I grew up on the border of Santa Fe springs and pico Rivera. The Rivera side of pico. I was in the CANTA ranas side of sfs. The rio Hondo river bed separates pico and sfs. I’m a lot younger then both of you. But I’ve been a graff fiend since I was six. In that river bed not only was there a skill two letter throw along with a breef straight letter, I remember being down there when I was about 8 collecting frog and bourse shoes and seeing a faded markski rage a half covered by canta ranas tags. It looked like maybe a faded red. I can still see that tag in my head today and I’m 38 years old . And still the graff fiend I was back then.
So much of what I did is still unknown. It's very cool to hear your account of seeing some of my hidden relics! Maybe yoy can snap some pics of the old stuff you find. Peace.
Thanks for your feedback. Right. I was only 12 yrs old when I left NY the first time at the end of '81. I had little scribbles around & was only starting to get around. I came to LA w/much knowledge & built up there in LA. In LA many know me & many don't. Or many know me for emceeing before pretty much anyone, but they may not have known much about my secretive writing. SKILL is an old school LA writing king. He knew me from the early days of LA writing. So do several other LA kings & crews IF I showed them my crafts or bombarded them w/something overwhelming. ✌🏽
Very much appreciated. In this interview I laid the foundation of my story. But I have much more of a story & more to contribute beyond this. Thank you.
I admire MarkSki's passion and ownership of his experience, making it very clear what his outlook and personal standards were on protecting his process and procedures when it came to his craft.
Unfortunately it's not there anymore. The address for the church was 6745 Suva St. I actually got to meet Markski while he was finishing up that mural in Bell Gardens.
Thanks for asking. Word, Suva St, Bell Gardens is correct. You can check youtube for my recent music releases (Markski GFS Forever, songs: Sanctified Worldview, Words of Wonder). Also, GFS Forever song Need to Believe. Also King ZG song Keep It Real. More in process. Peace.
Yo, thank you. Oddly, I worked hard to be obscure, hidden from most & in my own world. Those who entered my world saw some rare, deep things. I led the way in a lot of aspects. I had no need or reason to ever follow others. Now I'm opening up, since I'm older. But I'm still very similar. & still have a fire burning in me to represent. How do you know me?
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It's true, I rocked 69rs in the 70s, and today, I still rock them along with my BVD, pumas, adidas. Sheep skin coat, bubble goose, etc etc
You know it. NY to the West Coast. Hip Hop/ Bboyism/ & Writing all live on! Peace.
freeze rockin markski is a national treasure
Yo... too cool. Thank you man. Blessings!
Awesome interview, thank you guys! 💪🏼👊🏼😎🎨
Big thanks
I grew up on the border of Santa Fe springs and pico Rivera. The Rivera side of pico. I was in the CANTA ranas side of sfs. The rio Hondo river bed separates pico and sfs. I’m a lot younger then both of you. But I’ve been a graff fiend since I was six. In that river bed not only was there a skill two letter throw along with a breef straight letter, I remember being down there when I was about 8 collecting frog and bourse shoes and seeing a faded markski rage a half covered by canta ranas tags. It looked like maybe a faded red. I can still see that tag in my head today and I’m 38 years old . And still the graff fiend I was back then.
So much of what I did is still unknown. It's very cool to hear your account of seeing some of my hidden relics! Maybe yoy can snap some pics of the old stuff you find. Peace.
Great Interview Skill. Big ups to Markski on the history, you connected a lot of dots for me. Heard some before from Gremlin.
Glad you enjoyed it. Peace to you Panic.
I was born an raised in the derrty Bronx, I NVR heard of this guy or uws crew.im MDI,OTB,S7,AN I BEEN WRITIN SINCE I WAS15 YR OLD.
Thanks for your feedback. Right. I was only 12 yrs old when I left NY the first time at the end of '81. I had little scribbles around & was only starting to get around. I came to LA w/much knowledge & built up there in LA. In LA many know me & many don't. Or many know me for emceeing before pretty much anyone, but they may not have known much about my secretive writing.
SKILL is an old school LA writing king. He knew me from the early days of LA writing. So do several other LA kings & crews IF I showed them my crafts or bombarded them w/something overwhelming. ✌🏽
Gotta get Duel RIS he has a great story.He's out our way,he hits the freights harder than anybody right now!!💯
It would be dope to see MarkSki's life story actually created into a film.
