Julius Cavero, T-KID (or Terrible T-KID 170) is a well-known
graffiti
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artist from the
Bronx
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, New York.
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Biography
Background and early life
T Kid's father was an immigrant from Peru
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, who worked at a GM factory in New Jersey. His mother emigrated from Puerto Rico
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in the mid 1950s.
Graffiti
He started in the 1970s, tagging the name "King 13" every time he'd win a challenge, performing daredevil tricks on swings in local parks. He was a short lived member of a gang called the Bronx Enchanters and The Renegades of Harlem, where he learned how to paint trains.
He later became the president of TNB (The Nasty Boyz) and ex-president of TVS (The Vamp Squad), one of the most notorious New York graffiti crews. T-KID is still active and his work can be seen in the Bronx as well as around the world. He is also a member of MAC crew from Paris. T-Kid was originally asked to be the narrator for the Hip-Hop documentary Style Wars but he declined.
Appearances in other media
More recently T-Kid has appeared in the videogame '' Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''.
References
External links
Official Website2010 In depth InterviewImage
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American graffiti artists
People from the Bronx
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)