Kaws, Former Graffiti (Tag) Artist

[misternylon]

Wow, so many hater dickheads.

[iamshat]

I love original fake

[wakenbaked420]

This guy takes other people's ideas and puts a fucking X over thee eyes..... GENUIS!!!

[jenksisaprick]

He's weak

[BlinKatWstMids]

He ain't a graffiti writer he's a faggot street artist

[LetThemEatCustard]

@BlinKatWstMids He ain't a faggot graffiti writer, he's a street artist.

Fix'd that for you.

[BlinKatWstMids]

@LetThemEatCustard nah yu just made it worse

[MrPthr3]

Good for You............Jersey City Represent.

[ILEFTMYBF4XBL]

Wish u wernt a sellout

[TheSkullBreakers]

They just said nike on a vans shoe woot!

[MultiJAYJR]

EVEN THOW THIS AN OLD VID U GOT SKILLS ALL THE WAY.

[wurktime]

i am two years late on this reply bro - but i totally agree. it kind of made me lose a lil bit of respect towards kaws when he said it means "nothing" : /

he could have said it means "cause". but instead he said he liked the way the letters K A W S shaped. LAME.

[LetThemEatCustard]

@wurktime If it didn't mean anything to begin with, why lie?

[AyeBrahhCaaah]

E X X 3

[Quimtime78]

Naceo R.I.P. Sons R.I.P.

[sk8rat420]

since when was kaws ever a tagger? he was a wheat paste genius that took advertisements and made them his own... a tagger is someone that is out to put his name on as many things as possible for them to be seen.... i'm a tagger, kaws was and always will be an artist first and foremost

[Bellezwovf]

@sk8rat420 i agree

[hec023398]

jajajajajaja skater kids jajajajaj

[angelo171]

why spongebob?

[dannypoopots]

@Mrfrankbullitt prissy boy tut I Otta beat your faggy ass

[yhtrow1]

i felt offended when she said "skater kids"

im not sure why

[mastergradeone]

stop calling them "skater kids"

[gunsANDraybans12]

nice art but your ......a.s.o

[DMNRKVU]

Kaws reaches out to the younger generation who live in areas where art is not appreciated, or where there are people who make art that they can't relate to. If people can't relate to it, they ignore it altogether. Sad, but true. A lot of artists have such big egos that they think their way is the only right way.

[DjOfOzMoses]

@DMNRKVU well said, i wish i could thumbs up that comment of yours. :)

[megapengwenman]

Sure he's making money, but he's still a sell out

[countchunkula]

@megapengwenman You apparently don't know anything about the the art world.

[skabio1]

oh, man, the brink of copy write infringement haha.

[ProductofSF]

this is so inspiring!

[False1one]

Really dope stuff. I wonder if he went in a deal w/Nicolodeon & the Smurfs or if he just went on & did it w/out permission? Anyways good for him good artist!

[SuicideXBombers]

sick

[thickandsexy82]

Kaws do ur thing See broke cats hate cause they broke and don"t know how to use they skills to make money. Stop hatin and do u haters. E-Shan Tc-5IVE

[178naruto]

1:45 keith haring



[908Diesel]

Damn!!!!... now i know why you motha fuckaz are really hatin.... HOMIE BANKIN'!.... straight mainstream!.... i give him props..

[908Diesel]

if your hatin.... its probably cause your from Jersey... Cause i remebered seein' his shit in hood... and it amazed me... in the late 90's.... him and Rime......

[MrFrankBullitt]

Utter trash.

[GrantgJackson]

@MrFrankBullitt Why would you say that?

[derfdillinger]

Wow I just saw the hating. Hatrers make the world go round!!!

[derfdillinger]

That's what's good gotta get paid for something your good at . Like the ideas.

[myamericanpie]

im sure hes tagin under a difffrent name

[YOMAMMAISABITCH]

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

[MOARTOAST]

Yes he is.

[MOARTOAST]

He is a toy ass sellout

[abc123lolful]

@MOARTOAST Well he's not.

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[LILKRISPY954]

kaws is amazing.

