Why do you think
script is found more
in Latino and black
communities and
not so much in
white communities
where they tend to
use more tradition-
al fonts?
I can’t really say that
it’s more of a black
thing over white
or this, that, or the
other cause some of
the dopest lettering
guys out there are
white and I person-
ally don’t know any
black lettering art-
ists, but it’s definitely more based from gang writing, hip hop, graffiti, jail,
street, shit like that so it’s gonna draw in people from that background.
But it’s really universal now. I know some sick dudes from China, Brazil,
Italy, all over the world killing letters. There’s some little old white ladies
killing calligraphy and you can find inspiration from them (laughs). It’s a
worldwide universal phenomenon, I think.
Again, probably because I have no idea, I wouldn’t think a guy from Chi-
cago doing script could travel to conventions in different countries and
do well there. Why do you suppose that is?
I think it goes back to the same reason when me and my brother were
kids and wanted to learn karate or kung fu or whatever, and it had to be
taught from some type of Asian guy or else it just wasn’t legit (laughs). I
think when you go to Europe they want lettering from an actual American
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