Just to Get a Rep - graffiti & hip-hop documentary

Exclusive interview with BIGG JUS of COMPANY FLOW filmed at Ground Zero a couple days after 9/11, very close to where he recorded the album Funcrusher Plus.

Video shot by Peter Gerard and edited by Vera Janisch.  Featuring footage from "Just to Get a Rep."

The music is by ONE SP: http://www.mc1sp.com

Director of Just to Get a Rep, Peter Gerard, talks about making the film and becoming obsessed with the graffiti writing community.

STAY HIGH 149 (RIP) was one of the greatest taggers of all time, known for his smoking stick figures that covered New York City for decades.

VYAL talks about the LA writing scene.

TRACY 168 is famous for WILD STYLE lettering and being one of the most prolific early writers in New York.

SHARP is a legend in the NYC graffiti scene.

The last ever Paint Louis event, a huge graffiti festival held in 2000 at a flood wall in St. Louis, Missouri. Featuring UAA, the Shapeshifters, and many more.

PRIZ, STAN, FUME and NIC1 talk about New York graffiti while hanging out at Old Timers' Day at the legendary 5 Pointz aka Phun Phactory.

SLANG talks about the old school Chicago graffiti scene.

Futura 2000 is a world-famous graffiti writer and designer from New York.

Kosmic Four is a popular rap and graffiti group from East LA.

One of New York's earliest writers, FLINT is known for his short messages that always accompanied his tags.

Mr. KAVES (aka Michael McLeer) from Lordz of Brooklyn talks about writing and hip-hop in New York.

JEST is a NYC writer who co-founded Alife and was involved in publishing Mass Appeal.

The founders of the original MONTANA COLORS talk about the first spraypaint made for graffiti artists in Barcelona.