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Glen E. Friedman and the Early Days of Hip Hop
February 5th 2009 22:17
The picture is from an exhibit by Glen E. Friedman, who was there from the beginning of the early days of hip hop.
Read the Wikipedia page on Glen E. Friedman
Boingboing TV interviewed Friedman at his exhibit, talking about his good times with the early movers of the genre: Ice-T, Public Enemy -even the Beastie Boys.
It must have been heavy times, with all these acts growing in popularity through word of mouth and, at the same time, the negative press surrounding hip hop, especially concerning groups like Public Enemy and NWA.
Well, whatever. NWA is in full effect.
Boingboing TV took their cameras to have a little chat about the hip hop times, when the Beastie Boys were a hardcore group, and Friedman introduced them to Rubin. The makings of a vast sum of money:
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Glen E. Friedman Google Image Search - loads of great photos by Friedman on Google, from his punk and hip hop days, to interesting self portraits.
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