Graffiti Street Artist Phase 2 Dies at 61
Phase 2, an Aerosol Art Innovator, Is Dead at 64
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 enjoyed the thrill of writing on New York subway cars; he called it “impact expressionism.”Credit…Charlie Ahearn Archive/Cornell Hip Hop Collection
Phase 2, who in the early 1970s was