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| '''Fernando Carlo''' (also known as '''Cope2''') Fernando grew up a skinny baby face boy from The Bronx during the 1970's, being teased as a youngster since the tender age of 8. Fernando sought out to end his pretty boy reputation and make a name for himself as a the best MC in all the 5 boroughs. The only problem was Fernando had no skills, and his English vocabulary consisted nothing more than a few vulgar profanities he was used to hearing the neighborhood kids refer to him as. Something he still possesses to this very day. | |||
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| With no future as being the new next big rap star in sight, Fernando decided he would have to switch his dream to something more realistic. But what could he do? | |||
| As he sat shamelessly on a bench in The Bronx one day, gazing upon the subway cars riding by overhead, little Fernando noticed a colorful name race past his eyes with amazement. At that moment, a lightbulb went off in his head and he knew exactly what he had to do. He was going to write graffiti. | |||
| So without stopping, he ran across town to his momma's apartment as fast as he could. On one street corner, people cheered him on with screams of "Run,Fernando,Run." A quote that many years later became famous in a popular Tom Hanks movie that was used because of little Fernando's actions that very day. | |||
| When Fernando finally got close to home, he received a few wedgies at the end of his block by the local teenagers, then he ran the rest of the way home and up the front steps of his momma's apartment. Fernando ran through the door and proceeded to sit down on the floor with a scrap piece of paper along with the only pencil his family owned. | |||
| As Fernando thought long and hard about what he saw on the subway car earlier that day, he began to scribble down the name "Fran" over and over again in a semi-creative graffiti style way. He also tried out the names "Franny" and "Rambo". After multiple hours, Fernando decided on the name "Franny". From then on, Fernando wished to be called Franny, The Graffiti Hamster. | |||
| The name "hamster" was added in honor of his best friend in the whole world. One of 4 furry little creatures that lived in Fernando's room with him. The funny thing was, they weren't hamsters at all, they were actually rats. But Fernando's mother easily convinced the gullible child they were hamsters, simply because she did not like Fernando even though he was her own son. | |||
| The next day, "Franny" stopped by a convenience store on his way home and attempted to purchase a black felt marker. But poor little Franny didn't have enough money to buy the marker, lucky for him the store clerk just so happen to be pedophile, and the clerk made Franny a offer he couldn't refuse. Franny happily accepted the deranged store clerks offer, and off they went. | |||
| A few minuets later Franny walked out of the store kinda bull legged, but he did not care because he got what he came for. A black felt marker. From that day forth, Franny began his new graffiti life. | |||
| <Fun Facts> | |||
| A> | |||
| "Franny, the graffiti Hamster" aka Fernando, later changed his name to Cope for 2 reasons. | |||
| ( Hence the name, Cope2 ) | |||
| - because he found out his pet "hamsters" were really rats, and he didn't want everyone to know his best friends in the whole world were rats. | |||
| - because someone Fernando knew wrote Kope with a "K", and like all rats...they bite whoever is in front of them. | |||
| B> | |||
| - the crew " KD " was named after the famous macaroni, because KD was what Fernando fed his pet " hamsters " as a kid. | |||
| C> | |||
| -Fernando, aka Franny, was later nicknamed "Franny the Tranny" by his peers. | |||
| Oddly enough, Fernando...although was born a male, now has bigger breasts than most every woman in the state of California. To this day, Fernando is not only considered a rat, but a bitch as well. | |||
| ⚫ | an artist from the ] section of the ], ]. He has been a ] artist since 1978-79, and has gained international credit {{Clarify|date=February 2010}} for his work. Though he is now known worldwide as being a general founder of graffiti{{cn|date=October 2014}}, he didn't receive recognition in the mainstream graffiti world until the mid-1990s. | ||
| Cope2's cousin "Chico 80" influenced Cope into writing. In 1982 he made his own crew called Kids Destroy and eventually it changed to Kings Destroy after he dubbed himself "King of the 4 Line".<ref>http://www.cope2kingsdestroy.com/about.html</ref> | Cope2's cousin "Chico 80" influenced Cope into writing. In 1982 he made his own crew called Kids Destroy and eventually it changed to Kings Destroy after he dubbed himself "King of the 4 Line".<ref>http://www.cope2kingsdestroy.com/about.html</ref> | ||
| Cope2 is well known for his "throw-up" and is also a user of "wildstyle" graffiti, a style which originated in the Bronx. | Cope2 is well known for his "throw-up" and is also a user of "wildstyle" graffiti, a style which originated in the Bronx. | ||
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Fernando Carlo (also known as Cope2) Fernando grew up a skinny baby face boy from The Bronx during the 1970's, being teased as a youngster since the tender age of 8. Fernando sought out to end his pretty boy reputation and make a name for himself as a the best MC in all the 5 boroughs. The only problem was Fernando had no skills, and his English vocabulary consisted nothing more than a few vulgar profanities he was used to hearing the neighborhood kids refer to him as. Something he still possesses to this very day.
