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 TAGGERS FREED AFTER TRIBUTE TO RAPPER OKD Publisher: Daily News By: Robert Ingrassia Published: February 10, 2000 Three artists who turned a brick wall into a mural honoring Big Pun earned praise from fans mourning the rapper's death - and a night in jail from cops. Police hauled away the spray painters on vandalism charges late Tuesday because they didn't have permission to paint the South Bronx building. But yesterday, the building owner's agent dropped the charges, calling the arrests a misunderstanding, and the three were set free. The painters said they don't hold a grudge against the police. "This whole thing was for Pun," said Hector (Nicer) Nazario, 32, adding that his crew believed that permission they had received several years ago for a mural on the same wall was still valid. Milagro Martinez, who manages the building at 163rd and Westchester Ave., said police told her Tuesday that graffiti vandals were tagging a wall. "If they'd given me some background, I wouldn't have okayed them being arrested," she said. She learned early Wednesday that the shrine to the 700-pound rapper that she'd seen on the TV news was her building. "I told the police to drop the charges," she said. "I welcome the mural. It'll probably help the area." Big Pun, 28, whose real name was Christopher Rios, died Monday, apparently of a heart attack. A wake will be held today from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Ortiz Funeral Home, 2121 Westchester Ave., Bronx. All Images and Articles are Copyright of the Publisher View Publisher's Link