If you discovered graffiti in the 80’s or early 90’s it’s mostly credited to this lady, famed photographer and hip-hop culture historian Martha Cooper. She stuck to the artist’s G code (always stay curious) and it paid off. When white America thought these poor brown kids were just destroying public property, Cooper saw young disenfranchised artists and urban dwellers who had built their own universe out of nothing. Aside from photographer and film maker Henry Chalfant (Wild Style, 1983), co-author …
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The talented rapper and late Pro Era member Capital STEEZ died a year ago, December 24, 2012. To commemorate the one year anniversary of his death, Pro Era released a video for his “47 Piiirates” joint featuring Joey Bada$$ and Dirty Sanchez. The track is off STEEZ’s first mixtape AmeriKKKan Korruption Reloaded. According to Fader, the video was put together in collaboration with Karmaloop TV and L-R-G. The video features “lost footage” and “nearly 20 musicians, graffiti artists, videographers and fans” worked to put it …
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