Interviews > INTERVIEW: COPE2
COPE2.
You hear the name all over. You hear it on radio, the television and see him while playing your Xbox.
COPE2, the name is associated with royalty in the Graff game. A true King whose been holding it down for several decades.
COPE2 finds himself in an interesting position. While many writers have failed to reap financial rewards from Graffiti, COPE2 finds himself receiving the accolades and financial success that isn’t associated with the careers of writers. He has made a living from Graff, and it is his profession.
I caught up with the King and exchanged words with him. He wasn’t reserved, but chose to discuss everything from beef, projects, accusations that he is a snitch, the haters, the current game, fucking people up, the cops, personal relationships, and life.
COPE2 put it down, and it goes like this…
CLARKE: So how did you come up with the name Cope2?
COPE2: Cope2 man, Bronx graffiti legend. I came up with that name back in 79, 80. My boy use to write “Kope” with a “K”. I forget what I was writing back then …..I use to write “BIN” and then I handed “BIN3″ to a friend of mine. Then I started writing “Cope” with a “C”. I got the 2 from when I idolized BAN2, he use to be king of the insides. He had a lot of shit on the lines. I use to watch a lot of names like 2FAMOUS, BAN2 PHASE2…I got inspired by them and since then I was COPE2.
CLARKE: When did you start writing?
COPE2: 78, 79 my cousin use to right. He was a local kid from the neighborhood. I picked it up from him and him taking me on the subways and then watching the trains go by…trains by COMET and BLADE, whole cars and whole cars by Lee…
CLARKE: So you actually saw all of this?
Cope2: Yeah, that really blew me away. I said “I want to get big like this!”
CLARKE: What writers had the biggest impact on you? When was the first time you saw a piece done on a whole car?
COPE2: I remember my mom, I used to go with her to this Spanish church on 167, this was back in 78, 79. We use to chill on the corner while my grandmother was talking to her friends. I would see the 2s and 5s role by. I remember seeing a lot of BLADE stuff…COMET and BLADE. Really the BLADE cars. I noticed that BLADE had so many whole cars with different colors and styles. That really blew my head. Also seeing the LEE cars and the DONDI, MITCH 77. I really love MITCH77, he really influenced me. He had dope lettering and his color schemes where awesome. Writers like MARK198, FRITOS, TRACY168 those where the writers who really inspired me. There was a writer, RIP7 he was down with the original Rock Steady Crew; he kind of taught me hand styles.
CLARKE: So you did have a teacher? You were taught at some point?
Cope2: Definitely I wanted to know more about it. Meeting writers like RIP7 kind of …he taught me a lot in tagging style.
CLARKE: Talk about the bench at 149th Street and the importance of that location for writer.
COPE2: It was a place a place where you met writers and a place where you hooked up with writers to rack your paint. Or just take photos of the cars, or sign black books and just hang out. Everyone use to cut school and go there. I remember I would go there with TRAP, back in 80, I met him on the 4 train, TRAP was like “Come with me to the bench!” I was a little afraid to go there, I was mad small. I seen so many writers chillin it was amazing.
CLARKE: Would you classify yourself as a toy during that period of time?
COPE2: Of course everyone starts or begins as a toy. There is nothing wrong with it. It is what you do with it. You remain a toy or you become a King. From a King, become a Legend, like me. I was a toy. I became a King, and from a King I became a Legend. If you want to stay a Toy, that is on you. Some writers stay toys, they never get better, but the bench was awesome, that is how I met writers like CAZ 2. Another writer who influenced me was REX 167. I started meeting a lot of old school writers there….SCHEME, DES… I was small but they were giving me love.
CLARKE: So you never had any trouble at the bench? I heard that a lot of writers had beef up there.
COPE2: Sure…I remember when AGENT tried to rob me, but BAN2 put a stop to that. He was SCHEME’s partner, he was wild….That was 81, 82 I was small. People didn’t fuck with me much, because I was young, but I was coming up fast. I was doing mad pieces and throw ups on the 2s, 4s, and 5s so the older cats were giving me respect. They were like, “You Cope2? Word shorty?”
CLARKE: What was your life like at home while this was happening?
COPE2: My moms was pretty down to earth, my brothers were young and my father was always working. I was the type of kid who always liked to be outside.
CLARKE:Do you feel that Graf gave you direction and kept you out of trouble?
COPE2: Definitely! When I got older I got into selling drugs and robbing people, so I got arrested a few times. I stuck with the Graff…I got into trouble with that too, but it was better than the drugs. When I was selling drugs I started taking them too.
CLARKE: You make an appearance in the video game “Getting Up”, do you think it is good for Graff?
COPE2: Anything is good for Graff. Especially in New York. New York is kind of dead right now and you have a bunch of little kinds running their mouths on websites who don’t know anything about graffiti or anything about any righter in general. Writers today, they hear one thing and go with it. You have to know someone before you can crucify them, but the game was cool. I got the opportunity to be in the game and the money was right. I feel like some the guys in the crew of Legends don’t deserve the title. I won’t say any names. There are so many other writers that should have become legends [on the game] like BLADE, PHASE 2…there are a lot of writers that that should have been legends in the game. He picks 2 or 3 niggas that really didn’t do anything graffiti at all. Fuck it, that is their choice and they are in the game. But I am happy I am in the game. I get emails from kids all over the world. I really want my own game. I am writing a book right now. I have been through crazy shit. I have a book out now called “Cope2 True Legend”. It will be available in the states now, but over 5000 copies have been sold in Europe. You can get it from [the web] now. The game is pretty dope. I want to do another one, my manager is talking to some people. My manager is cool and he has been getting me more than enough work. Sometimes it gets too overwhelming.
CLARKE: Cope when I look on some websites and see your name, people call you a snitch, why?
COPE2: I laugh at it. That happened when my video came out 5 years ago, “Cope2 King Destroyer”. It was a documentary that sold worldwide. I got arrested for it. The police wanted some of my boys who were doing trains. I wouldn’t give them up. Some people know the truth behind it; my lawyer is the same as PJ and SEEN. The vandal squad wanted me to give up some writers, and I won’t say there names. They got pissed off when they arrested me. I had a good lawyer so I got off. You have to get caught in the act and he knows everyone in the system.
So, me not getting caught, the vandal squad playing a game where they catch writers and tell them that “Cope is a snitch, and Cope works with us.” Which is Bullshit! There is not one writer I know in my whole life that can say I snitched on. I’ve seen niggas get shot and stabbed in front of me, sliced in the face, I’ve done evil shit and I would not waste over 20 years to snitch on a writer. In graffiti you got these kids, or even your own friends, niggas you have known for years, that hate on you. When a writer see you blowing up, or coming out with a video or with a book, you are traveling the world and you live off of something you love to do, they hate on that shit. So they get on the internet and spread rumors. After I got arrested, the cops raided my crib and took all of my shit. If I was a snitch why would they do that? That whole snitch shit is funny. I laugh at it. I am too real for it. Why waste 20 years, a career? I know the tricks that the cops play. The cops can do it with these young kids. Cops grab you and tell you that your boy snitched you out. Cops can manipulate. Their thing is to divide and conquer. Writers don’t see that. To me, I think it is more than that. I am too popular and to famous in this game. Writers are so jealous that they want to bring my name down and bring the value of Cope2 down. If they could say I was a homo or that I have aids they would do it, but there is no signs of that so they go with the snitch thing.
