Keams (Q): Please state your name and the crew(s) you represent.

Asik (A): ASIK ONER REPRESENTIN COF KREW

Keams (Q): When, where, and why did you get into the art form know as graffiti? In addition, how did you come up with your tag, and if you had another tag before the one you have now, what was it?

Asik (A):WELL AS A KID I ALWAYS USED TO SWEAT GRAFF IN MOVIES LIKE BEAT STREET AND BREAKING. YOU NO SHIT LIKE THAT GOT ME TO LIKE GRAFF. I ALWAYS PRACTICED TAGGIN AND BUBBLE LETTERS (throw_ups) IN 1991. BUT I DID MY FIRST PIECE IN MY BEDROOM IT WAS THE TAG "WREK" IN 1994. IT WAS FUGLY. I GOT MY TAG ASIK FROM A BOX OF MEDICAL NEEDLES WHEN I WORKED AT AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL IN 1994.

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Keams (Q): Who got you started and who do you look up to for a "role model"? Also, who do you think is running shit with respect to bombing, piecing, etc.?

Asik (A):WELL I GOT MYSELF STARTED AND LEARNED BY BEING HARD HEADED AND NOT WANTING TO MEET ANYONE THAT WAS A WRITER. BUT ELEX.DAM,TAUGHT ME LITTLE TRICKS TO PAINTING WHEN I WAS ON GOK. AND KVEE (KAE).BSK, HE ALSO TAUGHT ME A LOT OF THINGS WHEN I WAS ON MOC.SO I GUESS I CAN THANK ELEX AND KVEE FOR SCHOOLIN ME IN A WAY. TO ME ANY ONE WHO IS STILL DOING GRAFF, I GUESS THAT THEY WOULD DESERVE RESPECT AS TO WHOZ RUNIN SHIT.

Keams (Q): Who are your favorite people to go painting with? Also, who are your favorite artists or favorite crews?

Asik (A):MY KREW COF(marks,runs,anoys), COMA, MEDX, BANE, SEFER AND THAT ANSERS BOTH QUESTIONS. Runs the man….

Keams (Q): What do like the most about graff and why? What do you have to say about the graff scene in Miami?

Asik (A):THE PART WHEN YOU PUT DOWN A PIECE AND IT LOOKS BETTER THAN THE LAST ONE YOU DID, AND PEOPLE COMPLIMENT YOU FOR IT.(and the recognition). MIAMI HAS GOT THE FUCKIN DOPEST FUCKIN SCENE OUT THERE IT HAS VARIETY, AND IF YOUR FROM MIAMI AND YOUR SWEATING ANOTHER STATES SHIT LIKE N.Y. OR CALI. THAN YOU GOT SOME FUCKING ISSUES TO DEAL WITH CUZ THAT'S WAK.REPRESENT YOUR HOOD TO THE FOOLEST NIGGUHZ. HIALEAH!! HAHA..THAT WAS 4 THE HIALEAH KREW.

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Keams (Q): How has your style changed over the years? How has graff changed over the years?

Asik (A):WELL MY STYLE HAS ALWAYS CHANGED IVE NEVER REALLY LIKED STICKING TO ONE STYLE CUZ DAT SHIT GETS BORING , AND THERE IS ONLY SO MANY PIECES YOU CAN DO BEFORE THEY START LOOKIN REPETITIVE. BUT WHEN I WAS ON GOK I HAD INFLUENCE FROM THE DAM STYLE OF PIECING. AND WHEN I WAS ON MOC I HAD CHANGED MY STYLE TO THE BSK STYLE, YOU KNOW LIKE A LOT OF DOPE ROOTS AND EXTENSIONS TO YOUR PIECES. AND AS FOR NOW I JUS MADE A GIANT COMBO OF ALL THE STYLES IVE LEARNED THROUGH OUT MY TIME IN THE GRAFF GAME. BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN I USE JUST ONE OF THE OLD STYLES TO FRESHEN UP MY MEMORY ON IT. U DON'T PRACTICE YOUR BOUND TO FORGET. GRAFF HAS CHANGED THROUGH OUT THE YEARS MORE PHUKING POLITICS AS ALWAYS AND MORE TOYZ PAINTING. ALSO THE PO-PO'S GIVING MORE HEAT ON NIGGUHZ THAN EVER BEFORE.

