The Cool 5

Crew Profile

Details
Founder/President: SEEN TC5
Peak Years: 1979-Present
History
Founded in the late 1970s, The Cool 5 is an offshoot of the legendary crew The Crazy 5. By the late 1970s most of the original Crazy 5 had retired or had become less active. In a controversial move, COMET, a member of The Crazy 5 granted presidency to newer generation writer SEEN (not SEEN UA). SEEN rebuilt the crew with contemporary talent and eventually changed the name to The Cool 5. From its inception the crew has been very selective about membership and has mostly admitted acomplished stylists. The policy has positioned the Cool 5 as one of New York's top style writing crews.

The works of TC5 were a common site on New York City's subway, particularly the IRT division. They became well known for burners and characters with a classic Hip-Hop edge. The crew followed in the steps of renouned style masters such as the TMT and TDS crews. Keeping with the traditions of style writing, many crew members adopted multiple alises to showcase their mastery of the alphabet. For instance T-SQUARE, TWICE, SUB, RAFF, MUGSY were several of SEEN's alises. DOZE, who was also a member of the Rock Steady Crew enhanced the TC5's reputation with his mastry of characters. Style writers like DERO and WEST, WEB and DOC continued to maintain the TC5 subway presence even after SEEN became less active. TC5 has remained quite vigorous, being major players in New York City's large scale graffiti mural movement.

SEEN's reconstruction of TC5 was an honorable and fruitful effort with respect to the original TC5.

Crew membership has included BEAM, AGENT, PHADE, WEB, JUICE, DOZE, FABLE, MR.WIGGLES, LADY HEART, DONTAY, DERO, PINK, DOC aka ARAB, MAGOO, VENOM, SYE, 2CUTE, CLAW, CYCLE, DASH, DERO, AEVON, DOVES, BLUSTER, FARGO, KEO, KAWS, ROZ, TOTEM, SERGE, PSYCHO and WEST as well as international members. The Cool 5 shares some common membership with the crew Fame City. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

AEVON TC5 Interview conducted 6/13/03 by @149st

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