KILL 2 SUCCEED // STN BROTHERHOOD

@RETNAVerified Member • Hieroglyphic Script TypographyLos Angeles, CA • Active since 1994

[K2S]

Marquis Lewis, working under the moniker RETNA, developed a globally celebrated constructed script blending Arabic, Old English, Incan, and traditional Los Angeles gang cholo handstyles. Joining MSK in the late 1990s, RETNA took calligraphic graffiti from LA street walls to monumental facades in Wynwood, Paris, Hong Kong, and major opera set designs.

@OG SLICKVerified Member • Belmont Tunnel Battle LegendLos Angeles, CA • Active since 1985

[K2S]

Richard Wyrgatscht, universally known as OG SLICK, is one of the defining masters of West Coast graffiti and street art. Rising through the 1980s LA scene with WCA and K2S—and immortalized by his legendary 1990 battle against Hex—Slick created the world-famous white-gloved 'LA Hands' emblem.

@DEFERCo-Founder & Spiritual Language Calligraffiti MasterLos Angeles, CA • Active since 1984

[K2S]

Alex 'DEFER' Kizu is a co-founder of K2S (Kill 2 Succeed) and a central figure in STN (Second To None) and CBS. Emerging in the mid-1980s alongside Prime, Rick One, and Crime, Defer evolved classic Los Angeles plaqueaso and wildstyle lettering into dense, rhythmic typographic abstractions exhibited at L.A. Louver and MOCA.

@PRIMECo-Founder & Belmont Tunnel PioneerLos Angeles, CA • Active since 1982

[K2S]

Jose 'PRIME' Reza is one of the earliest pioneers of Los Angeles style writing, helping establish K2S (Kill 2 Succeed) out of Pico-Union and Belmont High School in 1985. His foundational pieces at the Belmont Tunnel helped define the distinct West Coast aesthetic.

@BIG SLEEPSVerified Member • Chicano Script & Handstyle VirtuosoLos Angeles, CA • Active since 1990

[K2S]

Representing K2S, BIG SLEEPS (David Cavazos) is celebrated worldwide for taking traditional Los Angeles street plaqueaso and chisel-tip handstyles onto monumental gallery walls, architectural facades, and international exhibitions.