The MTA Crew on Being The Only Graffiti Crew to Get a Gang Injunction & More

[@bobsanderz3005]

Now this is journalism. Big ups to MTA. Bring on more interviews with writers. That framed LA River flick is dope

[@Lalalalal12372]

‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@73DIAS]

Dope Art piece

[@abbygomez952]

OTR or BNW next

[@luckylou88]

YES SIR

[@walkerheck3533]

Saber would be sick

[@mysterydpt4663]

Damnn never in a million years did I think no jumper would land a mta interview . Legendary la shit props doknow

[@smoke8406]

Also Adam ig he’s always been in to this tagging stuff…makes sense tho

[@DesperadoDufel]

yo this is legendary. we need more graffiti interview's. writers always have the craziest stories and are some of the most fucked and wildest people you will ever meet, also some of the best people you'll ever meet.....and the worst lol

[@prestonpowers7376]

Real shit.

[@PeloeOne]

Og Huskey Radio was this shit when they were still putting up consistent interviews

[@kurzmango]

Agree

[@wolfpecker5710]

@@prestonpowers7376 the Angel and z podcast is a good one, especially for the New York scene. The golden spike empire has a good one for freights.

[@bobsanderz3005]

That’s facts

[@felonstomillionaires]

Sufer the man. Full of positive energy. Gotta give this crew their flowers, consistently killing it for decades, all over the US. and other places. Thank u Adam for giving these guys a platform 🙏

[@victormerida8934]

My boy DoKnow knows his LA history!! Big props for pulling this off man

[@Chyeahokay]

A lot of great LA artist are from the Mexican areas. Those foos go hard

[@robertsand9569]

I somewhat agree but him being a youngster has its limits. He doesn’t know ANYTHING before 2000. Let’s not forget the REAL TRANSIT TERRORIZERS RTDM! The reason these guys even have their name and history. RTDM paved the way for these guys since ‘85. So much RTD Bus change their name to MTA bus lines. Man we hated that time! They went from the sick RED AND BLACK buses to the G@y orange and yellow lol.

[@victorfigueroa973]

@@robertsand9569 I remember they had to put special force out to follow the buses. Everyday before that someone would ahold up the bus while 3 foos blasted the whole thing. Wild ass days. Getting hit up going to do anything back then.

[@wiseguyps438]

No he doesn’t he just has the plug to pull people to the show ‘

[@de5163]

INSANE interview, years ago these guys would not be talking on camera barefaced , craziest No Jumper interview.

[@randomshit65]

Elk yea cuz they aren’t active like that anymore lmao

[@oryenm]

you can tell doknow is excited he isn't stuttering, isn't saying "i ain't gon lie", he's making actual sense

[@fcaioki7949]

DoKnow is growing as an interviewer

[@x213ERx]

Those are real taggers unlike him.

[@teoyobih714]

Hahaha facts

[@708Alex]

@@x213ERx they can’t swim as fast as doknow tho

[@210fella]

💀

[@LuisAlvarez-ts2hu]

We need MSK on an interview also Chaka 👌🏻

[@silence.speaks7000]

TKO

[@ApeGank]

OTR

[@christopherclaure6689]

CHAKA KHAN!

[@neotng3481]

nah foo chaka to drugged up now done shows with him he can barely speak

[@groovycody]

AWR too

[@raulrecinos84]

Dope interview. I remember back in 2000 - 2001 I used to spent A LOT of time at the Belmont tunnels and always hung out and met a ton of different writers there. I remember meeting Upset, Dest, Yanoe, Gas, 7dee, Eagle, Pug amongst other MTA members. This interview takes me down memory lane for sure.

[@ten4k964]

i miss the Belmont tunnels

[@TODAYIGOTTIMECUHS]

Damn these were heavy weights in game. real living legends in the west coast graffiti scene hopefully we get more videos like this.

[@frankients6828]

True

[@graveman3736]

woah shout out DOKNOW! Shout out MTA this is dope af we gotta get more writers in

[@meiphukingdiqq]

I watch a lot of graff interviews on youtube, and this was definitely one of the best ones. Never even heard of your show before stumbling on this, but you should DEFINITELY do more graff interviews. You're good at this.

