YO! The Early Days of Hip Hop 1982-84 – Sophie Bramly

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Sophie Bramly is a French photographer. In 1982, she moved from France to New York at age 22 and for two years documented the rising hip-hop scene, taking pictures of everyone from graffiti artists and breakdancers to rappers. Yo! The Early Days of Hip-Hop 1982-84 is a book that features on 304 pages the stunning outcome of these intense two years.

With photographs of: Kool Herc, Keith Haring, FUTURA2000, Grandmixer DST, Jazzy Jay, DONDI, Red Alert, Rock Steady Crew, ZEPHYR, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow, LADY PINK, Lisa Lee, Dynamic Breakers, the Fat Boys, Run-DMC, PHASE ONE, Afrika Bambaataa, Beastie Boys, Magnificent Force and many more.

But the book also contains texts by: Bill Adler, Fab Fab Freddy, Grand Mixer D. St, Rahiem of The Furious Five, Arthur Baker, ZEPHYR, Muhamad of The Magnificent Force, LADY PINK, Mister Freeze of The Rock Steady Crew, Patti Astor, and Slick Rick

“All these photos speak for a time that is so special, is never coming back and changed the world. It’s pretty much this experience that changed everything for ever. What makes it amazing, is that you hear stories about superheroes that changed the world, and that was us.”  Grand Mixer D. St

304 pages, 22,7 x 28,9 cm, flexbound softcover
Language: English
Release date: 2021
ISBN: 978-1-9163598-2-6

Publisher: Soul Jazz Books

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