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IZ THE WIZ DIED EARLIER TODSAY OF A HEART ATTACK..IZ THE WIZ WAS FROM QUEENS NEW YORK,HE STARTED WRITING GRAFFITI IN 1972.HE WAS FEATURED IN STYLE WARS THE 1983 HIP-HOP DOCUMENTRY.I CONSIDER HIM THE ALL-TIME KING OF GRAFFITI.HE NEVER STOPPED WRITING TILL THE DAY HE DIED,GOING FROM A GLORIOUS ALL CITY CAREER ON THE NYC SUBWAYS THROUGH OUT THE 70′S AND 80′S,EVEN AFTER THEY BECAME CLEAN IN 1989.

HE WAS PAINTING THE CLEAN TRAINS INTO THE EARLY 90′S,AND EVEN WAS A FACTOR BEING AMONGST THE FIRST TO START HITTIN UP THE NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT TRAINS,HE TRULY WAS A DRIVEN AND RELENTLESS INDIVIDUAL.THERES WAS KNOW ONE THAT HAS DONE WHAT HE HAS DONE,AND YOU’LL NEVER SEE WHAT HE DID,DONE EVER AGAIN.IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT MOVIES LIKE THE WARRIORS,AND MANY OTHERS FILMED IN SUBWAY STATIONS THROUGH THE 70′S-80′S YOU ALWAYS SEE A “IZ” THROW ROLL BY.I’VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE FRIENDS,AND KICK IT WITH IZ,AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRST HAND THE MAN BEHIND THE NAME WAS LARGER THAN LIFE. IN 1997 HE WROTE IN MY BLACKBOOK,”THE ONLY THING LIFE GUARANTEES IZ DEATH”HE AINT NEVER LIED..YOU’LL TRULY BE MISSED KING IZ T.M.B.