[@BigEarBandit_1312]

This is a great wholesome interview, I can definitely tell Do Know was excited to have them on. They should definitely do more crews or individuals in general they definitely had a lot of questions for graff writers in general than actually focus on the crew itself haha which is cool no matter what but yeah definitely look into more you guys keep up the amazing work.

[@droidsxi3271]

Now I gotta rewatch 5AM and Infamy. Awesome documentaries! I do feel like I'm missing a couple videos so recommend graff videos if you got any!

[@rabaldar9269]

Watch FYBODA movie from Sweden

[@OneSmellyTaco]

Piece by Piece. Great doc from out here in the Bay Area.

[@tellthetruth7497]

Hallelujah Hollerback RIP Trigz !

[@droidsxi3271]

@@tellthetruth7497 Fucking TRIGZ is Andy Roys long lost brother I swear to God. What happened to TRIGZ was tragic. I think TONE might've passed away also.

[@MORPHIUS777]

Sufer x Nomas vs all the Tko's in like 06-07 was fucken legendary

[@JuanSanchez-zz8lw]

Don't count out hilo,apear, and toro.. killers at that time too

[@MORPHIUS777]

@@JuanSanchez-zz8lw yeee no doubt! But sufer and nomas were destroying these dudes capping all there shit. Specially on the 101

[@cartelplug8183]

Tko smashed mta graffiti wise and even took one of them out when the beef got real

[@MORPHIUS777]

@@cartelplug8183 bro u def wasn’t outside for that shit. That’s the reason why that beef escalated the way it did. Tko’s we’re power in numbers and got everybody in. 2 dudes kept up with all of them. On top of that most of TKO known as snitches. All mta’s never folded. Even if u don’t like mta u gotta respect what they did thru out the years. That was a real Los Angeles graffiti crew. Last I heard ohjae went out in there faces. U gotta put respect on that

[@cartelplug8183]

@@MORPHIUS777 I was around for that seen it all

[@chadferguson3389]

Dope interview. They should have really shouted out Saber MSK for being the first one to do a huge roller in the LA River I'm sure it inspired theirs.

[@woah93]

Wow this is legendary. For those not from LA or not into graff - these guys were urban legends in the scene. I used to be heavily into graff around 13-15 years old and I saw MTA members like famous people or rockstars. Crazy to see this interview now.

[@Helelsonofdawn]

what cities you mob

[@jmc_-im6sd]

Yeah growing up in the bay area in the 90s MTA and MSK seemed like LA Rock stars for sure

[@FamiliaLopezPacheco]

MTA Vs TKO hardest wave of tag banging... They turnt the politics of Graff all the way upside down..

[@JoseTorres-ld3xg]

Fuck TaKOs

[@prestonpowers7376]

AWR MSK interviews greatly needed! El Mac and Retna or Augor or any of those foos!

[@DesperadoDufel]

norm would have been dope or trigz. RIP to both

[@ftwdamfseyg]

MSK crew gets busy, I fucks wit RIME, MSK,, one of my top 3 writers when it comes to styles

[@prestonpowers7376]

@@DesperadoDufel I literally was thinking about Norm too and I was trying to think of Trigz name but couldn't think of it. Idk if I've seen much of Trigz at tho.

[@FallenKiller141]

Augor, Zeser, and Haeler would be dope, real boyle legend right there

[@DesperadoDufel]

@@prestonpowers7376 yeah not a ton of his shit is online like other msk artists but he would have been a dope person to interview I feel like after some of the interviews of his iv read online

[@KCGlog]

You gotta keep getting writers on this was sick. MTA is legendary clicked this so fast.

[@blackwindsignomancy8429]

This interview made me really happy! Thanks y'all!

[@DjNegi]

Awesome seeing friends still doing what they love! Big ups MTA crew and also no jumper crew for making this happen!! The culture is growing back together !!

