Cornbread nickname(s):
Cornbread
Cornbread date of birth:
1953
How old is Cornbread?
73
Where was Cornbread born?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cornbread distinctive features:
Pioneer graffiti artist
What is Cornbread nationality?
American
What is Cornbread's occupation?
Graffiti Artist, Street Artist
Cornbread claim to fame:
Actor featured in movie Bomb It
Short Biography
Darryl McCray, known by his tagging name, “Cornbread, ” is a graffiti artist from Philadelphia, credited with being the first modern graffiti artist. Darryl McCray was born in North Philadelphia in 1953 and raised in Brewerytown, a neighborhood of North Philadelphia. During the late 1960s, he and a group of friends started "tagging" Philadelphia, by writing their nicknames on walls across the city. The movement spread to New York and blossomed into the modern graffiti movement, which reached its peak in the U.S. in the 1980s and then spread to Europe. Since his tagging days, McCray has developed a close relationship with The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. He is a public speaker and a youth advocate.