That is the only way to try to destroy me. A lot of these kids wished they lived the live I live. The snitching boils down to hate. It is a part of life. I keep doing me and kill them with silence. I will do me with product, sneakers, books and traveling the world.
These kids who call me snitch and hate, they are the ones that buy my book and video.
They are the ones that want to shake my hands at art shows.
CLARKE: What is the definition of a “TOY”?
COPE2: A toy is not bad. It is a kid who just started and is not up that much
CLARKE: ALL CITY?
COPE2: Like MIN said in style wars, you have to hit all of the lines. Some writers who just worked one line. Min rocked shit! …2s, 5s, 1s, 4s, 5s, 6s, A, B, C… You have to hit everything. IZ also! He was the ultimate bomber. My biggest idol in bombing was CAP. He taught me how to bomb really….he gave me my throw up and I took it from there…HARD!
CLARKE: Can anyone go ALL CITY NOW?
COPE2: Yeah, but it is played. You get in a car; do a throw up in Brooklyn and then get in a car and do a throw up in Manhattan and you’re All City? It is not like EASY and JOZ. They are he real all city kings. Ultimate street kings. Some righters like SKUF,NAISHA. I really idolize him as the up and coming. He bombs All City and he puts a lot of work in. He does a lot! There are not too many. JEE he does All City. There are not too many who are All City. Not too many writers from Brooklyn and Queens come to the Bronx. The only writer who has was SKUF. We go out there. I did all city in 93 with PER. Not too many did it like EASY and JOZ. They were doing it in 88, 89.
CLARKE: How did the piece for TIME happen?
COPE2: I got an email from a lady saying they offered it to Zephyr and some other writers, but they turned it down. How do you turn down twenty five grand to do a piece on a vinyl? Some writers are too arrogant, it is ridiculous! Hey I did it! I got bigger projects coming up. People will say I’m being a sell out, but I paid my dues. I destroyed subways, roofs, highways, streets, I beat niggas down, I can rack. I don’t need to keep doing that. I’m thirty seven and having another kid on the way.
I’m like an animal, I can’t be around writers. Some writers are ridiculous. I’m quick to knock their teeth out the back of their heads. Then you got Toys from Queens and even from the Bronx and they want to go over me. They ain’t no one and they are toys! There are writers who have been out there ten years and haven’t done anything. My boy SAP has been out for two years and he is killing the Bronx. Anyone in my crew destroys shit. He reps my crew “Gods of Destruction” and “Killer Dawgs”.
These are niggas from the Bronx who are not to be fucked with. Niggas can’t fuck with the crew.
CLARKE: What years would you consider to be your prime, in Graf? What years were the best?
COPE2: 82-84…
CLARKE: Okay, describe the scene, the sneakers, the clothing and music during those years.
COPE2: Those were the days you could rack some Pumas, Adidas and put oh your Lees and BVDs. I would break-dance. I would go to the Funhouse, Roxy. I would take a tab of mescaline and go to the Roxy. One time back in 82, Rock Steady came to the block on Dekalb Avenue and Moshulu parkway. I battled Rock Steady. RIP7 bought Rock Steady down. We battled and they burned us but it was a dope battle. They just took off and became famous.
Those were the hip hop days…kids playing stickball, skelzies, kids with the boom box, going to the jams in the park. You could listen to any Afrika Bambatta track or Soul Sonic Force, that shit would hype you up and you could go paint a train afterwards. It was amazing…
CLARKE: Are you Mets or Yankees?
COPE2: I like the Yankees better, but baseball sucks. I like boxing. I followed Tyson since 1985. When I was little, I wanted to become a boxer, but I had a child at a young age. My favorite has always been Tyson. In his prime, no one could stand in the ring with him. This dude was ridiculous. He should have beat Holyfield, he was not the same when he came out of prison.
That is how I fight. I don’t wait; I just come at you and try to rip your head off. If you beat me you beat me. I really watch UFC. There are a couple of guys [Graffiti righters] that I want to fight and I want to break there arms.
CLARKE: Why?
COPE2: They run their mouths, they go over me and they are toys to me. They know who they are. The will know when I run into them. There are a couple of guys who want to shake my hand and suck my dick, but when they walk away, a month later I look on SASTER and see their tag over my throw up. When I see them, I am going all out on them. They have to be put into their place. A lot of these kids act tough but when you step to them they call the cops. That is what I am afraid of. A lot of these righters are punks and can’t fight. A lot of them are pussies. They want to got over me and write stuff on SASTER. Just a couple of them, I want to get them into some nice submissions and break their fucking arms and they will have something to remember for the rest of their lives! But I have too much success now over trying to beat someone down. This guy got me arrested for threatening them over the phone. They got me arrested; now I have a case. I have a rap sheet for assault and it is not from graffiti.
CLARKE: What is the difference between a King and a Legend?
COPE2: A King is a writer that is top of it all. He has locked down everything. Trains, walls, rooftops, most tags, pieces, throwups….a Legend is someone that has been doing it for years and has nothing to prove. I can name a couple of legends….MIN 1 is a true legend. But I got that from Bruce Lee. Someone who can has nothing to prove and has proven themselves….a lot of writers….BLADE, SEEN, TKID, PJ there are a few that are Legends. I paid my dues and I’m still rocking.
CLARKE: You mentioned SKUF as one of they guys that is currently doing his thing, is there anyone else?
COPE2: No one has impressed me…[COPE pauses]….JA …I love JA; he goes over everyone and does not give a fuck. A lot of people don’t like him, but yo…I had my beefs with him and it is squashed and it is over. As for Etch bombing SNATCH, SMASH, BET and JA. My boy SAP killing shit in the Bronx, SAZE, QUEST, JEZ, OVIE and SINCE recking shit in the Bronx and all boroughs, the two infamous thugs. YMI is keeping it alive doing productions, and TATS CRU has alwaysbeen around doing there thing. And also female writers…like TOOFLY and other females….. it is not like back in the days when you had righters from all over. Not anyone exciting. I think I need to come back, but I can’t afford it. Then the vandal squad comes to my house. I like bombing ghettos around the world like Paris, London, Germany, Holland…I like bombing all over the world.
CLARKE: Outside of the U.S. What spots are holding it down for Graf?
COPE2: Italy is dope. France, Germany….Europe is really taking it! As long as they respect us it is cool!
CLARKE: Have you ever gone over anyone?
COPE2: I’ve had beef with writers like SEEN AND PJ, righters like that. They helped me get to where I am today. Back in 85 I was king of the 2s and 5s, and PJ was released from prison. He started killing the 2s and 5s with SEEN and they started going over me and it became a war. We had a big war.
I had a war with CAP and MPC when I left the crew. I had beef with writers like DURO, MIN, GHOST, GATO, VIN1, REAS. When me and PJ became cool I got into more beef. All of those wars with big writers, old school writers makes me who I am, so I take my hat off to them and respect them.
CLARKE: Okay, so doesn’t it make sense for new guys to get at you now?
