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sixcentz: What do you write and when did you start writing??

dera: DERA...

I HAD A TAG SCINCE 3RD GRADE. I USED TO CUT OUT OF LUNCH AT PS. 22 AND

RACK CANS FROM BEPLAT HARDWARE AND WRITE ON THE MURRAY HILL LIRR STATION.

SEOD CAME WITH ME TOO. BACK THEN WE HAD DIFFERENT NAMES THOUGH.

 

sixcentz: where you from?

dera: Flushing, Queens

 

sixcentz: What crew/crews are you down with?

dera: I PUT UP TDK . ITS AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD CREW FROM THE EARLY 80'S. SO TDK

WAS PREZ. WRITERS LIKE CHEZ, NYE AND ZONE WERE DOWN . ALONG WITH A BUNCH

OF OTHER METAL HEADS WHO DIDNT REALLY WRITE.

 

sixcentz: Would you consider yourself a bomber or a piecer??

dera: I HAVE DONE PIECES IN THE PAST AND HOPEFULLY I WILL DO A FEW THIS SUMMER.

I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME CANVAS TOO BUT I AM STRICTLY A BOMBER AT THIS

POINT. I DONT HAVE THE TIME TO DO PIECES AT THE MOMENT. SO I BOMB AS MUCH

AS POSSIBLE WHEN I GET THE CHANCE.

 

sixcentz: who got you into graff?

dera: I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTO GRAFF BUT NEVER

REALLY STARTED TO BOMB UNTILL HIGHSCHOOL. I USED TO SEE GATO IN THE

HALLWAYS AND BECAME FRIENDS WITH SMOG + KPRO ROT CREW AND DUEL MCI THOSE

GUYS WERE GETTING UP HARD THEN. I WENT BOMBING A FEW TIMES WITH DUEL AND

SEOD BACK THEN .THEN SEOD BECAME MY REGULAR PARTNER IN CRIME.I DID A FEW

PIECES WITH THIS GUY ROCSTAR FTS CREW BACK THEN. HE ENDED UP GOING TO JAIL

FOR LIFE AFTER KILLING BRIAN WATKINS.

 

sixcentz: whats your favorite thing to paint?

dera: BACK THEN I WOULD HIT ANYTHING. STREETS, HIGHWAYS I EVEN GOT THE 7'S A FEW

TIMES BUT NEVER RAN FOR MORE THAN A HALF AN HOUR. MOST OF ALL I USED TO

GET 7 LINE ROOF TOPS . THOSE WERE MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES. I USED TO GET

WASTED AND GO UP ON A ROOF WITH PAINT AND BEERS. SEOD ALSO CAME ALONG ON

THOSE MISSIONS.AFTERWARDS WE WOULD GO FUCK WITH THE FAT HEADS ON

ROOSEVELT.

 

sixcentz: who were your influences?

dera: MY INFLUENCES ARE EVERYONE I NOTICED

WHEN I FIRST STARTED NOTICING GRAFF. OLD SCHOOL WRITERS LIKE NEO , SIN,

GATO, SO , GHOST , REC 127 ,SUR 167, TZ, ANGEL DUSTER, SHEER, RD 357, KEN

,FM , PK, NYE, VISA. OTHERS WHO I CANT EVEN REMEMBER. I THINK YOU CAN

NOTICE THE INFLUENCE IN MY THROW UP STYLE A LITTLE.

 

sixcentz: In your opinion who do you think is the most under rated writer in the graff world??

dera: I WOULD HAVE TO SAY WEB 113. THE GUY KILLED SHIT IN THE EARLY 90'S AND IS

STILL GOING STRONG. HE IS THE MOST DEDICATED WRITER I KNOW. TRUE TO THE

GAME. IF SOME ONE CAUGHT A TAG ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE HE KNOWS ABOUT IT.

IF SOMEONE GETS CAUGHT IN YONKERS HE KNOWS.HE DOSNT COME OUT UNLESS HE HAS

SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH.WHETHER IT IS PAINT OR SOMETHING TO SCRATCH HIS

NAME INTO SOMETHING.HE ALWAYS TRIES TO GET PEOPLE ORGANIZED TO GO BOMBING

AND IN A WAY HE GOT ME TO MAKE A LITTLE COMEBACK.

I HATED HIS ASS FOR A WHILE BECAUSE HE WENT OVER ME BUT NOW WE ARE

COOL.GIVE CREDIT TO WHERE CREDITS DUE.

 

sixcentz: How do you feel about the graffiti that people are doing currently?? Anyone you feel?

dera: THE GRAFF SCENE SUCKS NOW. AT LEAST INQUEENS. TOO MANY TOYS .

THE STREETS LOOK LIKE SHIT. EVEN A PROFESIONAL

VANDAL HAS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF STANDARDS. IF YOU HAVE NO HANDWRITING

STYLE DONT COP A TAG 20 FEET LONG .IF YOU CANT DO THROW UPS. DONT DO THROW

UPS. SOME GRAFF IS MORE OF A CRIME THAN OTHER GRAFF.

THE ONLY PEOPLE I FEEL ARE JA XTC AND TRAP IF. OLD SCHOOL GUYS THAT ARE

STILL OUT THERE. I EVEN SAW RD 357 AND PK WITH SOME NEW SHIT AROUND MY

WAY.

 

sixcentz: Any good chase stories or funny stories related to painting you wanna share??

dera: IM PROBABLY THE LUCKIEST WRITER OUT THERE . I HAVE ONLY BEEN CHASED A FEW

TIMES. ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING A CLEAN CUT WHITE GUY . PEOPLE DONT

WATCH ME. PLUS MY STRATEGY IS NEVER EXPECT THE OBVIOUS. I DONT STAND

AROUND TOO LONG. I JUST WALK UP TO A WALL AND DO WHAT I GOT TO DO AND

LEAVE.

I SAW A HIGHSCHOOL FRIEND OF MINE THE OTHER DAY IN ASTORIA WHO IS A COP

IN THAT AREA AND HE WAS LIKE " DAMN DERA STILL GOING AT IT" AND SLAPPED

MY HAND. ANOTHER TIME SEOD AND I WERE BOMBING ON ROOSEVELT AVE AND COPS

PULLED UP RIGHT BEHIND US. WE WERE DRINKING CISCO AND WERE DRUNK AS HELL.

WE HAD THE CANS LINED UP ON THE SIDE WALK WHILE DOING FILLINS WHEN THE

COPS PULLED UP. THEY LOOKED AT US AND LAUGHED AND DROVE AWAY. I WAS

CAUGHT WHEN I WAS 15 BY THE LIRR POLICE AND 10 YEARS LATER I GOT INTO A

CHASE WITH THE SAME GUY IN THE SAME SPOT HE CAUGHT ME PREVIOUSLY. ANOTHER

TIME I LEFT MY 40 OZ ON THE CURB IN THE UNION SQUARE AREA.THE COPS PULLED

UP TO THE CURB AS I JUST FINNISHED MY FILLIN. I USED REVERSE PSYCOLOGY

AND RAN TOWARDS THEM. I GRABBED MY 40 AND JETTED. THEY BUGGED OUT AND

DIDNT EVEN GET OUT OF THE CAR.>

 

sixcentz: any shout outs?

dera: TO MY PARTNER SEOD "SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE "

 

SLASH,WEB,JA,TRAP,CLARK,CEND,LES,CUBA,SIN,SO,MESOE,LASO,COLO,DG,JAKEE,RAD,AS,CORE,KEF

AND ANYONE ELSE IM COOL WITH .

 

RIP META.......

 

DERA TDK

 

sixcentz: THANKS ALOT .......

 

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