Interview: Evol One

VIMBY - Evol One

One of my great loves in life is graff.....although it pains me to see virtually every major city crack down furiously on writers and their taggin' exploit's, I still have great hope that one of the most important elements within' Hip-Hop will never run out of Aerosol.

A big part of my addiction for graff has to do with the individuals behind it. When I see a piece, I almost always instantly start scanning it intently for the name of the tagger or crew that wrote it. I've seen/read so many pieces and taggers over the last 10 years it's not even funny. From coast to coast and many places in between, the art has never eluded me. I even used to cut out and save the graff pieces they used to put in the back of The Source magazine, (before it turned into the shittiest hip-hop mag ever) I forget what that section used to be called, but I know all the real Source reader's remember...lol, it came right before the last few pages that were all adds for like, 1-800 sex line's, fake jewelry and bootleg Viagra. Man! I need me a new copy of Style Wars (R.I.P. Tony Silver).

Okay, Okay I'll stop boring ya with my graff tales, but be fore warned, they'll be back....muhahahahahahah......*silence*......uhhh, okay....anyway, yeah, Vimby, (Video In My Back Yard) the excellent online video blog site dedicated to in-depth coverage of artist's from region to region is a firm supportor of graff, frequently spotlighting taggers from all over the U.S.. In this, their first graff interview of 09', Vimby links up with Evol One in his own backyard of South Central, Los Angeles. Evol breaks down what the culture means to him, his skills and the booming L.A. graff scene.

-BIG D O