THE STORY
When I was younger, around the age of probably 14, I was introduced to the underground world of street art and graffiti through my long time friend and artist Jap. We'd sit for hours in the school library looking at random Google searched images from a number of artists. From then I was hooked really. I wasn't any good of an artist either but I'd always doodle stuff in the back of my school books which then led me to buy my own art book.
I'd stay up nights watching videos, pieces, documentaries and just about anything related to that underground life. I started drawing more and more. Watching other styles and tailoring it to suit me. I was biting, yea, but I was also learning. Eventually I had my own style, my own tag name everything. But to me it was never about how well I can draw or whatever. The life of the underground is what really got me . It was different and pretty much unheard of. That's what I liked. Unfortunately though that book was stolen a few months later when I had almost finished all the pages. I fell off my art game for a good couple of years because of that.

That's where my love for graffiti started, but my drive to start my own clothing line only came years later. It was pretty hard as a young kid at 16 or 17 to find clothes. Especially for me, I was 6' 2" at that age. Tall mofo yea? I also could never really find anything I liked in stores so I decided, you know what, I wanna design my own stuff.
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And....I want it to be about graffiti.

That's where the dream began..
Our U​nderground
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For those who live here or if you've ever been to our lovely little twin island called Trinidad & Tobago, then you'd know that our underground scene is pretty small. Mainstream activities, such as football and cricket, take more priority but there's so much potential and positiviy I see in the local scene..
​Around 2008 is when I started riding bmx. From then till now I've seen a good couple of events pass through but they have never really done anything for the scene. They push a bunch of skate or bmx events and then that was it. We'd then end up back on the same street grind that we were on before. Years have passed and we still can't get our own little spot or skate park to ride, hassle and law enforcement free. In the street art arena, little recognition is given to the creative minds of our island.

Riding street and being a graffiti artist, I see a lot of similarities in both cultures. Both are persecuted by law enforcement and the public for vandalism. Whether it be grinding a ledge or spraying an abandoned wall, but I can feel the same level of brotherhood. I also see it in skate and surfing. Really though, although it is small scene, it is pretty big considering the circumstances.
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What I like most about our local scene is;
Everyone knows everyone.
Everyone appreciates what everyone is doing.
I think that ,most of all, is the coolest part.
