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"Hot 110"
"Hot
110" was a word, and term, used to go over another writers
work in the 1970's. The reasons for writing "Hot 110"
over someone else's work varied on the individual
writer. The
main reason writers went over works of another writers, was to retaliate
against the
other for going over his/her work, which is a sign of disrespect. PART 3 "Cross-Out Wars" |
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DEZ over CAP, from the book, Subway Art.
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The famous
"cross-out" wars reached its peak in 1977, with the battle between the TC-5
and TMT crews on
the IRT's. In late 1977, cleaning on the IRT's was not in existence, which forced many
writers to go over many of the older pieces that were still running on the
trains. The TMT crew started heavily painting on the 2 and 5 train lines later
that year, and was forced to cover many of the older pieces. BLADE and COMET
were victims of these acts. They both did not appreciate the diminish of
their pieces, and felt
they should run even if they were 2 or 3 years old. BLADE and COMET started
crossing out their offenders, as well as back-grounding most pieces that were
running. As a result, the TMT crew started to retaliate. 
