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SADEIZM

Aliases: SHADE
Started on trains: 1981 Primary affiliations: TCM Local origin: Bronx
Lines Hit: 2, 4, 5, 6, CC, GG

SADE aka SADEIZM began his writing career, by tagging on the streets of the South Bronx in the late 1970s. Early in his career he wrote SHADE, but by the time he graduated to subway writing in the early 1980s he dropped the "H" and began writing SADE. He mainly wrote on local Bronx IRT lines like the 2s, 5s and 6s. He worked on many window-down wholecars with bright colors and traditional hip-hop styled illustrations. The years 1982-1985 marked the peak of his transit writing. In 1985 his concluded his subway career.


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