Comptons Most Wanted press release photos, 1990 - 1991
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and content
From the Collection:
Papers include magazine and newspaper articles, photographs, posters, photocopies and ephemera documenting Hip Hop in the 1980s and 90s. Included are FOIL copies of the FBI's files on Tupac Shakur and Eazy-E, a recording contract for an album featuring Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys, a press release for NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" video, which was banned by MTV. Other documentation focuses on the rise of gangsta rap, the censorship of rap lyrics and the controversy over the Recording Industry Association of America's agreement to place "Parental Advisory" labels on selected releases.
Dates
- 1990 - 1991
Creator
- From the Collection: Pollack, Phyllis. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Extent
.6 cubic feet. (.6 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu