INTERVIEW BY HECKSTAR

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

WEZ: YO WHAT'S GOOD? I WRITE WEZ, BEEN WRITIN WEZ SINCE ABOUT 2000/2001. BASICALLY I USED TO WRITE EVERY NAME UNDER THE SUN AND FINALLY I STARTED WRITIN WEZ AND I JUST CLICKED.

HECK: WHAT CREWS DO YOU PUSH?

WEZ: CURRENTLY I PUSH THE LEGENDARY NYC CREW TPA AS WELL AS NL (NEXT LEVEL) WHICH IS POEM'S CREW, VK AND WAL WHICH ARE LOCAL CREWS.

HECK: WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?

WEZ: BASICALLY I GOT INTO GRAFFITI AROUND 93/94. I SAW THE 94 PATERSON GRAF-A-THON PICTURES IN CRAZY KINGS MAGAZINE AND MADE MY POPS TAKE ME FOR FLICKS. ONCE I SEEN IT IN PERSON IT WAS ALL OVER AND MY OBSESSION WITH GRAFFITI HAD JUST BEGUN. I WOULD SAY I REALLY STARTED PIECING AROUND 200/2001.

HECK: WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID YOU START WRITING IN?

WEZ: BASICALLY THERE WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE SCENE IN MY CITY WHICH WAS MOSTLY SPARKED BY A FEW NYC TRANSPLANTS.

HECK: WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT THE HOOD?

WEZ: I'M STILL HERE HOLDIN IT DOWN!!

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

WEZ: HAHA THAT SHITS CRAZY. THEIRS THIS PARK RIGHT BY MY HOUSE AND IT HAD A BEAT UP BASKETBALL COURT. YOU KNOW WE WERE ALREADY ALL GOING BY GRAFF NAMES BUT NONE OF US HAD WRITTEN SHIT YET. I WAS THE FIRST. I HAD MY BOY COME WITH ME TO THE PART AS A "LOOK OUT" I WAS SO SHOOK. I DID THE LITTLEST PIECE ANYONE COULD IMAGINE WITH SOME 98 CENT WALMART PAINT. I WAS SHOOK THE WHOLE FUCKIN TIME. SERIOUSLY THE PIECE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BIGGER THAN 1-2 FEET. IT WAS HORRIBLE. DAMM I WISH I COULD HAVE THEM DAYS BACK. GOOD TIMES.

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

WEZ: TO ME THE WHOLE LEGEND STUFF IS KINDA OVERRATED. WE WRITE ON WALLS AND TRAINS. WE AREN'T EXACTLY SAVING LIVES. I THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA USE LEGEND, I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE USUALL LIKE COPE, ZEPHYR AND BLADE..THE LIST COULD SERIOUSLY GO ON AND ON..I MEAN THERES TONS OF PEOPLE WHO PUT IN TONS OF WORK OVER THE YEARS. I ALWAYS MADE IT A PRIORITY TO LEARN AS MUCH HISTORY AS I POSSIBLY COULD. COMINT FROM A SMALL UPSTATE TOWN IT'S DIFFICULT COMING FROM A SMALL UPSTATE TOWN IT'S DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY FIND OUT A LOT OF HISTORY, BUT I THINK I'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB. PEOPLE LIKE KK ONE, RIS, COD, FC THERE'S TONS OF PEOPLE WHO I ADMIRE AND WOULD CONSIDER LEGENDS I GUESS. MY 3 PERSONAL TOP FAVORITE WRITERS ARE DERO, DOC TC5, AND BATES.

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

WEZ: I GOT INTO GRAFF CAUSE I WAS A TEENAGER WITH NOTHING ELSE TO DO. PAINTING TO ME NOW IS THERAPEUTIC. I LOVE JUST LINKIN UP WITH PEOPLE AND PAINTING. I DON'T THINK I'VE REACHED ANY LEVEL OF FAME AT AL, BUT IT'S ALWAYS DOPE WHEN I TELL SOMEONE WHO I AM AND THEY HAVE AT LEAST HEARD OF ME!

