Tox Interview

by Shane

What is your name?

Tox?Toxsick?Taiker?Mr.T…

Are you affiliated with any crews? If yes, which ones?

None

How long have you been writing?

2 years

What influenced you to start writing?

Seeing if I could put a name everywhere at the same time like I used to see in town..

What keeps you going?

You aren’t a real writer till you completely bomb every hood…Its never enough

You’ve made a name for yourself in the two short years that you’ve been writing, why do you think theres so much talk about you?

Because I was very up from the first months. I really needed to practice but I preferred to practice while bombing. Just imagine a guy who has almost never done graffiti anywhere come out n destroy with tags,throws and burners in very good spots..All that practice made me better faster than most other guys..

When do you think you’ll be able to consider yourself a real writer and up?

When I’ll have alot of tags,throwies and burners in every hood all at once.

Do you intend on stopping?

No never but I really have to take it easy for now. When I get personal things done Il do what I did in 2 years in months..

Do you have a favourite style?

Semi wild..working on mine

Do you have any crazy stories from when you were out writing?

Too many but umm..I was doing a roof edge down town at 6am,sunrise, half way done and I look down. 4taxi drivers r
looking at me and 2 other guys with a cellphone filming me then 2 other guys stare at me too. When Im done I sign ”Hey cops” n look down n 2cops outside the car r looking up searching for me..then a whole army of cops(7 to 10) go on the roof to look for me…long story but I made it. I got lucky.

What’s one thing about graffiti that discourages you?

Going over people..like c’mon you’re helping the buff man if you go over some 1…the buff man gets a 2 for 1…

Whats your opinion on street art?

Some are interesting, some are not..

Have you done graffiti anywhere other than Montreal? Any plans to?

Caribbean but I don’t know..Ive only been bombing for 2 years haha..

Have you ever been in a fight or had beef related to bombing?

Yea when I started I was a big toy that was up haha and 90% of writers hated me..but the thing is that they were also toys, just a bit better than me. So much hate from the shore…

Do you have any big plans for the future?

No, you never know what could happen so you just have to be in the present..

If you could give someone who’s thinking about getting involved in graffiti advice, what would it be?

Practice ALOT every day and don’t ever look for beef if you’re a toy ha! Be prepared to go to jail,get chased by cops n people, to rob,to get addicted to graffiti. If not just stick to legal walls! Who said being a criminal was easy?

Anything else you’d like to say to the Senses Lost readers?

All u guys should do nice burners on nice spots..You need to push the limits! when I started graffiti a had vertigo n lost it quickly. Just go big and ALWAYS be on the look out.