[thisizhegznogz]

cool as vid man.

[maLisYTC]

Thumbs Up if KAWS is better than Takashi Murakami,

Thumbs down if Murakami has the upper hand

[apatakos]

kaws gear>

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[MrDforizzle]

always loved kaws when i was a little kid my dad used to show me all his work.

[stfuBUDDY]

man i need to become an artist, i quit law school...

[chadischad247]

@stfuBUDDY dick

[bakerreynolds223]

what is the song at the end

[PUBESTAA]

daamn he sold ou that sucks :P his characters were efen sick!

[slamjam93]

yes he may be a sellout, but i love his work so much it dosent bother me to the least

[joshieboy07]

sellout.

[J0nathan12356]

@joshieboy07 if you were making that much money you'd sell out too

[JohnAutopsy]

@J0nathan12356 bullshit. either you keep it real and make art on the streets for the people, or you make bourgeois art for the people who pay for it. KAWS went the easy way, and sold out.

[MrRiffbear]

HOw many star wars were made?

[DmitryTV]

how do you go from adbusting to launching your own product line, owing its popularity to the recognizability of the franchises you're bastardizing in your art... what's the point? what's this you're dead but so am i bullshit?

[nightmarefacility]

@DmitryTV once he realized he could capitalize, that was his motivation.

[boogiebuddy01]

hes so soft spoken

[nightmarefacility]

"he is just of his time." ~ pfft! moron!

[nightmarefacility]

the interviewer is hot

[Williamcouper]

really cool artist. A bit too marketing maybe, but still good ;-)

what is the type of paint used?

[terrorb]

Fresh

[AirBeezy6]

Definetly my favorite artist of all time I remember when I was little wondering who put up those companion stickers on posters

[iHATEHATERSthatiHATE]

@AirBeezy6 : thanks for saying the characters name,

i didn't know it til' now.

[ShutterPhotograpghy]

Whats this kinda of art called?

[mieir79]

low brow

[TheFlashsta]

Pop Art

[megapengwenman]

@ShutterPhotograpghy Selling Out

[aleaz23]

LAME JMB did it better

[iHATEHATERSthatiHATE]

WHAT DID HE SAY HIS FIRST CHARACTER's NAME was called at 2:41 ???

[nightmarefacility]

@iHATEHATERSthatiHATE i think "companion"

[iHATEHATERSthatiHATE]

@nightmarefacility : thanks man! you're right. i looked it up. : )

[Lps2005]

bitch ass mutha fucka !!!! you either tagg up or get the fuck out.........fuck that gallery commercial shit.......kaws ur a bitch mutha fucka.

[hobokel2003]

This is so funny..... i lived in downtown jersey city in the early 90's and always used to see KAWS painted all over town. There was a big factory that got torn down maybe 8 years ago that had his name all over it. who knew he'd end up like this... kudos to him!

[chrizles]

this guy was in getting up documentary

[LMGScrew]

hartless

[KingJames1229]

haha "Heartless'

808's nd Heartbreak been out forever

[GOCHO]

what kind of paint is that acrylic

[magzcampos]

FUCK KRINK

[Jacko2966]

whats da song by kanye west?

[LMGScrew]

hartless

[ATOM2714]

What kind of brush do you think he uses?

[LILY0789]

the KAWS brush haha nah idk

the world may never know :(

[bpriley77]

What i really don't like is notsomuch the thought that Kaws may or may not have sold out but that these people that go to his shows and swoon over his art are pretty clueless and inarticulate when it comes to describing why it's important tothem.Thedealers talk about it like they have some idea what the generation this art is geared toward thinks.This is not so much selling out as being taken advantage of similar to the way Basquiat was.Hopefully we won't have to repeat that art history lesson.

[Cambodia69]

Just because someone can make a living at what they enjoy doing doesn't make them a sellout. A sellout is one who betrays their own principles, what they enjoy and love for reasons of expedience whether it's for money, fame, pussy or whatever. It appears that he's still doing what he enjoys and hasn't compromised anything. Don't blame the artist because lots of people happen to appreciate his work.

