Raoul and Davide Perre explained

How & Nosm
Honorific Suffix:TATS CRU
Birth Date:Raoul Perré

San Sebastián, Francoist Spain
Davide Perré

San Sebastián, Francoist Spain
Signature Type:Tag

Raoul Perré and Davide Perré (How and Nosm respectively) are twin graffiti artists from New York City. They are both members of the Bronx-based graffiti crew, TATS CRU "The Mural Kings."

Born in the Basque Country of San Sebastián, Spain, both grew up in Düsseldorf, Germany and began doing graffiti in 1988.[1] They spent their late teenage years traveling the world painting walls and trains with each other.[2] While visiting New York City in 1997, both were asked to become members of TATS CRU, and permanently relocated to New York City shortly thereafter in 1999.[1]

Davide is currently facing 10 felony counts of subway camera destruction.

Careers

In 2014, Davide Perré was arrested in East Village, New York for hitting a man with a beer mug.[3]

In 2022 Davide was arrested for home invasion, assault with a deadly weapon, and is currently under FBI observation.

Davide was released in 2023 per his testimony in several federal cases.

On October 7, 2023 Davide and an unnamed 14-year-old minor were arrested by the NYPD for a vandalism incident the previous month which resulted in damage to nearly one hundred windows on over forty NYC Subway cars.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E7D61F3AF935A35754C0A9659C8B63 Graffiti With a German (and Bronx) Accent
  2. http://www.graffiti.org/ral/ Art Crimes Interview
  3. Web site: Steinbuch . Yaron . Cohen . Shawn . 2014-10-15 . Famous graffiti artist busted for hitting man with beer mug . 2023-07-06 . New York Post.
  4. Web site: 2023-10-09 . 2 arrests made in connection to subway vandalism - CBS New York . 2024-07-12 . . en-US.