INTERVIEW BY HECKSTAR

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

DUEL: DUEL1...I CHOSE THAT NAME BASED OFF OF THE LETTERS I LIKED THE MOST

HECK: WHAT CREWS DO YOU PUSH?

DUEL: MAINLY MCI, MOST CRIMINALLY INSANE...AND RIS, ROCKING IT SUCKERS.

HECK: WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?

DUEL: WRITING IN 1984, IT WASN'T TILL 1986 WHEN I WROTE DUEL

HECK: WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID YOU START WRITING IN?

DUEL: QUEENS, THEN I MADE MY WAY OUT TO THE REST OF THE BUROUGHS.

HECK: WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT THE HOOD?

DUEL: THE PEOPLE.

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

FIRST FILLIN, BURNER, OR PEICE?

DUEL: THE 1ST THROW UP I DID WAS THE LETTER "S" FOR SHIT (JK), IT WAS

HORRIBLE...THE 1ST PIECE I DID WAS A SILVER SIMPLE STYLE ON THE LONG ISLAND RR TRACKS DURING

A LUNCH BREAK IN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1987. IT CAME OUT OK.

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

DUEL: NOT EVEN SURE HOW TO ANSWER THAT...DEPENDS ON WHAT CATEGORY WE ARE

TALKING ABOUT...THERE ARE TOO MANY TO NAME.

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

SELF-ACHIEVEMENT?

DUEL: TO BE HONEST, I GOT INTO IT FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES...MY BEST FRIEND IN

JUNIOR HIGH WAS A BREAKER AND DECIDED TO WRITE AND I WROTE WITH HIM AS A JOKE. AS I GOT INTO IT, I

WOULD SAY IT WAS FOR THE SELF ACHIEVEMENT AND THE PROPS....

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

DUEL: HARD TO SAY...PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN OPINION. IT'S

ART, IT'S GARBAGE, IT'S A CRIME, IT'S CREATIVITY.

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

DUEL: I WOULD SAY MOST OF MY INFLUENCES WERE WRITERS FROM QUEENS..MAINLY

FROM FLUSHING AND LONG ISLAND CITY

HECK: HOW DID YOU LEARN TO WRITE?

DUEL: PRACTICED, EXPERIMENTED AND JUST KEPT DOING IT TILL I GOT BETTER.

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

DUEL: RACKING, BUYING, BORROWING...ANYWAY I CAN.

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

DUEL: I DON'T REALLY CARE OR GET INTO BEEF...HOWEVER, I WILL HANDLE BUSINESS

IF I HAVE TO. CAN'T FRONT, IT IS KINDA FUNNY GOING OVER PEOPLE AND TAKING OUT ALL THEIR SHIT. I GOT

NOTHING TO GET OFF THE CHEST FOR NOW...

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

DUEL: BE EXTRA CAUTIONS....THE COPS AINT F*CKIN AROUND AND THEY BEING REAL GAY.

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

DUEL: AS SOMEONE WHO DID THEIR PART.

HECK: SHOUT OUTS?

DUEL: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHATUP TO DET, STANE, SPHERE, MONE, EZRA (LA), FRAME (LA)

VOR, ECSEL (SD), AND GHOST. SORRY IF I FORGOT ANYONE...

HECK: FINAL THOUGHTS?

DUEL: CHECK OUT WWW.SUPPORTKET.ORG. THANKS FOR THE INTERVIEW...

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