A British DJ may have just revealed Banksy’s identity
Keeping a stiff upper lip is a core British value, but English DJ and visual artist Goldie let his get exceptionally floppy on a recent episode of the Distraction Pieces podcast, in which he appears to reveal the true identity of famously anonymous street artist Banksy. While discussing the commodification of street art, Goldie—who has experience in the graffiti world himself—referred to the artist as “Robert,” seemingly confirming the theory that Banksy is actually Massive Attack founding member Robert “3D” Del Naja. He 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.”