Skeme Interview

[CapTainBuckAHOE]

skeme got all buff and shit lol

[averagehumans]

So glad i found this was wondering what happened to em

[SuperFernie23]

i got my styles of skeme i started with his name and became a legend in the krew SC SUPREME CREW in anthony NM

[mxpassion17]

man time flies. good ole 80 was nuts. His mom seems like a real cool lady...Big up skeme.

[coathangermidwife]

whats the name of the first drum break?

[TheShlerit]

he was in the style wars, right?

[FatCaps420]

holy shit, he's hardly changed at all

[VolatileDisposition]

yeah. king skeme. rockin it. we went to the high school of music and art-i would run into him in the lunch room-he sat with mackie (hyper) .. another legend, retired. good days.

[sheilareynolds]

coolest sergeant major ever...

[christiansurf12]

you do doodle

[STEPASAUR]

the most recognisable laugh in graf, love to momma skeme

[Mahogany1906]

You hooked me up back in the day skeme Atlantic Terminals in 85 good looking and this video, all of our parents should see that they are not alone. My Moms says the same things Peace and Blessings

[graffitigods]

I truly love this video.. I would love to meet them both...

[lcovati]

His mom still keeps her opinion about Graff!so, what if skeme joined the army! That's his choice in life!

[southieal]

He'll finish having children when he's finished



[SuperbombinD]

Man... such fresh style done with such little effort. Who knows how long it might have been since he had last picked up a marker. Makes me wish I was 16 during his time.

[keyframer]

US Military: Bailing out unprepared fathers for hundreds of years. I think it's one of the prerequisites. SKEME: PLEASE, 4 kids is enough. Having a million kids doesn't make you a man, it's what leads to overpopulation.

[BRISKONEY2E]

ALL CITY!!! ALL STYLE!!! MADIZM st8 up G.O.A.T!!!

[xpoondiggy]

"now that you've heard that, you understand what I'm saying to you when I say that I dont understand him"

& peter piper piked a peck of pickled peppers, =D

[liltony116]

aww

[kellcamz]

notice how the classic writers are left handed...

[boien]

Great stuff single mothers rule

[beenyroy]

is Skeme's mom rocking Cazals?

[bmores8]

SOUTHPAW SKEME

[powderdd]

chill with the army shit people, i wouldn't do it either but a person's more than just a graff writer. and if all you are is a graff writer then its pretty sorry to be that shallow of an individual

[HisShadowONE]

ALL YOU SEE IS ......

[pitarre]

@HisShadowONE

CRIME IN THE CITY, right?

[pitarre]

@HisShadowONE

CRIME IN THE CITY, right?

[matej574]

I'm just pissed tht he stopped u know and went to the army wut kind of bullshit is that

[MOXWELLDIAMOND]

The best to ever do it

[snipercheez]

It's funny, He pretty much stopped in the army, and I started when I joined 9 years ago. I've been out for 4 years and I'm REALLY starting to get into it.

This Video is Golden.

[71zozo]

how did they rack cans if the guards followed them and cameras was on them???...

[henrynzidane24an]

such a great video.

[MegaBadman21]

33,333rd viewer

[colenbrak]

my favourite old school writer, way ahead of his time

[KamehamehaTeeVee]

he has so much potential, wasted in the fuckin army!

[LankyGarry]

haha aaah the ongoing battle between mother and son, haha i love it, i want skeme to be my sargent if i go in the army

[AntomTV]

his got fat yo!

[Amazer808]

KOOL TO SEE DIS NIGGA AGAIN..

[allcitysthlm]

what's the song that starts at 0:33?

[JJKAKEESH]

man skeme's mom seems rad. lmao. shes so sweet.

[drizlax]

A lot of people don't know that skeme wasn't in the game all that long. He came, fukd shit up and bounced. To me he's a god, Barbara is cool too.

[koolzainski]

awwww, I love Skeme's mom, she's a sweet lady.

[shadyhype]

CRIME IN THE CITY!

big up!

[bboyillscience]

Wow...I would have never guessed Skeme would have went to the military. He was so strong willed I cant see him taking orders..lol. He will forever be LEGEND

[MOXWELLDIAMOND]

@bboyillscience IT TAKES A STRONG WILLED PERSON TO BECOME A MILITARY SERGEANT.

[MAGIKORBIT]

wicked! Skeme stays in OKC!!!!

- m3PH

[mrmaoam]

It's good to see he's still around...but I really wish he would have kept painting he has lots of talent.

[djpuffthethird]

Skeme and his Mom as they're called over there. Must be so close.

True family tie.

Even with his fame.

