NYPD investigators charged Fernando “Cope2” Carlo with two counts of felony criminal mischief and one count of making graffiti after he was caught spray-painting at a subway yard. According to the New York Daily News, Carlo initially tried to explain the situation to nearby officers.
“It was a nighttime hit,” Cope told officers. “I don’t paint trains in the daytime. I went through the side gate by the gas station. I buffed out my tag, COPE. I just did it and drove away.”
The now 41-year-old Cope rose to fame during the ’70’s and ’80’s tagging subway trains. He was able to parlay his cult status in the Hip Hop and graffiti community into mainstream success, including designing the artwork for the 1992 Boogie Down Productions album, Sex And Violence. In addition to being commissioned to incorporate graffiti art into projects for Adidas and Converse, Cope was also featured in Marc Ecko’s 2006 video game, “Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure,” as one of the graffiti legends.
“He seemed to be a good guy and he said he had left crime in the past,” City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. told the Daily News. “I’m actually sad to hear about this.”
He was not arrested at the yard or at night. Such bad reporting, just read the NY Daily News story again
man the fuken pigs should just leave the graff writers alone its all about that CSV KREW
Graffiti is cool but is this NEWS? So many writers get arrested for graffiti in the world.
This is a hip hop site. Graf is a huge part of the culture. Cope2 is a legend.
What the hell is your problem bro? You feel like you’re the arbiter of what should be considered news or something? And you’re wrong about people always getting arrested for graf these days. That culture has faded over the years, especially in NYC. You seriously come into this news article just to write that shit?
STFU ASEE, no one gives a flying fuck about graffiti. Talk about played out… I am not surprised though that HHDX posted some irrelevant news, it’s become standard around here. Any more of these and I’ll be done frequenting this site. Oh, and again… STFU ASEE you stupid prick, you call out a dude for sharing his opinion, who makes you the thought police? Fucking uneducated hypocrite.
mothafucker @rofl ; I do
I believe the site is called HIPHOPdx.com Graffiti is one of the 4 ELEMENTS in HIP HOP. So this is relevant news your mother fuckers. get your shit together and the dick out your asses.
damn, yall dont want to hear about graffiti dont click on the graffiti realated headline.. and smack yourselves for saying this dont belong on hhdx…. graffiti, MCing, breakdancing, and DJing is the FOUNDATION of fuckin hip-hop… just because yall think grabbin a laptop and some corny beats from fruity loops is hip-hop, dont mean the rest of us do..
FCR- Dmize-one
fuck pigs & the piece of shit government, go after the real criminals like the murderers,rapists,child predators(I hate these motherfuckers the most)leave the graph heads alone.
Come on… you guys gotta get your facts right, thats the problem with journalism today…
Fuckin cops madd respect to cope
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KEEP BOMBIN MY NIGGA KEEP THE MUTHAFUCKIN CULTURE ALIVE MY EVEN IF THEY PUT A NIGGA IN THE PEN THATS WHAT DA FUCK IM IS TALKIN BOUT NIGGA
I don’t condone vandalizing property (although I definately spent time bombing back in the day); but I will say this, Cope is a straight legend. LEGEND
for the foo tha said graff is fading thas funny u must not live in the inner city or must not pay attention to graff stay in your lane son cuzz them graff niggas is gangster to, except for the backwoods kids that come in to the city tryna bomb shit i kno if my click catches dem wyte bois we goin off like waKa…wit that said fuck tha system keep doing u cope cuzz them throwies killin..
TMB AKS PHEN1 A.K.A FENSKEE
THIS SHITS REALLY CRAZY I NEVER GOT CAUGHT IN ANY TRAINYARD #1 #2 I NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HITING A TRAIN AND DRIVING AWAY HOW WOULD I DRIVE AWAY IF I GOT CAUGHT!!! FUCKING ASSHOLES IN THE DAILYNEWS I TURNED MY SELF IN BECAUSE THE POLICE SAID THEY FOUND A SUBWAY CAR THAT I HIT IN SOMEONES EMAIL IN 2007!!! OK LETS GET THE STORY STRAIGHT THE TRUTH WILL BE TOLD AND THE WORLD WILL BOW DOWN TO ME ONCE AGAIN!!
Fuck the media bro, keep the graph alive!
They will Never stop us…we are MANY they are few….canudigitcanudigitcaaaaanuuuudigit
cope2 is a rat he snitched on ho0w and nosm back in the day. he also snitche on ket, jaes, few ether and utah.
he a FUCKING RAT ALL OF IT IS COURT RECORD!
DUDE IS A PUSSY RAT WHOIS JUST ALL BARK AND NO BITE> FUCK THAT PUSSY ASS RAT HIM AND SEEN ARE BOTH RATS!