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I didnt start doing graffiti until two years after I got to New York. Jean Michel Basquiat was one of my main inspirations for doing graffiti. For a year I didnt know who Jean Michel was, but I knew his work.

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Keith Haring
Age: 31 †
Born: 1958
Born: May 4
Died: 1990
Died: February 16
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Keith Allen Haring
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