Taki 183

The number 183 comes from his address on the 183rd, in the New York neighborhood of Washington Heights. Legend has it that he was a young runner in New York at the beginning of hip-hop. He wrote his nickname all over the streets of New York that he frequented daily in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
A graffiti monument, TAKI 183 is unofficially considered by its peers as the forerunner of the New Yorker tag. Praised by a New York Times journalist, Taki entered the July 21, 1971 issue of the daily, through a paper with the title remained in all memories: “TAKI 183 Spawns Pen Pals”.