The Tragic Story of a Graffiti Legend..

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Today we explore the beef between two legendary graffiti artists, Banksy & King Robbo and its tragic end.
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[@piecemaster14]

YOUR SUCH AN UNDERRATED KZbinR

[@doormatt76]

How is this comment from five days ago

[@piecemaster14]

@@doormatt76 bruh Thats exactly what I was thinking

[@Nepsssss]

Why he change the tumbnail

[@maxmeier532]

Banksy is staying anonymous to prevent his graffiti hurting his career in gay porn.

[@iultrah3804]

Banksy isn’t a graffiti artist just throwing that out there 🤦‍♂️

[@userr3brplybrk766]

Thank god there is someone that gets it

[@stinkyboy69514]

yeah he made a bunch of mistakes, street art isn't just large murals, it's graffiti that isn't traditional / letter based.

[@fazehank5311]

All graffiti is street art but not all street art is graffiti

[@userr3brplybrk766]

@@fazehank5311 no graffiti is not street art. I know so much people in the graffiti and street art is a unacceptable thing

[@fazehank5311]

@@userr3brplybrk766 graffiti falls under the term street art and street art is respected if its illegal

[@mauryballstein8863]

Such a sad story. Not a Banksy fan but nice of him to show respect. Life is too short to hold grudges. Either forgive people or forget them. Don’t hold grudges. RIP ROBBO

[@typicalsavage8446]

or forgive and forget :D

[@xn-triq7607]

This is an extremely deep rabbit hole, his tragically sad demise came at the exact moment that his name & art was becoming more appreciated by a wider audience, and the way he lost his life was extremely suspicious. 🤔

[@thecelebritycode4413]

Not only that but he suffered his injuries on Satanic holy day April 1st- 13 weeks after New Year- and died on Lughnasadh the ancient human sacrifice night. I should know I am an old school London graffiti writer and oil painter still blacklisted, am gangstalked, cyberstalked, sometimes using the occult calendar, and receive death threats from the people behind this atrocity and their agents. I'm in the film Graffiti Wars, chosen by Robbo to speak for the grassroots old school graffiti community to Channel 4 and thus the public, hence I appear at 8.55 in the above film. The goldfish piece appears to predict the date and manner of Robbo's death, it's about to hit it's head and the term for a victim of an April Fool is a fish. I know the rabbit hole very well and actually have spent 14 years mapping it out in a soon to be released book.

[@SilverSlayer]

Banksy pushed him down those stairs is my hunch

[@GregHuffman1987]

"Sleep with fishes"

[@BlekJamal]

@@SilverSlayer hunnerd percent.

[@geemonster9179]

I agree

[@phunkeehone]

It's good to see when writers pay respect by leaving other deceased writers pieces alone. Same thing happened in 'my' country in the 90's. A young guy (TABU), addicted to hitting steel and street bombing, unfortunately committed suicide. After that, it was an unwritten rule to not cross his pieces. Rumour has it that other writers even refreshed his works, when they began to fade. Rest in PIECE to any deceased writer, keep rockin' in the afterlife ✌

[@FestiveParrot]

Yoo bro, sindsyg historie, tak for at fortælle den. Har ikke vidst det før!

[@kuru9157]

Jimmy you're a really good storyteller. I like how you go through the history of the subjects in a clear and concise manner, and your videos are also funny to boot. Keep going at it man, I love your videos.

[@justaworm1]

/agreed

[@Fluflo83]

We love it all.

[@terrysymonds3786]

Maybe you should watch the documentary.....Exit Through The Giftshop........that's where the majority of this story he's telling come from so it's not like he did a whole of research on this subject

[@Devils-advocate78]

Apart from the fact he makes most of it up as he goes along instead of basing it on fact. Ye great story teller 🤣🙈👏🏻

[@sylvia9292]

@@Devils-advocate78 nah most of that is true so

[@JaredPizza]

He wasn’t mad about it being covered. He was made about it being half way covered and incorporated into Banksys piece. That’s what he said in the doc anyways. Apparently the rule in graffiti is you cover the whole thing and do your own.

