Thursday, May 7, 2009

DONALD (DONDI) WHITE.

I REMEMBER A WHILE AGO WHEN ME AND MY MOM USED TO TAKE THE 2 TRAIN TO GO TO MY AUNTS HOUSE IN EAST NEW YORK I WAS ALWAYS FASCINATED FOR SOME REASON ABOUT HOW IN THE HELL PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO DO DRAWINGS ON THE OUTSIDE OF TRAINS AND NOT GET IN TROUBLE. DONT ASK ME WHY BUT THATS THE KIND OF KID I WAS GROWING UP IN BROOKLYN. AS TIME WENT BY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING A FEW INDIVIDUALS THAT OPENED MY EYES TO THIS THING OF OURS WE LOVE SO MUCH. IN MY JOURNIES  OF THE SUBTERANIAN DOMAIN I USED TO CALL SANCTUARY AS WELL AS HOME FOR A WHILE I NOTICED THE WORKS OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF DONDI CIA. FROM THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIS WORK THAT INCLUDED ALOT OF COLABORATIONS WITH OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS OF THAT TIME I SAID TO MYSELF" THIS GUY HAS MESSAGES OTHER THAN JUST LETTERS PUT UP ON THESE TRAINS.THERE WAS ALWAYS FUNTION TO HIS EXECUTION OF LETTERS. IM PROUD TO SAY THAT I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING  MR. WHITE THROUGH ANOTHER DEAR FREIND OF MINE HENRY CHALFANT WHO'S STUDIO WAS THE REASON I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL BACK IN THE DAY.LOL,BUT ANYWAY THIS INDIVIDUAL PLAYED A BIG PART ON THE INFLUENCE OF WHAT WE CALL GRAFF TODAY. HIS STYLE AND INFLUENCE FLOURISH THROUGH THE HANDS OF HIS STUDENTS THAT THANK GOD HAVE NOT LET THE SPIRIT OF THIS PIONEEER GO TO WASTE. ARTIST AND FREINDS SUCH AS DOC,WHO HAPPENED TO BE REAL TIGHT WITH DONDI, SYE, AEVON, KEO,STAF 27,MAGOO, AND THE REST OF THE TC5,FC FAMILY. ALL IGOTTA SAY IS IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE TRUE HISTORY, YOU PROBRABLY NEED TO GO AND LEARN MORE UNLESS YOU LIVED IT. BIG UPS TO THE TC5 SQAD, FC,IBM AND ALL MY ZULU KINGS OUT THERE..... PEACE DONDI'S LEGACY WILL LIVE ON!!!PEACE

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