COPE2: Nah, cuz they are doing it the wrong way. Going over me for no reason. I am not going over them. Like when I was coming up, PJ was going over me, I wasn’t coming after him. I got my fame doing me. …but then again, I guess I understand them cuz on the 4s in 83, 84, I went over SHARP and SPIN, I did not want anyone on that line, anyone on the 4s the 2s, 5s, then I went to the 1 line, but a lot of writers on that line did not like me like the FC CREW, IBM, TC5, FLIGHT, they were going over my shit, then SEEN and PJ started killing it.
CLARKE:What was your routine when writing?
COPE2: I would go to the yard. I would hide my paint. I would do a dope color burner then smash the rest of the yard with throwups.
CLARKE: You had to have seen some crazy shit? What is the craziest thing you have seen while writing?
COPE2: Back in 82, me POST, REX167 in Bedford park …it was more like 10 writers…It was snowing. A train rolled in really quiet. It was four cars of a 4 line. It was crazy. The doors opened and like twenty cops came out. I was high and I ran and got away, a fat Philippine kid who wrote LEE3 [OTB] got caught. I got away, that was crazy. Most crazy shit involved raid stories with cops.
CLARKE: The “Clean Train Campaign”. What was that period of time like for you?
[When I mentioned this, Cope got a real uneasy look]
COPE2: It was terrible. In 85, the 4 [train] was the first to get clean trains. By 88 that was it. The last trains that were the last were the Js, Ms and the CCs. I killed those with my boys SAYS and MED. We killed them. Those were the last trains. When the clean trains came, a lot of writers quit. Old school writers quit, the only guys that kept righting was the RIS CREW; they were still doing clean trains. I was amazed. These kids was bugging. They inspired me to hit clean trains. I knew they were doing it to keep the movement alive. Transit was winning because they were taking cars off. You hit a train and then a day later it was gone. All you had then was your picture. Then the Europeans came and fucking up the trains! Top to bottoms! Fucking up the trains!
Like NEON and MILK, and CHINZ, ZEBSTER, they were fucking up the trains. Europeans are still killing it big time!
CLARKE: Have you been invited to do work in Europe?
COPE2: Yeah people pay to see me paint in Europe, it is amazing. That is my job. I live off of Graffiti.
CLARKE: If you could do a throw up on any landmark, what would it be?
COPE2: I would do a whole car and put it in the transit museum and have it sit there. A COPE top to bottom whole car. Or maybe a window down burner with MITCH77 and TKID, CAGE2, us four and let it sit there and be a part of history…That is what’s wack. You go to the museum and you don’t see it. It is a part of New York history.
CLARKE: Do you feel that New York City movement is dead right now?
COPE2: Yeah, the cops, the vandal squad, they make niggas not even want to be bothered. They catch writers, start shit, go online and start shit, they ruin everything. It is a headache. As you got older, you don’t…..I will be 40 soon. I can’t do that. You get older and have to do what is best for you, pay your bills and eat.
CLARKE: Okay…fast forward 10 years from now, what will you be doing?
COPE2: I don’t know…I don’t know why I’m still here. It is weird. I might not be alive. Life is short; I take it day by day. I take it easy. I have been through a lot. I have been through a lot of drama…my mothers passing last year. I see shit in general. A lot of my friends have been murdered, you reminisce on the times you had with them and now they are not here anymore. It is fucked up they way they were killed. People in jail for shit they did not do. I have been in prison and there are dudes in there who deserve a second chance and it is wack. It is terrible…that is what stops me from beating some of these people, loosing my freedom. I have been in there and it is not a good place. No matter how tough you are….having your freedom taken away…I have friends who do 5 years and go right back. I have friends who are immune to that shit.
Hey …people hate me, call me a snitch, but hey I’m the one with the big bank account, I will make sure that twenty and thirty years from now people know who COPE2 is. Call me a snitch or hater, but your grand kids will be talking about COPE2. Niggas, who really know me, know I’m one of the realest mother fuckers in this Graff game. We’re all men and we have to respect each other!
Some people just don’t know how to show respect. There is so much hate out there. I have friends, like when my book came out; they flipped on me and started hating. When my book came out they were not my friends. I never did that. You got guys who shake your hand and are the ones that hate. It is fucked up. I learned not to fuck with to many people. I keep it tight with my brothers and the people in my crew and that is it. Like TKID who is the realest dude in the world.
CLARKE: Any advice for anyone who is new to Graff?
COPE2: KD, knowledge dominates. If you get caught by the cops, you have the right to remain silent. That is why the cops hate me! I say nothing. If you don’t get caught…that is why I have a lawyer. Be real and do what is best for you. If you are doing canvases and your boy does trains and he thinks it is wack, don’t worry about it, do what is best for you. I do everything… walls, sneakers, canvases.
For all of the haters…you will keep seeing me. I will still be COPE2. I will leave behind the legacy and people will remember me. I have to represent, BRT, TNB, GNR, VGL, Gods of Destruction, Killer Dawgs, FC, TMB, BTC, KAS, you know…every crew that is a crew, OTB.
My girl Indie and everyone who has love for me and for everyone that does not… fuck you!
For all of you Toys, that want to be on the computer, it is sad. When you go on SASTER you see my name KING COPE 2, these kids hide behind fake names. They are pussies. There is this kid from Brooklyn who was trying to disrespect me on a chat line, when I seem him I’m going to beat him down senseless. This kid knows who he is, he just got out of jail, he is from Greenpoint. He started getting stupid will me online, and then he reported me to AOL and got my account suspended. He knows who he is. That is some pussy shit. This kid claims he is thugged out.
Anyone who keeps going over me…I’m coming to your house with my boyz, and we will beat your ass down. When I run into you are getting setted on. And I don’t fight fair, if I’m with 4 or 5 niggas we are all fucking you up, you wanna be thugged out and go over me and be tough on the internet than that is it. These kids deserve it. They write shit that is uncalled for. I don’t really have time, most will call the cops.
I will keep being me and there is more to come.
March 17th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
very dope article
March 17th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
March 18th, 2006 at 5:30 am
I like how you come to the site and say to stay off…lol…
March 18th, 2006 at 8:54 am
Cool article. BX til’ infinity. Keep rocking Cope:cool:
March 18th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Nice article. I’m surprised that you let yourself fall into the BS internet postings. Forget all that.It’s too easy to write some anonymous BS. Keep ya head up and make that paper.
March 18th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
that article is tight keep doin ur thing cope
March 18th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
Peace to Cope, Money’s been rocking shit none stop 20yrs +
March 18th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
THIS INTERVIEW IS POINT..YO COPE FUCK ALL THE BULLSHYT…LET THE HATERS HATE….THEY JUS MAD CAUSE THEIR NOT IN THE POSITION UR IN… JUS MAKE THAT MONEY BRO..
PEACE
156 KILLA DOGZ Goin Out Drinkin..
over and out……
March 19th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
u on the top of the world embrace it
March 20th, 2006 at 1:36 am
Keep it real my nigga.You know you go to way back to fall into that internet thug bullshit.Stay safe my nigga.
Zear one…FC, FBA, TC-5, IBM, ROCSTARS, Worldwide Tribal clique…….Usted Sabe!
