A TRIBUTE TO TGO TEAMSTER: MAESTRO 1984-85

 A TRIBUTE TO THE "MAESTRO". 1984, MARK CASTRO FROM OLD SCHOOL 'DENA AREAS IN L.A. COUNTY. THE PLACE WHERE SEAZ AND EAZ DWELLED AFTER THEY CAME FROM NEW YORK BURROUGHS. MAESTRO IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL TGO TEAMSTERS WHO HELD DOWN THE BBOY CULTURE IN THE EARLY 80'S WHEREVER HE TRAVELLED. HE WAS ALWAYS SEEN IN FATLACED ADIDAS, BOMBED UP JACKETS LIKE THIS 1985 ORIGINAL

BBOY NAMEPLATE BELTBUCKLES, AND BELLTOP KANGOLS, HE ROCKED SPRAYCANS AS EASILY AS HE DID MARKERS. PTA'S AND IBM'S , KAOSKI, MAD? AND BIZZARE, RADIOTRON WRITERS ALL RESPECTED HIM FOR HIS BBOY VALUES AND PIONEERING DISCIPLINES. HE'D SHOW UP TO ALL THE BROADWAY DOWNTOWN L.A. MEETINGS WITH HIS PILOTS AND BLACKBOOKS FULL OF THE FRESHEST LETTERS AND CHARACTERS, AMAZING COLOR SCHEMES AND STYLES BEYOND WHAT OTHERS WOULD FLIP IN THOSE EARLIEST YEARS. SLINKY RTD'S WERE SEEN ROCKED WITH HIS NAME AND EMBLEMS AS WELL AS THE WASH YARDS BY THE 110 NORTH AND CROSSINGS. MAESTRO WAS ALWAYS COOL PEOPLE AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP MUSIC CARRIED FOR YEARS EVEN INTO THE HIP HOP SHOP ON MELROSE. HUNDREDS MET HIM THERE DURING THE FOUNDATIONAL FATCAP ERA. SO MANY WRITERS, RAPPERS, DJ'S AND DANCERS APPRECIATED HIS PRECISE AIRBRUSH ART AND HILARIOUS SENSE OF HUMOR.

ONE OF MY OLD SCHOOL BEST FRIENDS AND TEAMSTERS WILL ALWAYS BE RESPECTED*