[@ronnie9826]

Got into graff since the early 2000’s still haven’t lost my interest this interview just ignited my passion for all over again bout to go catch some spots ‼️👌🏽

[@Hisdudeness101]

🤙💪

[@Baphometh69]

Word!!

[@crisfilmsit6693]

Damn, dope ass interview!!!! Nice to see Nomas and Sufer in an interview after seeing them crush the streets and hearing crazy ass stories about them. Big ups to them 👹👹

[@bignick92227]

Bro I remember the mtaliens vid sufer and toro were killing it dope to see the crew in no jumper

[@reptile5007]

Let's Go! Major props to No Jumper! This is the Underground content the people want. I use to write for about 8-10years, and graffiti writers are the craziest ppl I've ever met, they really live life on the edge, more than anyone other type of people. Well the active ones anyways...

[@illgil91]

Dope interview!! Always had a lot of questions on the la river roller. Much love from that BIG OCP KREW

[@tigerblood213]

I LOVE THESE HISTORY LESSONS THANK YOU ADAM YOUR THE BEST PODCAST EVER

[@Big-LoFe]

Ooooook Doknow!!! This what I've been waiting for. Now bring TLOKS on for the rise and fall Of TKO

[@crazysteve2956]

This was a super cool interview, I would have liked to hear more from my guy in the middle he’s got some real knowledge and respect for graffiti

[@jr8943]

Go check out graff tv he just did an interview 😀

[@Kiki88292]

Skoer drs is a legend

[@serchizm]

Search GAS MTA interviews you’ll find plenty.

[@nonamea4399]

Damn, I heard doknow mention something about doing a interview with one of the most notorious crews in LA on a episode of ateotd . I knew it either had to be OTR or MTA right off the bat. Dope to see this

[@XholikkX]

Suf and Toro kept me inspired back when I saw MTAliens. Peace yall

[@Helelsonofdawn]

toro hit NV- CA CA-NV alot when i was painting

[@Youngster1626]

What ?!? Adam really stepping it up brought some graff legends

[@robg2263]

Doknow put the interview together is what Adam said

[@senna1995]

Doknow*

[@andrewcalderon213]

Definitely legends, mad respect to MTA and happy to hear that the beef with the T's is at a halt and hopefully it stays that way. Stay up.

[@TheUnderground41]

I remember being in 6-7th grade hearing MTA had something big planned. Me and my homies where so into graffiti during those times

[@Aworology323]

Only toys quit :)

[@ProduktOfEv0lution]

@@Aworology323 I’m 31 and the last time I went to jail for it I was 23. I didn’t quit. I just moved over to bathroom scribes and slaps 😂 I’ll never quit! I’ll just turn it down a notch or two.

[@smoke8406]

@@ProduktOfEv0lution life story for everyone lol east la sticker spots be bombed !

[@JesusRivera-wv5be]

That framed mta roller has appeared in countless movies scenes! Definitely an iconic landmark

[@Anothervictim87]

Finally people worth interviewing. Big ups to MTA

[@KeeponTruggin]

Dude why am i watching this 12 days later??? Dokno thanks for getting them on 🤘🏽

[@dominicgarcia2552]

Thank you for finally getting some graff writers on the show and OGs at that

[@arthurbates1072]

RIP Ohjae, Rival, Skesk, Sk8, Vitel, Suem, Upset, (LA chapter), DG, VE, (NY Chapter) My apologies if i missed any. Big Ups MTA crew

[@Muhneco]

This was awesome, the seventh letter guys would be dope af too, or the the TKOs also have the craziest stories

[@trustknowone8567]

Right all day Tkoing 💯💥💥 iykyk 818 TKO All Day SHABZ LOKk

[@jessejesse3338]

I respect this interview. You can feel the politics in between these foos. Ralos had a crazy run in DTLA for 3+ years. Downtown kid? Downtown king!