March 20th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
Let em hate
Let em hate
watch the Money Pile Up
mAn Cope been of ya shit since 96 man
yo stay away from Internet Postings man NAwMean??
FUck em because man you a real dude man i feel on the part when ya friends walked out on you like that man……thats some f**ked up shit man but hey you got fans that is cool with ya man
Every time i see the HOF man your style be kickin asss Even that 2001 HOF man with TKID EWOK man that shit was illin man fo dillin man
HEy keep rockin and shockin man i got mad props to ya YKK and XTC crew man
JA is a SIck dude including his Friend FOE man when he hit under some bridge man that was the sickest shit man hittin so high man damnn
BUt even JA has hate on WC writers and all man i still got love fo the WC art man
Some people just like to hate to get fame from you quick man that aint the write way man
including that im a TOY lol
but i dont wanna go over shit man
holla man holla hollla
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March 20th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
what up cope it’s been a while but my boy rist told me that you asked about me and asked what was up with me i’m just chillin in Min. that’s all i can say met you once with Ronone just passing throught o see whjat up with you i see your doing your thing so keep up the work you have mad props in just doing your thing keeping it real talk to you one day. peace out kidd.
March 20th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
great article… you know people just haten cuz dey name aint going down in history like urs..stay tru n continue to stay at top
March 21st, 2006 at 5:46 am
I been around the seen for a long time , since about 1990 or so. I’m deep on history of graff and the whole seen overall. This is a hot article, I hope I see more like it from old skool writers. Funny though I grew up Greenpoint Brooklyn and thats where I met alot of people I know today. Whats that kid write that you have beef with?????
March 21st, 2006 at 12:53 pm
WOW!!! LOOK AT ALL THE LOVE ABOUT TIME BUT I WONT BE SURPRISE!! TO SEE SOME HATER COME ALONG SO I SIT BACK AND WAIT UNTIL THEN IMA DO ME LIVE LIFE BABY THANKS FOR THE LOVE AND RESPECT EVERYONE!! SIT BACK AND RELAX CAUSE THERES ALOT MORE TO COME!!!!!!!! GOD IS GREAT
March 21st, 2006 at 3:29 pm
I HAVE BEEN IN SINCE THE SCENE IN CALI KILLINGSINCE 1983 AND I HAVE HEARD FROM COPE2 WAY DOWN HERE IN L.A CALI..
DREW . ON THE RUN CREW
March 21st, 2006 at 6:08 pm
real shit my man, keep a tight circle wordup…stay up…not like u wont..lol
March 21st, 2006 at 9:03 pm
YO0O COPE U NICE THEIRS PEOPLE IN MA BLOK THAT B TRYING TO GET FAME OF U MAN BUT U INSPIRE ME TO WRITE N TRY TO GET MA UPZZZZZ …….WEL DAS ALLI WANNIT TO TELL U IIGHT KEEP BOMIN MA NIKKA
March 22nd, 2006 at 12:55 am
y does he say he hates saster but hes being interviewed by him
March 22nd, 2006 at 2:42 am
yo man the interview was great and im very proud of cope2 as a writter he is 4 making it this far.he deserves all credit props and respect 4 all them years he,s been doing his thing and catching reck.im glad i met em.cope is one of the coolest biggest writter i ever met in my life.may god continues 2 bless him with a skill and talent 2 shock the world that god has blessed him with.
March 22nd, 2006 at 11:39 am
hype fuckin shit man keep it real cope
March 22nd, 2006 at 1:59 pm
thats a raw interview cope2, inspirational… ta say da least
March 22nd, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Honestly before i read this article i believed what people were saying about u bein a snitch. Then i read this article and i was like wow im an asshole. I judged u and i dont even know u personally. And i know shit like that starts from some asshole starting a rumor. So yeah man i have mad respect for you. You did your thing and thats how u got to where you are.
March 22nd, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Yo…xxxxxx, Phat Interview!!!!!!! I was feeling it.
Pop quiz…….What did I write after this?
Peace, from Espalande Kidd
One
March 22nd, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Sup Cope keep it up man you killin shit. Games sneakers, worldwide nigga. Fuck the haters. “If you hating then you fake cuz all the real niggas feel us”-Street Lordz Chedda Boyz, RIP BLADE ICEWOOD. Live by that shit nigga. Dub oner out
March 22nd, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Nice interview man, i know what your talkin about the people that act all tough over the net, but in real life theyre just a bunch of pussies
March 23rd, 2006 at 1:49 pm
YO COPE2…..I DONT KNOW U DAWGS, BUT U BEEN UP SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MY WRITIN CAREER AND I AINT ASHAMED TO STATE IT….KEEP DOIN U AND MAKIN THAT MONEY…..REMEMBER>>>>> “WIT GREAT POWERS COME GREAT RESPONSIBILITY….. SO OF COURSE THE HATERS ARE AROUND…BUT LIKE U SAID, THOSE THE SAME NIGGAZ THAT BUY UR BOOK AND RAGG U …..IM DOMINICAN, BUT ITS GOOD TO SEE A PUERTOROC BE ONTOP OF HIS GAME….AIGHT ,,,,ONE6……… S.P.I.C SICK PIECES INFLUENCED COPE!
March 24th, 2006 at 6:16 am
yo cope , i really like your work its got a big inpact on mine , i do it for a year now and i know your shit for a months now .. so props really
March 24th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Me like cope, not like that but me like him style mon. Da badman been thorough since I cayn rememba. Me like how you a get big paycheck for doin grafitti, dem bwoy jus hate because you a get paid fi something you love fi do. Right now you lookin like graff representative. So go smoke a duhty spliff an brush ya shoulders off,, much respect, irie!
March 24th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
NEGA COPE IS WHO HE IS NEGAZ CANT TAKE THAT FROM DUKE. KING 4 REAL….YES SIR:cool:
March 25th, 2006 at 10:57 am
I RUN NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!!! AND IMA KING THE WORLD!!!! WORLD WIDE MOBB FIGURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK ALL YA HATERS AND LOVE TO ALL MY PEOPLES WHO GIVE ME LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU MOM REST IN PEACE MY IMMORTAL GODDESS!!!!!!!!!!!
March 25th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
this guy talks mad shit
then he says when he runs into you with 4 guys they will jump you, thats some pussy shit right there, its funny he calls everyones a hater but yet all he does is run his mouth and talk shit bout people
March 27th, 2006 at 10:43 am
HEY DURO!!! GO RAPE SOME LITTLE BOY!! BEFORE I GET PJAY AFTER YOU!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL AND DONT TALK SHIT CAUSE ILL KNOCK YOU WRITE BACK INTO STYLE WARS YOU LITTLE CHILD MOLESTER!! LOLOLOLOLOLL HEY I DONT NEED TO JUMP YOU ILL SLAP THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!! I DONT NEED TO JUMP NOBODY TRUST ME COME STEP INTO THE TERROR DOME AND YOULL SEE!! GO HANG WITH MICHAEL JACKSON AND BEAT IT!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL I LOVE IT YO DASH YOU CRAZY NIGGA!! FC BABY
March 27th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Yo Fern..I have to say this is one of the best intrviews I have read the other one was Ban2 back in 2002. Brother “you” are the realest mother fucker out there. And you are my friend. And I know your mom has left this earth but she is with you and around you. And as you should have realized by now..when you do the right thing..good things come your way and your blessed my brother.Mrs C is makeing sure of that. You stayed true to the game and cause of you this art form is still alive and will be forever..Yea its true haters will hate but the big kick in the ass will be when their grand kids are doing a school project on you and they ask their crusty old hateing ass grand pappy to help them with thier home work..LOL oh by the way didnt D.cia apply for a job at seseme street..