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

WEZ: I'M 28 YEARS OLD AND PEOPLE STILL WONDER WHY THE FUCK I'M GETTING UP AT 7AM ON A SATURDAY TO DRIVE 2 HOURS TO A LOCATION JUST TO FUCKING PAINT, OR WHY I SPEND MONEY ON CANS AND SHIT. I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. IT'S LIKE WHY A GUY WANTS TO FUCKING FISH ALL DAY OR GO SHOOT ANIMALS IN THE FUCKING WINTER. I DON'T REALLY GIVE A FUCK IF THEY RESPECT IT OR NOT, BUT AT LEAST BE OPEN MINDED AND GIVE WRITERS AND ARTISTS A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN WHATS BEHIND THIS MADNESS. IT'S WORSE THAN FUCKING CRACK.

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

WEZ: I WOULD HAVE TO SAY PMER FYM, JOEY72, FUEL AND ANOTHER WRITER FROM MY AREA NAMED JASO. I'M NOT FROM NYC SO WHEN I SEEN THESE DUDES STUFF IT BLEW MY MIND. I JUST REMEMBER GOING ON MISSIONS TO FIND OUT WHO THESE GUYS WERE. IT WAS ALL NEW TO ME AND THERE STUFF JUST BLEW MY FUCKIN MIND. I KINDA WISH I STILL HAD THAT FEELING AGAIN. LIKE NOT KNOWING HOW SHIT WAS DONE. IT'S LIKE NOW EVEN IF I SEE A DOPE PIECE I'M NOT LIKE "WOW" SUCH AND SUCH DID THAT I'M MORE LIKE "THATS DOPE". I WISH I HAD THE EXCITEMENT BACK.

HECK: HOW DID YOU LEARN TO WRITE?

WEZ: HONESTLY I STILL DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF GOOD. I JUST LOVE TO PAINT, BUT I BASICALLY TRY AND KEEP TO THE MENTALITY THAT ITS ALL ABOUT THE LETTERS. I JUST PRACTICE MY LETTERS ALL THE TIME. I LEARNED TO WRITE JUST BY PAINTING. I NEVER KEPT SHIT ON PAPER FIRST. I WOULD ACTUALLY GO OUT ANT PAINT IT. GRANTED MY PARTNER AT THE TIME WOULD DO MY OUTLINE WHEN I GOT FRUSTRATED, BUT AT LEAST I WAS OUT THER PAINTING AND NOT ON THE INTERNET TALKING SHIT.

HECK: HOW DO YOU GET YOUR PAINT?

WEZ: NAH MAN, I GOT A GUILTY CONSCIENCE, THATS ONE THING ABOUT ME. I COULDN NEVER STEAL. I WOULD TAKE PEOPLE TO STEAL FOR ME LOL, BUT I COULDN'T DO IT. WHEN WE WERE JUST FUCKING AROUND IN THE MID 90'S WE WOULD JUST BUY SOME CHEAP WALMART SHIT. I SHOULD OF BEEN ALL GANGSTA ABOUT THIS QUESTION AND LIED CAUSE THATS THE THING TO DO NOW DAS THOUGH!

HECK: ANY FUNNY STORIES?

WEZ: NOTHING REALLY THAT CRAZY. ACTUALLY I'VE HEARD SOME STORIES SO MANY TIMES FROM MY BOYS, THAT I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER IF I WAS ACTUALLY THERE FOR THE STUFF OR NOT. WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY AND HAD MOSTLY CHILL SPOTS.

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

WEZ: FUCK BULLSHIT BEEFS. ESPECIALLY WHERE I'M FROM. THERES NOT MUCH BOMBING GOING ON. THE WAY I FEEL IS LIKE THIS: IF YOU WANNA DISS MY SHIT OR GO OVER ME, KNOCK YOURSELF OUT. IT DON'T PHASE ME AT ALL. I THINK ITS FUCKED UP, BUT I AINT TRYIN TO FIGHT OVER GRAFFITI. CALL ME A TOY, PUSSY, BITCH OR WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANNA, BUT IT'S JUST PAINT ON A WALL.

