SPECIAL DONDI 79 DEDICATION

SPECIAL DONDI 79 DEDICATION

THIS PIECE I DID BECAUSE OF THE NEW MARTHA COOPER BOOK "THE HIP HOP FILES" THAT SHOULD BE OUT SOON, AGAIN WHEN I PAINT I DO IT BECAUSE OF THE STORIES THAT ARE BEHIND EACH PAINTING THAT I DO, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THE MEANING OF THIS PIECE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING AWAY JUST YET, BUT YOU CAN REST A SURE THERE'S SOME DEEP MEANING IN THIS PIECE, THE COLORS WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE SOME, FOR AS LONG AS MANKIND HAVE PUT MANY OF US UNDER OPPRESSION, THAT NEVER DID REALLY STOP US FROM EXPRESSING OURSELVES, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHY MANY OF OUR GRANDFATHER'S AND MOTHERS GIVE THEIR LIFES, SO WE CAN SOME DAY LIVE IN FREEDOM, THE FIGHT THAT THEY LEFT BEHIND FOR US, IS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE, OF THE BATTLES THAT ARE STILL HERE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE HOME OF THE BRAVE, THE EXPRESSION OF OUR PAST, WILL SERVER OUR CHILDREN FOR THE BATTLE AHEAD. LIKE THE TWINS THAT CAME DOWN ON 9/11/01 SO TOO OUR MEMORIES OF THEM WILL LIVE FOR EVER. AND IN MY HEART YOU MY BROTHER IS WHERE I WILL KEEP YOU UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN GOD BLESS!

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THOU KINGDOM COME, THOU WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN

THIS PAGE IS FROM MY HEART, THE ONLY THING I COULD SAY RIGHT NOW IS, THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE UNTIL THEY LOOSE IT !

ONE OF THE BEST MEMORIES THAT I HAVE OF DONDI HAS GOT TO BE BACK IN 1980, YOU SEE THAT YEAR THE NEW YORK CITY MTA TRANSIT SYSTEM WENT ON STRIKE FOR MORE MONEY, I SAY THE WORD! MONEY FOR A REASON THAT I WILL OUT LINE HERE LATER. THE WEEK BEFORE THE STRIKE DONDI AND I WHEN RACKING UP, JUST IN CASE THE STRIKE REALLY DID HAPPENS, ANY WAY DONDI HAD USED UP ALL HIS PAINT BEFORE THE STRIKE, SO WHEN THE STRIKE CAME, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO MANY CANS LEFT, SO HE CALL ME UP AND ASK ME IF I STILL HAD SOME PAINT, THAT HE WANTED TO GO TO THE YARD AND HE NEEDED SOME TO DO A TOP TO BOTTOM WHOLE CAR, I SAID SURE BUT WHAT HAPPEN TO THE PAINT YOU HAD, HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD WENT TO THE YARD TWO DAYS BEFORE BY HIMSELF, AS HE ALWAYS HAD DONE MANY TIMES, ANYWAY I MET HIM ON THE ATLANTIC AVE STATION, AND WE HEADED TO UTICA LAY-UP, WHEN HE SHOW ME THE OUT LINE OF THE PIECE HE WANTED TO DO, I WAS SHOCK TO SEE WHAT HE WANTED TO DO. THE TRANSIT SYSTEM WAS LOCK DOWN NO TRAINS WAS RUNNING, WHEN WE GOT TO UTICA, THERE WASN'T A SOUL AROUND, WE HAD THE WHOLE SUBWAY STATION TO OUR SELF, SO WE WENT EXPLORING THE TUNNEL MAKING SURE THERE WAS NO ONE HINDING OR SOMETHING,THAT'S WHEN WE BROKE INTO THE WORK BUMS LOCKERS!!!!!!!!