[ilikefluffycow]

I've noticed that lots of good graff writers are left handed

[TheSipe2]

@ilikefluffycow yeah man me too another great graffiti artist who was left handed was one armed case 2

[bugstrut]

@ilikefluffycow Yeah, it's the same with turntablists, eg if you look at the X-ecutioners performing a 4-man routine, they're ALL left-handed.

[DJ4000VOLT]

hes one of tha best

[romiczech01]

DOPE MAN!

[SeanFrmPlumstead08]

skeme was way ahead of his time..

[BboyBlackout]

Props homey. Your are most def a king and a legend of real hip hop life.

[mytotallyawesomename]

his mom is so cool and funny lol!

[auroranoise]

I love Skeme! He is the King! He needs to move back to NYC!

[BummyNiggaTV]

Seen and Skeem are Lefties..........

[DanRioNY]

It's disappointing to hear that he's in the army. I wish he was still making art.

[MOXWELLDIAMOND]

@DanRioNY NO WAY, DUDE WAS THE REAL DEAL. WHAT MAKES HIM EVEN GREATER IS HE CAME AND WENT, DIDN'T END UP WASHED ON THE SHORE, BURNED OUT LIKE A LOSER LIKE 80% OF THE SUBWAY ARTISTS SELLING WEAK CANVAS'S WITH THERE TAG ON IT. DUDE GREW UP AND BECAME A MAN. RESPECT THAT SHIT.

[DanRioNY]

@MOXWELLDIAMOND Yeah you're right, I do respect that. All I'm saying is I wish he was still doing art like he used to.

[TotalGraffiti]

I love skemes moms laugh X)

[thedjkingassassin]

Skeme was one of the illest this brought back memorys like a muhufuha ~ Dj King Assassin

[1234breakdancer]

Man ,that toy rapper who stole "skemes" name needs to change it...

[LTrepas]

he's mom doesnt change :DD

[maxscoot32]

lmao you cant get up in art class

[thenewpropaganda]

(a lefty)...with all the hype around the other folks in that era...they forgot all about SKEME

[nahuhell]

is his annoying mom dead? XD

[Pocketrocklife]

@nahuhell Is it THAT serious?

[Babania1]

Great interview, good to see skeme after all them years...

[Punstyle]

Great to see this interview.

[MrLank1]

Probably catchin mad tags back at the base now.

[youngjedi08]

this is proof that if you leave to the military with knowledge of hiphop, you still stay hiphop.

[treliv3432]

its TMT you dumb shit

[disnee376k]

Skeme bomb them army trucks Nigga!

[RockRican]

"Extra! Extra! TNT Takes Over New York City!"

[FCAopium]

Skeme and his Mother is so legendary in the whole Hip Hop Scene, i love it! I love Skeme`s Style, so special developing in semi-wildstyle, readable funky letters, for me a big inspiration!

[VideoDJSPR]

GOD BLESS SKEME AND HIS MOM !

[djkaseone]

Whats the beat that comes in at 2:15?

[zimgold]

i met skeme back in 1980 from (oillie EASE) R.I.P /dude is graffit than i start going to the train yard with my main man SHAME125 i got up with JOP.TKID.RANNER. BIO. BRIM MACK.(BAN2) went to my school on 127 park ave i was there it was the best time of my teenage year..got me in the book spraycan on page 19 (DEPAC)

[edv177]

god bless skeme.  glad to see his mom doing well

[1234breakdancer]

Respect to a living legend right there...!You are a legend sir..!

[MrMorningside125]

great to see that his mother is still around and joking about his grafitti.

[nkeegs]

does anyone know the beat used in the "ghost yard" part?

[graff94so]

far man i loved seening da history ae like wen he was jus a kid an all so much history

[MrsRoman4eva]

he was ahead of his time i like his style

[CheebaSkam631]

wen i first started writeing ma tag name was skeme then i found out there was an OG who had that name so i stopped usin that name but damn his tags are crazy

[hypeovplt]

wats the tune at 16 sec some one tell me

[djkaseone]

Urban Renewal Program - MOS DEF, DIVERSE, PREFUSE-73 "Wylin' Out" RJD2 Remix

[BIGmedia7]

DOES HE STILL DOODLE ON DA PAPA?

[WatchMeWrite]

hahahahahahah *mother laughs*

[oneangryterrorist]

fuck you

[10dollarspecial]

Dude this cat been up since the 70s fool. Learn your shit.

[TrandomnesstwO]

Anybody get this wierd feeling in yo heads when you become still and watch someome important write on paper?

[montecarlomayne]

"the other preparation was the misappropriation of every cap that i had on a can of spray" hahahahaha.