Keams (Q): What do your parents and friends (not into graff) think about your graffiti?

Asik (A):MY DAD SAYS ITS ALL FUN AND GAMES TO BE DOING GRAFF UNTIL YOU GET SENT TO JAIL AND YOU GET FUCKED IN THE ASS BY SOME NIGGUH NAMED BUBBA…BUT MY OLD BOY IS A TRIP. ANYONE I KNOW LIKES THE FACT THAT I CAN DO GRAFF. YO AND THE LADYS ALWAYZ DIG GRAFF, LIKE WHEN YOU DO THERE NAMES MAN IT LIKE PHUKIN GETS EM WET..HEHEH.

Keams (Q): How has graff changed your life? Has it changd it in a positive or negative way?

Asik (A):IT REALLY HASN'T DONE SHIT FOR MY LIFE MAN, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ITS ONLY GRAFF MAN, FOR FUN AND SKILL. IT GOT ME LADYZ, (straight pimpin) NAH, BUT IVE MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT'S ALL ITS DONE IN MY LIFE…

Keams (Q): Do you feel that graff is vandalism or an art form that the cops, media, and almost everyone else just can't understand?

Asik (A):YEAH GRAFF IS FUCKIN VANDALISM, ITS NOT RIGHT FOR WRITERZ TO GO BITCHIN AND MOANEN WHEN THEY ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK BAD BY GOING AND TAGGIN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO GET SOME FAME. THAT'S ALL KOOL WITH ME THOUGH…. BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG IT IS AN ARTFORM AND I ENJOY BEING ONE OF THE ARTIST IN THIS GAME.

Keams (Q): Some people say that graff should have no part in the hip hop culture...what do u think?

Asik (A):I PERSONALLY AINT AS BIG A FAN OF HIP HOP AS I USED TO BE BUT I LIKE THE MUSIC THE BREAKING IS KOOL TOO, BUT GRAFFITI SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT MUCH OF A BIG EFFECT ON HIP HOP….HIP HOP IS KNOWN MORE AS A STYLE OF MUSIC THAT INVOLVES A DJ, THE MC'S, AND BREAKDANCERS FOR THE METHOD OF DANCING…NOW TELL ME WHERE THE GRAFFITI FITS IN ALL THIS. NOT ALL WRITERZ LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF THIS CULTURE. I LIKE HIP HOP, BUT I LISTEN TO MOSTLY HARDCORE, PUNK ROCK, AND SOME SKA. JUST MY OPINION…….

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Keams (Q): What pennat do you think is the best and why?

Asik (A):HIALEAH PENNAT IS KOOL AS SHIT, NOT JUST CUZ IT'S THE ONLY PENNAT LEFT AND TO HAVE BEEN AROUND THE LONGEST….BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF SPACE TO PAINT ON. MY FAVORITE ONE WAS THE MALIBU PENNAT, YO CUZ THIS PENNAT WAS OUT IN THE OPEN AND IT WAS DOPE FOR FLICKS, ONLY THING WAS THAT YOU EITHER LEFT WITH A SUNBURN OR SOAKED AND WET FROM THE RAIN.

Keams (Q): Please tell me what graffiti means to you, along with one word that describes it.

Asik (A):FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, IF YOUR PIST AT THE CITY MAYOR, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE HIM PIST TOO, YOU FUCK UP HIS CITY BY MEANS OF VANDALISM.(that was for elian).

Keams (Q): What's the craziest thing you have ever done (doesnt have to be related to graff) and what's the craziest spot that you have hit?

Asik (A):GET A GIRLFRIEND. MY CRAZIEST SPOT TO HAVE HIT WAS MY GIRLFREINDS G-SPOT.

