Goldie mistakenly reveals Banksy's identity!
Goldie appears to have let slip subversive graffiti artist Banksy's “real identity” after he spoke about him in a new interview.
The musician and DJ was ranting about how the art world had cashed in on graffiti, despite the art form still being tarnished with negative associations.
Appearing on Scroobius Pip's weekly Distraction Pieces Podcast, Goldie said: "Give me a bubble letter and put it on a T-shirt and write Banksy on it and we're sorted. We can sell it now... No disrespect to Robert, I think he is a brilliant artist. I think he has flipped the world of art over."
After he mentioned “Robert”, Goldie paused for a few seconds before changing the subject.
Reports claim that this appears to suggest Banksy is Robert Del Naja, a member of Massive Attack. Del Naja, also known as 3D, is a friend of Goldie and they worked as graffiti artists in the same circles during the late 1980s.
Journalist Craig Williams carried out a five-month investigation last year and concluded that Del Naja was behind the movement. He claimed that Banksy was not one person but instead a team of street artists, with Del Naja as the ringleader.
Credit: Roisin O'Connor | Independent.co.uk
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I personally think it is true that Robert Del Naja is, in fact, Banksy and the fact that they're trying so hard to cover it up just provides more evidence.
If it is, in fact, true, this guy is truly an artistic genius. Imagine making moves like that in the music world and in the fine art world!?
What do you guys think?