Found 3 collections related to Rap (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York

Fab 5 Freddy is an African American director, TV host, graffiti artist, and a key personality in the history of hip-hop culture. The Fab 5 Freddy archive traces his multidisciplinary career from the 1980s to the early 2000s, and provides further insight into his public personality; business and recreational activities; and creative endeavors in the fields of writing and art. The collection contains, photographs, notebooks, correspondence, financial, legal, and administrative documents, screenplays, fliers and invitations, artwork, apparel, and magazines. less

Fab 5 Freddy is an African American director, TV host, graffiti artist, and a key personality in the history of hip-hop culture. The Fab 5 Freddy photographs highlight both his professional and personal lives, including images taken behind-the-scenes at musical video shoots and on the set of Yo! MTV Raps, album artwork and photoshoots, as well as candid images of figures within the hip hop world. less

Afrika Bambaataa is a hip-hop artist from the South Bronx, New York, best known for his 1982 record "Planet Rock" with the Soulsonic Force. He also hosted popular hip-hop parties. Johan Kugelberg is a collector and the founder of Boo-Hooray, an archive of 20th and 21st century subcultures. The Hip-hop flyers collection highlights the early hip-hop party scene through Kugelberg's collection of hip-hop party flyers in the New York metropolitan area from 1977 through 1985. less