[@logancrook9306]

We need more of these right here. Straight up legends

[@leoxantu1010]

dope ass interview, wish it was longer, good shit adam n dokno

[@bamsone8628]

LETS GO!! Definitely top crew that got me on this shit. Been anticipating this interview since they said it was about to come out. Good shit to no jumper for showing graf some love

[@Kiki88292]

Na that crew DRS kills fuckin LA especially skoer

[@victorfigueroa973]

@@Kiki88292 speaking truth

[@victorfigueroa973]

Skoer for the kids

[@5AMTV]

I remember chilling w Nomas back in 06 in hollywood

[@prestonpowers7376]

UTI is hella dope crew! They have some great artists!

[@guilty8182]

Yup RIP GHOST ONE UTI

[@HoodPolitikin]

@@guilty8182 rip GHOST UTI MTA

[@njones72]

All the 80s babies know their name.

[@jorgemendoza2432]

They Have HOPES

[@Cervantes8b]

If Yall OG Wit It Yall Will Remember the MTAliens video with sufer! That shit was dope haha shit used to inspire me as a kid

[@kobweb2994]

Shouts to Hilo underrated LA legend

[@HoodPolitikin]

A true king!

[@Kush203]

My boi HILO always fighting Babylon

[@koolkat8639]

So cool to finally put a face to these names. Especially sufer, I’ve seen his work all over when I lived in LA.

[@tylerbrown1287]

One of the most down and most up crews in the game still. These dudes are legendary. Gaso the og keeps it real in this interview, and when the roach gets sparked he had to light up the gasoline!

[@nunucuhh2754]

We now need a podcast of Griffiti writers !!!

[@vansmoke7748]

Check OG Huskey Radio all great interviews

[@px30silver4ever]

that’s been a thing u lacking

[@WalterWhite-bk1js]

I'm new to graffiti in general so this is dope. Mad respect to MTA. To comment on cops being more relaxed hell yeah they are. I got snuck up on the other day and I just put my cans away, walked away quickly, and he just chilled there. I had to drive back to see if it was a cop and it was 100%.... They don't wanna do that kind of paperwork.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Oh shit! Excited for this one. Gotta get GKAE on next!

[@izer6078]

We need more graffiti interviews as a graffer this shows love to us all ! There’s a lot of dope ass LA krews that are crushin .. we need more !! We need billboard writer interviews , freeway bangers , bridge bandits , all hot boys, Main Street killers etc

[@knowitall111]

Tf is a graffer? You sound like a toy.

[@aaronkamakaze2967]

“Graffer” lol

[@thegamer6314]

Grafftv

[@Helelsonofdawn]

@@aaronkamakaze2967 you mad nobody sees your sharpy hit ups in a city or block you dont leave?

[@panekhtx1782]

Back when Do Know first joined and would talk writing, I just wished Adam would connect the dots and do a podcast with some LA writers. Finally it comes to forwishen. Happy to see it. Perhaps he can keep this going 💣

[@maynorramirez6090]

"Fruition" ;)

[@genaroneris8698]

@@maynorramirez6090 lol beat me to it.

[@edgarquintana9393]

Yall got to do a Augor MSK one, haven't heard of bro in forever since the kid cudi days, see him up every now and there

[@chinpokimon9173]

My favorite writer

[@sumgi1537]

His style declined tbh. He used to be sick af in Msk.

[@edgarquintana9393]

@@sumgi1537 I thought bro just stopped or something, i don’t see him up at all anymore other than legacy spots

[@2Fortys]

Dope interview but that LA river roller was done in 08-09 not 05. I remember going to work on the 10 freeway and seeing it a day after they finished it

[@Esedannygee]

Such a nostalgic feeling listening to them, growing up in the graffiti life in LA

[@Helelsonofdawn]

my favorite spots were santamonica, venice, culver city, south bay and commerce, i like santafe-norwalk but more cholos there

[@youngsaleen]

Nomas !!!!!!! That’s crazy never thought I’d see nomas in no jumper

[@Valley818]

Graffiti street culture was so big it had its own video game back in the days on the ps2 called “GETTING UP ” game was stupid lit had to do actual missions on some GTA type shit.

[@19birdgang33swoop]

yup that marc ecko game.

