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Banksy Unmasked!

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He's been uncovered!

Click here for details on the graffiti artist's true identity.

The man behind the legend!

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    Posted: Jul 23, 2008 at 4:44 pm / Email this  »
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    69 comments to “Banksy Unmasked!”

    1. leeah says – reply to this


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      1st fuck yeah

    2. ann says – reply to this


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      am i d 1st??? i guess not.. oh well

    3. kathe says – reply to this


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      i love his artwork. it is truly amazing. i hope this doesn't stop him!

    4. Beth says – reply to this


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      I'm from Bristol, Banksy is loved here. If this is the REAL Banksy, I think he's gonna have a LOT of fan-mail, mostly from me!!=D

      luvs ya perez!!

      xx

    5. jink says – reply to this


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      perez sits on his fatass all day and eats greasy popcorn
      he eats candy and pop and popcicles and goes to the SWEET FACTORY AND MCDOLANDS every damn day!!!!!!!!!! everytime his tub o' lard takes a step the whole house jiggles and the neighbors wake up.

      his poops are very large!!!! the size of boats.

    6. Redd says – reply to this


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      6th Bitches, oh well. Finally we know the man behind all the great stuffs!

    7. Linda says – reply to this


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      fifth!!!

    8. Katie says – reply to this


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      Ahhhhhhhhhhh this is old news!

      By over a week!

      Jesus!

    9. oldfa says – reply to this


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      Gee, another idiotic, tortured middle class brat — how original.

    10. haha says – reply to this


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      THIRD!! hahaha better than nuttin :]

    11. maria says – reply to this


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      i love you perezito!

    12. haha says – reply to this


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      ok… maybe not.

      mann how do all of these comments happen in like 2 seconds??

    13. jink says – reply to this


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      perez sits on his fatass all day and eats greasy popcorn
      he eats candy and pop and popcicles and goes to the SWEET FACTORY AND MCDOLANDS every damn day!!!!!!!!!! everytime his tub o' lard takes a step the whole house jiggles and the neighbors wake up.

      his poops are very large!!!!! the size of boats.

    14. yummy says – reply to this


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      awww man!

    15. A says – reply to this


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      Who cares never heard of him before

    16. Eilee says – reply to this


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      Gah! No!

      If he's revealed, that ruins everything.

    17. batma says – reply to this


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      Perez, you have been so behind in the news lately.

    18. amand says – reply to this


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      yeah i read this a while ago too.

    19. Bob says – reply to this


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      This was on other blogs at least one month ago. You need to hire new writers or figure out a new way to steal your "news".

    20. alex says – reply to this


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      ditto.

      do you just find something interesting and then suddenly think its news just because you havent seen it before?

      this is old news you stupid cunt.

    21. Billy says – reply to this


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      Jesus, Perez. Like the French rugby advert last week, this isn't news. Get on the ball. All the credible news outlets were writing about this ten days ago. You're losing your touch.

    22. Fidel says – reply to this


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      Way to stay on top of thing Hawg Jowels,
      You are really reaching lately

    23. nick says – reply to this


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      perez..darling..this was in the british papers about 3 weeks ago..and its still not proved

    24. Sian says – reply to this


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      Dude your 2 weeks behind on this! it was out in the UK in the tabloids 2 weeks ago!

    25. HAHAH says – reply to this


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      Banksy is fucking great!

    26. hmm says – reply to this


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      hes been identified long ago…

    27. cs says – reply to this


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      Fat Nipple, boob ass !

    28. chlax says – reply to this


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      Re: alex – it may be old news but it's still interesting news, so chill yerr boots.

    29. KAT says – reply to this


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      BANKSY IS BRILLIANT!

    30. Muse says – reply to this


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      And you all fell for it. Last count there were 4 Banksies!

    31. Laura says – reply to this


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      Re: A – Its called CULTURE sweety!

    32. j says – reply to this


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      i fucking love banksy. i hope this doesnt ruin everything though.

    33. Liza says – reply to this


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      I'm also from Bristol and I'm about 98% certain that this Gunningham dude isn't Banksy because Banksy went to a state school, not Cathedral. This is ANOTHER bullshit story about who Banksy really is.

    34. nina says – reply to this


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      I doubt it's really him. But whoever he is, he's fucking brilliant.

    35. Whitn says – reply to this


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      GREAT! We unmasked the legend, so now authorities can tie him to millions of dollars in damages - AWESOME job Time!!! Thanks for putting my favorite iconic, legendary street artist in jail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    36. Nora says – reply to this


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      I'm also from Bristol, and actually, my cousin knows Banksy and used to do graffitti work with him, he's still a big graffitti artist in Bristol, and says that all Banksy stories so far are untrue.

