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Calling Out Cope2

Published on: February 14th, 2011 | Last updated: May 26, 2020 | Written by:

I’m going to preface this by saying I know nothing about Cope2 and basically have zero interest in Graff Drama (other than to watch it unfold – TV ain’t half as entertaining as this shit.

That said – this shit is fucking hilarious. Fresh off giving Host18 some payback, The MUL goons are at it again – this time exposing the self proclaimed king of the Bronx, Cope2.

After narrowly escaping a set-up raid by foot chase on the snowy streets of Jerome Ave we drove around the surrounding streets to pick up our look out, who we then realized was on the phone with Cope2. Cope2 immediately became frustrated and frantic, yelling on the phone and insisting that he was not a snitch, even though no one ever accused him of being one at that point in time. It was all very weird and awkward.

The post goes on, showing legal documents that also indicate Cope’s days of street cred are over. . The comments thread ties it all up nicely.

This sort of thing is why I got out of the Graff game long ago. Too many cats out there like Cope covering their asses and getting no time for their own crimes by setting up others. If you’re going to be a writer in NYC, you’re best off doing your own thing and not socializing all that much. Do the math: most people that get caught were caught due to others running their mouths. If you do your graffiti crimes solo, there ain’t no one there to snitch on you.

And in case you haven’t seen it, Here’s Cope, pointing at things.

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55 responses to “Calling Out Cope2”

  1. Direkt says:

    yooo these dudes got nerve tryin to call people out when utah was heavy snitchin a couple years ago in ny

  2. Control says:

    Pix or it didn’t happen.

    Seriously though, everyone loves to call everyone else a snitch. Graff has more fucking Drama than the Jersey Shore.

  3. KING COPE2 says:

    YA ALL CAN GO FUCK YA SELF!!!! ME A SNITCH YEAH GO SUCK A FAT DICK!!!
    THIS IS THE REASON WHY I QUIT RETIRED IM DOING GALLERRYS CAUSE GRAFFITI WRITERS ARE ALL A BUNCH OF FAGGOTS AND BITCH PUNKASS MOFOS!!! THEY TALK SHIT BUT WHEN YOU RUN INTO THEM THEY FOLD ONCE THEY SEE ME OR THEY GET PUNCHED IN THERE MOUTH!! MOFOS KNOW THE DEAL IM NOT GONNA GET INTO IT!!!! GRAFFITI IS FILLED WITH NOTHING BUT HATERS AND SHIT TALKERS!!! MOFOS JUST HATE ON ME CAUSE IM THE REAL DEAL!!! AND THEY KNOW IT SO OFF MY FAT DICK BE REAL AND STOP TALKING SHIT THE REAL MOFOS IN MY CAMP KNOWS THE DEAL THIS ALSO HAS ALOT TO DO WITH THE NYPD VSQ UNIT THEM PIG ASS MOFOS THERE THE ONES WHO GET ON SITES WITH FAKE GRAFFITI NAMES AND START ALL THE RUMOURS BUT ITS ALL YOU ASSHOLES THAT FEED INTO IT ITS ALL GOOD YA CAN ALL SUCK A FAT DICK!!!

  4. Control says:

    Yeeeeaaaahhhh! I type IN ALL CAPS! I MUST BE IMPORTANT ON THE INTERWEB!

    If you want your dick sucked I’m sure you can find someone in the west village to take care of that problem for you.

  5. COP1 SNITCH2 says:

    COPE you retarded snitch, I live at 167th & Morris– name your time and place and I’ll bust your fucking melon like a giant ball of mofongo. The only “camp” you’re going to have is on Rikers and that’s only after you get out of Lincoln Hospital, snitchy-poo.

  6. ETHER says:

    Yes, “MOFOS DO KNOW THE REAL DEAL!” We ran into you, you tried to stunt all hard, thinking we would back down and be all “scared”. We weren’t, and we didn’t. And you didn’t know what to do with your self. I offered to fight you at the corner by union square, and you wouldn’t throw not one punch. You puffed up all big, and talked and yelled a whole bunch, but wouldn’t do anything when I held my fists up to you. In fact, you turned your back to me, and acted like you were gonna fight Utah, which amused her very much, by the way. You said you just wanted to put all of this behind you cause you were “doing big things”, and that you were done talking shit. But it’s pretty obvious from the above, that you aren’t. You also tried to talk shit when you ran into Serg the other week, and pretty much the same thing happened ie: all talk no action. Again, though we never physically provoked you, we were, and always are, more than willing to fight with anyone that has a problem. What we aren’t really into is shit talking over the internet. You seem to be an expert at that though. It’s crazy to us how you try to turn around what happened, over and over again. Your girl was even there and saw what went down. No one folded or got punched in their mouth.