WELL I CAN'T SAID NO MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN NEXT BUT BELIEVE ME, YOU WILL READ IT IN MY BOOK, "EXPRESSION OF OPPRESSION" ANYWAY WE ALWAYS HAD A LADDER HINTED IN THE TUNNEL, CAUSE WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT WE WOULD BE BACK TO PIECE. WE STARTED TO SET-UP ALL OUR COLORS, THEN WE LEFT THE TUNNEL, WE GOT SOME WEED AND BEERS AND MUNCHES. THEN DONDI STARTED DOING THE "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE PART 2" WHOLE CAR, I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF MY FACE IT WAS HISTORY AND I WAS PART OF IT, WHEN HE STARTED TO PAINT THAT HAND IN THE CORNER OF THE CAR, IT WAS AWESOME, ANYWAY I DON'T WANT TO GIVE OUT TO MUCH! BUT THE THING WAS THAT NIGHT, DONDI CALL ME OVER AND TOLD ME THAT I WAS VICE PRESS OF CIA, WHEN I ASK HIM WHY - HE REPLY CAUSE YOU BEEN WITH ME FOR ALL THESE YEARS, AND NEVER ONCE DID YOU ASK ME TO BE VICE PRESS, AND BESIDE YOUR LIKE MY BROTHER, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, THE SMILE HE HAD ON HIS FACE, WHEN HE SEEN HOW HAPPY I WAS, BRING TEARS TO MY EYES NOW. AGAIN THE WAY I REMEMBER MY BROTHER DONDI BEST NOW, IS IN MY DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS, THAT'S WHY, UNTIL NOW I HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT DONDI, EVERY TIME I SIT DOWN TO DRAW, I FEEL LIKE HE RIGHT BEHIND ME LIKE HE ALWAYS USE TO BE, EVERY TIME HE SEEN A WHOLE CAR THAT I HAD DONE, HE WAS ALWAYS PROUD OF ME, AND HE SHOW ME EVERY TIME, WHEN EVER HE TOOK A TAG, DONDI CIAKINGS !

NO MONEY IN THE WORLD CAN BUY THE GREAT MEMORIES THAT DONDI GAVE ME! THAT LAST LINE IS FOR THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES A FRIEND JUST TO LOOK GOOD!

AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TODAY, TOMORROW AND IN THE FUTURE,NO ONE CAN ADD OR TAKE AWAY FROM THE HISTORY OF CIA!!!! IT'S BEEN WRITTEN IN STONES!

AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT EVERYONE KEEPS ASKING A MILLION TIMES ! NO I'M NOT PRES. OF CIA NOW OR EVER, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ONLY ONE PRES. OF CIA AND THAT'S DONDI !!!!

AS I SIT HERE I REMEMBER ALL THE FIGHTS DONDI AND I HAD ABOUT WRITING OR WHO EVER OR WHAT EVER, BUT THE ONE THING WE NEVER LOST WAS THE RESPECT WE HAD FOR EACH OTHER!

DON'T HATE ME HATE THE GAME

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WHEN I FIRST MADE MY COME BACK I WAS ASK TO TAKE PART IN THIS DOCUMENTARY PROJECT ON DONDI, IT WAS HARD FOR ME CAUSE I HADN'T BEEN WRITING OR DRAWINGS IN ABOUT 16 YEARS, BUT I KNEW THAT DONDI WOULDN'T HAVE HAD WANTED IT ANY OTHER WAY, THEN FOR ME TO DO THIS PROJECT, SO I AGREE AND DID THIS WHITE PIECE IN QUEENS NEW YORK AT THE PHUN PHACTORY 1999 BY DUROCIA

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BUS 129 BY DOC TC5 ( NYC HALL OF FAME 1999 ) (nephew)

MEMORIES OF DONDI WHITE BY Michael White Jr.

CLICK ABOVE TO READ

PART 2 OF SPECIAL DONDI 79 DEDICATION

KOCH NYC MAYOR

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DONDI ( RIP ) ON A FR8 BY CAVS SV
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THIS BUS 129 PIECE WAS DONE BY SOULBROTHER1971 ON A FR8 TRAIN IN 1999

THE SCROLL READS AS FOLLOW "IF IT'S MAGIC, WHY CAN IT BE EVERLASTING"

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HERE YOU CAN SEE THE INSPIRATION DONDI WORK HAVE ON WRITERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

A DONDI PIECE DONE BY DUROK FROM TEXAS
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THIS 3RD RAIL PIECE WHICH IS ONE OF THE MANY NAMES USE BY DONDI, WAS DONE BY KEO TOP

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT THAT DONDI HAD ON OTHER WRITERS = HERE AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD

DONE AT "THE GRAFFITI HALL OF FAME" HARLEM NEW YORK 2000

QUOTE TAKEN FROM DONDI WHITE "STYLE MASTER GENERAL" THE LIFE OF GRAFFITI ARTIST DONDI WHITE

AND IMPRINT OF HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS REGANBOOKS - http://www.reganbooks.com/

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HERE ZEPHYR PAINTED ONE OF DONDI'S ORIGINAL OUTLINE ALSO DONE AT THE HALL OF FAME 1999

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THIS CLASSIC DONDI PIECE WAS DONE BY IZTHEWIZ, TMB TOP THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PIECE HONORING DONDI WHITE RIP 1998

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BLACK BOOK DRAWING IN HONOR OF MR DONDI WHITE - BY SMOKER69 (GERMANY)

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SAN FRANCISCO TRIBUTE WALL

A production in order to honor the life of Dondi
White. produced and designed by Curve and Vogue. The
tribute was in conjunction with San Francisco move
against AIDS. The mural was to produce an awareness
of a Legend and of the tragic disease that claims the
lives of thousands upon thousands each year.

