From 1982-1985, during his first move to Los Angeles, Markski began establishing relationships on the East side of LA (Pico Rivera), based on friendship, Graff and Hip Hop which he brought with him from The Bronx, and based on LA Popping (Electric Boogaloo). First creating a graff crew that was essentially a preceding sub-set of UWS and going bombing, these were the formulating years of what would more fully come. Markski moved back to NY from ’85-’86, which delayed officializing under the larger crew name. Then, upon returning to LA in ’86, he and some of those initial partners would make official the all-elements hip hop crew United We Stand (UWS).

UWS was secretive and considerably isolated in terms of graff, establishing several underground yards. But in terms of breaking, popping, deejaying, and emceeing, these were all public matters. Beyond the three core emcees, the crew included numerous other members, to be written about perhaps in a full crew biography someday. Notably, Zulu Gremlin, an accomplished bboy in Denver, moved back to his original LA hometown in ‘86, landing him squarely in UWS territory. He joined the crew immediately and proved to be a significant factor. In ’86, likewise, Skez One, all-city bomber and co-founder of mega writing crew NTS also joined UWS and proved significant. E.g., in ’86 at LA’s Brooklyn Yard, Skez connected Markski and Zulu Gremlin with Skill One, who was just beginning his all-out graffiti-phenom street career. The brotherhood, mutual respect, inspiration, and the accomplishments between Markski and Skill would be permanent and led to each becoming members of one another’s crews (UWS and UTI).

Markski (and his brother Angel, a.k.a. Mr. Kato) already had an early 80s rap relationship with Kid Frost, so through the 80s Frost was very much down with the UWS crew and mutually partnered and performed together throughout LA. In ’89, Kid Frost naturally approached Markski, well-known for rare microphone mastery, etc., for song lyrics for his first album deal with Virgin Records. That led to UWS members Lyrical Engineer Genius G also writing lyrics for Frost, and Zulu Gremlin contributing greatly to music video coordination for La Raza and Ya Estuvo. Soon after, Kid Frost, Markski, Genius G, Zulu Gremlin, and KDAY Mixmaster Tony G formed the Latin Alliance. Then adding more members including Mellow Man Ace, Ralph M, The Baka Boyz, Scoop Deville, etc., they recorded the Latin Alliance album together on Virgin Records, ‘91.