With no future as being the new next big rap star in sight, Fernando decided he would have to switch his dream to something more realistic. But what could he do?
As he sat shamelessly on a bench in The Bronx one day, gazing upon the subway cars riding by overhead, little Fernando noticed a colorful name race past his eyes with amazement. At that moment, a lightbulb went off in his head and he knew exactly what he had to do. He was going to write graffiti.
So without stopping, he ran across town to his momma's apartment as fast as he could. On one street corner, people cheered him on with screams of "Run,Fernando,Run." A quote that many years later became famous in a popular Tom Hanks movie that was used because of little Fernando's actions that very day.
When Fernando finally got close to home, he received a few wedgies at the end of his block by the local teenagers, then he ran the rest of the way home and up the front steps of his momma's apartment. Fernando ran through the door and proceeded to sit down on the floor with a scrap piece of paper along with the only pencil his family owned.
As Fernando thought long and hard about what he saw on the subway car earlier that day, he began to scribble down the name "Fran" over and over again in a semi-creative graffiti style way. He also tried out the names "Franny" and "Rambo". After multiple hours, Fernando decided on the name "Franny". From then on, Fernando wished to be called Franny, The Graffiti Hamster.
The name "hamster" was added in honor of his best friend in the whole world. One of 4 furry little creatures that lived in Fernando's room with him. The funny thing was, they weren't hamsters at all, they were actually rats. But Fernando's mother easily convinced the gullible child they were hamsters, simply because she did not like Fernando even though he was her own son.
The next day, "Franny" stopped by a convenience store on his way home and attempted to purchase a black felt marker. But poor little Franny didn't have enough money to buy the marker, lucky for him the store clerk just so happen to be pedophile, and the clerk made Franny a offer he couldn't refuse. Franny happily accepted the deranged store clerks offer, and off they went.
A few minuets later Franny walked out of the store kinda bull legged, but he did not care because he got what he came for. A black felt marker. From that day forth, Franny began his new graffiti life.
<Fun Facts>
A> "Franny, the graffiti Hamster" aka Fernando, later changed his name to Cope for 2 reasons. ( Hence the name, Cope2 ) - because he found out his pet "hamsters" were really rats, and he didn't want everyone to know his best friends in the whole world were rats. - because someone Fernando knew wrote Kope with a "K", and like all rats...they bite whoever is in front of them.
B> - the crew " KD " was named after the famous macaroni, because KD was what Fernando fed his pet " hamsters " as a kid.
C> -Fernando, aka Franny, was later nicknamed "Franny the Tranny" by his peers. Oddly enough, Fernando...although was born a male, now has bigger breasts than most every woman in the state of California. To this day, Fernando is not only considered a rat, but a bitch as well.
an artist from the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx, New York. He has been a graffiti artist since 1978-79, and has gained international credit for his work. Though he is now known worldwide as being a general founder of graffiti, he didn't receive recognition in the mainstream graffiti world until the mid-1990s.
Cope2's cousin "Chico 80" influenced Cope into writing. In 1982 he made his own crew called Kids Destroy and eventually it changed to Kings Destroy after he dubbed himself "King of the 4 Line". Cope2 is well known for his "throw-up" and is also a user of "wildstyle" graffiti, a style which originated in the Bronx.
Projects
Cope2 has achieved considerable mainstream success for his artwork and has collaborated and released many projects alongside such names as Adidas and Time magazine.
