Kid Kash

From Switzerland, Kid Kash started graff around 93-94. As a kid he liked drawing and was into skateboarding a lot, that's how he started noticing graff around the city. 

"At the same time kids at school started talking about this bboy stuff. Tags, graff, and breaking I was fascinated. I got a can in my hand for the first time when friends of mine asked me to help them to do a character on their piece because they couldn't draw. I remember it was a face with a gun sight instead of his right eye ; a public enemy style. It looked like crap but I was hooked.

My style is of course linked to my journey in the Writing culture and very influenced by the masters that I admired as a young writer. My early influences were locals; Dare TWS of course! and crews like KBC and CMA. Then the New York masters Dondi, TDS, FBA, TC5, TFP and especially Kase2! In Europe, the CTK and Paris 90's scene and the germans… man, the germans… Today there is too many dope writers to name them all but I like to see people who paint classic graffiti and still keep it interesting and modern. I think about Dmote, Jurne, Druid, Serval, and the Germans… again. I love seeing old masters still burning kids with the old formula like Part, wane, Serve, Keo, Dash, Secret, Bates… And writers who made their own rules and keep it fresh like Sawe, Sin OBS, Miami NFK, Eliote, Wxyz… Averall I love breakin and music and my style is very influenced by that – if I see no rhythm in a sketch I will never paint it.

For me a good piece is bold and funky it has movement and dynamic it shouldn't be too perfect or too clean. I am a chill dude but I keep a BBoy attitude when I paint… I want to burn! you can be my best friend if you paint next to me I ll try my best to burn you!

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