[quote]Graffiti artist King Robbo, who rose to prominence in London in the 1980s and notoriously feuded with fellow artist Banksy, has died.
The 45-year-old had been in a vegetative state since 2011 when he was found at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a head injury.
His team paid tribute to him after he died on Thursday, claiming he "changed the art world forever".
Robbo's tit-for-tat feud with Bansky was the subject of a TV documentary.
On Robbo's website, his team wrote: "Peace and respect to Robbo's close family and friends... the Crew of Team Robbo and WRH and all his many fans and supporters around the world.
"Team Robbo - "All the way" - Robbo changed the art world…forever!"
Banksy's tribute
King Robbo started tagging trains in London in the 1980s after the practice became popular in New York, though he became less active in the 90s.
A representative from Team Robbo said: "He was known by a lot of underground graffiti writers, old-school writers, the original pioneers."
He added: "He was infectious. Once you'd met him, you'd know that you would have met him."
His notorious feud with Banksy began in 2009 when the Bristol-based artist painted over one of his tags next to Regent's Canal in Camden, which dated from 1985.[/quote]
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Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28605694[/url]
If you want to the graffiti war between Banksy and King Robbo they're all [url=http://www.ldngraffiti.co.uk/blog/banksyvsrobbo/timeline.html]here[/url]
holy shit, he was truly a legend
but the way he went into a coma seems kind of odd, " found at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a head injury", was he intoxicated or something?
[QUOTE=Turing;45573056]holy shit, he was truly a legend
but the way he went into a coma seems kind of odd, " found at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a head injury", was he intoxicated or something?[/QUOTE]
Sounds like a convenient accident.
huh, could have sworn he was already dead..
[url]http://banksy.co.uk/[/url]
banksy's page already mourns him
[QUOTE=TheDestroyerOfall;45573303][url]http://banksy.co.uk/[/url]
banksy's page already mourns him[/QUOTE]
Banksy's last mark was a memorial for Robbo anyways. I doubt there was much anger on banksy's side anyhow. Robbo did get pissed though.
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Seems like he found out what happened and put the last to his homage? If so that's pretty cool
It's kind of like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Bill always had a lot of respect for Steven even though they were rivals. But Steve always just shit talked Bill all day long, and Bill still said good things about him. I heard Robbo was VERY vocal about Banksy.
I had a link to the documentary too, but I lost it.
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