Peace T
March 27th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Mad love COPE…fuck all those fools that talk shit…as you say, its only out of jealosy and they just want a piece of your pie…
Fantastic article, i read the whole thing twice, some big truth in your words. keep destroying, 2006 onwards.
You should come out to Australia again, bring that mad 80’s funk downunder. Everyone here loves and respects your shit.
peace & have a good one…
ADER
March 28th, 2006 at 2:38 am
Fuck the haters, your king of kings and everyone that talks shit is just jelous and has no shit to back it up……
March 28th, 2006 at 3:26 am
u r a legend keep dat shit up
March 28th, 2006 at 9:12 am
yo,,,his work & ideas are fresh..The one i jocked the most was SILONE 5 BY7 R.I.P and all he would do is talk about seeing COPE & OVIE…love aint there,but the respect is…the nigga talks alot of shit…guessing on how many nigga’s jockthe dude…you would think that nigga has been outso long he would know who are real writers and who’s not…if it’s like that if you haven’t hit a train in the 80’s ..you aint shit..kool…but alot of real people didn’t have thase pleasures…nigga paints…and ilike painting…enough of this shit tough…A Real Vandal to the day he dies will always be…JA XTC…LES is king of the beasts…
March 28th, 2006 at 10:41 am
YO SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU LITTLE UGLY FUCK!!! YEAH MUCH LOVE TO SIL5X7!! AND HE REPED KD!! I DIDNT MENTION ALOT OF NIGGAS CAUSE I WILL IN MY NEXT BOOK COPE2! THE TRUE STORY!! SO BE EASY MR EVANER CAUSE YOU DONT WANNA BE PART OF THE BOOK IN THE SECTION OF BEATDOWNS!!! AND LUMPS SON .WE COOL SO LEAVE IT LIKE DAT DONT AD TO THE FIRE CAUSE IM TO HOT FOR YOU!! RESPECT AND YOULL GET BACK THIS WHOLE GRAFF SHITS FOR HYPE!! AND FOR TOYS AND HATERS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO I DONT TAKE THIS SO SERIOUS BUT IF YOU KEEP RUNNING YO MOUTH I WILL COME SEE YOU!! TRUST ME DUKE AND I FEAR NO ONE SON!! SO BE EASY AND DO YOU!!!!
March 28th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
wuts rex 167 ’s reall name?
March 28th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
was it ray b ? get @ me
March 28th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
yo rex 167 is my father.
March 29th, 2006 at 12:14 am
Yo Cope, this is Sak, wats good? Even when the odds were against you in the 80s I had luv for ya and I still do. Your interview was dope, real, and funny all rapped up in one, I don’ t give a fuck what anyone says, you did alot for the game and the game owes you alot. We are both victims of hate but we keep doin us. best wishes with your graf, career.
March 29th, 2006 at 1:16 am
When is “Cope2: The true story ” or whatever its called coming out? Like are you just starting it or is it in the middle of getting published or what?
March 29th, 2006 at 11:00 am
Good one
Yo that ecko game is fresh
funny i had to paint 3 spots to impress you
but i finally passed it.
Sorry i missed you when you came to LA
Lyfer told me good things.
all the 2’s are dope hahahah
cope2
view2
rek2
March 29th, 2006 at 11:08 am
KNOX PLACE THE BRONX LONG TIME NO SEE COPE. DO YOUR THING. MY BRO LIVED NEXT BUILDING TO YOU.
March 29th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Another one down cope.. another one added to the long list.. Another one added to the resume to the catolog….No matter what anyone said this adds on to the long long list of articles ,interviews and to media attention… so for all the people that understand , that means it adds on the legacy.. In the end all the negative comments it wont change the fact the man is now the head of the graff thing..
Especially with all your objections the biggest names in the graff world stand by his side and theres is no question about that… the list is long ..
ja,skuf,ate, ryno, west,ket, ghost and even the late joz are all cool with cope.. Plus in the end all the main piecings artist still to this day will piece a wall with cope.. so what are you all saying.. I been around all those yrs watching and chillin in the cut .. In the end you can believe what you want, im not a fan or a jocker not even a student.. I did things my own way and saw everything cope did, he sacafice alot more then most and now he happy for his success so if he says something that you say is ego or talking shti then just like jay z , nigs came from the bottom and came to the top … So a nigga is enjoying the reaps of his rewards and hard work… Cope is my family and the crew stays loyal no matter of the good or bad.. Ovie , jaes, quest ,jeer and the brother jee will always stand strong… so quoting sonemega “Success” .. my nigga…. GOD STATUS…. 2006
March 29th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
King Cope give me a fuckin break you dumb fuck, maybe king of Toys. And tha only thing you may run well is your mouth you fat slob because it surly isn’t New York that’s a fact TOY. You know something else I was truly amazed that you even knew how to use a computer; I must say you blew me away with that one son because I always considered you to be dumb as nails, no kidding. I’m sure you must have one of your kids taking care of that aspect for you. As I said on the Per Interview your nothing but a Glorified toy who is a whore to the Graff game, sooner or later they’ll get tired of seeing your sloppy shit and spit you out like the rest who joined tha band wagon way back when.
March 29th, 2006 at 9:11 pm
YO TRU 2 THA GAME!! OFF MY DICK YOU HATER ASS NIGGA WHY DONT YOU REP WHO YOU REALY ARE YOU FAGET YOU KNOW YOU WONT DO THAT CAUSE YOU STRAIGHT PUSSY!! WHEN YOU SEE ME STEP TO THIS PUNK ASS NIGGA!! YOU JUST WISH YOU LIVED THE LIFE I LIVE!!! ITS HATERS LIKE YOU WHO MAKE ME MORE POWERFULL!!! I JUST LOVE IT IMA SHINE FOR EVER ASK MY MANAGER!!! HES THE BEST AND WHEN IM RICH YOULL STILL BE SUCKING MY BIGDICK!!!!!! YOU FAGET ASS HOMO GO EAT A DICK AND STOP THINKING ABOUT ME!!! YOU BITCH!! COME SEE ME BABY!! YOU AINT TRU YOU TRU TO SUCKING BIGDICK!!LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL HEY! FUCK YOU!
