Rammellzee (stylized RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ, pronounced "Ram: Ell: Zee"; December 15, 1960 – June 28, 2010) was a visual artist, gothic futurist graffiti writer, painter, performance artist, art theoretician, sculptor and a hip-hop musician from New York City, who has been cited as "instrumental in introducing elements of the avant-garde into hip-hop culture".

[5][6] His graffiti work started to show up in the 1970s on New York City's subway cars and stations, specifically on the A-train since it was his local train.

[7][8] Discovered by a larger audience through the 1982 cult movie Wild Style by Charlie Ahearn, Rammellzee's earlier fame in graffiti circles was established when he painted New York subway trains with DONDI, OU3, and Ink 76, and doctor Revolt under his aliases Hyte, Hytestyr, EG (Evolution Griller the Master Killer), Sharissk Boo, Razz, and Maestro on the A, CC, 2 and 5 subway lines.

[1] His 12-inch single "Beat Bop," in collaboration with rapper K-Rob and with cover art by Basquiat, is considered by some to be the most valuable (meaning collectible) hip-hop record of all time.

[2] Rammellzee also wrote an opera The Requiem of Gothic Futurism in 1985 and "offered to send the U.S. military some of the intelligence he had gathered for national defense."

He also "tried to promote his ideas by producing a comic book and a board game and was the first artist to collaborate with the street wear brand Supreme, making hand-painted trucker hats at their first store in 1994.

[7] In 2003, Rammellzee released his debut album, This Is What You Made Me, and performed at the Knitting Factory in New York with the newly reformed Death Comet Crew.

[17] In 2024 Rizzoli Electa published the 384-page book RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ : Racing for Thunder that was edited by Maxwell Wolf and Jeff Mao.

Rammellzee's graffiti and art work are based on his theory of Gothic Futurism, which describes the battle between letters and their symbolic warfare against any standardizations enforced by the rules of the alphabet.

On the basis of his Gothic Futurism approach, he described his artistic work as the logical extension into a new phase which he calls Ikonoklast Panzerism.

[24][25] He also had liver problems, and health issues caused or exacerbated by exposure to glue, paint fumes, resin and other toxins used in his works.

[31] In May 2018, Red Bull Arts New York opened its exhibition RAMMΣLLZΣΣ: Racing for Thunder, in collaboration with architect firm studioSTIGSGAARD.