      Also, not only is he anonymous for artistic liscence, but also clearly for legal reasons, so in order to allow Banksy to keep producing ironic, satirising, crazily outlandish stunts, I say that the press and media stop trying to identify him.

    37. noel says – reply to this


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      Banksy

    38. Lussi says – reply to this


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      Hmm, nothing new! They have tried to pin him down for this for years now! Write about something new.

    39. carlo says – reply to this


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      good! he deserves credit for all the amazing work he's done!

    40. denkz says – reply to this


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      bullshit. that's not banksy.



    41. 41

      Im going to say its not him, simply to respect banksys wishes to remain anonymous.

    42. Tony says – reply to this


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      Banksy (WHO I LOVE) ISN'T UNMASKED UNTIL WE HAVE THE FUKKIN PICTURE OF HIS FACE
      .
      Time Mag is just indulging in incompetent and incomplete journalism.
      .
      GO TAKE THE FUKKIN PICTURE!!!
      JEEZ!!!!!!!!!!

    43. BryGu says – reply to this


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      He was "exposed" more than a week ago, and why do you care, Mario???

    44. cowie says – reply to this


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      Its robin gunningham and jeanine heller just look at their facebook pages. They even talk about some work.

    45. fag says – reply to this


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      HOLY FUCK OLD NEWS!!! THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR YEARS BY MOST GRAFFITI ARTISTS AND KNOWN FOR TWO WEEKS FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD

    46. meeee says – reply to this


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      This is ridiculous. Why cant they leave it alone and just let it be art. Every single mystery doesnt need to solved. His work it great but by having Bansky be unmasked takes away from it. I guess this is just really fucking lame.

    47. Poppy says – reply to this


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      old (and probably false) news.

    48. sam says – reply to this


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      Re: oldfa – say what now?

    49. Deidr says – reply to this


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      HAHAH…You're stupid Perez. Anyone into the art KNOWS who he is and what he is about. Get off the bandwagon and stop acting like you know whats up in the art world.

    50. sam says – reply to this


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      Re: A – son, you are an misinformed idiot



    51. 51

      I LOVE BANKSY! Who cares who he is, he's great and he's fightin' the machine.

    52. not s says – reply to this


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      this is old, but i love how the news reports don't really have any proof beyond some random guy saying it's him. you need more than that, bub.



    53. 53

      Bansky is the 21st Century's graffiti master equal to old school masters like "Mr. Popcorn", "Cornbread" "Mouse", "Big Byrd" and "Cool Earl".



    54. 54

      Banksy is the 21st Century's graffiti master equal to old school masters like "Mr. Popcorn", "Cornbread" "Mouse", "Big Byrd" and "Cool Earl".

    55. tsc says – reply to this


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      PEREZ!! my love for you is fading fast, who do you think you are? This news is old as shit. you also, should know better than to mess with BANKSY! he's the tits!

    56. MONEY says – reply to this


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      im a fan of banksy's work, really really awesome!!

    57. Joey says – reply to this


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      Late as hell to pick up on this. You piece of s$*t!!!!!!!!

    58. ab says – reply to this


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      THIS IS OLD NEWS

    59. lala says – reply to this


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      GREAT!!! WHYD u have to blow this guy up on perezhilton!!!!!! now all phonies and fakes will loathe him.

    60. Alice says – reply to this


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      This story is like a month old and I hope you realise stories like these about Bansky are released quite often, so I doubt thats him and personally I don't want to know if it is him or not.

      I love Banksys artwork and if we all knew his identity (properly) he would not be able to continue with it.

    61. Ilsa says – reply to this


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      This is old news - the BBC reported this about 3 weeks ago!
      I don't believe it either, he's too clever.

    62. andy says – reply to this


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      for god sake prez this has been in the uk press for weeks, OLD NEWS!

    63. Jess says – reply to this


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      Omg, I kind of DONT want to know who he is. I love his art.

    64. prome says – reply to this


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      Who gives a shitzky?

    65. ju says – reply to this


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      I really like his works. wheather he is knowen or unknowen!

    66. ziz says – reply to this


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      Re: CriticXtreme – you totally forget about the man who INVENTED stencil graffiti- blek le rat



    67. 67

      i love banksy!
      theres this shop on lonsdale road in london which is just a shop of some of banksys pictures. its called bankrobber.
      i always see his stuff around.

    68. suz says – reply to this


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      arg, I thought there was gonna be a real picture :(

    69. AFan says – reply to this


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      Leave the man alone. He does great art. This is like opening presents before Christmas day - spoiling the fun.