The soon-to-be King Pin saw New York graffiti in the September 1983 issue of a German trade union magazine. In Cologne in 1984, he met the pioneering graffiti writer Lee Quiñones and then traveled to New York, where he met local graffiti writers. He became one of the first writers in Germany and also appeared in the influential US illustrated book Spray Can Art in 1987.Photo: King Pin.