Colossal Media spent about a week painting Jason and Lucia on a Williamsburg wall. A graffiti artist needed one night to put his name across the bottom.
The short version
The hand painted GTA 6 mural at Wythe Avenue and North 11th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has a large black and white JELOUS tag across its lower half, Kotaku, TheGamer and Beebom report. Colossal Media painted Rockstar's Jason and Lucia Lock and Load art there in about a week, finishing in early October. Rockstar Games, Take Two and Colossal have not commented on the tag or any repair.
Quick answer
What happened to the GTA 6 mural in Brooklyn?
The hand painted GTA 6 mural at Wythe Avenue and North 11th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, now has a large black and white JELOUS tag across its lower half, Kotaku and TheGamer report. Colossal Media painted the Jason and Lucia Lock and Load wall in early October. Rockstar Games has not commented on the tag.
A week of brush work on a Williamsburg wall now has someone else's name across the bottom. The GTA 6 mural at Wythe Avenue and North 11th Street carries a huge black and white JELOUS tag over Jason and Lucia's legs, with a small KTD circle beside it, in photos shared by GTA 6 Intel on 5 November.
Kotaku says a graffiti artist called Jelous sprayed it "sometime late Tuesday night" and then posted it on Instagram. Beebom names the account as @jelous.ktd. Rockstar Games, Take Two and Colossal Media had not commented on the tag when we checked on 5 November.
What happened to the GTA 6 mural in Brooklyn?
It was tagged less than a month after it was finished. The Grand Theft Auto lettering and both faces are untouched, VGTimes reports, and the photos show the same.
Colossal Media painted it by hand over seven days and finished on 10 October, Beebom reports. TheGamer gives the same seven days.
A freelance painter who said he worked on it for Colossal told Reddit it would stay up for only about a month, Notebookcheck reported in October. That is one worker's claim, not a Colossal or Rockstar schedule. Nobody has said whether the wall will be cleaned or repainted before 19 November.
What art is on the Brooklyn GTA 6 mural?
It is Rockstar's Jason and Lucia Lock and Load artwork, the name it uses on its artwork and wallpapers page. Jason stands with a pistol at his side while Lucia sits on the bonnet of a red car checking a handgun. The clean version is the image at the top of this page.
The wall is also a PlayStation ad. The second GTA 6 Intel photo shows a blue PLAYS BEST ON PS5 badge beside a Rockstar Games logo in the bottom right corner, an ESRB Mature rating box at bottom left and a COLOSSAL signature under the image. Rockstar's own GTA VI pages carry the same "Plays best on PlayStation 5" line.
Who painted the Brooklyn GTA 6 mural?
Colossal Media, the New York firm known for hand painted ads. In an Instagram post quoted by GTA BOOM on 6 October, Colossal wrote "Twenty-two years ago, we painted our first campaign with our very first client, @rockstargames." It said its run with Rockstar goes back to GTA San Andreas in 2004.
The corner has GTA history of its own. In August 2013 a giant Trevor mural for GTA 5 went up at North 11th Street and Wythe Avenue, Stuff reported at the time. Stuff named that crew as Sky High Murals.
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| Mural at Wythe Avenue and North 11th Street, Williamsburg | Reported by Beebom and VGTimes |
| Painted by Colossal Media | Colossal's own post via GTA BOOM, signature on the wall |
| JELOUS tag across the lower half | Shown in photos, reported by Kotaku, TheGamer and Beebom |
| Statement from Rockstar, Take Two or Colossal | None as of 5 November |
| Plan to clean or repaint the wall | Not announced |
| Wall stays up about a month | One painter's claim, via Notebookcheck |
How did GTA fans react to the tag?
Mostly badly. A Reddit user who said they were an Italian graffiti writer called it "pretty disrespectful, even by graffiti standards", Kotaku reports. TheGamer says Jelous turned off his Instagram comments after the backlash.
Not everyone agreed. Kotaku says some people defended the tag because the mural is a big advert and fair game. One Redditor quoted by TheGamer called tagging an ad for a game about crime almost poetic.
Where else has GTA 6 been painted on walls?
Los Angeles has a finished Jason and Lucia mural on Hollywood Boulevard, and our Hollywood mural report also follows a second painted wall on Wilshire Boulevard. The Florida push, from Port Vice City to the Kaseya Center, is in our Miami marketing tracker. Launch is still 19 November, and our release date guide has every date before then.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the GTA 6 mural in Brooklyn?
At Wythe Avenue and North 11th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, according to Beebom, VGTimes and GTA BOOM.
Who tagged the GTA 6 Brooklyn mural?
A graffiti artist called Jelous, Kotaku and TheGamer report. Beebom and VGTimes name his Instagram account as @jelous.ktd.
When was the GTA 6 mural tagged?
Kotaku says late on Tuesday night this week. Photos and reports spread on 5 November.
Who painted the GTA 6 mural in Brooklyn?
Colossal Media, the New York firm known for hand painted ads. It confirmed the job on Instagram, GTA BOOM reports, and a COLOSSAL signature is painted on the wall.
Will Rockstar fix the Brooklyn mural?
Nobody has said. Rockstar Games, Take Two and Colossal Media had not commented on the tag or any repair when we checked on 5 November.
Sources
- GTA 6 Intel on X: the GTA VI mural in Brooklyn has been defaced with graffiti, two photos (5 Nov 2026, 5.33pm UK)
- Kotaku: Massive GTA 6 mural tagged by graffiti artist overnight and people aren't happy (Zack Zwiezen, 5 Nov 2026)
- TheGamer: GTA 6 mural that took artist seven days has already been vandalised (George Foster, 5 Nov 2026)
- Beebom: GTA 6 Jason and Lucia mural in New York vandalized just weeks before game launch (Sagnik Adhikary, 5 Nov 2026)
- VGTimes: Grand Theft Auto VI mural in Brooklyn defaced less than a month after completion (5 Nov 2026)
- GTA BOOM: Colossal Media confirms hand painted GTA 6 murals for Rockstar, 22 years after GTA San Andreas (Ray Ampoloquio, 6 Oct 2026)
- Notebookcheck: GTA 6 huge New York mural nearly complete, artist shares details (Marius Müller, 8 Oct 2026, updated 9 Oct)
- Stuff: Rockstar stokes GTA V excitement with giant hand painted mural, Trevor at North 11th Street and Wythe Avenue, painted by Sky High Murals (Sam Kieldsen, 8 Aug 2013)
- Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto VI Artwork and Wallpapers, including Jason and Lucia Lock and Load (checked 5 Nov 2026)
- Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto VI
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