If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform. Please note: This content carries a strict local market embargo. His story forces us all to ask: Where would we be under the same circumstances? It’s been a tough road to get to where he is. Daniel Ramos, AKA Chaka, was 18 when he was arrested and charged in 1991 with 48 counts of vandalism, trespassing and causing 500,000 in property damage. , a graffiti tagger who went by the moniker. Chaka (tagger) (born 1972), American graffiti artist Chaka Bey (died c. Resurrection opens April 25th and will feature highly anticipated new work from the mysterious Chaka. Ramos was 18 when police caught him pen-handed in November 1990, using a marker to scrawl ‘Chaka’ on a traffic light pole in Lincoln Heights. by the writer Thomas Mofolo of Lesotho Daniel Ramos, a graffiti tagger who went by the moniker Chaka. In fact, he now hopes to teach art to disadvantaged kids. Mid-City Arts is pleased to present the first solo show ever from the infamous LA tagger, Chaka. Today, Daniel Ramos walks a straight line, keeps a low profile and is using his talent to create art after going to prison and bouts with drug addiction. Understandably, the tagging was vilified by police, politicians, the media, but for the invisible like him, he was loved. “Graffiti was an expression of light out of darkness, going through dark traumatic periods, then seeing all the bloodshed, the struggle and expressing art on walls brought color to all the madness that was going on,” Daniel said. He had talent, but no outlet – utterly invisible and helpless until he spray painted his name on a wall. “I was gifted with this talent, and I wanted to express myself. “I didn’t have it in my heart to become a cold-blooded monster,” he said.
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