INTERVIEW BY HECKSTAR

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

SHORTY140: SHORTY140 GOT IT FROM MY NIGGA SISC R.I.P...

HECK: WHAT CREWS DO YOU PUSH?

SHORTY140: TCS, DWS AND GTP

HECK: WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?

SHORTY140: 1992

HECK: WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID YOU START WRITING IN?

SHORTY140: COLLEGE POINT QUEENS

HECK: WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT THE HOOD?

SHORTY140: THE REAL NIGGAS.

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

SHORTY140: RIGHT THEN AND THERE I KNEW IT WAS FOR ME

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

SHORTY140: THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU PUT IN, CONSISTENCY, AND DEDICATION.

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

SHORTY140: CE, NITE, COOL C, BRUZ ETC.......

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

SHORTY140: ALACRAN, ENCH, BIS, PIZ OLD SCHOOL CORONA WRITERS.

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

SHORTY140: COMPETITION.

HECK: DESCRIBE AN AVERAGE NIGHT OF BOMBIN FOR YOU.

SHORTY140: PIFF, RUSTOS, A BOX CUTTER AND A HOOD.

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

SHORTY140: I'M A FAN BEFORE ANYTHING...I LIVE GRAFFITI.

HECK: HOW DID YOU LEARN TO WRITE?

SHORTY140: THROUGH THE YEARS. PRACTICE.

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

SHORTY140: IT'S 2008 NOW.

HECK: ANY FUNNY STORIES?

SHORTY140: I STEPPED IN SHIT ONE NIGHT AND MY BOY WAS GIVING ME A BOOST, I RUBBED IT ALL OVER HIM.

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

SHORTY140: STOP GOING OVER ME. YA'LL RISKING MY FREEDOM.

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

SHORTY140: BE YOU.

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

SHORTY140: LEGENDARY

HECK: SHOUT OUTS?

SHORTY140: NEP TCH WHATS GOOD HOMIE, SNX THE WHOLE QUEENS LETS GET IT...FREE CENO, UNE, MIKE BROWN ALL MY NIGGAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. BIG REST IN PEACE SHOUT TO MY my BROTHER JAMIE HERNANDEZ...

HECK: FINAL THOUGHTS?

SHORTY140: HATE ME FOR WHO I AM, BUT LOVE ME FOR WHAT I DO.

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