Darius Jones (other)
Darius Jones may refer to: * Leon Reid IV (born 1979), also known as Darius Jones, American artist * Darius Jones (saxophonist) (born 1978), American jazz alto saxophonist and composer {{hndis, Jones, Darius ...
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Leon Reid IV
Leon Reid IV, also known as VERBS and Darius Jones, (born September 18, 1979) is an American artist widely credited as being among the pioneers of 21st-century street art. His brief creative output is marked by numerous phases, several of which are known by separate alter-egos. Early graffiti in Cincinnati Leon IV began writing graffiti in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1995, at the age of 15. He was attracted to the traditional uses of spray paint, markers, wildstyle lettering and black-book culture as first developed by graffiti writers in Philadelphia and New York City a quarter of a century earlier. Leon IV chose VERBS as his tag by watching a video by underground hip-hop group The Nonce. "I saw this fat guy rapping on T.V.... he had a big black sweatshirt that read "VERBS" in the middle of it...I badly needed a name and for some reason it seemed to have the right feel " He said in conversation. As VERBS, Leon IV engaged in numerous street-bombing missions (graffiti made on urban ...
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