INTERVIEW BY HECKSTAR

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

SERE: SERE ONE 357....I JUST LIKED THE LETTERS. THE WAY THEY FLOW TOGETHER.

HECK: WHAT CREWS DO YOU PUSH?

SERE: I'M DOWN WITH A LOT OF CREWS, BUT THE MAIN CREW I PUSH IS 357...

A FEW OTHERS ARE KRT, BS/BOMB SQUAD, RTD, INKHEADS.MW

HECK: WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?

SERE: I FURST PICKED UP A CAN IN 1986. BUT REALLY STARTED BOMBING

HARD IN 1988. IN 1989, BY THE TIME I STARTED BOMBIN HARD, ALL THE TRAINS WERE COMMING TO AN END

THAT'S WHEN THE CLEAN TRAIN MOVEMENT WAS BOUT TO TAKE PLACE.

HECK: WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID YOU START WRITING IN?

SERE: QUEENS NYC....

HECK: WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT THE HOOD?

SERE: DRINKIN 40'S, WALKIN THREW THE HOODS OF THE BX WITH MY MANS EDEC UW,

BOM5 AND THE REST OF THE MW/UW CREW.

HECK: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE FIRST TIME YOU DID YOUR

FIRST FILLIN, BURNER, OR PEICE?

SERE: I WAS NEVER A PIECER, I WAS A BOMBER. I LOVED DOIN BIG HUGE READABLE

HUGE SILVER STOMPERS. WHETHER IT BE ON FREIGHTS, WALLS, BRIDGES, ROOFS. PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER..

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

SERE: A LEGEND IS SOMEONE WHO HAS PUT IN HIS TIME, AND HAS A FULL KNOWLEDGE

OF THE GRAFF GAME, AND WHO HAS BEEN THRU THE GOOD, BAD, AND THE UGLY AND IS STILL AROUND SMASHING

STUFF OUT. A PERSON WHO DID STUFF IN THERE OWN UNIQUE WAY OR BOMBED CERTAIN SPOTS OR AREAS. SOMEONE

WHO WILL PAINT THE MOST HIDDEN UNDERGROUND SPOTS JUST FOR THE LOVE OF PAINTING AND WHO DOES THEIR

STUFF NICE, CRISP, AND CLEAN.

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

SELF-ACHIEVEMENT?

SERE: I'D HAVE TO SAY A LITTLE OF ALL...IT'S A GOOD FEELING WHEN SOMEONE ASKS

WHAT U WRITE? AND THEY SAY GET OUTTA HERE? THAT'S REALLY U? AND U CATCH A TAG OR OUTLINE IN THERE BOOK

AND THERE EYES LIGHT UP...

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

SERE: I MEAN YOU CAN'T FORCE ANYONE TO RESPECT GRAFF AT ALL...SEE WHAT RUINS

GRAFF IS WHEN U GET THE LIL KIDS WHO START BOMBING HOUSES, AND RESEDENTIAL AREAS. I MEAN EVERYONE STARTS

OFF SOMEWHERE, BUT I SEE MORE GRAFF IN RICH AREAS AND ETCHIN OF CAR WINDOWS AND THAT WASN'T AROUND WHEN

I WAS PAINTING AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE POLITICIANS COME OUT IN FULL FORCE...

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

SERE: WELL WHEN I WAS STARTING TO BOMB IN 1989, THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE FROM MY CREW

THAT WERE ALREADY BOMBING HARD FOR A GOOD 5-10 YEARS BEFORE ME WERE PULLING OFF WHOLE CARS AND REALLY PUTTIN'

IN WORK. GUYS LIKE RD, KK, PK, RP/RIPE, LACE, DE3, SASH, FEC ETC..

HECK: HOW DID YOU LEARN TO WRITE?

SERE: JUST SCRIBBLING ON PAPER HERE AND THERE TRYING DIFFERENT LETTER COMBOS.

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

SERE: WELL I USED TO RACK PAINT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, BUT I'M DONE WITH THAT. I'M

TOO OLD FOR THAT NOW. LOL, BUT I STILL GOT PAINT FOR WHEN AND IF I STILL DECIDE TO GO OUT.

HECK: ANY CRAZY OR FUBBY STORIES

SERE: WELL, ONE RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. ME AND MY BOY BISE WERE DOING BEAMS

HIGH ABOVE THE TRANSIT LINE ONE NIGHT, NOW I DONE IT BEFORE MANY TIMES AND I KNEW HOW TO DO IT WELL..IT WAS

MY BOY BISE'S FIRST TIME. EVERY COUPLE OF FEET, I KEPT LOOKIN OVER ASKIN YOU OK? YOU OK? HE SAID YEAH, YEAH

I LOOKED OVER AGAIN AND I JUST SAW MY BOY FALLING, I'M LIKE HOLYY SHITTT. HE FELL A GOOD 100 FEET TO A HIGHWAY

BELOW..AND GODS WILLING WAY, NO CARS WERE COMING AND HE GOT RIGHT UP WITH NOTHING BUT A BRUISE ON HIS ASS

AND WALKED AWAY LOL. IT WAS DEFINATELY A SCARY MOMENT FOR ME..

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

SERE: BEEF. IT'S ALL OVERRATED, CAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO STEP UP FOR

DOLO AND APPROACH PEOPLE. THEY RUN WITH HUGE CREWS AND WEAPONS. THAT SHITS WACK. DO WHAT U WOULD WITH 10

PEOPLE BEHIND U, DO IT BY YOURSELF. THATS HOW REAL DO WHAT THEY GOTTA...

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

SERE: GRAFFITI IS PRETTY MUCH DEAD NOW, BUT ANYONE COMIN OUT NOW, JUST DO WHAT

YOU GOTTA AND BE UNIQUE

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

SERE: I THINK PEOPLE WOULD REMEMBER ME BY A DUDE WHO PUT A SMASHING ON TO QUEENS LOL

HECK: SHOUT OUTS?

SERE: TO ALL MY CREW MEMBERS...357 CREW...AND TO MY GIRL MELONIE...

HECK: FINAL THOUGHTS?

SERE: THANKS FOR THE INTERVIEW AND STAY UP PEACEEE

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