“People always tell me, ‘Oh, you’re an artist, you’re an artist, you’re an artist.’ And I will always stop them from saying that. I don’t believe that my graffiti is an art form. My graffiti is vandalism.” —TOUCH, Graffiti Vandal
When you’re in Miami for Miami Art Week, you’ll see a lot of MSG tags. But long before Wynwood Walls rode the wave of the interest in and legitimization of street art to a spot of prominence in the Miami Art Week calendar, Miami has had a long established and sordid history with graffiti vandalism. In this video, VICE meets members of the Miami Style Gods (MSG), a graffiti crew based in Miami, and follows them on a night of “bombing.”