[@stevenoest]

Almost correct. If you decide to go over someone, then you have to out-do the old piece. You better have skills if you decide to take someones spot, or else it's beef.

[@JaredPizza]

@@stevenoest king robbo in the documentary said you have to cover the whole thing. Not incorporate your work into theirs.

[@geemy9675]

@@JaredPizza whenever there are rules, there is room to play with/bend them and it's exactly his niche. the biggest problem I see is it wasn't his most inspired graffiti , by far

[@stevenoest]

@@JaredPizza Yes, exactly. It's automatically a problem if you decide to go over someone without doing it properly. What Banksy did is super disrespectful to the majority of graffiti artists. Not only did he not cover the whole thing, but he covered some of it with "streetart", which is a joke to most serious graffiti artists. He was obviously looking for trouble/attention, and I guess it worked ;)

[@fazehank5311]

@@JaredPizza that wasnt what stretch was saying he has saying that you have to put something better over a piece thats already there

[@coreykrochmal3465]

I think it would be important to mention Psycho City here. This was an area in San Francisco where some factory owners had given permission to some Graffiti artists to paint on their walls on the outside of the factories. There were hundreds of layers of paint on these walls and where a lot of the art was developed past just writing one's name on a wall. Because the factory owners were fine with it, it was considered a legal spot, until authorities got involved. Long story short, it became illegal to paint there even with permission, and then graffiti kinda exploded from there on to illegal vandalism.

[@caseybald5482]

The old grain silos!!!!!!

[@EmbraceBLVN]

Thats the same as Digbeth, Birmingham, England.

[@neekbot]

how is psycho city relevant

[@thecollectorsinged113]

San Francisco Graffiti scene is not even relevant to EU graffiti since they inherited New York funk as a pure foundation unlike SF using Style Wars as a stepping stone to birth graffiti in the area and TMF and TWS creating the definitive foundation of SF style. Total different things, considering SF and EU graffiti literally started the in the same time, what you are mentioning here is a total stretch

[@big____rich4560]

This has nothing to do with this story.

[@camswee7530]

if i get caught im telling the police im banksy while spraying a stick man with a shitty tag

[@geewee173]

😂😂😂😂

[@MEGVTRON]

ahahahaha thats so funny bro

[@RickestRick666]

Great subject, very touching an your ability to tell a story is fantastic! Much love an respect! R.I.P ROBBO'

[@OtobongJaya]

👑

[@MEGVTRON]

💀

[@nessie42786]

Banksy having a PR team really says a lot about his street cred. Long Live ROBBO!

[@allstarprintlab2675]

It's called being a genius...it's like a mob boss having runners... that man can sell one painting and feed his family for many lifetimes.

[@nessie42786]

@@allstarprintlab2675 ok fan boy.

[@emperorsmizz7439]

You literally said long live robbo hypocrite hahaha

[@dabble855]

@@allstarprintlab2675 banksy is a clown an a biter toy

[@CeeKayz0rz]

@@allstarprintlab2675 It's called being a $ell-out, and being a $ell-out means you have ZERO street cred.

[@hysterical5408]

Banksy has a fucking PR team? That 'vigil' he created was totally fucking calculated. Damage control hastily made to try and save face.

[@phrayzar]

Yeah, it's true that the whole stencil scene was big in France and other parts of Europe before Banksy was using that technique. Most people are not aware of this fact so thanks for shedding a bit of light on that. The Identity of Banksy was pretty well known to a lot of the early UK graffiti scene, it's a testament to everyone that they have respected his wishes and kept it a secret. Rip Robbo, a huge figure in London graff.

[@Inkaddiction906]

Yeah, banksy 100% stole his style from blek in paris in the early 80s. Even some of his designs are hardly even different pieces

[@fipufpv]

Great video. I really LOVE your storytelling style. Robbo is using a spanish football club mask, from Mallorca island. A small club. Best regards from Spain.

