Want My Name in Ghetto Graffiti Letters
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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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