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Cope2
“I was born in the South Bronx.
The home, the motherland, the Mecca
of hip hop. I started writing graffiti
back in 78-79. Influenced by my
cousin Chris. He tagged Chico. He
wasn’t a huge writer, just a local. I
remember him always having a huge
marker called a Pilot. He always had
it in his drawer. At times I would take
it when he wasn’t home, go under the
stairs or the rooftop of my
grandmothers building and just tag
my nickname (Nano). Then in 197980 my cousin took me on the
subways… “
Cope2
Cope2

Bronx Mural

2010
Cope2
Cope2 and Buff Monster
Miami
2011
Cope2
Cope2
The 4 train was in my neighborhood. I remember taking the
back car from Mosholou Parkway to the last stop (Woodlawn
Rd). As soon as the doors would close he would make sure
the last car was empty and just start tagging all over the
train. On the ceilings, the doors even the subway maps. I
remember seeing other tags on the insides. Writers like Ban2,
2Rape, Ojab, Die, Lie, Duro, Dondi, Duel, Base2, Zephyr, Fuzz
one, just to name a few…
My mother and I traveled
quite a bit on the subways
and I was always looking
at the outsides, seeing
huge names really blew
my head. The writers I
remember were Fritos,
Mark198, Dr. Pepper,
Killer56, Comet, Blade,
Popeye, Tracy168,
Deli167 (who was Ban2),
Lee, Seen, Pjay,P-nut2,
Medisco92 and my idol
Mitch77. That’s what
really inspired me to get
deeper into graffiti

Cope2
Cope2 installing his work
at El Museo

The artist
One of his artist assistants

An Assistant
Cope2 - the mural progresses

In Progress
Cope2…still going…

The Artist again

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Street art Cope2

  • 2. Cope2 “I was born in the South Bronx. The home, the motherland, the Mecca of hip hop. I started writing graffiti back in 78-79. Influenced by my cousin Chris. He tagged Chico. He wasn’t a huge writer, just a local. I remember him always having a huge marker called a Pilot. He always had it in his drawer. At times I would take it when he wasn’t home, go under the stairs or the rooftop of my grandmothers building and just tag my nickname (Nano). Then in 197980 my cousin took me on the subways… “
  • 6. Cope2 and Buff Monster Miami 2011
  • 8. Cope2 The 4 train was in my neighborhood. I remember taking the back car from Mosholou Parkway to the last stop (Woodlawn Rd). As soon as the doors would close he would make sure the last car was empty and just start tagging all over the train. On the ceilings, the doors even the subway maps. I remember seeing other tags on the insides. Writers like Ban2, 2Rape, Ojab, Die, Lie, Duro, Dondi, Duel, Base2, Zephyr, Fuzz one, just to name a few…
  • 9. My mother and I traveled quite a bit on the subways and I was always looking at the outsides, seeing huge names really blew my head. The writers I remember were Fritos, Mark198, Dr. Pepper, Killer56, Comet, Blade, Popeye, Tracy168, Deli167 (who was Ban2), Lee, Seen, Pjay,P-nut2, Medisco92 and my idol Mitch77. That’s what really inspired me to get deeper into graffiti Cope2
  • 10. Cope2 installing his work at El Museo The artist
  • 11. One of his artist assistants An Assistant
  • 12. Cope2 - the mural progresses In Progress

Editor's Notes

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