Fernando Carlo is a graffiti

Graffiti

Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....

 artist from the South Bronx

South Bronx

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, New York

New York

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. He has been writing graffiti since 1978-79, and has gained international credit for his work. Though he is now known worldwide, 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 one of the most known users of "wildstyle" graffiti, a style which originated in the Bronx.
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 the Christie's auction block

Christie's

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 for $1,000(USD) per paintingworld .