Want My Name in Ghetto Graffiti Letters
What's iller than
having your name tagged up with some
Ghetto Graffiti on the freshest landmark
in your
city.
The names of my entire crew from 1983 are Bombed on the War bunker walls in Illeseim, Germany til' this day. Now that's what's up!
I Want My Name in Ghetto Graffiti Letters
As a blast from the past and in keeping up Graffiti "Vocab" here are some common glossary names for ya'.[ I Want My Name in Ghetto
Graffiti Letters ]
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ALL CITY
What a writer is considered to be when he/she is "up", but this term implies more status than being just "up". Many people can be "up", but only a select few could be considered "all city". Can also refer to a crew instead of just one writer.
- BACK IN THE DAY
Refers to the "old days", old school, or when a writer first started writing. Also a hip-hop/rap term.
- BACKGROUND
Originated on the subways out
of neccessity. Backgrounds were used to
make the piece stand out from all the tags
and assorted scribbling on a subway car
that make the piece hard to discern; the
color or design painted behind the piece
to make it stand out from the wall or
train.
- BACK TO BACK
A wall that is pieced from end
to end all the way across. Also can refer
to throwups that are one after
another. 
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