March 30th, 2006 at 2:03 am
COPE 2…I’VE BEEN TALKING SHIT…BUT SEEING HOW OTHERS JUST TALK SHIT,THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR MY SHIT…I TOOK IT PERSONAL ON SHIT AND YOU FELT THAT…YOU DEFENDED YO SELF,BUT MADE ME FEEL LIKE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHY MY FRUSTRATION…YOU HAD A ROUGH YEAR…WHEN EVER YOUR DOWN READ JEZ’S COMMENT…YOU DO HAVE A COUPLE OF REAL PEOPLE BACKING YOU…SO I GUESS..BLESS THE CAREER..KEEP MAKING IT HARD FOR NIGGA’S TO FOLLOW….P.S I HAD TO DO CERTAIN SHIT TO GET OUT OF A KREW’S SHADOW..SORRY I HAD TO USE YOU….IT WORK THOUGH…
March 30th, 2006 at 2:16 am
ONE MORE THING…THAT’S THE FIRST I HEARD LOVE EXPRESS TO SILONE…WOULDN’T HURT…CUZ THAT NIGGA’S EYES USE TO LIGHT UP WHEN G.O.D OR K.D CAME UP IN CONVO…..SO.R.I.P TO ALL !!!
March 30th, 2006 at 8:25 am
yo i just saw your book on this one site, it looks sick, but the only thing that sucked about it was that it cost $60!! i mean it looks like a good book, 272 pages an all, but $60!! screw that im gonna wait until it gets old an buy it for cheap off of ebay or something, $60…………..
March 31st, 2006 at 4:36 am
COPE I LOVE YOU IM JUST A TOY I NO NIGGAS DINT HEAR OF ME I JUST WANT TO BE COOL WIT YOU AND IF I TALK SHITTO YOU NIGGAS PROB THINK IM GANSTA NO OFFENSE BUT I JOCK YOU HARD BODY CHEA CHEA…IOD KGK GOD…YO CAN I PUSH GOD PLEASE ………
March 31st, 2006 at 9:18 am
NO DOUBT!!! ITS ALL GOOD SIL WAS UDD REAL AND ALWAYS LOVE FOR HIM LET HIM RIp!!!!!!!!!! IM OUT TIRED OF THIS CRAP 2MANY HATERS ON HERE TIME TO GET$$$$$$$$$$$$$ BUT WATCH OUT FOR SOME NEW COPE BOMBS!!!!!! TELL CREAP I JUST MISSED HIM THE OTHERDAY!! ILL GETTEM!! HE WANNA RUN HIS MOUTH OK NO PROBLEM!!! KILLA DOGS BABY GOD!!!! YO JEZA!!! KING THE 1S BABY!! OVIE! KING IT ECHE! STYLE
April 1st, 2006 at 12:57 am
yo what the fuck is this ciber graff beef like the streets aint got enough of it. squash all that shit haters and just paint!
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:53 pm
this shit is about legends fuck EV blah blah and the bullshit artist…you clowns are destroying the art.evaner you a real cat…change yo shit up and rep.COPE what more can a nigga say.you got any ideas on a series or something.like show of how or what dudes had to go thru,dealing wit parents,racking you kno the saga’s that made legends. i’ll watch that shit everyday.
ROWE T.W.BEEnjoy the love.
April 5th, 2006 at 3:20 pm
You know Ill always be proud of you…
April 6th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
yo peace!! stay well my BROTHER,be safe! And stop beefin with these clowns,they tryn 2 stop your paper an accolades!!!!! SHAMS.DGK. all day
April 12th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
cope dun bother with all the faggots on the net man..just keep yur game up! you’ll always be on top!!!!!!!
-Able1
April 14th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
mad l0ve 2 yu cuz.
th0ze 60m6z yu thru up inspired me and sh0wed me a way to escape all the 6ullshit and get ill… without graff i would be lost. 1
April 15th, 2006 at 9:59 am
Tru 2 tha game u a r a fuking dick, cope is a true legend, hes in a video game, wtf are u in!!
April 16th, 2006 at 7:56 am
cope was ringing bells for decades already, if their was no such thing as graff web-sites, nobody would have anything negative to say about cope.
April 17th, 2006 at 4:44 am
true legend that i really respect,
April 17th, 2006 at 7:44 am
RESPECT FROM BEGLIUM COPE 2
April 17th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
COPE, PLEASE STOP SAYING THE PHRASE”do you” AND “do me” YOU SOUND LIKE A REAL RETARD…I AM DEFINITELY NOT HATING MAN, BUT LEARN HOW TO TYPE, AND SPELL! MOST PEOPLE ON HERE SEEM TO HAVE THE EDUCATION OF A 3RD GRADER!! YOU FUCKERS SERIOUALY SOUND LIKE JACK ASSES! AS FRESH AS THE OLD NEW YORK CATS ARE..AND ALL THE STORIES THEY SAY ABOUT SKIPPING SCHOOL SEEM TO HAVE ONLY PAID OFF BY MAKING THEM FRESH WRITERS…YOU FOOLS CERTAINLY DID SKIP SCHOOL, CAUSE YOU CANT SPELL OR EVEN COMPLETE A SENTENCE…WELL TKIDS COMMENTS ARE COOL…HE SEEMS TO BE WITH IT…BUT COPE….DID YOU GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL??? HOLLER AT ME AND LET ME KNOW, CAUSE IF NOT I AM G.E.D. PROGRAM TEACHER…AND WITH YOUR “fat bank account” MAYBE YOU COULD PAY ME OFF TO HELP YOU GET YOUR DIPLOMA!!
April 18th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
YO COPE I WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR HIT UP MY BLACK BOOK THAT NB40 WAS HOLDING FOR ME, (NB IS BROTHER-IN-LAW) DOING HIS THING ON THE TATTOOS… TUFF CITY STYLES.
I ALWAYS ADMIRE YOUR WORK AND AS LONG I KNOW U ALWAYS KEEP IT REAL GOD!!! STAY UP KILLA!!!! JEE WATS POPPIN NIGGA……………
YO COPE2 MUCH LOVE NIGGA 1!!!!!
April 18th, 2006 at 3:18 pm
YO COPE2 MAN UR INTERVIEW IS SWEET MAN AND IM GOIN NEW YORK DIS DECEMBER 2 DO MY BIT 2 THE GRAFF SCENE ANY IDEAS OFF A GOOD PLOT 2 SMASH UP HOLLA BACK AT ME MAN PEACE BC CREW 2006
April 19th, 2006 at 4:37 am
If you started in 1978, how come your only showing three ‘pieces 2 scrap yard and one 3 yard shot where
the cars get cleaned before they run? Don’t front on these toys you are a wall writer! and how come you don’t know any real 70’s writers? Although you,
VET, and TABE held the Bronx for a short,
I don’t see any real students biting from you…Oh
OVIE…the one who does all those pieces in the 3 yard that never seen the light of day?
Toys love bullshit and tell me When did Smith
become a legend? Tunnel shotz don’t count!
April 19th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
LOLOLOLOLOLOL NIKKAS STILL ON MY DICK DAM YO!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
April 22nd, 2006 at 10:34 am
“No….Your perpertrating a fraud.”….
April 22nd, 2006 at 3:41 pm
damn guys, way too much beef on here. have respect for one another. respect is the thing that has been lost in the graffiti world with everyone going over one another and shit like that. plus, argueing over the internet is way to lame. it’s pointless over this world wide web. keep it to the streets. try not to beef with another writer but if someone really did diss you hard, make sure you get their ass and go over them for life….or at least until you get things settled.
anywho, the interview was nice. Cope2, i give u props for bombing hard. Your pieces are always colorful with expression!
Take care you all.
April 24th, 2006 at 1:01 pm
what’s good we meeting up over here…heard you and t-kid will be visiting Amsterdam…May something…what’s good you up to chat???????
