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PHASE 2

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PHASE 2 (1955 - 2019) was active/lived in New York.  PHASE 2 is known for Aerosal graffiti artist, street art painting, sculptudre, work on paper, party flyers.

"Phase 2, an Aerosol Art Innovator, Is Dead at 64," Online Obituary, The New York Times, By Jon Caramanica, Dec. 20, 2019

In the early 1970s, the dawn of what became known as hip-hop, he helped shape the art of graffiti on New York City subways. But he hated the word.
Phase 2, who in the early 1970s was one of the most prolific, inventive and emulated New York graffiti writers, and who later in his career produced early hip-hop’s most innovative fliers, died on Dec. 12 at a nursing and rehabilitation center in the Bronx. He was 64.

The cause was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, his longtime friend David Schmidlapp said.

In the South Bronx at the dawn of the 1970s, all the creative components that would coalesce into what became widely known as hip-hop were beginning to take shape. At the center of them all was Phase 2, an intuitive, disruptive talent who first made his mark as a writer of graffiti — although he hated the   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 15948 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about PHASE 2

   PHASE 2  Born:  1955 - Manhattan, New York
Died:   2019 - Bronx, New York
Known for:  Aerosal graffiti artist, street art painting, sculptudre, work on paper, party flyers
Name variants:  Michael Lawrence Marrow, Pain, Phase II, Phase Two, PHASEZ, Lonny Wood

"Phase 2, an Aerosol Art Innovator, Is Dead at 64," Online Obituary, The New York Times, By Jon Caramanica, Dec. 20, 2019

In the early 1970s, the dawn of what became known as hip-hop, he helped shape the art of graffiti on New York City subways. But he hated the word.
Phase 2, who in the early 1970s was one of the most prolific, inventive and emulated New York graffiti writers, and who later in his career produced early hip-hop’s most innovative fliers, died on Dec. 12 at a nursing and rehabilitation center in the Bronx. He was 64.

The cause was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, his longtime friend David Schmidlapp said.

In the South Bronx at the dawn of the 1970s, all the crea  ...  Displaying 750 of 15948 characters.
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