Cope2 Leaves a Message

Graffiti artist Cope2 allegedly called City Councilman Peter Vallone, to complain about Vallone's efforts to stop the graffiti block party for Marc Ecko's graffiti video game. However, Cope2's message had a healthy doses of expletives and somewhat - as well as an explanation that he and fellow graffiti artists are just trying to make a living - and the part where he said, "We don't live forever...I don't care, send the cops," is being construed as a threat, so now the NYPD is trying to confirm whether Cope2 actually made the call and want to question him. Please, for the police to get involved, it has to be at a Christopher X. Brodeur level of harrassment. Gothamist watched an exclusive segment on Channel 9's ten o'clock news of Vallone playing the voicemail, and it actually sounded like typical irate stuff from angry constituents, but the fact that a graffiti artist would leave a message seems like it was catnip for producers wanting to alarm middle-class viewers. And even though the TV news segment showed B-roll of Cope2's commissioned Time magazine billboard ad, Channel 9 neglected to explain that he's had legitimate, legal commissions. We hear that Cope2 is just trying to protect his livelihood as an artist, the argument being that Vallone is preventing him from working. Anyway, if Cope2 really wanted to bug Vallone, he'd orchestrate some serious bombing in Vallone's district.

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By Jen Chung in News on August 18, 2005 7:52 AM

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ART!

No graffiti ART haters here! Good! Don`t hate. LOVE.

TLP13

safe any toys wana start a crew in the birmingham and wolvo area addme djtlp@live.co.uk

just started writin need to get name up peace

guest

hey Cope,tags Tonio2007.sucky i no but im thinkin of a better 1.only 12,used 4 cans in my life.huh,all of im got jacked.Live in toronto,vacationing in hungary eURO.sick graffiti here 2.continue on!

-TONIO2007T.S.07

hey yungM&m:diz is a drug by ME!

guest

Hey COPE,TAGS tonio2007.sucky,i no butim thinkin of a better 1.only 12,used 4 cans in my life,huh,all of im got jacked.live in toronto,in HUNGAry now.sick graffiti here 2. continue on!-t.s.61207:tonio2007DIZMAN ,DIZ IS DRUG by me.

guest

hektik throwies lad your a burner keep bombin hard ya mad cunt RAPIDone IUA-Its Us Again

paco jr

i just want 2 tell u dat ur graffity is tight and right abck sooner or later

saint

yo cope im from uk look i seriously need to know where to buy thin caps and fat caps and better paint wud luv 2 speak to u man wb !!

$TiPz$

yo iam in a crew called bck in tdot so dun fuk around

dev1 rtk

yo cope just stopping n saying [MUCH RESPECT]

STONE*SK

yo I think I have seen STC around if so u guys are pretty good......Practice Makes Perfect and I agree with annonymous360 think of ur own fucking names and styles ppl steal my names and style when I find this shit out I go over their shit with the true artist style

->JUSN<-

cope were can i buy the thinnest caps,i buy all my stuff at artprimo but i want thinner caps?

KGB Capo!

WHAT IT IS BABY! I SEE YOU, NO MORE ALL CITY, NOW IT'S ALL GLOBAL! FROM THE BRONX TO THE KREMLIN! FROM JAPAN TO THE LAND DOWN UNDER! "IT'S WHAT THE BUS'NESS DO!" ...BE SAFE!

170TH VETERAN!

Annonymous360

Think up your own fucking style & names. That's what graffiti is about, being unique. Not having someone else write for you, and then you just going around copying it. Help from someone is good, but taking their style, that's not what graffiti is about.

site

yo yo conner i want to start a grew go o msn

site

yo yo cope2 u da best i just need to learn more styles i need to get some spray paint can u help me see ya !!!

Winie

I always know it’s nearly Christmas time because I go to the Good Food Show in Birmingham. This year I did 12 live shows in front of about 20,000 people which were really good fun, and it was great to see a record amount of men in the audience getting involved!

kyle holmes

was good cope 2? im a writer but im just starting to get up i just started writing dec 05. im from providence rhode island and there alot of mad nice writers but our mayer is wack cuz he's mad stricked on graffiti art. its hard for us to put our stuff on walls around here. so...yea im not gonna say im a legend cuz i just started im only 14 and like u said pay your dues and i will pay em years from now. but untill then ima sit back keep it real and tag it up everyday.i write solo.

DAT ELUDE KID

MAN TAG MY STYLE FOR ME NA MAN I WANNA LEARN SUM OV UR STYLES YH HOLLAH BACK MAN PLZ ELUDE

ETHERS

A COPE THE NAMES ETHERS AND I NEED TO GIT SO ONE TO SEE WHAT SKILLS I HAVE I BEEN IN THE GAME SINC 98 I CAN MACK A MARK IN GRAFF IF SOME ONE LETS ME