Philadelphia is a city of firsts. The first public library. The first Fire Department. And, the first person anywhere to graffiti or tag their own name—not a gang name. That person is Darryl McCray, better known as Cornbread and he’s our guest on this episode of The Philly Blunt.
Cornbread sat with us at new Loco Pez at 20th & Bainbridge. He talked about his time in juvenile detention, how he got his Cornbread nickname, and how he came to tag that name everywhere including animals at the zoo and jets. He’s candid about his struggles with addiction and turning his life around to where he now works as a youth advocate and with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
The Philly Blunt round was a little challenging but that’s probably because we made Cornbread wait like an hour before he could his burrito and I think the Yacht Rock music in the background threw him a little off his game a bit.
Whether you love graffiti or hate it, it’s quite possible that it would not exist as we know it without Cornbread.
LINKS:
Cornbread – Instagram
