NEON Shares 40 Years Of SF Graffiti History & Photos

Neon is one of the most respected graffiti writers from San Francisco. He came up inspired by the masterpieces of the 1980s and started pushing his own new wave style. Neon is a founding member of BA crew, and built bridges between Bay Area locals and writers from around the world. He is responsible for building the original Montana spray paint brand and was its first US distributor. This is a great conversation with dozens of photos from Neon's personal conversation.--Essential Bay Area Rap Playlist: https://fanlink.tv/historyofthebay-playlistJoin the Patreon for exclusive access: https://patreon.com/dregsone--00:00 Growing up in SF07:29 Intro to graff16:13 Cholo writing18:47 First tags25:27 Late 80s graffiti41:09 First pieces57:08 Fights, chases, & racking1:01:18 Painting around the Bay1:09:38 BA Crew1:22:09 Converse commercial1:26:18 Misk & Apex1:37:31 Distributing MTN paint 1:53:57 Splitting with MTN