![A still from the Edo Bertoglin video Downtown 81 with Jean-Michel Basquiat as his graffiti artist provocateur moniker SAMO©, circa 1980-1981. A still from the Edo Bertoglin video Downtown 81 with Jean-Michel Basquiat as his graffiti artist provocateur moniker SAMO©, circa 1980-1981.](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/71/59/c1/7159c1847fcb9b179a0f8774fec86997--downtown--american-idiot.jpg)
A still from the Edo Bertoglin video Downtown 81 with Jean-Michel Basquiat as his graffiti artist provocateur moniker SAMO©, circa 1980-1981.
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