KEO: All the top graffiti writers went there. Mackie was a big influence, was a graffiti writer but also a great drummer who went on to do the Cro-Mags, HR, Bad Brains... What was that group?
KEO: Sure, sure. All those cats were there. Dave Skilken used to write graffiti. I knew those dudes, um -
MC Serch: May he rest in peace
KEO: Yeah, rest in peace. Uh, incredible jazz musicians like...
MC Serch: Sean F. Green
KEO: My best friend that wrote metro, RTW, great graffiti artist - his father was Ron Carter, the bass player. His name was Miles Carter. And I think he was responsible for introducing a lot of the older jazz heads to hip hop, because originally there was beef. The old jazz dudes were like "yo, they're stealing our records". And that's when Stetsa made that response record. And I think Miles was the one that like, got that whole jazzmatazz thing rolling, introducing his father to Q-Tip and Low End Theory and all of that. He's been out in Paris with John Lun doing incredible art. Just everyone there was a fucking star.
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Serch and Keo talk about their high school days with some notable folks