Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Monday, December 29, 2008

Buket pleads guilty to almost 3 dozen felony vandalism counts


Cyrus Yazdani was sentenced to 10 months in county jail, 256 hours of graffiti removal and five years formal probation. Because of time served, he was released from jail Monday afternoon



The graffiti artist who gained notoriety on YouTube with his daredevil tagging exploits pleaded guilty today to nearly three dozen felony vandalism counts and was released from jail after serving time since last May, prosecutors said.

Cyrus Yazdani, one of Los Angeles’ most prolific taggers, who is known in the tagging world as “Buket,” admitted to 32 counts with the special allegation that damage exceeded $50,000.

Judge Steven J. Kleinfield sentenced the 25-year-old San Jose State graduate to 10 months in county jail, 256 hours of graffiti removal and five years formal probation.

But with time served and credits for work and good behavior, Yazdani was out of jail by Monday afternoon.

Yazdani became something of an Internet sensation when he brazenly plastered his “Buket” bomb 20 feet above the busy Hollywood Freeway — vandalism captured on videotape and posted with a rap soundtrack on YouTube and numerous tagger-related blogs.

Another daylight attack, which was also videotaped, appeared to show “Buket” applying his moniker to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus as passersby and passengers watched in surprise.

Authorities allege that between 2005 and 2007, Yazdani slapped his tags on buses, freeway walls and overpasses as well as the concrete lining of the Los Angeles River.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators arrested Yazdani in May, saying that his moniker has marked hundreds of freeway overpasses, concrete walls and transit buses across the state and southern Nevada.

He was believed responsible for upward of $150,000 in property damage along the Los Angeles River and in the areas patrolled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department — and at least as much in other parts of California.

Yazdani, who split time between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a graphic designer, already had been on probation after pleading no contest in 2007 to three counts of felony vandalism.

Prosecutors had been seeking state prison time in the case, said Los Angeles County district attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.

“We objected to the jail sentence believing this is a very serious case that caused a lot of damage, and we asked for a state prison sentence,” Gibbons said.

“If the defendant is involved in this type of activity again, that’s exactly where he will end up,” she said.

[Via:latimes.com]

video graff: who's up


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Thursday, December 11, 2008

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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Friday, December 5, 2008

INTERVIEW:THE SUFFERKATERZ




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CHECK OUT THEY'RE MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASE "KILL YARD"

1) . WHAT'S THE MEANING BEHIND THE NAME SUFFERKATERZ?

IF YOU DONT KNOW ASK SOMEONE WHO DOES,OR JUST SAY IT REAL MUTHAFUCKIN SLOW....

2). HOW DID YOU GUYS MEET?

WE MET IN 7TH GRADE,BEEFING OVER AEROSOL

3). WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR BRINGING TO THE TABLE WITH YOUR NEW RELEASE "KILL YARD" ?

A SPOON,A FORK,A KNIFE,AND A DEAD MC,YOU HUNGRY MAN

4).HOW DO YOU FEEL HIP HOP HAS INFLUNCED YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE?

IT INFLUENCED OUR LIFE SO MUCH WE'VE LOST OUR FREEDOM OVER THIS SHIT,HIP-HOP WAS ALWAYS ABOUT SERVING,SO WE TRY TO KILL IT IN EVERYTHING WE DO,FROM FUCKIN BITCHES,TO ROLLIN A JOINT,THIS HIP HOP SHIT HAS INFLUENCED US TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN EVERY PART OF OUR LIVES

5). ALOT OF YOUR TRACK'S REFFER TO GRAFF. DO YOU FEEL LIKE GRAFFITI IS A BIG INFLUENCE IN YOUR MUSIC?

HA!HA!HA!,NEXT QUESTION

6).You wrote and recorded the entire album before talking to labels, meaning, you put up your own budget. In what ways does setting your own parameters emancipate you as an artist?

ITS JUST DOPE TO DO YOUR OWN SHIT,WE DONT DO THIS FOR THE LOOT,AND THATS WHY THE ALBUMS FREE,AS FAR AS A BUDGET FOR THE ALBUM ONE OF US IS A TATTOO ARTIST,AO ALL THE FUNDS CAME FROM TIP MONEY,SO THANKS TO ALL THE CUSTOMERS WHO CAME THROUGH,AND THE ONLY PARAMETERS WE SET WERE,NO WEAK SHIT,KEEP THE DRUMS HARD,AND DONT GET LOCKED UP BEFORE THE ALBUM DROPS..

7)What are some of your influences music wise?

TOO MANY TO NAME,BUT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING ON VINYL

8).what can we expect from the SUFFERKATERZ in the FUTURE

TOY SLASHIN,GETOBLASTIN,ASS SLAPPIN,HO PASSIN,A TRAINING MANUEL ON LIEING TO THE GOVERNMENT,A STEP BY STEP CODEX ON CAN CONTROL,MORE OF THAT RAW SHIT,AND MAYBE A LIL YYYAAAYYYOOHHHHHH.........

ANY SHOUT OUTS OR DISEES YOU WANNA MENTION?

ABSOFUCKINLUTELY......SINCE FOOLS IN THE DESERT DONT KNOW HOW TO SHOUT FOOLS OUT.........
SKYS FALLING ART CULT,SP4CS MUSIC,STONED FIDELITY,BOOMBOXTHEATER,MAD SYMPHONY,MANAPHEST,TYTAN,DJ ODC,TEXICAL,DJ DAY,INL,MOKKA,RHETTERIC,XISTSTEREO,KILL AT WILL,RED ARROW,AUGIE AUX,TRUCHA BAND,COUSIN DERF,SFK,NFR,DFM,NHS,EC,EK,KS,SKA,TXC,TD12,RBK,PSA,594,AT LARGE,KWS,UWK,AKM,CTE,DTDIS,OG GAZEL,BIS,BOS,P-TRIBE,101 TRIBE,M&M,FLOORMASTERS,ATOMIC STYLES,FC,SSK,SSQ,DND,LTD,LTS,FRESH OUT THE BOX,THE HOMIE ANGER CBS,VERSUS STORE,MENSO&GLORY BASHERS,7TH LETTER CREW,M4R,USC R.I.P DTES,MY HOMEBOY MC EIHT,HERRITAGE TATTOO,BMEs,CHOPS,MOOBEE,J-BONE,UB,KARMIC BASIS,4E,OG KEZ,WHY,BLUE A.K.A. YIPES,THEFT,BIG HOMIE PEPS,RUDY,TAP-TAP,CREEPER,JACK PATRON AND THE POETS,CHOSE,QUMULUS,AD INFINITUM,PESCI,ALERT,OUTER,OG MUTHAFUCKIN WILD,M.I.A,LEDO,CHRIS SESMA,CUB SWANSON,KEN DOG,KOBES,MIKEY MONTOYA,ALL OF RUBES TATTOO,CHUCKWALLA&COTTONWOOD,ALL DESERT GANGS,EXCEPT THE ENEMIGAS,DIRT MAG,MEDA,CRIME BACKWARDS,AFFILIATED,AND A BIG SHOUT TO OUR FAMILY,AND OUR SECOND FAMILY,MAN WE CAN DO THIS SHIT ALL NIGHT,.......AS FAR AS DISSES GO,FUCK YOU TOYS,YOU NEED TO SIT ON THE BENCH BEFORE YOU GET YANKED OUT THE GAME.....
THE SUFUKATA5.......JUST SAY IT SLOW.......KILL YARD,B-BOY SCIENCE,...........SUPPORT DESERT HIP HOP