He looks like a cross between Jimmy Nail and Mike Skinner of The Streets." Banksy began as an artist at the age of 14, was expelled from school, and served time in prison for petty crime. In a 2003 interview with Simon Hattenstone of The Guardian, Banksy is described as "white, 28, scruffy casual-jeans, T-shirt, a silver tooth, silver chain and silver earring. Identityīanksy's name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. In 2014, he was awarded Person of the Year at the 2014 Webby Awards. In January 2011, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the film. Banksy's documentary film Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) made its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. A small number of Banksy's works are officially, non-publicly, sold through an agency created by Banksy named Pest Control. Much of his work can be classified as temporary art. Banksy no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public "installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall they were painted on. īanksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack. Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. on March 29, 1988) is a battle rapper and Bloods gang member out of St.Louis.Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. His family is heavily involved in his battle rap career. His father "Big Gerald" attends many of his battles and even talks trash to his opponents. It has been confirmed that Big Gerald was actually the one that yelled "Yes sir!" in response to Aye Verb in his 3rd round against Hitman, and it went down as one of battle rap's greatest moments in history. His little brother "Showout" can be seen in Hitman's corner in almost all of his battles. Showout gained attention when he knocked out another battle rapper that went by the name of Bill Collector. The aftermath went viral on WorldStarHipHop. He made his debut as a prop for Hitman in his battle against Conceited. After Hitman stated that his firearm's recoil force would be ever so overwhelming, he fell backwards unexpectedly only to fall in the arms of Showout. As nobody expected him to do such a thing, the whole crowd loved it and demanded more. Ever since then, Showout has been involved in every one of Hitman's remix bars and even spit a line himself against Charlie Clips and Tsu Surf. On July 28, 2013, Hitman tweeted that he has been banned from URL. He claimed that it was "kuz I wanted my battle to drop sooner" referring to his Conceited battle, but it was probably because he threatened to knock Norbes (a URL staff member) the fuck out. Currently, he has squashed it and is now cool with SMACK/URL once again.
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