Very much appreciated. In this interview I laid the foundation of my story. But I have much more of a story & more to contribute beyond this. Thank you.
You also have a ton to reveal & contribute! Mark7!
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Great interview Brother…
And thanks for the mention…
Mr.Schick of the Mean Machine
Yes Sir. It's a pleasure to mention you & my other inspirations. Salúd!
This is such an amazing interview!!! So many things to speak on right here!!!
Thank you my man
Freeze Rockin’ Markski!That’s the homie!!! GFS Forever! Much love and respect! 🫡 Proud of you bro!🙏🏽💯🔥👊🏽💪🏽✝️🎤
Thank you my brother. GFS Forever! 🎙
Ahhh Mr. Schick TMM..Markski has a wealth of knowledge to drop. Great interview
Word. Mr. Schick was also a legit 70s subway bomber. His pics are on IG. Thanks for the compliment. Peace
The graffiti on the wall tells me this should of been episode 1👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it. Peace.
Damn, I grew up in El Monte/Pico Rivera around this time. Went to El Rancho. Respect dudes!
Being in those areas, you were right there near Tony G and UWS. Glad to hear it.
KING MARKSKI 👑👊🏼
Thanks man & thanks for having me. Mutual love & respect, bro.
Too kind. Thank you bro for everything. 🙏Glad you & yours are well. That's a testament of real man moves.💪
First met MarkSki at the la Hiphop shop selling his patches and talking his swag like wording us up with Flave
I admire MarkSki's passion and ownership of his experience, making it very clear what his outlook and personal standards were on protecting his process and procedures when it came to his craft.
I would have loved to had visited the UWS yards, I love to see some of the older work by SKEZ,HEX and MARKSKI and crew.
M7, I appreciate you so much too brother
Great interview very in depth and true OG history by none other than the greatest skill of los Angeles.
Glad you enjoyed it. Peace
Great interview, my brother. #gfsforevermusic
Thanks brother 🙏
Yo SKILL, you got to get cousin BRUNO from NTS, STP on thw show..
Get RD 357 on this podcast. He’s got his own channel already and would be a dope episode.
what’s his channel ?
Another good one
Thanks man.
Pico Rivera on the map
Ha... you know it!
The editing is really fresh... bigg upp Markski!
Yo...thanks. Peace
This is amazing
Yo, much appreciated. 🙏🏽 👊🏽
This should have been longer .
There's a lot to unpack. History, pioneering, evolution, accomplishments, graffiti aesthetics, concepts, Bboyism, breaking, popping, emceeing, Hip Hop, philosophy. Thanks man. ✌🏽
I’m from Bell Gardens, born and raised from 75 till 2001. Where was the Eternal Life piece at? I never seen it.
Unfortunately it's not there anymore. The address for the church was 6745 Suva St. I actually got to meet Markski while he was finishing up that mural in Bell Gardens.
@@Eatsdrinksandstuff nice thanks
@@Eatsdrinksandstuff True info ☝🏽✌🏽
Thanks for asking. Word, Suva St, Bell Gardens is correct. You can check youtube for my recent music releases (Markski GFS Forever, songs: Sanctified Worldview, Words of Wonder). Also, GFS Forever song Need to Believe. Also King ZG song Keep It Real. More in process. Peace.
GOOD INTERVIEW. He had some real key topics. History from the East to west 💯💯🫡
Word. Thanks. 👊🏽
COPE2 was king of the bronx in the early 90's
Ban 2, OTB, Glare tags!
Forensic Flashbacks. 😄 Glad you liked. ✌
this guy loves to cut off people during good topics🥴props markski
Great long-time peeps. They hosted me w/ love. Thanks for the props ✌
Terrible interviewer with a fantastic interviewee and many missed opportunities.
Glad you enjoyed. Skill has always shown the love. Peace
Og .but fk new york
NY is not for everyone... But thanks for the direct respect. I appreciate my Cali peeps etc..✌🏽 👊🏽
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Yo, thanks. Glad you liked the interview. ✌💪
Toys don't know! Know your History!!!!!
Yo, thank you. Oddly, I worked hard to be obscure, hidden from most & in my own world. Those who entered my world saw some rare, deep things. I led the way in a lot of aspects. I had no need or reason to ever follow others. Now I'm opening up, since I'm older. But I'm still very similar. & still have a fire burning in me to represent.
How do you know me?