[DYNOMITEKEITH]

kool skeme a cass act indeed.

[qone1200]

what's the first song?? so good

[qone1200]

i mean the song that starts at 0:34

epic interview btw.

[WoWrageupon]

when he said hes in the military now, it reminded me in BTS the movie, where "Shorts" and "Bobby Two Cocks" were talking and Shorts was saying shit about when we was growing up it was either a tagger or a gang banger... and like at the end he said the gang banger got holes in his body, in a wheel chair... but the taggers are holding down decent jobs.

[nptrock]

YES YOU DO DOODLE..!

[SouthOx]

HAHAHAHA!!!

[curse4ty]

DOSE HE STILL DOODLE ON THE PAPER?

[explodeAtom101]

@curse4ty Lmfao

[SanktPedro]

cmon ma, you do doodle! yes you do!

[Muzulmann]

@curse4ty funny shit i guess you saw style wars before looking for him?

[bayareamayne]

Hey props for posting all these interviews man! These guys have been like ... my HEROES over the years and its great to see everybody all in one place.

Respect!

[TheJerseykidd1]

.dam real writers neva die!!..too bad dey quit!! .o well, da game is still up and running!

[ariesmeldy123]

u skeme legend

[InK513]

A TRU LEGEND

[jeaskywalkr]

yes skeme! you made me start doing this

[TheLeise]

Skeme made me do it !

[RackProof]

sick....

[stillphil]

SKEME and his MOM are THE BEST.

They have this incredible "you don't get it...you still don't get it" 20 plus year argument but they have a dynamic of LOVE that it bigger than the building.

[sirkgraffiti]

Las mejores letras de Style Wars

[RacerEckss]

Fab 5 Freddy told me Skeme is fly....

[GASowner]

SKEME KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[AmokRapCrew]

whats the name of the song that starts at The Ghost Yard?

[TheBlackAndWhiteMan]

yo skeme live in my state sons.

[ElarUno]

so does everyone else

[uvbeendone]

you cant bomb in art class hhaha :D

[BasketballKid4]

fuckin*

[BasketballKid4]

fucki beast, but itz sad to see he dont write no more

[TheAdvocate94]

yo dat would be funny

there in the army and

your seargant is "The Skeme"

the one that went all city

lol

i wish i was as good

later peace

caspr

[wiser0ne210]

Skeme, what is your AKO? joe.perez@AKO hit me up..

[WoWJakfrost]

Talkin' bout all city, what ever happen to Taki'? They talk about him creating all city in "Style Wars" but then that's it...

[cabagool]

Taki 183 had a gas station or something, or he sold cars, something like that.He regretted his graffiti days too, read this a while ago, when he gave an interview.

Skeme and his mom are dope, this dude was seriously good in his days!!!

[WoWJakfrost]

Interesting.

Wonder why he would regret it though, yeah you can get bagged but, hey, if you enjoy something that's not hurting people why not enjoy it?

[cabagool]

I would think the same, but who knows,? maybe he became a square in the mean time...anyway, if he hadn't started it, somebody else would've...it's human nature to put their names up...

[WoWJakfrost]

For sure. It's the same thing as when someone writes their name in the restroom stall. Just on a wider scale.

I really hope I don't grow fully out of this, it keeps my sanity and makes the place look better....meh, to each his own I suppose.

[cabagool]

You never really outgrow graff bro, i quit bombing years ago, but still watch the trains that go by for graff on em, and i still follow the scene, most dudes quit for a while but most of em come back in one way or another

[WoWJakfrost]

Perhaps there is some instinctial urge to be known?

Hmm, well, I'll be bombing tonightso hopefully I can enjoy it while I can :)

[Khultan]

Instinctive? I doubt it. I grew up in the Hayes Valley district in the early 70s and then in the Mission district. No mass of kids trying to be known. Nope. Not until 'Beat Street'. A whole decade later. Then Subway Art revealed to the rest of the world. Instinctive? No.

[WoWJakfrost]

Well I mean...IDK, but again with like the restroom stuff.

Why do people write "Mike was here" even if they don't want fame, they want people to know they are alive (in some way even if noone knows 'Mike"). It's a different kind of fame really, it's just being known.

But ofcoarse I can't speak for everyone,like I do it so I can look at it driving passed, and for the thrill at night, and sometimes to here people talk about my alter ego, maybe I've tryin' to prove something, but IDK...

