Jamel Shabazz

Terrence Jennings

Charlie Ahearn

Presents portraits and scenes of New York street life from the mid-70s to mid-80s, focusing on the hip-hop culture of African American youth prior to the rise of addiction and drug-related violence.

A Time Before Crack

Nelson George

Jim Fricke

Experience Music Project

An account of the origins of hip-hop music as presented by its founders and stars traces the work of such performers as DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and DMC. 50,000 first printing.

The Experience Music Project Oral History Of Hip-hop's First Decade

Yes Yes Y'all

An account of the origins of hip-hop music as presented by its founders and stars traces the work of such performers as DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and DMC.

Glenn O'Brien

Ricky Powell

For two decades, Ricky Powell has prowled the streets of his native New York, toured the world with hip hop's biggest acts, and full-on crashed celebrity-studded parties on both coasts. Equipped with only his wits and an instamatic camera, Powell elbowed his way into the center of the scene with no shame. "It's for public access," Powell could be heard, pleading for an interview with a pizza shop owner on his cult cable TV show, "Rappin' with the Rickster."

Ricky Powell Photographs, 1985-2005

Public Access

In 1982, a small, independent movie written, produced and directed by Charlie Ahearn was released. Wild Style, the first film to unite the underground urban art forms of nascent hip hop culture - DJing, MCing, b-boxing and graff writing - was filmed on location in the South Bronx without permits or pretensions. Wild Style is truly a classic, having inspired countless artists, musicians and writers with unforgettable scenes starring the era's most memorable personalities. Celebrating its silver anniversary this book provides behind-the-scene insights.

The Sampler

Wild Style

The first and only account of hip-hop's birth, told in the never-before-published words of its founders and stars, and highlighted by almost 200 photos and flyers

Charlie Ahearn

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