[kekeo008]

"Hasn't painted graffiti in over a decade..." He seriously sucks.

[MAC616]

okay,this dude got famous from copying stuff,and adding different faces?i could shit ideas all day if i didn't have to work my ass off and go to school at the same time.Vandalizing other peoples property isn't fucking cool,and just cause he got a bit over hyped and famous doesn't mean he shouldn't have to pay the price for fucking shit that wasn't his.I graff,draw anime/manga,draw real people and architecture,but i don't need to go against the law to get my art out.That dude is lucky.Period.

[superdunnyteam]

you are an idiot. manga is the f*cking gayest artform in the whole entire world. he's famous because of his originality. if you would actually use your brain you could tell that he is a very talented painter. idiot

[627287]

manga and graff are amazin together.

[iHATEHATERSthatiHATE]

i agree with 627287. ♥

[iHATEHATERSthatiHATE]

@superdunnyteam: you're fucking stupid. manga is not "gay", unless it's made with homosexual intent.

other than that manga is a beautiful art form and it compliments graffiti very well.

@MAC616: you typed "I graff...but i don't need to go against the law to get my art out."

how the fuck do you get up then?

LEGAL WALLS ONLY?

that's bullshit.

[tabew]

Obviously your shit

[OrangUtanMileynum]

I think Kaws deserve what he does right now cause he definately have paid his dues. Honestly, i think a sellout is a person that gave someone else's information to the authority(ie cops) so that his/her ass can be saved, thus, putting other person in jeopardy.

[619ARTISTA]

Fuck all of u who think he's a sell-out!!!

now he's an artist, yeah he hasn't done graffiti for awhile so what!! he woulfd still take out all of u toy-ass haters out!! he still knows how to do graff its just that he's not really doing it right now!

Much respect to KAWS!!!!

[ghostboy93]

love his character

[dgk02livin4him]

skater kids. just say skatrs

[tonyo7]

hes no banksy but hes still cool

[YunqqEarthquake360]

everybody is suckinq his dick sayinq he's a sellout. are you mad cause your not as famous and you dont qet to have your shit in Pharrell's house, or desiqn Kanye's album cover, or even have your own solo exhibit ? just shut the fuck up and if he's a sell out then stop watchinq the fuckinq video !

[lildadecounty305]

shits tite

[astra5204]

low hat

[SacaSkeetLecheSkeet]

not former graffiti artist...former vandal son. you always a graff artist as long as you do it.

[truth123stc]

hes a sellout he should of kept with graffiti nothing else but w/e....

[GROWINGLIKEAWEED]

punk bitch is a sellout!!!!

[TrandomnesstwO]

Wtf I think my nose grew bigger overnight. Well over today its 7pm and l just woke up.

[Ayo456]

I dig this so much

[moronsmoron]

this work doesnt fascinate me. but i can see why younger teens and people who dont know anything about being creative can fall into such a sellout.

[graff4life234]

not graf..

[GSacrylic1]

so? its still art

[graff4life234]

didnt say it wasnt did i?

[anklepants]

"He connects with his generation totally, and the younger ones as well"

:)

[ger6111]

fkn loooooove him!!

[ieatapples123]

pffffff ........sellout!

[ctplsm]

No, succesfull !!!

[Philippe333]

Keith Harring did this first. Watch Drawing the Line for the formula including the rich old lady glowing over the work.

Wow! X's over eyes. . .

[yfwphoto]

kaws paid his dues and deserves everything thats coming to him now as a writer and as a working artist.

[jboogie2192]

By the way your an idiot. Cope has done murals legally for a long time. Saber still writes illegaly seen still does throwies here and there. Cope is trying to be an artist and make some cash. Showing your face doesn't make you not a writer. Cope has enough money to not have to work for vandal squad you retard.

[SmashTheStAte199]

Yet, you are always talking about him on aim with me. Lmfao! You always said how he is sick, and you just said a second ago you wanted his life.

[numodegraphika]

Ryan Donnelly Graffiti !

