Hip-hop -- Art.

Abstract Notebooks, photographs, documents, audio and video recordings, clothing and other artifacts by or relating to Grandmaster Caz and his career as a MC, songwriter, and DJ and his activities as an early innovator and participant in Hip Hop culture. Notebooks contain his handwritten lyrics; cassette tapes contain recordings of his live performances with the Cold Crush Brothers, as well as his appearances on radio shows and other events; photograph albums document his performances and activities...

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Sketches, notes, manuscripts, flyers, designs, photographs, publicity and marketing materials, and other ephemera documenting Bobbito’s books, films, and other projects, featuring his work as DJ, filmmaker, author, and publisher, basketball player and coach, media figure. The materials also includes copies of his books, CDs, films, and video games, and a full run of the quarterly magazine Bounce: From the Playground (32 issues), of which he served as editor-in-chief starting in 2003.

Content Description Collection of 59 vinyl records and jackets with sharpie and paint marker graffiti tags. Records are tagged by both prominent and obscure New York graffiti artists. Many of the tags were written on white vinyl jackets, while others are on the original jackets issued with the records. Many of the records are also tagged on the label. Graffiti artists represented in this collection include Taki 183, Stay High 149, Ohenry, Nomer, Barock, 2Bad 007, Rozone, Berden, Hell, Brek, Harlem World, Nem,...