1. BANKSY VS KING ROBBOCreative Rivalry in Street Art

2. Many people think the feud between Robboand Banksy started in 2009 when Banksypainted over Robbos long standing workunder a British canal in Camden, London. Itactually started in the 1990s at a place calledthe Dragon Bar. Banksy claimed to not knowwho Robbo was and Robbo slapped himsaying, Youll never forget me.Up until Robbos work was painted over he wasretired from tagging. After Banksys paint over,Robbo was compelled to come out ofretirement to strike back after the disrespectfulact. 3. Robbo fixed Banksy defacing byretagging his name.Banksy retaliated by adding FUC in front ofit.Robbo subtlety fixed the retribution.From there it was painted black andRobbo attacked Banksys careerBanksy painted over it and decorated aninteresting living room piece involving fish.But even with this, the feud kept going. 4. Each artist didnt wanted to be bested by the other,the rivalry drove them to continually keep producingmore art to answer for what the other had done.The fact that the two artists had conflicting stylesfurthered the rivalry and art.They did however have similar backgrounds, They areboth pseudonymous graffiti artists that's did much oftheir work underground. Both have very private lives,keeping birth location and birthdate unknown. 5. Robbo was a graffiti artist and did all of hiswork freehand, while Bansky was a streetartists and utilized stencils to complete hispieces. Robbo saw Banskys use of stencilsas a lack of skill and his covering of Robbospieces as a lack of artistic integrity. 6. The rivalry grew to include many other people,Team Robbo and fans of Banksy. Those insupport of Robbo defaced works of Banksy. Therivalry definitely drove each artist and theirfollowers to produce more art and it fueledcreativity. 7. The collaboration of their work, even through it is insulting to one another,brings a new look to their art. With stencil, being more realistic and freehandgiving an old graffiti style with blurred lines and bright colors, the mashuppieces are appealing to all street art lovers.The feud gave Robbo a chance to try different forms of tagging, mainlystreet art and stencil. He even planned to host an art gallery. 8. If we take the time to stop looking at the insults, we can see the true creativity bothRobbo and Banksy had when working with each other and how Robbo grew as anartist, not just a tagger. 9. In April 2011 Robbo went into a comaafter suffering a head injury. Banksycreated a Robbo tribute in the place ofthe original landmark that started thefeud.Robbo died July 31 2014. King Robbokept his name unknown until after deathhe was pronounced to be JohnRobertson.He will be remembered through out thegraffiti world for his style and fatherhoodof graffiti in London.