Keams (Q): Do you think that the more fame you get, the more people hate?

Asik (A):I FEEL THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PEEPS, LIKE THAT KID CROME. BUT IN MY CASE THE MORE PEOPLE I MEET THE MORE FRIENDS I GAIN. (no offense to crome it was just an example).

Keams (Q): What do you think are the best things/spot to hit that run the longest without being buffed?

Asik (A):TRAINS ARE MAN…JUST DON'T PAINT OVER THE NUMBERS……

Keams (Q): Have you ever painted legally?? If so, do you enjoy painting legally or illegally more? Why?

Asik (A):YEAH, I LIKE PAINTING LEGALS ITS KOOL THAT YOU CAN PAINT WITH YOU FRIENDS AND TAKE YOUR TIME TO COME OUT BETTER ON A WALL THAN YOU USUALLY DO AT A PENNAT. BUT THERES SOMETHING ABOUT ILLEGALS THAT KEEPS ME LOVIN IT MORE…..

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Keams (Q): Have you painted anywhere outside of Miami? Is so, how is the graff scenes in that area different from the scene in Miami?

Asik (A):IVE ONLY PAINTED FROM HOMESTEAD TO FT.LAUDERDALE. IM NOT MUCH OF A TRAVELER.

Keams (Q): Do you have any interesting chase stories?

Asik (A):WELL ONE TIME MARK AND I WENT TO PAINT TRAINS AND WHILE WE WERE PAINTING IT WAS KOOL , BUT WHEN WE FINISHED MARK GOT UNDER MY PIECE TO TAKE A FLICK BUT I STARTED TELLING HIM TO GET THE HELL OUT THE WAY CUZ I WANTED JUST A FLICK OF MY PIECE, AND IN IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS SHIT I LOOKED TO THE SIDE AND THERE WAS A TRUCK HAULIN ASS ON THE TRACKS GOING TOWARDS US, SO WE TOOK OFF RUNNIN LIKE MUTHAFUKAS, WE HAD TO CLIMB THIS BIG PILE OF DIRT AND IT STARTED RAINING, SO THE DIRT WAS MUD THAT OUR FEET WHERE SINKING IN TO, WHEN WE GOT OVER IT WE HEARD BARKING. THE RAILROAD POLICE GOT DOWN WUTH PHUKIN DOGZ(notice we are vandalz not murderers),IT STARTED TO RAIN EVEN HARDER AND THE R.R.POLICE GOT THE DOGZ AND TOOK OFF. WE RAN LIKE 2 AND A HALF MILES THAT NIGHT IN THE RAIN SO WE WOULD NOT GET CAUGHT…..YO THAT WAS A SCARY NIGHT, I THOUGHT 4 SURE WE WERE CAUGHT WHEN I HEARD THE DOGZ…(shows ya, just keep runin).

Keams (Q): What do you have to say for females entering the graff game? Also, do you have any tips for the writers just coming into the graff scene in Miami?

Asik (A):FOR FEMALE WRITERZ I GOT RESPECT, I MEAN I DATED ONE IT WAS STRAIGHT WHILE IT LASTED.. BUT MORE POWER TO THEM. AND FOR NEW JACKS BE CAREFUL WHO YOU GO OVER, AND KEEP PRACTICING.

Keams (Q): Name all the members in your crew(s) and state why you entered that crew, how you got in, what holds you together, and what makes your crew stand out from the rest ...

Asik (A):MARKS, RUNS, ANOYS, AND I THE "OL" DIRTY ASIKER. THERE HAS BEEN MANY PEOPLE ON MY KREW BUT WE STARTED FRESH AND THIS IS WHO IS ON MY KREW NOW.

Keams (Q): Do you think that graff is addicting? If so why? Also, what motivates you to do graff?

