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IZ THE WIZ R.I.P.

sticky_dojahsticky_dojah New York City. 2,136 Posts
edited June 2009 in Strut Central
Dude was one of the illest that ever did it.

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  • ageage 1,131 Posts
    Damn...that sucks. r.i.p.!!!
    I know dude had health problems prior, is this in related to?
    Anyways, here's to a king beyond words.
    R.I.P.
  • sticky_dojahsticky_dojah New York City. 2,136 Posts
  • DUNE493DUNE493 223 Posts
    MY BOY DEMER POSTED THIS. IZ THE WIZ..THE PASSING OF A LEGEND!
    WHEN I 1ST STARTED WRITING ALL THOSE YEARS AGO..IZ WAS ALREADY A LEGEND..BUT NOT A LEGEND THAT HAD RETIRED..BUT A TRUE LIVING LEGEND..STILL BOMBING HARD AND WITH NO INTENTION OF STOPPING.
    I REMEMBER I WAS A SOPHMORE IN H.S...I HAD JUST STARTED BOMBING HARD ON THE A LINE WITH THE KSW CREW AND I WAS ON THE ROCKAWAY BLVD STOP TAKING PICTURES..THIS OLDER GUY WALKS UP 2 ME N THE KID I WAS WITH AND ASKED US IF WE WRITE..HE LOOKED LIKE A COP 2 ME..SO I DIDNT SAY NOTHING..I JUST KEPT WATCHING THE TRAINS..MY FRIEND FOR WHATEVER REASON STARTED TALKING TO HIM AND HE TOLD US HE WAS IZ THE WIZ..I JUST GLANCED BACK AND SAID WHATS UP..BUT INSIDE I WAS LIKE.."OH SHIT./.THATS IZ...HOLY SHIT".I WENT BACK AND TOLD HIM I WROTE DEMER AND HE WAS LIKE "OH YEAH..SEEN U GETTIN UP WITH MEGA AND AZ..NICE WORK"..THIS FROM THE ALL CITY KING...WE TALKED FOR A BIT AND HE GOT ON THE TRAIN AND LEFT..A FEW WEEKS LATER ME,AZ AND MEGA BUMP INTO HIM AGAIN AND THIS TIME HE INVITES US TO GO HIT THE GRANT AVE LAYUP WITH HIM..WE WENT AND IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT FOR ME IN GRAFF TO GO BOMBIN WITH IZ...
    OVER THE YEARS WE HUNG A FEW MORE TIMES THEN WE LOST TOUCH..HE RETIRED WHEN THE TRAINS DIED AND MOVED DOWN TO FLORIDA..WE HAD HEARD HE WAS SICK BUT IN GRAFF UNLESS YOU HEAR IT FROM THE PERSON YOU NEVER KNOW WHATS TRUE..
    WHEN I SAW HIM NEXT I COULD SEE THAT HE WAS THE OLD MIKE I REMEMBERED PHYSICALLY BUT THE SPIRIT WAS STILL THERE...WE TALKED AND WE BUGGED OUT ON THAT 1ST MEETING HOW NON CHALANT I WAS IN MEETING HIM..
    AS ALWAYS WHEN SOMEONE PASSES YOU THINK DAM..WISH WE HAD HUNG OUT MORE AND THIS IS NO EXCEPTION...

    IZ THE WIZ..THE MASTER BLASTER..A TRUE LEGEND IN A TIME WHEN THE WORD LEGEND HAS LOST ITS MEANING BECAUSE ITS SO OVERUSED AND UNDERESTIMATED..
    YOU WILL BE MISSED MIKE..MY BOMBING HERO...

    DEMEROCK WALLNUTS
    VICIOUS STYLES!!
  • Lucious_FoxLucious_Fox 2,479 Posts
    Rest In Peace.
  • SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts
    The first email I opened/read this morning a was the news of Iz passing. Not the way you'd prefer to start the day.

    Rest in POWER, Iz!
  • CraigCraig 269 Posts
    It's a sad loss for graffiti when true all city legend like this passes. R.I.P.

    Watching stylwars will never be the same.
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