TIL Basquiat's SAMO© graffiti tag was short for "same old, same old" and it stemmed from a  conversation he and his collaborator Al Diaz had while stoned, talking about smoking the same old shit

TIL Basquiat's SAMO© graffiti tag was short for "same old, same old" and it stemmed from a  conversation he and his collaborator Al Diaz had while stoned, talking about smoking the same old shit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAMO?wprov=sfti1

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To me, Basquiat is one of the more enigmatic American fine artists. His work is so compelling,  his inner world something I can only imagine, his knowledge (and representation/expression of it) mind boggling, his appetite for fame and recognition so...American.