[@lawrencelimburger9160]

There maybe a few secret Robbo tags on that island! Hope you can find one!

[@burningatthetrailhead]

Under bridges and in buildings are chill spots and artists know that they're used for practice. Your art will be covered up either by another artist or the city in chill spots.

[@johnstamosfan9917]

It's not just under a bridge it's also along a got damn canal bro

[@mario-stumbleguys4458]

Yea but he covered it only half.

[@burningatthetrailhead]

@@mario-stumbleguys4458 the funny thing is he did the buff man buffing his art as if the city was doing it 🤣

[@pl0mp648]

yeah but that wasnt a chill spot though, a chill spot would be a bridge out of the way, this bridge is under the btp headquaters, so i wouldnt say it would classify as a chill spot, especially because its easily viewable by anyone walking down the canal

[@KuroSanArts]

That wasn't a chill spot, it was directly under the noses of the British Transport Police, for who Robbo was public enemy No1 because of his notoriety painting trains and had been trying to catch him for years. It was one of the most ballsy "you can't catch me" messages a graff artist could do!

[@arthurwright9007]

Amazing video dude! Really insightful, it would be nice if a some of your research was plugged or mentioned, all that footage from Style Wars is an incredibly documentary, I'm sure many viewers of this would love, and I bet there is more stuff we adore to hear that you've come across in your findings! x

[@Six_Yeager]

"Anything can happen even with small things. A drop of paint can start a war and end one" -Alexis Gail L. Rivano

[@MEGVTRON]

ok

[@espo7182]

Growing up in NYC since the 80s I have been infatuated with Graffiti as an art form on walls and especially the trains in the old days. Now older, I appreciate the beauty and parody of Banksys work and am fortunate to own 2 small, but original pieces of his. I have also seen the documentary on this story before, and while it has a sad ending, I'm glad Robbo finally got his recognition. You did a great job as well, however I would say that the biggest place in NYC was 5 pointz, not the trains, because they cracked down on the trains years ago. Unfortunately today 5 pointz is gone as well.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

I'm upstate but my cuz lives in queens, haha he's told me hes carried a ladder thru a train station😁 He's probably 51-52 or so and was doing that back in the 80s. Havent seen him in a while but he had a huge scrapbook.

[@Weisz]

Finally someone making the video essays I want to see 🤙🏻

[@_No_Bueno]

Banksy blacking out Robo’s tag is the equivalent to a kid turning off the Xbox in the middle of a game because he’s getting his ass handed to him.

[@jameshession9038]

Awesome video, had no idea of the extent of their feud. Thanks Jimmy 😁

[@TheLegend-rf7bk]

I already knew this story, but it was still an interesting video! Great storytelling!

[@nickkatz5352]

a similar thing happened in new york to an artist who wrote SANESMITH, according to legend he fell off the brooklyn bridge while trying to put up a piece that covered the entire top of one of the towers. I went to the same high school as him, and they still have a piece of his on the back wall of the costume closet behind the stage in the auditorium. it may be the only surviving work of what was once one of the most prolific artists in the NYC scene in the 90s and early 2000s.

[@campbelljacable]

I always thought the deal was sane and smith were brothers, smith died walking home through heavy traffic like doom's brother (when he left the zev love x persona from the kmd days) and sane carried on his legacy in his writing by writing the two together including tagging it up on the brooklyn bridge

[@FailosHD]

banksy is NOT graffiti!

[@mandemt1076]

It wasn’t banksy who painted the wall black it was London council.

[@simonnoble2345]

70's kid, here at the start. Team Robbo all the way, he had the true original style of hand writing train art. go find the documentary Bombin if you really want to know what its all about

[@TequilaDave]

There is a good C4 documentary on the subject called "Robbo vs Banksy - Graffiti Wars" which is worth watching. You've summed it up nicely 😀

[@michelleGarcia-sk9np]

Well done! I was apart of the graffiti scene in the mid 2000s and I remember there was always beef between my boyfriends crews. They were well known artists that would paint downtown La and Melrose and some people would get shot or killed over it. Looking back now, it’s beyond foolish and not worth it.