Some of Cope2's initial commercial artwork has been sold on Christie's auction block for $1,000(USD) per painting. Early work includes cover art for a Boogie Down Productions album titled Sex and Violence.
In 2002, Cope2 provided artwork for Adam Bhala Lough's Bomb the System, including the infamous piece on the Brooklyn Bridge. He can be seen on the DVDs behind the scene footage painting one of the pieces at the end of the film.
In 2003, Cope2's book entitled Cope2: True Legend was published by Righters.com.
In 2005, Cope2 collaborated with and designed a pair of sneakers for Converse under the "Chuck Taylor All-Stars" line.
Also in 2005, Time magazine commissioned Cope2, for $20,000(USD), to paint a billboard ad in the SoHo district of Manhattan, New York on Houston and Wooster. The ad depicts the magazines cover with graffiti tags scrawled over it; the text reads "Post-Modernism? Neo-Expressionism? Time. Know Why". In 2006, Cope2 appeared in Marc Ecko's video game, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. He features as one of the "graffiti legends" who gives the protagonist advice on the graffiti world. His "throw-up" is also widely recognizable throughout the game. Cope2's "throw-up" has also had appearances in other media productions. It has appeared on walls in the videogame GTA IV and in the movie Shrek The Third amongst others.
In 2008 Cope2 collaborated with Adidas and Footlocker to release a collection of clothes and accessories in Europe. The collection included baseball caps, jackets, T-shirts, sweaters, belts and sneakers.
In 2010, Cope2 appeared in an episode of LA Ink.
In 2011, Cope2 went on the roof of what once used to be Seward Park High School and did graffiti on two of the walls.
Over the last decade Cope2 has appeared numerous times in Videograf Production produced videos Videograf Issue 6, 9 and OverSpray 1.0.
Controversy
Carlo was arrested as recently as September 2010 for allegedly painting subway cars in a tunnel in uptown Manhattan a year earlier. He was charged with two counts of felony mischief and one misdemeanor graffiti charge, but quickly informed on three underage youths to gain back his freedom.The arrest took over a year as he was abroad. In the article Fernando Carlo stated "It was a nighttime hit," he told police after his arrest Wednesday morning, according to court records. "I don't paint trains in the daytime. I went through the side gate by the gas station. I buffed out my tag, COPE. I just did it and drove away." Cope2's defense attorney by the name of Berger was a Legal Aid and on June 27, 2012 Fernando Carlo took a Plea Agreement in exchange for a conditional discharge. Consequently, Cope2 never served any time in jail or prison for his crimes relating to graffiti.
In 2013 a large number of Cope2's murals and galleries in New York, Miami, Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen, Hawaii and Cologne were vandalized with the words "SNITCH! and RAT!" Many artists within the graffiti scene believe it is in reaction to the rumors of him being a police informant, and co-operating against other artists with the police. The rumors and stories first started in the early 1990s and have continued to grow in number into this decade.
In 2014, Cope2 painted "The Bowery Mural" in Manhattan, on the same wall that over 30 years ago, the openly homosexual artist Keith Haring put up the first mural on the Houston Street wall, a concrete slab just off of Bowery in New York. During the first few days of Cope2 painting the Bowery mural an anonymous person destroyed the mural with the word "SNITCH".
References
- http://www.cope2kingsdestroy.com/about.html
- http://www.sneakerfiles.com/2008/02/28/adidas-x-footlocker-x-cope2/
- Time http://www.time.com/time/archive/collections/0,21428,c_graffiti,00.shtml.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "From Vandal to Artist". Business Week. 07-19-05.
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- RILED POL TAGS TIME MAG AD
- http://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/features/interviews/cope2.html
- Parascandola, Rocco (2010-10-02). "Cops nab longtime Bronx graffiti artist Fernando (Cope) Carlo after he tags subway car". Daily News. New York.
- http://www.mathgoth.com/
{{citation}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - http://en.wikipedia.org/Keith_Haring#Sexuality
{{citation}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - http://animalnewyork.com/2014/someone-wrote-snitch-cope2s-bowery-wall-hes-already-fixing/
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External links
- Cope2 Official Website
- Curbs and Stoops Interactive Gallery: Cope2
- Liquidteks Magazine Interview with Cope2