[Khultan]

The 'writing' that New York writers were doing and constantly practicing did not have the ego that went with taking it to a public forum with competitive peers, the 'Mike was here' phenomenon was that and just it. I saw that kind of stuff along with 'Mario loves Blanca' and that's the extent of it. There's just nothing to make of it. What New York city kids were doing was/is on a whole different universe.

[Khultan]

Let me correct myself, I meant to write 'HAD the ego that went with taking...etc. etc.'

[WoWJakfrost]

I see what you mean

[sykedellicks]

"mike is a faggot" :P

[WoWJakfrost]

Lol, "I was here, but I'm not a fagget!"

Dane cook...was...funny, now he's just annoying.

[ElarUno]

if it gets on your record, people think less of you, and you're less likely to get a job and whatnot.

[explicitkiid]

yhyh lol, its mad funny watchin them in style wars

[drok1000]

wasn't DEZ, DJ Kay Slay??

[STEPASAUR]

yep Kslay 'was' Dez

[drok1000]

I thought so. There is another dez that came after K-Slay as well. But K-Slay is the original.

My original tag name was "skeme 2". I chose the name because I was always "scheming" on the ladies.LOL.

[WoWJakfrost]

Lol I love his mom, she seems pretty cool, reminds me of my own...my dad's an asshole though...

[Khultan]

You're dad is an asshole, WoWJakfrost? I'm luckier than you: my dad abandoned my mother, brother and I.

[WoWJakfrost]

They got devorced when my sister was still in the womb, and I guess during the time he had abused my mom during the time, a repeat of when I was being born BTW...so I didn't see him for 10 years of my life and then I had to live with him...I'm 15now,I don't think I'd bat an eye if he just up and left. It's just that he's irational all the time and gets angry really easy, so I don't even talk to him anymore.

I don't know about yours but if he did that he sounds like an asshole...

[Khultan]

Damn, I'm still luckier than you,at least my dad abandoned me completely and then when he passed away just about year ago, I really didn't have any emotions anymore they were once there when I was a child but not anymore. I don't think I will ever forgive him for what he's done to my mother, my brother and to me, his first born son.

[lickaliter]

whats his real name????

[rustomania2]

why the hell would you wanna know his real name? dick head

[VolatileDisposition]

yeah. damn. so long ago. we all went to music and art in the early 80s. JD (skeme) ces 157, pain 81-doug was ill. hyper/mackie. metro. yeah.

[azidism]

skeme=legend

[depthsofsleep08]

ahh wat happend to him, army?? damm that kinda goes against waht graffit stands for.. against the system not becomin a number or a face part of the machine, its against being told what to do..its as if he gave up his spirit and fell into the blackness and monotiny of the deadend life that is conformity..i guess he is dead in a sence peacegod

[hustleeArt]

wooooooooooooord up

[Khultan]

Depthsofsleep08, it's also about growing up.

[depthsofsleep08]

thas very true, i guess most of us jus lose our sense of wonder and jus stop dreaming, but whateva makes u happy

[Khultan]

I don't know about being 'happy' but there's a cathartic sense when you become self-englightned and appreciate life's beauty with it's harshness.

[xChaz2x]

thas deep, self-enlightened, thas the definition i was lookin for peace for that..do u write? poetry or graff, anything like that? ur seem slightly philosophical

[Khultan]

I do write (illegally) but I'm just not 'up' enough that I should give out my street name, but I'm actually trying to work that around my job and college, yeah, I'm well aware of the risks which is why I work mostly alone but I'm not out there destroying people's property. I'm from the bay area, San Francisco. I, philosophical? If you can survive experiences that aren't favorable to you, you kind of reflect about it and try to make sense of it, y'know?

[Hunjie]

When the bass drops in and he starts taggin his blackbook is the shit, i love skeme's style.

[PiN0YSUP3RMAN]

wait wtf???

i thot skeme passed away

[neton79]

ha this is classic. to see the two later on. what year was this?

[juiCeman152]

2000

[deechillah]

Sounds like Tac/Peacegod was a 5% with double a meaning to his tag..Nuff respect to Skeme..Glad he still around

[deechillah]

excuse me "TAT"

[richardfkc]

GREETINGS FROM THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS.

RICHARD GREETS SACH and SKEME OFCOURSE.

HEE SACH GREETINGS FROM THE GREEN AND YELLOW...THE HAGUE!

[Jayo151]

This is the main person that really made me wanna write in the first place . 1st of all the three yard was right there where he lived in Esplanade Gardens .. whenever he did something new the whole hood knew

[getgus]

it takes years to even get noticed in the graff game.i mean you look at a guy like kaper from ng who rocked nothing but freights all those years.

Prolly now ... but not then in the early 70's to the late 80's ... & also depends on how long you talking .