Click on a press item below to read WikiPages Grand Society Antiques & Gallery - 'Marking it Up' Berliner Literaturkritik Heimat ist da, wo man weg will Daily News Hunts Point's Tats Cru graffiti crew to take city to court for covering 'art' Gothamist Sharpton Urges Harlem to End "Stop Snitching" Trend Daily News Hunts Point-based graffiti arts TATS CRU lend urban cred to Lord & Taylor SEAK: Graffiti and Street Art Diary Künstler Kollegen aus New York zu Besuch The New York Times Walls of Art for Everyone, but Made by Not Just Anyone Gothamist Graffiti Irony MIT Graffiti artists TATS CRU visit MIT Scion Installation Scion Art Tour BNET 2004 Ad e-flux International Artexpo Shows That Art Is Everywhere The New York Times Graffiti with a German (and Bronx) Accent Daily News Fans Show Much Love for Big Pun MTV New Big Pun Mural To Mark Anniversary Of Rapper's Death The New York Times Extending the Life And Lore of Graffiti The New York Times Mural Painters Arrested but Then Released Daily News Taggers Freed After Tribute to Rapper OKd Daily News Memorial for Rapper New York Magazine Guten Tag FANS SHOW MUCH LOVE FOR BIG PUN Publisher: Daily News By: Jose Martinez Published: February 7, 2001 The Longwood intersection where a Bronx rapper was memorialized with a graffiti mural last year was dashed with color again yesterday as fans marked the first anniversary of Big Pun's death. TATS Cru, a Hunts Point team of graffiti artists, painted over the old mural at 163rd St. and Rogers Ave. with a new image of the massive Big Punisher. "This is our ghetto holiday - Big Pun day," said rapper Cuban Link, who performed with Big Pun as part of the Terror Squad rap group. "Rogers and 163rd is a monument now." Christopher Rios, known to millions of hip-hop aficionados as Big Pun, died last Feb. 7, due to heart problems related to his girth. The rotund rapper, who was married with three kids, weighed close to 700 pounds when he died at age 28. His death was a blow to his Bronx fans, who celebrated Rios as one of their own who made it big with his rapid-fire lyrics. TATS Cru painted a rest-in-peace mural hours after Big Pun died. A few days later, more than 500 fans joined hip-hop heavyweights like Lil' Kim and LL Cool J to pay their respects outside a Westchester Ave. funeral home. Yesterday, dozens of those fans returned to remember Big Pun one more time. "His music - everything he spoke about - was real," said Gilbert Lopez, 17. "He was part of this community, someone who knew how it is here in the Bronx." Big Pun's rap partners, including Fat Joe and Cuban Link, turned out for yesterday's unveiling of the new mural. They said they plan to continue honoring Big Pun by creating a college scholarship and educational foundation in his name. "We don't want kids to know him only as a rapper," said Felix (Flex) Cabrera, a Rios pal. "We want these children to know that Big Pun will put a kid through school and put computers in classrooms." Loud Records is planning an April release of "Endangered Species," a double-album collection of Big Pun's hits and unreleased songs. The rapper's 1997 debut album, "Capital Punishment" went double platinum, and was followed in 1999 by "Yeeeah Baby!" "He was one of the best," Fat Joe said. "We just miss him and we love him." All Images and Articles are Copyright of the Publisher View Publisher's Link