[@tigerrrrrrrr6586]

In the tunnels Belmont 😉

[@jackedkerouac4414]

Im sure I can guess the crews but won't say

[@ell0hh]

yeah its fun to do when your a teen, but then you quickly realize its not worth it. And the only other ppl that really know who you are, are other graff artists and VandalSquad lol

[@josh97robo]

Came across one of your video a few weeks ago and have been binge watching ever since. Love the content , keep up the good work.

[@josefstrauss9017]

Graffitis were actually already common in the streets of Rome and even Pompeii 2000 years ago in the Roman Empire, great vid as always

[@thenepalikid1984]

isn’t it ironic that it was ROBbo vs BANKsy

[@corneliousism]

The whole thing is a prank made up by banksy, my theory is they are both the same person.

[@toolbox6228]

@@corneliousism But then how did Robbo die while Banksy's still alive?

[@hboyO2]

@@corneliousism dumbest theory i've heard yet

[@Rebel_riot151]

@@toolbox6228 lol maybe he reincarnated as a graffiti ghost and instead of leaving ectoplasm they leave pure spray paint

[@toolbox6228]

@@Rebel_riot151 Omg 😱

[@alexcollins9513]

wow, that was a fantastic story and was told sublimely, chap you are swiftly becoming a legend

[@simitchell]

Ya basically copied that old documentary about this..........

[@Charles-AntoineGascon]

Which documentary it was

[@Luke-pg9pk]

grafitti wars its on youtube

[@staticbuilds7613]

TBH I thought the Banksy wallpaper over Robbo piece made both so much better. They complimented each over so well

[@Jdawg17]

Absolutely love this video - I'll be citing this in an essay I'm writing about graffiti! RIP King Robbo. ♥

[@christophermichael.w.7577]

It is hard to ignore the fact that the guy was doing well and then he had a fall.

[@king_Perixus]

Humanity, and kindness takes a win, the world takes a loss, on a great Artist. Rest in Peace King Robbo

[@MEGVTRON]

💀

[@MEGVTRON]

🤡🤡

[@DBUCKS1988]

I'm glad someone does mini docs on subjects like these, thanks for the content dude!

[@MEGVTRON]

i flagged the channel

[@terryjenkins9955]

Glad you mentioned Cornbread from Philly as he is the forefather, but lets not forget Eternity from Sydney, Australia who started in 1932

[@MEGVTRON]

lol na

[@WelfareChrist]

I had never heard any of this, what a great yet tragic story!

[@asadULTRAwalker]

quite honestly if dude did graffiti in the us he would be considered a toy. id say he was 20 years minimum behind graffiti in any major us city... any time someone says (or types) TEAM ROBBO! they instantly reveal themselves as either outsiders to graf culture or toys...

[@pl0mp648]

who, robbo? he was like 16 when he painted that peice, if you look up other works its much different, and anyway, as someone who is part of the south london graff scene i can honestly tell you that the london (or uk) graff as a whole isnt to a high standard comapred to that of other european countries (the ones i can compare to are italy and spain at least), idk about us scene too much tbh

[@chriscee546]

Facts

[@ryszakowy]

imagine having your graffiti being smudged over by some random a-holes but you get angry only when banksy covers already covered piece the tribute was nice

[@lobodesade6780]

A friend of mine died from this, he was a tagger, and one day he moved to Australia with his fiance. Two days after that he fell to his death trying to tag under a bridge, he was a nice guy and I miss him, but it could have been easily avoided. I know people like to challenge themselves and push themselves, and when you attention sensation seeking to that, that's when things get dangerous.

[@xisixty]

There's a KFC at the pyramids already

[@louiscsanko3673]

[ RIP] King Robbo. & All Graffiti & Street Artists who passed away.🙏

[@TMauceri-z9d]

Banksy broke the rules of graffiti???? The main problem was he wasn’t doing any GRAFFITI!!! He was just a straight out biter of an artist (key word ‘artist’)to begin with …and people can’t seem to understand why writers had no respect for him! He was a blow in that had no business being part of the game.