[animesa]

Brian Donnelly

[nbbcru]

kaws im fuckin happy as hell for him but DONT FORGET UR FUCKIN ROOTS ..... UR STILL A WRITER!

[WordFuckinOnest]

not anymore.. he showed his face.

[810GRAFF]

showing ur face dont make u not a writer

...can two, seen, saber...alotta others shown theyre face..

[WordFuckinOnest]

They dont write illegaly anymore.. Well cope2 does thats only cause he works for the bandal squad.

[JAMMYbeast]

KAWS... your my fuckin graffiti hero

[justoodope]

this guy is ridiculously talented.

[slamjam93]

now he's exposed he will get done for all the graff,lol

[Tekkon123]

I want a Kaws Stormtrooper so bad!

[tqvivaperu]

I LOVE KAWS!!!!!!!!

[wdft98]

graffiti

[shou1107]

original fake is the best ! ever !

[graffjay]

Kaws is one of many people who have helped graffiti to be known as a art form and not gang tags and shit like that so big to Kaws

[nicesatu]

love kaws

[free2yours]

RIDICULOS!!!

[pleasedontask]

wow, if i had $9000 i would get the companion (the black one with yellow xs tho)

[infinity01]

Lol and the skater kids comment @ 0:13.

[freaker125]

ooh...I want that 1:1 KAWS Companion

[19PureBoredom95]

this guy is my Graf.idol now..

and id so buy the spongebob peices.

: P

[teir525]

HOLD UP!!! i cant believe he said his name "kaws" has no meaning... every graffiti artists name has a meaning to him or her self.. wow!! thats a shocker, please reply if you agree

[jfo27]

yes, i understand what your saying but when a person finds a new name it also comes with the creation of a new identity, even though the name has no meaning to it. The person that has created that name loves the way it sounds and decides to keep it no matter what anyone says, and that is what keeps Kaws real to himself and to his artistic talent. different people say that graffiti came from Straight up pure hip hop, but i started doing graff at the time i never heard of hip hop, things happen

[ruskeee]

isnt KAWS supposed to be like CAUSE, like he's "tagging for a cause" or somethin?

[whoaremedy]

that's an interesting thought, I would really have loved it if that was the case.

[ique520]

UUMM>>>>>NO!!!!

[TrevorNash1]

thiss dudde is pretty soft

[AsianMarck]

I like his super pop style but is there a meaning in his work.

Is it about making his "tag" known, just like in graffiti?

[DaWasian]

Wow what a waste

[artlab]

Uninformed art for uninformed people.

[pandapan0206]

As a fellow artist, much respect! he's our generations Basquiat! He knew how to play the game. Him and Murakami are the only 2 artist, at this high level representing !the pop culture, hip hop generation

[xPOTATOBOi]

he looks like justim timberlake haha a lil and his graffiti is cool

[Thehiphopsolidier]

Bad ass

[dflex89]

i tought this was long ass time ago video but its actually in 09 lol

[Ejersey195]

remember seein his artwork when i was younger.

MUCH REPECT!!

[georgeb101]

tried going last night saturday in LA, line went around the street. didn't get in :(

[paseonez]

i have a kaws-bape hoody

[chilean96]

his art is easy but its sick.

[Livingrevolutionary]

I LOVE KAWS :D

[tigahwood]

Jersey City in the house!!

[turboshimmy]

what is the track playing at the end of this segment. I recognize it but can't think of what it is. It is driving me crazy...

[Mrvid123]

Prefuse 73

[heyarhino]

Those werent tags...Those were bombs...

[KanOfFunkyFury]

its ironic how the name kaws doesnt seem to have a "cause"

[donkids]

I wish he would start bombing on the streets of manhattan again.

[HighINLA]

I love this dudes work... seriously.

[TEDDY913107]

Dats Dope Azz FUK!!

Respect 2 "KAWS"

[hauntedjunction0]

very awesome

[op2910]

very interesting, thanks for uploading

[Iusedoom]

Thats me @ 0:05 seconds with Kaws :D

[icyzzzz]

truly a phenomenal

[CAZEMM]

The Greatest.