Denots Crew
The Denots Crew (TDC) is a group of international Street artists, musicians and dancer. Their artwork and music productions pushed Berlin Hip-Hop- and Graffiti History since 1982 to europes main cities of today. HISTORY. Those 4 groups started separately but became one as the Denots Crew because of their affinity to Skateboarding and their hometown Märkisches Viertel a huge skyscraper district up on north of Berlin. Beginning "The Early Days 1980s". At the beginning of the 1980s, West Berlin was still surrounded by the Berlin Wall. American hiphop had hardly been seen on the streets of Europe . But it changed suddenly. Nearly at the same time. And all over Europe's main cities like Berlin, Paris, London and Amsterdam. In Berlin The Denots Crew started with breakdance shows in a popular tourist place called Kudamm. And they painted the first street art on the Berlin Wall in 1983 which became the original East Side Gallery later on. In 1986 Denots Crew met up with Keith Haring while he had painted a 100 m section of the Berlin Wall. Denots Crew continued experimentally and started the integration of American HipHop culture into Berlin's youth. Just like other  pioneers of Europe's hiphop culture like Mode2 in London, Niels Shoe Meulman in Amsterdam and Ash (artist) from the Bad Boys Crew in Paris. Denots Crew Today. Since the early 1990s most of the Denots Crew members are involved in various social or commercial projects worldwide. Many of the original denots Crew artworks are still extant, inside and outside Berlin. For example: A segment of the Berlin Wall on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, 2004 Art by Kaos. A Berlin Wall art relic in Bedok Reservoir Park in Singapore. 2010 Artist: Kaos. Today  the Denots Crew is named and known as the pioneers of the Berlin hiphop scene.