On this date in 1958, the world was launched to one of the crucial progressive stylists in graffiti historical past, Harlem born Jeff Brown, higher identified throughout the tradition as KASE 2 or CASE 2. A real pioneer of the artwork type that took form within the South Bronx and ultimately influenced the whole world, KASE 2 would have been 67 years previous right now.

Ceaselessly calling himself the King of Fashion, KASE 2 started lighting up New York Metropolis within the early seventies. His first main handball court docket piece dropped in 1973, marking the start of a profession outlined by uncooked originality, fearless experimentation and an unmistakable visible identification. What made his legacy much more exceptional is that KASE misplaced his proper arm in a childhood subway accident at age ten, but nonetheless went on to execute multiple hundred items throughout the MTA system earlier than 1980. His left handed mastery turned a logo of each resilience and brilliance inside a motion constructed on overcoming obstacles.

KASE 2 turned internationally acknowledged not just for his work on metal, but additionally for his on display screen look within the 1982 Hip Hop basic Wild Fashion, the place he held his personal alongside fellow writers together with DEZ, later identified to the world as DJ Kay Slay. His evolving letterforms, inventive abstractions and dedication to pushing graffiti ahead helped form the very language of favor writing.

At this time, the tradition remembers KASE 2 as a visionary whose influence nonetheless ripples by generations of writers. His identify stays etched into the inspiration of graffiti, a testomony to the ability of creativeness, willpower and elegance that may by no means be duplicated.

Relaxation in energy to the King of Fashion.