[@__m37]

Super interesting story!!! It's a shame when someone with such a bright future, like Robbo, has an unfortunate accident that takes it all away. It would have been such a better story if Robbo was able to share the same space as Banksy till present. I could only imagine the amazing art their rivalry would have continued to produce. RIP to one of the GOATs

[@kennymullen3069]

For sure! I was hoping he'd make it, and pop on out of his coma dual-spray cans a-blazing, sticking only to 'studio-based' created artwork from then on out...fued long over and him coming out the KING frfr, obviously cause of his name, but to having survived the coma (like Beatrice Kiddo, or some shite lol) a true G-move! Lmao! Bygones left as bygones, both to survive another day and move on, going down further in history selling more art! All-in-all...a 'happy ending' for all parties involved! (If...only THEY'D start allowing me to write ACTUAL LIFE. If...only...Lol!)

[@franciscocampos458]

The diss is him leaving it half capped ….. disrespectful

[@s0r03]

Not bad though the real difference between street art and graffiti is that street art is done with permission graffiti is the pure form and illegal murals are part of both though also going over a piece is called buffing it's ok to put a throw over a hand and a piece over a throw but not the same or a lower form over a more elaborate one sometimes even just an x is put over but it means war banksy is hated because he only uses stencils and doesn't show all the forms that other writers need to learn plus he's allowed to do them usually so hes a street artist not a graffiti writer and him representing our culture in the mainstream when he's really not part of it is the main issue

[@mario-stumbleguys4458]

Well said

[@AndyPepRock]

What a story, really glad i've come across your videos recently. You're doing such a great job!

[@gazhos]

Awesome video dude, your storytelling is excellent. I didnt know this story, watched every second with focus and even get emotional by the end.

[@fishfish7177]

Team robbo 🙌

[@TheRastafarianStuff]

graffiti always meant writing with style and eventually cartoons characters were also added to the art. stickers and stencil """artists""" were never and never will be part of this urban culture same reason you only write on public propriety. not private walls or shops. same reason a illegal spot will always be better than any legal and/or paid spot.

[@mitchellmaerz8429]

What a story. Some of the graffiti from both artists were really quite interesting and quite creative

[@adog9784]

RipTIE true sf legend!

[@iforgotiforgot5642]

RIP TIE ONE

[@iforgotiforgot5642]

SEO

[@marcflaps]

I'd been wondering where you were and checked and the latest video had been 3 weeks ago, then bam 3 out of nowhere smashing it.

[@bmx_mtb_pro982]

Banksy is just an artist he's not a graffiti artist

[@GullyFootTony]

So glad I got a shot of a Robbo piece further along the canal & captured a bit of history. Rip King Robbo

[@DEAD-DROP]

This was really interesting story, great work Jimmy!

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

THe real reason there is generally beef between graffiti writers and “street artists” is the walls the street artist gets permission to do used to be walls covered in graffiti.

[@KalvinMauveMusic]

Brilliant. Wow, I had a lot of respect for Banksy before I WATCHED THIS. That first move was fakt up.

[@TheRussness]

the irony of graffiti artists screeching about what is or isnt art... and on top of the gatekeeping, to question someones motives or credibility while actively trying to sell out is astonishing to me. "how dare you tag a tag you dont own! thats disrespect!" -- if only self awareness was sold in an aerosol can.

[@sinista.productions]

“How dare you cover over someone’s piece of work without permission” they say, after spraying something on a wall they don’t own, without permission.

[@TheRussness]

@@sinista.productions an architect would argue that the wall itself is a piece of work. the city that built the wall would claim that their clean city is a piece of work. id argue that whoever thinks they have the right to spray anything is a piece of work.

[@charvao]

what a great story but a tragic one, therea a robbo piece in brighton i can always see on my way to the skatepark , RIP Robbo, a true graffiti legend

[@feelincrispy7053]

Soooo banksy killed robbo?