[@nicklundrigan8124]

Apparently there is a move coming out. I seen it on skuf's insta

[@RealAqua]

RIP OG UPSET

[@rustyoleum]

I wish BLOSM was there to talk about skate... Hope your good homegirl 💜

[@HoodPolitikin]

The real queen of LA

[@class9233]

Dopest interview on the show

[@couchmayne4351]

Exactly , I started my graff channel after this interview glad to see graff getting attention again

[@Edzillaa]

This was tight as fuck. Bring on that boy CHAKA!!!

[@big____rich4560]

Adam: Asks about beef between street and Graff artists in NYC- Mr. Baker has entered the chat.

[@jamesdean00]

This was AMAZING thanks to Doknow and Adam. Also you gotta get LTS AWR OTR crews up there to. 💯💯💯

[@OneSmellyTaco]

Let's not forget KOG

[@savageloc9857]

@@OneSmellyTaco glad u already know, LTS and KOG ain't what they are without one another. says everything u need to know right there 'bout the original commenter😂😂

[@marvinduran2953]

Word savagelok so u say

[@xXRAVERXx07]

idolized mta for years! amazing to see this interview!

[@Currency999]

graffiti is my passion dope to see og artists on here

[@YerskiPacks]

This is the best interview no jumpers ever done. I was 8/9 years old trynna emulate everything mta did. Watching msk and tko. All the way from bmore! Fire man fire

[@onlyinthestreets]

HELL YEAH we need more graffiti legends on this platform. It is a hip hop art-form after all! Shout out to Sufer. I always thought he had the hardest name out!

[@snaleman6999]

Yea like the real and original M.T.A crew from nyc

[@Helelsonofdawn]

@@snaleman6999 no one cares about toys who never got fame

[@snaleman6999]

@@Helelsonofdawn lol. Do some homework chief. NYC is the mecca of graffiti. Mta consists of dudes like giz and j.a. for starters. No real writer cares about any Graff anywhere. Except ny. Everything else is straight tot ville

[@snaleman6999]

Lmao. Graff in California. Stick to your avocados amd meth. What you do best out there

[@jp11388]

Yo, this just opened my mind up to an whole another culture. Respect to the No Jumper team.

[@smoke8406]

Yeah it’s the life in la Adam been liking graff tho only reason he did it Ik bc I remember him talking to shoreline about it

[@mandovision13]

DAMN IT DOKNOW...U NEED TO ENGAGE AND LATCH ON TO THE TOPIC!!!ADD TO IT AND KEEP ON ADDING TO IT TILL IT BREAKS AWAY!!!!DAMN IT DOKNOW U NEED TO TAKE ADAM'S COURSES

[@sumgi1537]

What course does adam offer?

[@Spending907]

Didn’t know anything about the graff culture. I’m glad I didn’t skip this video 🔥

[@jayfigueroa2318]

This was dope thank you Adam for getting deeper into the hip hop culture!!

[@eastside7345]

Dope interview ! Gotta get SABER on there ! He had one of the biggest historic pieces on the LA river!

[@charleeriverbear5153]

Disappointed at the fact that the TKO beef wasn’t brought up..it’s part of the history… sick interview though

[@jayerjackson4441]

Wtf is there to be brought up for u disappointed?? All the people involved in that beef dropped tko my boy

[@jayerjackson4441]

Colt45 is no longer tko

[@cartelplug8183]

Tko smashed mta graffiti wise U can’t even compare there shit plus tko won the war when mta never avenged ohjae

[@jayerjackson4441]

@@cartelplug8183 ur really Repeating your comment how much did toomer pay you lmao 😂😂😂 did he tell u he didn’t put a dime on do1 book

[@moneymker18]

This brings me back to the old school graff podcasts from years back

[@ryancarona4199]

A lot of young graffiti artist don't know is that during the 90s in LA graffiti culture went through a little gang banging phase. graffiti crews during the 90s started beefing it with A lot of Mexican gangs. A lot of Varrios were absorbing graffiti crews and giving them an ultimatum. MTA was one of the deepest graffiti crews and they had there riders. I remember the TKO VS MTA beef

[@dominicgarcia2552]

Yep. Once TKO crossed the line and killed that MTA tagger shit wasn’t the same. Wasn’t about graffiti anymore

[@victorfigueroa973]

Yup I always had them categorized as a tagbanging krew. Like you said TKO was the other big crew that operated like this. OTK GRS CHB USC just a few more that were reppin gang graf ish. There were many and almost all had to for a while.

