HECK: WHAT CREWS DO YOU PUSH?

RE: I PUSH 357 TDO TNC IB & JBC.

HECK: WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?

RE: I ALWAYS TOOK LITTLE TAGS FOR AS LONG AS I REMEMBER & ALWAYS FOLLOWED GRAFF TAKING PLACE IN THE STREETS. I STARTED FOR REAL IN 97 IN JERSEY, BOUNCED AROUND THE 5 BOROS & TOOK A BREAK THEN BACK IN 2003.

HECK: WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID YOU START WRITING IN?

RE: I STARTED IN JERSEY CITY. BACK THEN THERE WAS A BIG STREET BOMBING/TAGGIN SCENE GOIN ON. TAGS WERE THE THING BACK THEN & THATS WHAT MADE ME WANT TO BOMB.

HECK: WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT THE HOOD?

RE: I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF I GET OUT OF HERE. BUT NO REALLY, THE HOOD IS THE BEST PLACE TO BOMB. TO ME MANHATTAN COMES AFTER YOU DO YOUR THING IN THE HOOD. IT ALWAYS COMES FIRST.

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

RE: SHIT, I WAS NEVER INTO FILLINS, BUT MY BOY JONER THAT I BOMBED WITH LIKED DOIN EM'... ALL I REMEMBER WAS FUCKIN THEM UP LOL...I NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT PIECES GROWING UP...I'D TAG A TAG OVER A PIECE ANY DAY.

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

RE: LONGEVITY & CONSISTANCY.

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

RE: SHIT IN THE BEGINNING WE ALL WANT SOME FAME & RECOGNITION. A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THERES FOR A BIT THEN FALL OVER. I COULD GIVE A SHIT IF YOU LOVE ME OR HATE ME. I JUST WANNA GET UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

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

RE: PERSONALLY I DON'T CARE IF PEOPLE LIKE IT. I FEEL IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REBELLIOUS. SHIT IF EVERYONE LIKED IT, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO IT..

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

RE: DAMN DEFINATELY OLD JERSEY CITY HEADS LIKE WHAT 4 & CHOKE. NEW YORK WISE I'D HAVE TO SAY HEC, NOSE, SUE, RD, DE3, EVER, JAZE, DEAL RFC, EASY, LOUIE 167, BESTER, CHAD, RUEL, ASTRO ETC...

HECK: HOW DID YOU LEARN TO WRITE?

RE: WATCHING THE PEOPLE NAMED ABOVE GET UP. I NOTICED THE SPOTS THEY HIT. HOW BIG THERE TAGS WERE & THE TYPES OF SPOTS THEY CAUGHT ON THE WALLS.

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

RE: RACKING AINT MY THING ANYMORE EXCEPT FOR A FEW CANS HERE & THERE FROM STRAUSS WHEN I'M DRUNK LOL.

HECK: ANY FUNNY STORIES?

RE: SHIT TOO MANY TO MENTION WITH THE WAY STREETS ARE NOWADAYS. BUT THAT'S WHAT ALSO MAKES THE STREETS WHERE IT'S AT. PURE EXCITEMENT. FUCK ALL THAT DUMB CLIMBIING AROUND SHIT. I LIKE MY SHIT STREET LEVEL.

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

RE: IDK FOR WHATEVER REASON I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF BEEF...I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF IT BUT IT KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED & CAN MAKE THINGS INTERESTING FROM TIME TO TIME. THE ONLINE SHIT I LEARNED NOT TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY CAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS BACK DOWN & COP PLEAS WHEN APPROACHED. THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE SHOULD STICK TO LEGAL SPOTS & DO THERE BULLSHIT PIECES.

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

RE: IF YOUR NOT PUTTING IN WORK, YOUR OPINION MEANS NOTHING. IF YOU FEEL FROGGY THEN LEAP LOL.

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

RE: FOR DOING MY SHARE OF STREETS & BEING PART OF THE 357 LEGACY

HECK: SHOUT OUTS?

RE: SHOUT OUTS TO THE WHOLE 357 FAMILY, TNC FROM BROOKLYN, CLAS FROM NEW JERZ, IB TDOUTLAWS, RIM, DIRTYONES CBS FROM THE SOUTH BRONX & MY BOYS FROM JERSEY 45. PEACE.

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