    Time and time again you talk mad shit and then act like everyone “hates” on you. No one is hating on you. You are delusional, and cause mad drama over nothing, therefore no one wants anything to do with you. You are correct when you say graffiti is filled with shit talkers and haters. You yourself are one of the biggest. Vern used to have you on speaker-phone every time he talked to you. I heard you talk mad shit about how I was painting too much, burning up spots, and how I was a toy, and all sorts of other shit. Then weeks later you’d email me asking how to paint the 7 yard.

    We don’t intend on cluttering up this message board with back-and-forth drama. So in conclusion, we suggest you continue with your retirement plan, and keep it moving.

  7. hopenot711 says:

    Ahhhh…YAY-YAH…!!! <3 love that ETHER…<3 UTAH too… ;)xxx

  8. mystical plateau says:

    please continue gentlemen this is very interesting

  9. digitalbeatsyndrome says:

    God I’d love to see a clinical analysis on the minds of writers bankin over 100k.

  10. Lolcatz says:

    even after all these years of selling out, cope cant even spell galleries. LOLZ

  11. YousoCrazy says:

    Cope is obviously googling himself reading this shit, pretending not to sweat it. what a sad sad old loser. theres so many more respectable people out there putting in the work, doing better graffiti AND better art that dont even care if they make any money off of graffiti.

    I wish there was a way to inform the gallery owners that support cope that he is nothing but a problem to society, a melodramatic rat, a criminal who belongs in jail, a bully, and a shitty artist who can barely spell. I hope he chokes on a dirty chicken wing in a hot apartment in the projects.

  12. YALL GOTS TO LEAVE A LEGEND ALONE YALL MAD CUS HE GOT MORE FAME THEN ALL YALL PUT TOGHETHER THATS WHY YALL MAD CUS HE CAN GET AWAY WITH THE TRUTH AND YALL CANT SO SHUT YALLS MOUTH AND LET ME SEE YOU DO WAT HE DID IN JUST ONE YEAR IN GRAFF HE NOW HOW ITS REALLY DONE

  13. YO MTA RAPS! says:

    YO YO YO I CAN TYPE IN ALL CAPS! YEAH BOYEEEEEEE!

  14. YOU STILL A BITCH TOUGHT YOU FAG ASS HATER ^^^^^^

  15. Control says:

    Clearly I’m going to have to impose a rule on this thread: No all caps, and for the love of god spell those words correctly. I can’t imagine anyone taking any of this seriously when half of it is written by people who don’t seem to have a grasp of the English language. If you’ve got no new facts to bring to this, and/or don’t understand the basic rules of grammar, kindly shut the fuck up. Don’t bother responding, because I’ll save you further embarrassment by not publishing it. You’re welcome.

  16. Spellcheck says:

    Cope is a rat snitch joke. Dudes got mad illegitimate kids and is still hollering at teenage whores on myspace. meanwhile he hasn’t seen his dick since trains were running. you are a sad old fuck ratnando. how do mr brainwashes salty balls taste?

  17. knowassup says:

    cope2 aint a writer hes a movie star, he played an ogre in that movie shrek lmao! shrek lookin ass nigga!

  18. odin3 says:

    SNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN AINT EASY.. leave cope alone. he had to rat out the white kids that can actually spell. or type for that matter.

  19. odin3 says:

    i heard JA one is gonna whoop copes ass

  20. SENER0N3 says:

    DAM UTAH IS PRETTY BOMB I WATCH THE VIDEOS OVER AND OVER AGAIN..

  21. No love for fake thugs says:

    I was actually in union square when this happened. Cope is the usual ignorant project spic all talk no action. And I’m a spic my self lol. I love the fact that ether and Utah keep it cool nd cope is running his mouth just like that day. I was glad to just so happen be shopping that day and saw this unfold. Cope ur a fruad. No one likes u in ny and I personally here your “boys” talk shit about u. Stay in Europe. Where they dont know the real you. Respect to Utah and ether real writers!!!

  22. Funk says:

    Really, you guys are talking this much shit about nothing?

    Ya’ll are “graffiti writers” and you’re trying to blame someone else (COPE2) for getting caught up?