[@greenisgold1322]

TOK TGF TFO CWS SBK TLW WYK RK OLW APF FBS SGW F2R NR HLS BSO FOK FUC MFT KBC AFS WID OCP NHC FKS FLK TCA MKA MIC KTL NUTS TAC ACR GKS just to name a couple of oldskool tagbanging crews from the EastSide of L.A 1990’s - 2000’s sickass era crazy good times

[@drewdirty141]

“STK4M top to bottom……. SIDE WINDSHIELD.”

[@Wordisbond23]

Fuck tagbangers

[@Baphometh69]

Best no jumper interview ever! I NEED MORE OF THIS ADAM!

[@purefacts5737]

If TRIGZ was still alive I bet he would've made it to No Jumper.

[@tellthetruth7497]

Rip Trigz !

[@MrWestSide702_]

When would have I ever thought some Graff Writers would get on here. Love this mayne ✅✅

[@asiasi7097]

Adam “I got a question” 22 😂

[@aguillen300]

That fool Nomas was on a sick one sweating in an air conditioning room lol

[@irvinl4228]

SUFER straight legend props. It woulda been dope to see TOROE

[@lokoff4loko]

I’ve been saying we need graff interviews! Good way to start it

[@wolfpecker5710]

Hell yeah! MTA smashed on TKO back in the day! Been a big fan of Sufer in particular for along time.

[@KinGbabyfaCemvin]

yea they shut TKO down 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Augors]

What’s the story? I never heard of this? 🤔

[@KinGbabyfaCemvin]

yea i aint gonna lie i was uh fan lowkey of TKO i got outta prison and all there shit was trash 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Chyeahokay]

TKO was sick as well

[@jayerjackson4441]

@@Chyeahokay all they original Memebers dropped

[@muzk8887]

Yo. Sufer and Size influenced me so much. Thank you so much.

[@DroEskimo]

Yuri it’s a noisegate I’ve had the issue before. The other mics are picking up audio as well causing it to sound like it’s under water. Or you don’t have the right console for that many mics… universal audio Apollo X8P all I gotta say.

[@CustomLowzVids]

I’m so happy about this interview

[@lefthandvandal]

Legendary 💯

[@eduardocasanova5657]

Subscribed bc of this particular interview…more crews or writers would be sick Credit due to mta boys stay up and free

[@losangelesoriginals7432]

I did time with shorty , good to see him out. Homeboy killed it 2005 2006 2007..s.o to Metro crew

[@antonyrosas1492]

These are OG’s in da game!!We need more.

[@ARTTRAVELS-MUSICTRAVELS-4LIFE]

Hell Yeah big Metro Crew in the Building MustTakeAll OG PHIXER ONE SFE. UTI. I2W. BLA STP.RTD. D12.YPN. MOD. PNC KINGS ...I SEE Y'ALL 🫴💯

[@John-mf6ky]

Yo, we need way more Graff interviews on the channel!

[@kzkrash]

we need doknow doing a graffiti show on here

[@jeremypaul138]

We don’t need no doknow anymore

[@kzkrash]

@@jeremypaul138 🤣🤣🤣

[@luissaiz6934]

Banger of a vid. Adams always let the underground have a voice and he just keeps doing it. Love bro 🖤

[@aaronkamakaze2967]

I know OCP was targeted by an interagency gang task force back in 2010, I thought TKO was also considered a gang by law enforcement. MTA made the news consistently in the mid 2000s all over California. And I still see SUFER being active, that dude doesn’t give a fuck. I met him and TORO when they came to Honolulu back in 2007. Chill ass dudes. Imagine a podcast strictly dedicated to graffiti? They would be dope.

[@Caribe_]

There is, angel and z podcast with all the heavy hitters.

[@S0ulR3avR]

YEA DOKNOW!!!!! Love this type of interview