Asik (A):GRAFF IS AN ADDICTIVE THING MAN CUZ WHEN YOU START UP YOU ALWAYS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE. EXAMPLE WHEN YOU GO PAINT TRAINZ AND THE LINE IS FULL OF FREIGHTS, YOU GO PAINT ONE TRAIN WHEN YOUR DONE WHAT DO YOU DO LEAVE…NO YOU HIT UP EVERY TRAIN THAT THERE IS THERE…CUZ YOU GET GREEDY AND SAY WHAT THE FUCK IM HERE ALREADY..I GET MOTIVATED WHEN I SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING SHIT REGARDLES THE SCENE BEING HEATED UP OR NOT.

Keams (Q): Do u think that bombing these days is just too heated or do you just say "I dont give a f**k"? Do u think that its expanding or dieing out?

Asik (A):YEAH BOMBING IS HEATED UP, BUT I DON'T GIVE A FUCK, IF I SEE A CHANCE TO PUT UP MY KREW OR JUST AN ASIK TAG, THEN I'LL DO IT. GRAFF ALWAYS DIES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WRITERZ GET EXCITED FOR SOME ODD REASON AND THEY START KI LLING SHIT STRAIGHT UP "SIN PENA".

Keams (Q): Is it just me or are the police paying way too much attention to vandalism when they really should be trying to catch all the murderers, rapists, etc. out there? Expand on this.

Asik (A):YEAH NIGGUH THAT'S WHAT IM ALWAYS SAYIN BUT FUCK THAT I GUESS PIGS AINT GOT NUTHIN BETTER TO DO OTHER THAN SUCK EACH OTHERS DICKS AND BUST GRAFFERZ BALLS…. FUKIT THAT'S JUST A COMPLICATED THING TO EXPAND ON, THERE IS TO MUCH SHIT TO TALK ABOUT THERE.

Keams (Q): If you ever get caught (hopefully you won't), do you think its better to be straight up with the cop or to deny it completely?

Asik (A):WELL IF YOU GOT CAUGHT RED HANDED I WANNA SEE YOU BE BRAVE AND DENY ALL OF IT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE FREE SMACKDOWN THE PIGS WILL BE LAYIN ON THAT ASS, JUST FOR FUN….ONLY DENY IT IF THEY COME AND ACCUSE YOU, AND ASKING QUESTIONS, CUZ THE ODDS ARE THEY AREN'T QUITE SURE IF YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE…BE CAREFUL THOSE FUCKERS ARE GOOD AT PLAYIN THERE LITTLE MIND TRICKS AND PRETTY INTIMIDATING BEHIND THOSE PADGES.

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Keams (Q): What plans do you and your crew(s) have for the future? Do you see more legals or more bombing?

Asik (A):WELL MAN WE HOPE THAT IT WILL BE BOTH, JUST WAIT AND LET SHIT ROLL OUT AT IT'S OWN PACE. NO NEED TO HURRY I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE. I STILL LIKE PAINTING PENNAT'S IT HAS THAT HOMEY TYPE OF FEELIN.

Keams (Q): Where can one go to see your work? (Locations of legals, etc.)

Asik (A): WELL I GOT SOME SHIT WITH PEST, CURE, MSICKS etc…IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI AROUND THE MIAMI ARENA,(right across from the "alice in wonderland wall"). AND I HAVE A LEGAL IN CORAL GABLES, ABOUT 3 BLOCKS AWAY FROM GABLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL(on bird rd. and 38th ave.)L&R PHOTO LAB…WE DID UP BOTH SIDES.

Keams (Q): Do you have any last words of wisdom for all the writers out there? Any shouts? Any "f**k you" comments to anyone out there? Any requests?

Asik (A):YEAH NEW JACKS DON'T BITE ANY ONES SHIT…(you can get into some shit you cant get Yourself out of)…AND WAZAAAAA TO MY NIGGUHZ MARK, MEDX, BANE, COMA, SEF, REST(from bretheren hardcore band), ASK, RUN, AND ANOYZ.AND EVERY ONE ELSE THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION, IF YOU KNOW ME IT GOEZ OUT TO YOU…PEEZ OUT.

Asik and Mark at The Graff BBQ...