Showing up
for the culture.
One night in Brooklyn.

Coney Island's own Gorilla Nems stepped up to the wall, grabbed a can, and put his name up live in front of the room.

Gorilla Nems — the Coney Island rapper, battle-rap legend and the voice behind the worldwide "Bing Bong" — came through and got on the wall. He made his name in New York's MC battle circuit with a record run on MTV2's Fight Klub, turned a Brooklyn saying into a catchphrase with over a billion views, and reps Coney Island in everything he touches. At New York Nites he picked up the can himself and tagged his name across the Graffiti+ wall in real time.

Coney Island grabbed the can. Bing bong.

Friends From New York and Art Nite brought together some of the most respected names in New York graffiti and hip-hop culture for one night in Brooklyn — and Graffiti+ was on the wall.

The lineup said everything. Stash, Chris Daze Ellis, Carlos Mare, SSUR, SP.ONE, Curve, Gorey, NZ.ONE — a room full of writers who have been shaping New York graffiti culture for decades, alongside a new generation holding it down. Friends From New York and the Art Nite collective put it all under one roof at Selva in Bushwick on May 28th: an art show from 6–9pm, then the after party with Large Professor and MaddieLane on the decks until late.

Graffiti+ ran live on the wall throughout the night. Writers stepped up and painted in real time, the pieces projected large and visible across the room — the energy of the music feeding directly into what was going up on screen. Not a demo, not a brand activation. A live session at a real event with real writers, the way it should be.

The room had it all: original work on the walls, writers creating in front of a crowd, and a DJ set that kept the energy exactly where it needed to be. When the culture is this concentrated in one space, the platform just has to show up and not get in the way. That's what it did.

Graffiti+ came on as a supporter of the night. Backing grassroots events and the organizations that build them is in our DNA — a way to give back to the culture we came from. The platform grew out of rooms like this one, so showing up for them isn't a sponsorship line, it's where we belong.

Eighteen years. Six continents. One idea, done right.

For eighteen years, Graffiti+ has been putting real creative tools in people's hands — in public, at scale, and always with cultural integrity.

Born from the roots of graffiti culture and built for anyone willing to pick up a custom spray can, the platform transforms community spaces into shared canvases where writers and guests paint together in real time. From their home in Vancouver to projects across six continents, Graffiti+ has partnered with city festivals, brand activations and community pop-ups including our Vancouver workshop series, Outloud Macau, Urban Break Seoul, Nike and Samsung.

When people create together in public with real cultural roots behind them, something shifts that no other experience can replicate.