Rammellzee
Rammellzee (stylized RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ, pronounced /ɹæm.ɛl.zi/ "Ram: Ell: Zee"; December 15, 1960 – June 28, 2010) was a visual artist, gothic futurist graffiti writer, painter, performance artist, art theoretician, sculptor and a hip-hop musician from New York City, who has been cited as "instrumental in introducing elements of the avant-garde into hip-hop culture". == Early life == Rammellzee was born on December 15, 1960, in Far Rockaway, Queens to an African-American mother and Italian father who worked as a transit detective.