Exploring the Graffiti Cullinan \u2014 and Kongo<\/p>\n
Rolls-Royce makes it a point, generally, to sit down and talk to the artists and artisans behind their cars. Particularly when a special edition rolls around, and especially if an artist is extensively featured as Cyril Kongo was. Today\u2019s video details Cyril Kongo\u2019s beginnings, detailing his early years as a street artist and student. He talks a little bit about how his art helped morph his personality, essentially splitting him into two parts: \u201cCyril,\u201d the student by day, and \u201cKongo,\u201d the artist running around tagging walls, streets, and anything else he could write on.<\/p>\n According to the artist, Kongo\u2019s recent projects have centralized around what he dubs the \u201cKongo-verse.\u201d It\u2019s a good way to summarize the artist\u2019s approach to the graffiti Black Badge Cullinan. The Kongo-verse comprises \u201cnumbers, formulas, a planet that doesn\u2019t exist, a pyramid, atoms.\u201d You\u2019ll see a lot of similarity with the shapes that appear on the Cullinan\u2019s graffitied interior components. \u201cYou are in my universe, within the Rolls-Royce universe,\u201d the artist tells the camera.<\/p>\n Working with Rolls-Royce is surely a dream collaboration for some. \u201cI like collaboration,\u201d Cyril starts humbly, \u201cbecause I\u2019m meeting passionate people.\u201d Anyone familiar with the granular detail and truly grueling levels of precision Rolls-Royce commands would be inclined to agree. Although, perhaps \u201cpassionate\u201d is an understatement. The artist enjoys a warm moment of soaking up his handiwork for the first time, with the finished car, admiring both the detail and quality. \u201cWhen you are talking with people who are looking for excellence, they never say no, they always give you an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n The Black Badge Cullinan Remains a One of One<\/p>\n Like we said earlier: the Black Badge Cullinan by Cyril Kongo is a pretty radical step for Rolls-Royce. Before the epic Scintilla debut last year, we saw equally interesting \u2014 but perhaps more mainstream \u2014 cars that celebrated the Year of the Dragon<\/a>. Those cars featured a starlight headliner requiring an additional 667 fiber-optic \u201cstars,\u201d arranged in the outline of a dragon. The year prior, Rolls treated us to \u201cLa Rose Noire<\/a>.\u201d The emotional red and black Droptail featured a unique petal motif on the dash and, very fittingly, a champagne chest complemented by two hand-blown crystal champagne flutes.<\/p>\n Kongo\u2019s Black Badge Cullinan remains a one of one example. It\u2019s sold, if you were wondering; besides which, we\u2019re guessing the old adage \u201cif you have to ask, you can\u2019t afford it\u201d applies here. Past that, the car is also a testament to what\u2019s possible through the Rolls-Royce Bespoke program<\/a>. In the past, Kongo\u2019s tackled similar projects in the horology realm; the Richard Mille RM 68-01 Cyril Kongo Tourbillon was an exclusive, 30-piece run that commands upwards of $2 million on the secondhand market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article SummaryRolls-Royce\u2019s latest video traces Cyril Kongo\u2019s journey from tagging city streets to collaborating with the luxury automaker.The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[20731],"tags":[21801,21059,1238],"class_list":["post-102859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rolls-royce","tag-cullinan","tag-cyril-kongo","tag-rolls-royce"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117088950966790428","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"ROLLS](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rolls-royce-Black-Badge-Cullinan-Cyril-Kongo-00-830x467.jpg\" "\\"ROLLS"){kind=icon}
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"ROLLS](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rolls-royce-Black-Badge-Cullinan-Cyril-Kongo-01-830x467.jpg\" "\\"ROLLS"){kind=icon}
<\/a><\/p>\n