[@deadeye8692]

What no

[@lukethelazymachine3687]

More insight into the graffiti world. Parkour people, skater people, breakdance people, graffiti people. It's interesting how we're connected in a way. 'Urban hobbies' kinda thing

[@Tardvark]

*BANKSY KILLED HIM*

[@dondraper2488]

Robin Gunningham kept Banksy but killed off King Robbo….

[@johncarle7807]

Pachuco graffiti started in Los Angeles as early as the 1920’s

[@Beegpapijimbo]

Banksy acting like he didnt know what he was doing under that bridge was so BS. Among writers, if you cover someone's piece thats better known or older than you, its a diss, and leaving some of the old piece showing is a sign of *further* disrespect, so making a guy wallpapering over that piece is straight disrespect.

[@pod9538]

Remember well bro... very sad 😔

[@pm-5565]

Watch out with calling Banksy a graffiti artist around some of the elitists (actual) graffiti artists tho, what he does is considered street art since he uses stencils for pretty much everything he does, graffiti artists use stencils sometimes for stuff like patterns on a background for example but some get very precious about this stuff. Whatever you wanna call him he's an artist all the same whether you like him or not he has his talent and that's pretty much undeniable. That said graffiti is a very strange phenomenon where there's a lot of comradery among most of the "true artists", the top dogs, but as you go down the ladder the hostility escalates rather quickly... the shitter the artist the more aggressive and gang-like, Toys they call em and they are what give this amazing art a bad name. Great vid as always ❤

[@wilfordbrimley6938]

1. Putting "elitist (actual)" makes you sound like just as big of a tool 2. Jimmy covered that. ffs 🤦‍♂️

[@pm-5565]

@@wilfordbrimley6938 I call em elitists because they are and I say (actual) because as I said these elitists don't consider Banksy is not a graffiti artist, he started as one but he was aggressively average at best. Great designer, shit with a can. So yeah the purists or elitists do not consider them an actual graffiti artist like they consider themselves, elitist are gatekeepers and a lot of those elitists are (actual) artists in the sense that they bomb stuff with shitty tags and even vandalize historical landmarks, doesn't make em good but they are still elitists and the (actual) is obviously a mockery towards those kinda Toys. And who cares if he covered it when what I'm saying is to watch out, as he well put there's a lot of violence and rivalry turned to enmity because I've watched people get fucked up over stuff like that with other much smaller and irrelevant artists because for many considering Banksy a part of the graffiti world a is a big insult, and I cannot fault em even tho I don't share the sentiment, and then I pointed out the hypocrisy of many (actual) graffiti artists using stencils sometimes and other tools for their pieces. 2. Making comments with bullet points, specially when it's just for 2 things and the 2nd point is not only idiotic but also not even a point to begin with... is actually being a tool, Wilford.

[@toolbox6228]

Banksy is an artist, but definetly not a writer.

[@pm-5565]

@@toolbox6228 Yeah I think it's safe to say that's a fact

[@a_changedworld]

Well told.. nice one.

[@RETIREDAMATUER]

OG Cornbread was the original reason tagging began then it evolved into what we have today

[@darkerarts]

Love the way everyone thinks Blek le Rat was the first to use stencils. Bands like Crass were bombing their logos and slogans around London using stencils since 1977

[@MuseumTrade]

I still love your work Jimmy. It's been many months since I last watched one of your videos. You're kind of taking the tragic vibe lately eh? Also, sadly, I'm not sure how many more I can watch, you've tripled your ads, it's tedious.

[@brandonwenzel2844]

Credit where credit's due, Baksy did the right thing. Even if it took him awhile. I don't have much love for Banksy; and it's clear that Robbo was the real OG, but, at least he was man enough to put the pettiness behind him.