    In Reality you (UTAH & ETHER) got caught up because you were doing illegal shit, get over it, its part of the game. Trying to pin your slip ups on someone else and then putting that shit out for the world to see is just straight up lame.

    Here is some advice for the newbies out there… If you are going to do illegal shit DON’T FUCKING PROMOTE IT on your website that can be traced. What do you think that cops AREN’T all over Utah and Ether’s site? Shit those two rocket scientists are dumb enough to post video of themselves doing illegal shit… And you want to blame Cope2 for getting them caught… Hilarious.

  23. Control says:

    Funk… Yes and no.

    U&E didn’t have a website up when they were arrested. If they get pegged for anything they have or have not done since paying their dues, and some of the evidence against them is material they posted online, then yeah, that’s their problem. Same goes for me, for Smart Crew, for Lush, for anyone posting anything online. But let’s keep this in context: Their legal troubles began with snitches like Host and Cope running their mouths and posting shit online.

    I agree that if you do illegal shit, you might get caught and pay for it, but if you’re doing illegal shit and someone else doing illegal shit rats you out, the rats should get a payback of their own. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to comprehend this very basic rule of graffiti 101.

    Host got a beating and has laid low since. Cope’s become a laughing stock of the graff game. Neither are enviable fates…

  24. whoaintsnitching? says:

    cope2 dissing utah and ether with goverment names:

    http://distilleryimage0.instagram.com/c9958c40a34d11e1b2fe1231380205bf_7.jpg

  25. Control says:

    That’s not cope2 dissing anyone – that’s cope2 paying kids in foreign countries to do his dirty work because it’s cheaper to pay some dumb kids than it is to travel and maybe run into ether and potentially catch a beating.

  26. DBS shitmars... says:

    I think Cope has google alerts set to email him whenever his name is posted.

    Union Square aint a good place to fight either.

    Art Basel… you can tie him to a freight track and no one will give a fuck.

  27. Quincy M.D. says:

    Cope wasn’t the brightest guy to begin with; what % of an already limited intelligence do you think he has left after sucking in decades of paint fumes and chicharron?

  28. DBS shitmars... says:

    @ Funk..

    It’s a simple equation,

    Cope2 + U&E = Plea

    Never trust a guy with the word cop in his tag !

  29. BillyJohnson says:

    Plain and Simple…Show that Document with out the name blacked out!!!! If it’s copes name why was it blacked out ??? Everyone knows what his government is.

    Proof is in the Puddin!!!

  30. Control says:

    It’s not just this document. He (or should I say you – finally figure out how to turn the caps lock off?) paid a guy in asia to beef with ether and utah and in doing so plastered their government names all over town… then bragged about doing all of the above on 12oz.

    Everyone with half a brain knows cope is a rat, and everyone with half a brain could care less about it. Accept it and move on, or don’t accept it and keep trying to save your/his face. It’s way too late for that though. That boat sailed months ago…

  31. mystical plateau says:

    Please gentlemen moar drama im luving it. more fights plz. real life better than tv.

  32. Digital Bath Salts says:

    Look at Copes grammar skills, I cant even imagine his Math, Indie must have a field day cookin tha books !

    I cant wait for tha toy mofo to come to my town.

  33. Real Bronx Writer says:

    you guys see this video of cope2 emailing vandal squad information?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcPNGWfYjLE

  34. Control says:

    Just saw it last night, did a post on it here:
    https://ltvsquad.com/2012/09/26/cope2-snitch-video/

    Big Fern is a joke.

  35. Control says:

    DBS we all know math isn’t taught in NYC pub schools. I only did math when I was trafficking. If he’s not doing his own books he’s definitely getting robbed.

    If you go heckle him next time he’s there you gotta get video. If for some crazy reason I have spare cash I’ll join you. I’d love to do a TMZ style ambush interview on him. Get the whole thing on video.

  36. MR COPE2 says:

    WHY DONT YOU SCUMBAG HOMO ASS MOFOS GET THE FUCK OFF MY DICK!!! RAT THIS SNITCH THAT!!! THAT SNITCHING SHIT IS OLD AS HELL!! IT HAPPENED YEARS AGO AND THEY DESERVED IT!!! KING COPE2!!! TRUE LEGEND!!! FOR LIFE YOU HATERRRRS!!!

  37. Control says:

    “IT HAPPENED YEARS AGO AND THEY DESERVED IT!!! ”

    Well, at least you’ve finally admitted to being a rat snitch.

    Rat snitch this, rat snitch that. Before you called VS, You shoulda thought of that.

