THE MAGNIFICENT TEAM

@BG183TATS CRU Co-Founder & Crew Admin • Realistic Characters & Subway IconSouth Bronx, NY • Active since 1980

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Sotero Ortiz (BG183) is a co-founder and co-admin of TATS CRU, renowned for bringing human warmth, hyper-expressive comic heroes, and neighborhood portraits to large-scale walls. BG183's subway legacy and decades of community dedication made TATS CRU a beloved cultural institution.

@CESFX Crew Co-Founder & Admin • Architect of the Bronx Arrow & WildstyleBronx, NY • Active since 1984

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Robbie 'CES' (WISH / CES) is the stylistic spearhead and Crew Admin of the Bronx's legendary FX Crew (and an honored member of MSK). In the 1990s, CES revolutionized modern wildstyle lettering with his interlocking, razor-edged gothic-aerodynamic letterforms and signature whip arrows.

@NOC 167FUA Crew Admin • Golden-Era Bronx IRT Whole-Car & Sci-Fi Character LegendBronx, 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 Magnificent Team (TMT)Bronx, 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 3Pre-Approved TMT Admin • Legendary Bronx IRT 2 & 5 Line Subway King of The Magnificent Team (TMT)Bronx, 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.

@FUZZ ONEAll-City NYC Transit Bomber & TMT / RIS Bridge PioneerBronx / Queens, NY • Active since 1976

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FUZZ ONE is a storied New York transit king whose career bridged the late-1970s IRT subway era with The Magnificent Team (TMT) and the late-1980s all-city bombing wave with Rocking It Suckers (RIS).