Rap is risen : New York photographs 1988-2008 / Sue Kwon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kwon, Sue, photographer.

Contributor:

Allen, Harry, writer of foreword.

Mao, Jeff, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rap (Music)--New York (State)--New York--20th century--Pictorial works.

Rap (Music).

African Americans.

African American musicians.

Rap musicians.

Hip-hop--Influence.

Hip-hop.

History.

New York (State)--New York.

Rap (Music)--New York (State)--New York--21st century--Pictorial works.

Hip-hop--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works.

Rap (Music)--New York (State)--New York--History--Pictorial works.

Hip-hop--New York (State)--New York--History--Pictorial works.

Rap (Music)--Influence--Pictorial works.

Hip-hop--Influence--Pictorial works.

Rap musicians--New York (State)--New York--Portraits--Pictorial works.

African American musicians--New York (State)--New York--Portraits--Pictorial works.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works.

Street photography.

Documentary photography.

Photography, Artistic.

New York (State)--Pictorial works.

New York (State).

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Portraits.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

272 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Testify Books 2021.

Summary:

The last decade of the 20th century into the first decade of the 21st represent a High Renaissance age of hip hop an era in which rap music had reached critical mass and was exploding, and in which New York City itself witnessed the worldwide ascension and cultural domination of its powerful homegrown art form. In Rap Is Risen: New York Photographs 1988-2008, celebrated photographer Sue Kwon documents this era with a combination of incisive portraits and unposed, spontaneous images that capture the energy of these ascendant artists and the city itself. With access to some of rap music's biggest legends, some stars already, some at the cusp of their fame. Kwon's work offers an intimacy rarely seen in the hip hop photography of the time. The Wu-Tang Clan, Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Big Pun, Eminem, Mobb Deep, the Beastie Boys, Big L, Ice Cube, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest are all represented here, as well as dozens of other DJs and artists that communed with Kwon to produce these images. Method Man brushing his teeth, Fat Joe playing softball in the Bronx, Prince Paul kissing his baby son; the trust inherent between subject and photographer is evident in intimate, joyful shots like these. Giving a rare glimpse into real rap culture, and featuring 300 photographs, most of which have never been published before, Rap Is Risen is a necessary offering to music history and the faithful followers of hip hop.

Notes:

Foreword by Harry Allen and introduction by Jeff Mao.

Includes selected discography (pages 268-271).

ISBN:

9781732062917

1732062919

OCLC:

1285528282

Publisher Number:

99989784768