April 25th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Cope did in the very begining hit the 1s as a super Toy but like Dero TFA said we all did start wack and get better with practice over time. Unfourtunatly he wasted his entire train career bombing doing wack throw ups over people with PJ because they had that Cap mpc mentality. I know he regrets that. I gaurantee that he has almost no pictures because they werent worth taking and the were all the same so what was the point???
Other than that hes peoples. Tell him I said Sup.
Holla
April 28th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
“OH GIVE ME A BREAK!”
May 1st, 2006 at 1:49 pm
Cope has been real from day one.Niggaz can say this and that about him,but if you don’t personallyknow him,SHUT THE FUCK UP!That’s the problem with graff,too many cats hating!
May 9th, 2006 at 9:53 pm
Cope, keep doing your shyt fuck everybody else. You kno they always gonna be haters on this internet shyt. so why bother responding, you aint got nuttin to prove. Bomb the world and put out the good shyt you do best. i haven’t been out like that but this summer ima rock shyt. Im getting to do peices wit DEEM.
May 17th, 2006 at 4:09 am
Mad love cope so good keep killing shit bro
Fuck these hater’s they don’t mean shit in the face of thing’s.
May 19th, 2006 at 1:27 am
HEY YO COPE2 KEEP DOING UR KILLING SHIT
MAD LOVE FROM PERU SOUTHAMERICA
WHEN R U GOING TO VISIT US? IF U R PLANING PLEASE DONT THINK IT TWICE, IS CHEAPER THAN EUROPE MAN
BIG UP KING!
ONZER153 GFC
May 20th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
YO BANG,BANG THE 4 LINE GANG ,THIS DUDE STILL IS THE 4 LINE / BRONX KING ALL DAY . YO COPE FUCK THEM HATING ASS DUDES JUST DO YOU BX ALLDAY NIGGA WHAT
May 24th, 2006 at 11:07 am
YO COPE ITS THE JUICE OUT IN STATEN ISLAND I GOT FELONIES AND CANT BOMB OR DO SHIT WITH BIG NAMES BECAUSE I AM RELATIVELY NEW TO THE MADNESS…MY STYLES ARE FRESH…NO BITE OFFS…LOOKING FOR MORE INSPIRATION FROM YOU TKID NIGGAS LIKE MERES AND FUME YA PEOPLES DEFF. PUSHED ME IN TO THE GAME BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE COPS WONT LET ME BREATHE..I LOVE GRAFF FOR EVERYTHING IT HAS GAVE ME AND I HOPE YOU FUCKING EMAIL ME MAN!! I WANNA TALK CUZZ I AINT NO BITCH LIKE THE ONES WHO WANNA SHAKE HANDS AND ACT FAKE…YO IM COPING THE VIDEO, BOOK AND ALL OTHER SHIT MAD RESPECT YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING I GREW UP IN THE SAME MESS…IMA KID WHO HAS EVERYTHING TO GAIN AND NOTHING TO LOSE..MY ASS IS IN COLLEGE AND MY MIND IS RIGHT NOW…HIT ME UP I KNOW FOR A FACT I AINT JOCKING YOUR SHIT AND I KNOW FOR A FACT I WANT IN SIGHT AND FRIENDSHIP FROM A REAL LEGEND…CRASH IS ALSO COOL PEOPLES I MET HIM AT THE BLOCK PARTY WITH INK….I SAW YOU BUT LIKE I SAID I AINT GETTING ON LINE TO SUCK COCK LIKE THESE FUCKIN LITTLE BITCHES WHO HATE ON YOU BEHIND YA SHIT…THANKS FOR SHOUTING SHAOLINS VGL CREW..RESPECT…THEINDIVIDUAL84@AOL.COM
JUICEONER AKA THE JAY YOU ICE
JUVENILLES. UNDER. INFLUENCE. CLAIM. EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!
May 26th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Hey Juice unlike what you said on may24th you are a Biter in the sickest way loser. The one and only Juice, is me Juice TC5 FBA IBMillions so stop it!!!!!!!!!!!! Do your history sucka and get another tag………maybe ask your idol Cope 2 for one..you played yourself bigtime and now youve been exposed and everyone knows it!!!!!!!!! Do something else ,stay home or get reincarcerated already..JuiceTC5IBMILLIONS
May 26th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Yo COPE, i REALLY appreceate your work. I look forward to one day becoming a legend like you. Just seeing your work makes me better. Dirty South Comming up!!! Yezzir!! Much respect to the old school, present school, and future school (that’s me). YA HEARD ME!!! NORTH cAROLINA STAND UP!! mONEY MAKERZ, BBC, all my Uk taggaz stand up.
May 31st, 2006 at 10:20 am
a cope i seen the shit you done on these websites it is the best iv’e seen iv’e be taggin for like 2 years now i got mad rerspect in flint mich im in the AREA 51 krew we be thorwin up that thight shit
June 4th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
No disrespect to JUICE TC5 but you are not the original Juice either. The original was JUICE 100 from Brooklyn. Had beautiful tagstyle and wrote in the early to mid-70’s. If you wanna do your homework holla at TRIKE. They were boys back in the day. I say this only to keep history accurate and for no other purpose.
Peace,
J.SON (Graffossil)
June 7th, 2006 at 10:37 am
yo waasup cope all u say is da truth and u is wat got me in to da tagn world i started 1 year ago and since than ive been getting better and better well jus sayin thanks and props to kd!
June 8th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
ay COPE u ever get up in ATLANTA homie;
June 8th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
WHAT CAN I SAY MUCH PROPS AND RESPECT 2 MY NIGGA “DA BRONX DON COPE 2″…..CALL IT WHAT U WANT IT BUT THIS DUDE IS OPENING DOORS 4 ALL OF US WRITER’S IN THE GRAFF CULTURE SO STOP THE HATE…YO COPE DA FIGHT IZ ON WHO U GOT “TAVER OR HOPKINS”….LOL…HALLA MY NIGGA
June 9th, 2006 at 3:49 am
bump cope2, fuck haters keep doin ya thing, nuff said
June 15th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
yo a big shout out to cope2 i got reaspect for you man. holla Email me @ atom_lowboy_13@Yahoo.com
June 24th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
Hey Cope2-Don’t know if you remember me. We met back in the BX, I was taking pictures in the Bx and we went to the bench (149th)to hang out- back in the mid-80’s–
I squashed your beef with SASH-I bombed mostly Manhattan and got some late train action-with BIND-JAIL (Buster2)-and some other Manhattan dudes. I did hang with KA (Spanish Harlem) for a little while. Got the book and the video-Keep doing your thing. Much success to you and a happy and healthy to you and your family.
June 27th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
HEY COPE MAN I WAS WONDERING DID YOU EVER GET INTO LIKE PORTRAITS OR ANY OTHER GENRES OF ART BECUZ I WRITE GRAFF BUT CAN YOU ALSO EXRESS YOUR ARTISTIC NATURE IN OTHER WAYS?
June 27th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
YO HERES MY EMAIL ITS COPE2GOD@YAHOO.COM ONE!!!!
