THE DEATH SQUAD

@ZEPHYRRTW & CIA Crew Admin • Golden-Era NYC Subway Pioneer & HistoNew York, NY • Active since 1975

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Andrew 'ZEPHYR' Witten is a cornerstone of New York City's original subway movement, painting alongside Dondi White (CIA), Revolt, and Bil-Rock in RTW (Rolling Thunder Writers). Co-author of the definitive biography 'Dondi White: Style Master General', Zephyr helped take NYC subway writing to downtown galleries and across the globe.

@NOC 167FUA Crew Admin • Golden-Era Bronx IRT Whole-Car & Sci-Fi ChaBronx, NY • Active since 1976

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Melvin 'NOC 167' Samuels is one of the supreme masters of the New York City subway era. Representing FUA (Future Urban Artists) alongside the late Case 2 and Part One, Noc 167 painted legendary whole-cars across the Bronx IRT lines that defined the visual vocabulary of hip-hop.

@SKEMEThe 3-Yard King, Style Wars Icon & Legendary Leader of The MBronx, NY • Active since 1977

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Immortalized in the 1983 documentary 'Style Wars', SKEME (The 3-Yard King) was a central pillar of The Magnificent Team (TMT) on the IRT 2 and 5 lines in the Bronx alongside Kade 198, Chain 3, Mare 139, and Fuzz One. His relentless whole-car burners and razor-sharp letter connections remain a benchmark of Golden Era New York subway history.

@CHAIN 3Legendary Bronx IRT 2 & 5 Line Subway King of The MagnificenBronx, NY • Active since 1976

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CHAIN 3 was one of the most prolific and stylistically influential subway writers of New York City's late-1970s and early-1980s Golden Era. Painting alongside Kade 198, Skeme, and Tean 5 in The Magnificent Team (TMT), Chain 3 dominated the IRT 2 and 5 lines with vibrant whole-car burners.

@MARE 139Subway Era Sculptor, BET Award Designer & TMT / CIA PioneerHarlem / Bronx, NY • Active since 1976

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Carlos Rodriguez (MARE 139) rose to prominence on the NYC subway system in the late 1970s and 1980s as a member of The Magnificent Team (TMT) and Crazy Inside Artists (CIA). Celebrated for translating cubist wildstyle letterforms intothree-dimensional metal sculpture, he also designed the iconic BET Award trophy.

@DEZ (KAY SLAY)Style Wars Subway Pioneer, X-Men / TCP King & Hip-Hop CulturHarlem / Brooklyn, NY • Active since 1978

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Before becoming world-famous as hip-hop's 'Drama King' DJ Kay Slay, Keith Grayson was legendary NYC subway writer DEZ. Featured in the classic 1983 documentary 'Style Wars', Dez was a relentless subway bomber affiliated with TCP and X-Men who remained a lifelong champion of New York graffiti culture.

@DR. REVOLTFounding Pillar of Rolling Thunder Writers (RTW) & Designer Upper West Side, Manhattan, NY • Active since 1977

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DR. REVOLT is a founding member of Upper West Side Manhattan's legendary Rolling Thunder Writers (RTW) alongside Zephyr, Bil Rock, Min One, Quik, and Haze. Famous for his psychedelic comic-book Pop sensibility on the Broadway #1 line, Revolt also co-designed the iconic 'Yo! MTV Raps' logo.

@PART ONE1970s IRT Subway King, Leader of The Death Squad (TDS) & AutSpanish Harlem / Bronx, NY • Active since 1974

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Enrique 'PART ONE' Torres began writing in 1974 and became one of the most influential mechanical wildstyle kings of the IRT subway system, leading The Death Squad (TDS) alongside Noc 167, Kase 2, Revolt, and Zephyr.

@KASE 2The 'King of Style' & Inventor of Computer-Rock Wildstyle (TBronx, NY • Active since 1973

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KASE 2 (Jeff Brown, 1958–2011) was a one-armed Bronx subway genius featured in Style Wars who invented 'Computer Rock' wildstyle and reigned as a supreme architect of The Death Squad (TDS).

@PHASE 2Founding Father of Style Writing & Inventor of the Bubble LeBronx, NY • Active since 1971

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PHASE 2 (1955–2019) is universally revered as the Founding Father of modern graffiti style, inventing the 'Softie' bubble letter, arrows, and complex masterpieces on NYC subways.