REST IN PEACE MASTER DONDI WHITE

montreal respects your style,1224peel st. VIBES hip hop store.

AKIRA CIA

STYLE WARS BY ZETA ,DONDI BY CHULO 72 PAINTED IN BARCELONA SPAIN 2003

production AEROSOL EVOLUTION by: FLY ID - TALE, RIBS, SIEK, CID(CLARK-ID)and EROTICA67. boston summer 2000

DONDI PAINTING BY BEN BIOLLO AKA NEON

Wall done by Loomit in memory of Dondi Cia

In memory of Dondi done by Mac

I BELIEVE YOU CAN FLY

( CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE PART 2 DONDI CIA 1980) HAND PAINTED BY DURO CIA 2005

( CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE PART 3 DONDI CIA 1980) HAND PAINTED BY DURO CIA 2005

DONDI, DURO THE SHOWROOM EXHIBITION 2004

I AM MY BROTHER KEEPER

ONE OF THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE WAS THE PASSING OF OUR BROTHERS & KIST CIA, SHY 147 ROC, HE WAS MORE THEN A FRIEND, HE REALLY CARE ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I REMEMBER A LOT OF TIMES WE WOULD FIGHT OR DISAGREE ON SOME THING SHY WAS ALWAYS THE PEACE MAKER, THE ROCK OF THE CREW, THE STONE THAT GIVE US THAT BURNING EDGE TO CONTINUE THE BATTLE WITH THE MTA SYSTEM, A TRUE ROCSTAR THAT'S WHO HE IS. SHY WAS ALWAYS THERE TO SAY DON'T WORRY GUYS, LET'S DO THIS, THE VOICE OF LEADERSHIP, IT'S HURTS NOW TO REMEMBER HOW DEEP HURTED HE WOULD GET WHEN ONE OF HIS PIECES GOT CROSS OUT, BUT HE NEVER LET ANYTHING STOP HIM, IT WOULD ALWAYS DROVE HIM TO FIGHT EVEN HARDER, HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT HIS FEELINGS WITH A LOT OF US, WHEN A LOT OF US WAS TOO AFRAID TOO, A REAL MAN NOT ONE WHO WOULD PLAY A ROLL IN FRONT OF PEOPLE JUST TO LOOK GOOD, NO HE WAS ALWAYS SHY 147, BUT THE NAME DIDN'T FIT HIM, IF YOU WOULD HAVE HAD GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO HAVE KNOWN HIM, THE PERSON HE WAS, A TRUE MASTER OF HIMSELF, THANK YOU OUR BROTHER WE WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU, REST IN PEACE, AND SEE YOU ONE DAY IN THAT BIG RUSTED CLOUD IN HEAVEN THAT I'M SURE YOU ARE MAKING BRIGHTER WITH YOUR SMILE AND COLORS.

REST IN PEACE

SHY 147 BY MIN ROC RTW

SHY 147 BY MIN RTW ROC

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THE ORIGINAL CIA KID HIMSELF KISTCIAMEN!

IN THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS SINCE KIST AND EL3 PASS AWAY I ALWAYS THINK BACK TO A TIME WHEN THEY WAS FULL OF LIFE, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY THAT WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES THIS WORLD, IS THE MEMORIES THAT STAYS BEHIND, KIST WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY LITTLE GRAFFITI BROTHER, PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER HIM AS BEING KING, BUT HOW COULD THAT BE WHEN I DID MOST OF MY BOMBING WITH HIM BY MY SIDE, BUT THAT'S OK, CAUSE I KNOW THE TRUTH, AND EL 3, THIS GUY WAS A ONE MAN CREW, HE WENT WHERE EVER HE WANTED TO GO, I REMEMBER MIN TAKING ME TO LES, THAT'S WHERE I FIRST MEET EL, HE GIVE ME RESPECT, AND TO ME THAT'S ALL THAT COUNTS, I WAS SAD TO HEAR OF HIS PASSING, BUT MIN REMIND US ALL ABOUT EL, WHEN MIN DID A T2B IN HIS HONOR, REST IN PEACE MY BROTHERS, THE NON STOPPERS RTW TNS CIA!

IN MEMORY OF EL 3 THE NON-STOPPER