“Photographer Estevan Oriol and artist Mister Cartoon turned their Chicano roots into gritty art, impacting street culture, hip hop and beyond.”
My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan talks with legendary photographer Jamel Shabazz about hip hop, old school New York City and being a light.
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks comic books, old school hip hop and of course the Knicks with DMC from Run-D.M.C.
The Danforth Music Hall was hopping last night for the Happy Camper Tour! Hoodie Allen was topping the bill along with openers SuperDuperKyle and Pryde (filling in for Blackbear).
What a night!
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Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
We’re entering a strange and unmapped area of hip hop: it’s existed long enough that it is time to look back and recognize—like tracks in the snow—just how far we’ve traversed.
Jay-Z and Q-Tp are 45 years old, two years older than Eminem. Dre is 50. It’s awfully hard for any of hip hop’s elder statesmen to convincingly rap about the mean streets. These are the breaks.
Tupac, Biggie, Jam Master Jay and J Dilla are dead. That ain’t no joke.
Hip hop is slowly deeply maturing while still struggling with its most prominent contradiction the street vs the boardroom. Like your past you can only make peace with contradictions.
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