With heavy hearts, we are saddened to report that Danny Hogg, known worldwide as Cool “Disco” Dan, passed away on July 26, 2017 due to complications from diabetes. Cool “Disco” Dan’s mythic graffiti ...

For years, an underground icon who went by Cool “Disco” Dan scrawled his moniker in nearly every corner of the nation’s capital — Metro cars, back alleys, the roofs of buildings. His spray-painted tag ...

Slow-moving, strong thunderstorms have the potential to produce damaging winds and flash flooding through 1 a.m. Monday. by Sam Ford, ABC7 WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A D.C. graffiti artist well-known for ...

A diverse crowd of a few hundred crammed into the 9:30 Club early Saturday afternoon to pay their respects to a reclusive local legend who left his mark all over the city. Prolific graffiti icon Cool ...

Even before the movie, Cool “Disco” Dan was famous. The shy young man was the most celebrated graffiti tagger in D.C. His signature, brilliant in its simplicity, seemed to be everywhere. On buses and ...

Monday the Sunshine Cinema is hosting a screening of the documentary The Legend of Cool “Disco” Dan. Ostensibly a profile of the prolific cult graffiti artist of the title, the footage soon expands ...

Danny Hogg got the go-go equivalent of a 21-gun salute on Saturday, when his family, friends, and fans gathered at the 9:30 Club to pay their respects to DC’s most renowned graffiti artist.

Last week, D.C. lost an iconic street artist. Danny Hogg, 47, died from complications due to diabetes. He was best known for his tag, Cool “Disco” Dan. His graffiti lined brick walls and painted the ...

Danny Hogg’s sister, LaTonya Watson, center, and mother, Denise Womack, help unveil a railroad signal box displaying his graffiti on Sept. 11 at the John A. Wilson Building during an event attended by ...

Punk icon Henry Rollins narrates this propulsive doc about the intersection of street art, go-go music and crack cocaine. Set in 1980s Washington, D.C., The Legend of Cool Disco Dan uses the life of ...

Beginning in the 1980s, the Washington D.C. area was deluged with the graffiti markings of “Cool Disco Dan” on buses, walls, buildings, and railways. It was nearly impossible to turn a corner without ...

The Legend of COOL "DISCO" DAN is a documentary narrated by Henry Rollins that tells the story of Washington DC in the 1980s through the eyes of a DC graffiti legend. Blending interviews local & ...