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Graffiti – nothing new

Graffiti is nothing new and it (1) is was has been around for a long time. During the Second World War the words „Kilroy was here“ (2)  appear appeared has appeared in many countries. In the middle of the 20th century street gangs in the USA used graffiti (3)  for on to marking their territories. In the 70s graffiti became (4)  way of life a way of life a way to life for hundreds of New York City teenagers and the first graffiti writing groups started to form. This new lifestyle was massively influenced by the hip-hop culture. Hip-hop with (5)  it its it’s rapping, break dancing, attitude and graffiti became a way to show anger, humour or to express an opinion. Nobody knows who started graffiti during this era (6)  or but because we do know who inspired people to start ‚tagging‘ (writing their nickname in (7)  a an --- artistic way). It was TAKI 183 and it happened in 1969. TAKI 183 was a teenager from (8)  Greek Grease Greece named emetrius. He lived on 183rd Street in New York and his nickname was Taki, (9)  so but because his tag became TAKI 183. He wrote it everywhere he went and people copied (10)  his him himself . Soon graffiti was all over (11) a the --- city and it started spreading across America. Railroad and subway trains became very popular for graffiti because it could (12)  see be seen have seen by many people, from the poorest to the richest neighbourhoods. But it wasn’t simply how many times people could write their name on a wall or a train (13)  who that whose was important, but also the style they did it with. The style of graffiti (14)  changes changed has changed a lot since 1969. Nowadays, you (15) can are able are allowed see graffiti almost everywhere, even in galleries and in books about art.