  38. clown says:

    That guy is digging his own grave…
    And he is to stupid to see…

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/23291767@N02/2849305216/
    nobody likes him, yeah some toys and some old people going to galleries and buying his crap paintings…

  39. curious cat says:

    i would enjoy hearing or seeing this video, is it back up anyplace?

  40. Idea says:

    Cope fucked himself hard. Best part about self destructive idiots like that is you can just sit back and watch them burn to ashes from their own hot air. TBK crew CO

  41. Ghost says:

    Well i relly think that cope or whatever his name is and ja shouldnt be considered “The Greatest” because when i started as a toy they would start alot of drama over the internet specially these 2. Cope and Ja are garbage because if they were king they woulve kept painting and letting others paint on a spot. now that his retired he talks mad crap because he and ja are afraid that somebody else would take over their place in graffiti. I suggest that if you supposely Kings get called kings you should just keep painting and bring back the Spirit of graffiti Not talking bullshine over the Internet all of you ASSHOLES!

  42. mumz says:

    Cope2 has got to be one of the biggest idiots on the planet. How the fuck can he still paint trains yet not see jail time? It doesn’t take a genius to figure this out.

  43. mumz says:

    I have zero respect for cost cope banksy lush msk and who ever else is involved with the govt paid snitching. You guys are all losers at life. Pathetic washed up crackheads with no talent. Fuck you all forever.
    MUMZ

  44. Shit on Your Shoes Cope2 says:

    Firstly, how does this man even fit between the trains to paint, let alone gain entrance to a train yard without getting caught?

    Secondly, Cope2’s un-evolved and dated style embodies everything that is aesthetically wrong with graf; it is because of that bollocks that the general population and wider art community view graffiti with a fashioned hybrid of both amusement and disdain.

    Thirdly – the man has absolutely vile and disgusting personal values having clearly attested to the fact he has previously ‘snitched’ before; i.e. ‘They deserved it” in the comments above and spends an extraordinary amount of time on social media being homophobic, overtly aggressive, and apparently rather racist.

    It hasn’t gone unnoticed in Europe.

    The man is entirely unwelcome here.

    What a pointless individual… with a redundant ego, appalling aerosol skills, and what is blatantly a very small penis. Freud my dear (Google him)

    Who manages this artist? Galleries should not be mindful of what slimes its way through their books, I shall certainly be making some calls after this morning’s enlightenment on this side of the pond.

    *The Cope2 ‘Pointing Montage’ however was truly inspired I must say – kudos x

  45. Inquisitor says:

    Correct me if I am wrong:

    PACE is an alias COPE2 uses on the strrets.

    The C,P and E in PACE all too closely match the COPE2 style. But I might be wrong in my assumption.

  46. Clever says:

    It’s all in black and white and easily obtained KingCope2 … THERE IS NOOOO QUESTION THAT YOUR A SNITCH!!!.. YOU CANT DENY THEM BLACK N WHITES SOn!.. Not to mention the TON of other proof.. Your a SCUMBAG TRAITOR PIECE OF SHIT. PLEASE KILL YOURSELF KING COPE2

  47. linkavage says:

    Utah and Ether have NO skills! Copes a legend! Cope would probably smash Ethers goofy nerdy white ass anyway… Lol.

  48. Control says:

    Cope had the chance to and didn’t, because he couldn’t if he tried.

  49. makemelaugh says:

    Both sad. A King living in the past and a couple of internet addicted ready to sell their dirty underpants from last interrail to get fame. Shut up and develop your style. Lovely times when it was reality and streets.

  50. chattanoogatn says:

    Utah and Ether get up, they know how to do it right, they don’t absorb their personal and online fame into themselves, as Cope2 does. They are all around the world illegally, as, Cope2, is legally, relieving him of street credit already. Utah being a snitch would not make since because, Cope2, is saying she snitched on him, which, eh, makes no sense. Because he’s only doing gallery’s and murals? So where is the logic in this?

  51. Kairi says:

    This site is like a clossraom, except I don’t hate it. lol

  52. Ariel says:

    snitch bitch

  53. deost says:

    this shits wack

  54. How did Cope jump the border wall when he is so god damn fat says:

    Cope2 is a fuckin pedophile, he molested young girls in the Bronx. He is also fat.

  55. cope2 is a terrible person says:

    cope is a snitch, child molestor, calls himself a king when he is a toy at heart, and is homophobic, racist, and over all a POS. I believe Utether.

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