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

WEZ: I GET FUNNY MESSAGES ALL DAY ON THE INTERNET LIKE "YO DAWG TELL ME HOW TO TAG". THAT SHIT CRACKS ME UP. THE BEST ADVISE I CAN GIVE IS LEARN THE HISTORY. THERES NO EXCUSE NOT TO KNOW MOST SHIT. THE INTERNET IS CRAZY NOW DAYS YOU CAN FIND OUT ANYTHING. LEARN YOUR FUCKIN HISTORY! I'VE BEEN AROUND GRAFF FOR AROUND 15 YEARS AND I STILL LEARN SHIT I NEVER KNEW. IT'S FUNNY CAUSE I SEE A LOT OF OLD SCHOOL GUYS SAY THE SAME THING, BUT THEN THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ACTUALLY PUT YOU ONTO ANYTHING. MOST WRITERS ARE FUCKING ASSHOLES, BUT YOU'LL FIND ENOUGH REAL DUDES WHO WILL ACTUALLY SCHOOL YOU. I WOULD SAY PRACTICE YOUR LETTERS. AT FIRST YOUR GONNA BITE SHIT AND THATS FINE, BUT MAKE IT YOUR OWN. FIND A DL SPOT AND JUST PRACTICE. DON'T RUN HOME AND POST IT RIGHT ON THE INTERNET TO BE LAUGHED AT. JUST PRACTICE AND HAVE PATIENCE. YOU REALLY GOTTA HAVE THE LOVE FOR THIS SHIT. I'VE SEEN SOOO MANY KIDS WHO HAD TONS OF POTENTIAL JUST LOSE INTEREST IN IT. DON'T GET INTO IT UNLESS YOUR GONNA GUCKING STICK WITH IT. I REMEMBER THE FIST TIME I MET PMER HE SAID "YEA YOUR ALL GUNG HO ABOUT IT, NOW LETS SEE IF YOUR STILL LIKE THAT IN 5 YEARS". I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT, AND HONESTLY THATS THE MENTALITY WRITERS HSHOULD HAVE. WHY IS ANYONE GONNA TAKE YOU UNDER THEIR WING, AND PUT YOU ONTO SHIT IF YOU'RE JUST A FLY BY NIGHT MOTHERFUCKER?

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

WEZ: I'M THE MOST DOWN TO EARTH PERSON EVER. I'LL PAINT WITH ANYONE WHO HAS THE PASSION FOR IT. I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF AN ARTIST AT ALL. I CAN BARELY PUT 2 COLORS TOGETHER. I AM STILL TRYING TO PUT IN WORK. TOO MANY PEOPLE DON'T PUT IN ENOUGH WORK. I JUST WANNA BE KNOWN AS A WRITER WHO ACTUALLY DID IT FOR THE LOVE OF IT AND CAME UP THE RIGHT WAY.

HECK: SHOUT OUTS?

WEZ: SHOUT OUT TO THE WHOLE UPSTATE NY AREA THAT GETS SHOWN NO LOVE. I SEE YA!! SHOUTS TO TPA, NL VK WAL, PMER AND FUEL WHO GOT ME ADDICTED, POEM AND JOEY TPA FOR SEEING THE POTENTIAL IN A YOUNGER GENERATION. THE OLDER WRITERS WHO I HAVE MET THAT ACTUALLY TAKEN THE TIME TO GIVE ME ADVISE, I WON'T NAME NAMES, BUT THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. MY PARTNERS OVER TIME KASE AND PROP YOUR STILL A DICK, SEPT, SASO, POET, CREDIT, MY BROTHER NARC AND ALL THE CREWS AND WRITERS WHO HAVE SHOWN ME LOVE. THERES TOO MANY TO NAME.

WEZ: THANKS TO HECK FOR THE INTERVIEW. THIS SHIT SHOULD BE DONE FOR THE LOVE OF IT AND NOT CAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS DOINT IT. KEEP YOUR MOUTHS SHUT. GET OFF THE INTERNET AND FUCKING PAINT. EVEN IF ITS A FUCKING ROCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS. IF YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, BE A FUCKING MAN AND STATE YOUR NAME BITCHES

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