Following a stint on Rikers Island after tagging up the East Village, graffiti artist Angel "LA II" Ortiz says he's coming clean. According to The Local the decision comes after spending more than a month at Rikers Island, where his cellmates were Bloods and Latin Kings. That's right, the 44-year-old who collaborated with Keith Haring back in the day, says he's been scared straight! He told the site, “I’m hanging up the gloves. No more spray painting in the streets. I don’t know how I’m going to do it.” more ›

From the inbox: “Hasn't anyone noticed that the Haring memorial mural on Bowery and Houston was ‘modified’ last Tuesday with some painted on additions? The interesting thing here is that the man behind the ‘modifications’ is none other than LA II, a long lost collaborator of Haring’s who's a graffiti artist from the lower east side. Years ago, he claimed that the Haring Foundation basically robbed him of the work he did with Haring. Now he's back to reclaim his legacy the only way he knows how. This is a fucking story!” more ›