king
v.— «It was designed loosely on Picasso’s “Burial of Casagemas” painting, but I put a crown on the body, since in graffiti parlance, a “king” is an artist.» —“In a low-budget, spontaneous movie about the Mission, its walls, and its artists, speak about life on the streets” by Jane Ganahl San Francisco Chronicle (California) Nov. 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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