July 30th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
You’re going to get flooded with so many emails from a bunch of toys posting that……. Oh well….. this is the second time ive read that interview now, I needed some inspiration and that did the trick…… thanks
August 20th, 2006 at 8:45 pm
hey i want to say that the 80’s where good i spend time in the mid of the night tagging with trap cope break4. when i was younger i rememmber the fights over a tag but i had to fight med or disco i had knock him out over a tag and white boy pjay over a tag. i guess some of us grew up.
August 21st, 2006 at 8:46 am
ill interveiw,my nigga
August 22nd, 2006 at 1:13 pm
By the way JUICE 100 WAS AKA… SPIN from BKLYN… the
70’s …….the real graffiti days…
August 26th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
Rex,
after all these years you still talking shit? I thought once off of the drugs you would’ve cleaned up and stood up. That’s why we all dropped you like a bad habit back in the days. You didn’t knock pj out. I was there remember? He chased you into the building up to your moms door and lumped you up, while you were banging on the outside of the door for your mother! Please gow up already!
August 26th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
Just like I just put up a posed using the Cope ID, even though I’m not Cope, the person who is supposedly Cope put up a post dropping “Cope’s e-mail address.” That’s not Cope. Why would he post his e-mail address? That’s most likely some retard.
September 3rd, 2006 at 2:50 am
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I understood that your not cope and that was about it.
September 3rd, 2006 at 4:47 pm
a yo cope.i’m like kinda somethin lyk a toy but up in da game some.um, i go into bout in 04ish.but i wuz legends lyk u, reas, wen, ease, airborn, fuzz, futura, iz the wiz ket veefer, and more.but i wanna kno if u can send some of yo pieces so i can put in my black book…i got my grampa black book so i got some autographs by to of the main people dat inspired me to get into graff, lyk futura2000 and u…so send dose piece to zahdeuce@yahoo.com
i’ll be lookin for em’
P.S. JACK…fuck dose haters lyk u said
one luv
ScriBBle
September 10th, 2006 at 11:05 am
yo cope wattup yo.(juz chillen)let me juz say im a big ass fucking fan. of u n your work. i no it must feel preety good 2 b a fucking legend yo. but yo keep up d good work n never stop bombming hope fully i would get my shit on saster n b up ther like u……….1
September 10th, 2006 at 11:51 am
COpe might be pretty good but he’ll never be as good as am lol
September 11th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
YO (JA1) WATTUP YO……….I ALSO GOT LUV 4 YO WORK.BUT U PROBABLY AINT BETTER THEN ME……..LOL. NAW JUZ PLAYING. IM STILL A (TOY). BUT ILL B UP THERE………..1
September 19th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
wa sup cope i must say ur a real big idol and inspiration fer me cause der aint to many graff artists here in ireland dat i kno of in derry lol
…………… am jist a kid toy lyk but ill hopefully get up here in ireland n hope de meet u sum day 
keep it real hit me up spacer_91@yahoo.com …………… curie_91@hotmail.com
September 27th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
yo cope ur the best i love ur shit im coming to ny soon im a cnaada riter maybe il lsee u
October 8th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
yo cope do u no somebody from philly who writes cake mix
October 28th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
for real man screw yo so called called friends who ditch you cause you actually becae famous for graffiti you are the ultimate writer man you been through it all you deserve it and your friends call you a snitch that aint right. you’ve inspired my style and inspired me to stay true to graff even though theres no huge writing scene where im from and no one i know thinks ill ever amount to anything because of it but im gonna be writing as long as i can and i know youll prlly never even read this and you prolly get stuff like this all the time but i just wanted to say thank you God has truly blessed you man nothin but respect comin from your boy THRET 141 up here in Maine
November 6th, 2006 at 12:39 pm
sup cope2 iv always liked your work man
dude that hole saster shit is just toys that dont even no what they talking about homes well im from canada and you see some graff names but their hard to find out here all you see is like manT and pop3 but their like pritty good manT does like nice throw ups but pop3 does a shit load of quick tags
bout come to D-city if you can one day nice spots to tag delta city homes
November 13th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A BUNCH OF OLD MEN WITH A MID LIFE CRISIS….OOO I WANNA BE A WRITER AGAIN LIKE WHEN I WAS 13…LOL
November 14th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
Dogs, I owe a lot to ya. Much sucsess and respect.
November 23rd, 2006 at 11:09 am
Yoo heres sick from germany
I playd the game geting up . that was cope 2 .its very cool
cope 2 seen tkid smith all best sprayer
i nice to sea you on the internet
my msn addy sweet-side-sprayer@gmx.de
and my e-amil sweet-side-sprayer@gmx.de
i have a one question. writhen cope 2 here in the forum?or who writh he?
gez:SICK
November 30th, 2006 at 1:13 am
You Cope 2 Your my favrite artist out there, I am only but a toy, one day hopeing to become more, it would be cool if you could help give me some pointers if you could, i live in a small crap shit town but there are some ok cities within a drive, if you could hit me up some time my e-mail is drakezula@hotmail.com same for msn, Yo Fuck all you haters, and to the non haters Live it Up Tag The World, and PEACE
-MINO
December 4th, 2006 at 7:11 am
Yo cope, from the land of aus, we feel ya. i feel what you said bout these young kidz dissin there history. i respect what you done for the graffiti culture, your a true man by any measure.
also i really respect what you sayin bout doing your own thing. it dont matter how you express yourself, long as you jus dont give a fuck what the rest say and youll be fine.
keep it real man. you are the cornerstone of graff!
-Gargoyle-
December 4th, 2006 at 8:12 am
i got mad respect for you cope you made me start writing graffiti is what everyone does down here in baltimore and i would love to see some cope down here
March 5th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
[...] Cope2 began writing in 1978, after seeing subway trains emblazoned with the graffiti of BAN2, COMET, BLADE, and MITCH 77. Once Carlo learned from his mentors, he quickly left his mark around New York City, bombing his way through – and eventually becoming the “king” of – the city’s 2, 4 and 5 subway lines. Years and years of hitting up nearly everything in sight finally paid off, literally, when Time Magazine offered Cope2 over $20,000 to leave his tag on a billboard in Manhattan. The move angered some in the underground graffiti community, but Carlo states that it’s merely a way to survive without breaking the law: “People will say I’m being a sellout, but I paid my dues. I destroyed subways, roofs, highways, streets, I beat nigg*s down, I can rack. I don’t need to keep doing that. I’m thirty-seven and have another kid on the way.” [...]
August 16th, 2007 at 6:58 am
[...] Tjeck Cope2 Kings Destroy part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and eight. Beter kijk je hier natuurlijk in een keer… of toch meer zin in om over “COPE2″ te lezen, lezen of lezen?. [...]
March 19th, 2009 at 1:40 am
Classic stuff here…. can’t get enough of the classicks.. wow!
June 4th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Yo cope you need to holla at yo boy ghast hit me up on my e-mail magnetic10456@yahoo.com TDM CREW
September 24th, 2009 at 10:21 am
keep doing ur thing definetly much respect nd love
September 28th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Cope was mad cool when he came to England. He’s a true legend.
December 19th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
YOU MY MAN YOU KEEP THE GAME INTERESTING NIGGA ROCK ON. QUE BOCHINCHE…