History of hip hop

Members of the Grape Street Crips pose "throwing" their signature 'G' and 'W' hand signs. The Grape Street Watts Crips are a mostly African American street gang based in the Jordan Downs housing...

Brief hip-hop history rundown.

Rap vs Hip Hop

In a new book, journalist Vikki Tobak shares the stories behind iconic hip-hop images as recalled through the words – and the lenses – of the photographers who shot them.

Lol - Hip Hop / Rap Decades

‘CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop’ salutes photographers whose pictures helped bring hip-hop from the streets to the global stage. A show based on at Vikki Tobak’s book of the same name at LA’s The Annenberg Space for Photography features their unedited contact sheets – like Barron Claiborne’s stupendous Notorious B.I.G. portraits – … Continue reading "A Photographic History of Hip-Hop"

Flyer for the first ever 'hip-hop' party by DJ Kool Herc. #oldschoolhiphop

The Hip Hop Yearbook--A Collection of the High School Yearbook Pictures of Various Hip Hop Artists