[@nicho9292]

I'm from West London back in the 90s at school I use to write cbm and uA. Children born mental ,unseen artists. Robbo was in PFB paddy's fight back protestants from beyond which was a rival to cbm. Good days bunking off school to go out hitting places. Rip king robbo

[@ownageDan]

street art is for the general public, graffiti is for yourself/other writers. RIP ROBBO

[@martinwinther6013]

He was killed. Robbo was murdered Why is it so hard to accept?? When money is involved then things changes. When a lot of money is involved then a lot of things changes. People who had invested millions in Banksy just wants to protect their investments. Its that simple

[@Hexo210]

I love these videos because things that I don’t know from over here it can show over KZbin and documentaries I love them thank yoi

[@koiulkoiul8008]

RIP KING ROBBO

[@Dan-vh2vd]

SMT Covering bankey in Nottingham was amazing to see

[@bigfloppa2529]

Smt is one of the best crews in the uk for sure

[@felixcat9318]

Quite a few graffiti artists manage to kill themselves by falling from height or getting hit by a train whilst spraying another.

[@mikedrop4421]

You are definitely going to spoil us with all this content in one week

[@liambricklebank9352]

im just glad banksy made bristol a place and makes me happy that my city is on the map

[@N1StreetArt9494]

Shout out to all the GRAFF WRITERS ❤️

[@MEGVTRON]

dont talk to me or my son

[@TheLegend-rf7bk]

btw, it was not Banksy who blacked out the piece, that was the government.

[@mikestokke1094]

You should cite the Graffiti wars video that contains all of this information and much more depth. It is really interesting and is where many of your images and snapshots are from if I am not mistaken. Furthermore it is interesting that you are covering a topic about stolen material in the art world and not citing your source.

[@KNOTTYBUDS]

Its not Banksy's fault that everyone just likes his work. Why wouldn't they? It's good. It spreads a message, and it could cause tourists to travel across the world just to see it. But I can also see why the graffiti world is pissed at him for having his work glorified, while we all get buffed and scrutinized. I think the difference between us and Banksy is the fact that a lot of his art carries a message with it. Otherwise, normal people look at classic graffiti as, "just vandalism". And I can also see how other writers could see stencils as, "cheating". But I hate to use that word in any sense when talking about art. Nothing is off limits in art. I was just watching a documentary of people who make 3-D printed guns, and consider their guns art. And I can't tell them its not, because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you wanted to call a shit you plopped art, I have no right to tell you its not. I can still disagree with you, though. Basically, if it's not physically hurting you, then stop worrying about what someone else is doing and focus on yourself. In the case of him going over Robbo Inc.: I see it as that was definitely purposeful. Even the wallpaper guy he used where it only partially covers it up shows the calculated diss. He wanted everyone to know who he was covering up.

[@zombiedoggie2732]

There is a huge difference between writing a wall, or a message on a wall and composing together an actual picture.

[@LouisFindlay]

Christ, this story was deep and took a turn that I didn’t see coming.

[@SovietPakachu]

I never knew this history, all my respect to robbo almost made me cry this shit

[@nickrapsomanikis]

Making the thumbnail say "fell to death" has given me the image of the guy falling a ridiculous amount of times at different moments in his life till his body couldn't take it anymore.

[@Dizastermaster.]

Lmgsoo imagine having beef with someone, they kick your ass, so you send your PR team to respond and find out you been irrelevant to em since

[@namelesswon]

People who like Banksy are basic tourists.

[@travis.sk8]

About 20 minutes ago I saw a rip robbo tag by a popular local writer in my area called risk act

[@natesturm448]

When you lose your enemy/nemesis? Is when you mostly find out they were your best friend.

[@webbiergoose2032]

Bro your going to pop off one day but these uploads are banger after bangers after bangers

[@easeone420]

R.i.p King Robbo!

[@dukedex5043]

Banksy sprays over his art with fish in water, then robbo dies, or sleeps with the fishes as an assassin would say.

[@evilbrainangelheart9634]

"Banksy would return to the canal and pay tribute" Someone else putting a crown UNDER his name suggests he's no longer a "King" in his area... He didn't pay respect. He pissed on someones grave.

[@benjaminspannagel4327]

Wow! Great documentary.