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When did you start and how did you come up with the name REBEL.

REBEL ... NON STOP ACTION!!!

Could you recall the first writers you seen on the trains in theearly years and what 

writers inspired you?

The first writers I seen were LEE FAB-5, DEAL NSA, REK, SONIC, JOE61, and those

I  wanted to be as famous as he was. REK was also a part of the inspiration. That kid had style.  " DEAl. NSA " has to be the most over looked writer in the history of Brooklyn Graffiti.

THE ORIGINAL " DEAL "

Tell us your first time hitting the trains and who were you with?

My first time doing trains I was alone. I did motion tags on the F-Train. I went to Stillwell Ave,

the last stop on the F-Train. When the transit workers were cleaning the train sweeping and

  I was fairly knew to the game but BASE knew all those niggas from the SLOPE in B’KLYN. I

Would you have any racking stories?

Me & BUF used to go racking in Nassau County. We would rack about 200 cans a rack

2 times a month, and walk from Nassau County to Far Rockaway to catch the A-Train back home to Brooklyn. Every time we would have t at least 50 cans at the train station to lighten the load for the ride home. We would leave those cans in the shopping carts we took from the racks we hit.                    ************************************************

What were some of the writing crews you belong to?

N.S.A. NON-STOP ACTION, G.O.D. GRAFFITI ON DOWN , A.O.W. ALL-OUT WRITERS, B.A.D. BOYS ARE DOWN, T.B.K. THE BROOKLYN KINGS, T.B. THE BOYS, T.F.V. THE

FANTASTIC VANDALS, T.B.R. THE BAD RACKETS, B.S.K. BAD SUBWAYS KINGS, B.A.P.city BAD ASS PARTNERS, F.D.S. FUK DAT SHIT. There are more, but these are the

ones I was mostly tight with the other members. A lot of writers I would meet in yards and lay-ups would ask me to push their crew so I  would push it the 1 time during that bomb and then forget about them. To me, if I didn’t hang with you, I wouldn’t rep your crew to the fullest.

Could you name all the Subway Lines you hit over those years and what lines you focused on the most?

The lines I focused on the most were BMT’s & IND’s. I did hit the IRT’s but they weren’t my

 in Manhattan. Also 45^th & 53^rd Street in Bay Ridge Brooklyn. I caught most of my Riggie trains

The insides of the trains are very over looked in the history of writing. Could you tell us some of the biggest inside writers of your era?

BASE N.S.A,  BUF N.S.A,  BO aka BOND D.R.U.G,  AZ K.S.W, AI K.S.W,  RAB C.A.C,  SM-1 F.D.S,

Could you name all the writers you wrote with and what writers would you say were your true hard core partners?

I wrote with : BASE, STAR, DEAL, BUF, VE B.A.P., LUE-ONE, ZONE, REVLON, IR RISK F.D.S., SM-1, ROR, ROACHES, BET, INK76, AZ & AI K.S.W. ATCO. There are a lot more but these are just to name a few. My hard-core partners were DEAL, BASE, BUF  & LUE-ONE. Those were my most hard-core brothers in Graffiti.

Would you have any raid stories?

The only time I almost got caught was when me & BUF ran into the M.O.G. at the

 J-Yard in Canarsie. We already had beef with them. So me & BUF went to the station

 first, the RE & PIZER came out the yard with a posse from the M.O.G. crew. So I

 pulled out my knife and went at RE. Right then before I got stab him 2-transit cops came

 running over so I dipped out to the streets. I saw BUF in the hood about 2 hours later.

 He said the cops just gave him a ticket for a bag of weed he had in his pocket and let

 him go. But the M.O.G.’s got away clean. I was always going back to that yard 2-times

looking for RE M.O.G. I never got to finish the fight. That was 1984.

What writers would you feel are very over looked in history?

SM-1 & ROR  F.D.S. I remember they used to kill the RR’s at City Hall. SM-1 used to

 tell me that he knew he was a toy but just didn’t give a fuck. Because he’s  doing much

In the late 70’s and 1980’s the over population of writers on the subways would some times cause conflict. Did you ever have any conflict with other writers

and why?

Back in 1984 I had a small beef with the B.Y.I. crew because they put a kid down with them who wanted to write REBEL. But me and CHINO B.Y.I. was always cool with each other. I met CHINO in 1984 and he showed me mad respect so I gave him  respect just the same. The other REBEL soon quit because he couldn’t keep up with me. I was putting in work all over the place. All he did was a couple of street bombs. I saw him up on the B-Line once. That’s when I started killing CHURCH AVE. All the real writers remember me, not him. I had a cross-out beef with the M.O.G. crew. I hated those guys so much. I was always strapped when I went bombing cause I knew if I seen any of those niggas, I was going to put niggas to rest. They had no respect for anybody. They went over everybody from NSA, RTW, WOW, the list goes on. Fuck them niggas, They won’t be missed.

REBEL, DEAL, SMIZ, BUSTER, JOUST, TRIKE, BUF, BASE, FASE, REK,

That was the last time I went to the trains. I was with BUF, LUE-ONE, his cousin JX, IR RISK, & REVLON. We went to THE BRIDGE AND DID 2-WHOLE CARS. REVLON and RISK didn’t go in the lay-up with us. REVLON decided not to go in because he couldn’t climb over the wall, RISK got chased by a cop when we were going there on the train. I really  wish that REVLON would’ ve  went in there with us. That kid could really piece. And I wanted to do at least 1 piece with that kid. Maybe we’ll get to do a wall soon in the future.

I’d like to send shout outs to : BASE, BUF, DEAL,REK, LUE-ONE, DJ ECHO AOW, REVLON, INK76, SONIC, JOE61, JOUST, TRIKE, HATE168, SP-ONE, PEEK V.I.C., SM-1, ROACHES TFV, BET TFV, RAC & SOR TBK, RIST, RON-ONE, RESE, LIL CHIP, CHINO BYI, ATCO, BURN 7DS, KCONER, MEEK, TESS X-MEN, WHY-ONER, BOE WOW, LIL STAR 7DS,

 BABY 168, SAST ST-ONE. CHARM, TRACK2 aka TK. And all the  writers who remember the real O.G. writers who put in work. ONE-LOVE. And thanks to GIL for the SUBWAYOUTLAWS site. Thanks for remembering us.