Haven’t had a chance to visit this mixed media exhibition yet. It focuses on the period of time that crack hit the streets and how it influenced the rap game. You can visit the show for free from April 14 to June 2 at the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. jcal.org (via)
“It was a short but intense period for New York City,” Tam said, “and the point is that the epidemic had a strong impact on the development of rap music É It was a very visual time in terms of decay, a visual drama that unfolded every day, with drug dealers and crackheads on the street, acting wild.”
[...] Few days ago we posted about the art exhibition in Jamaica Queens that explores the influence the crack game had on rap artists and the neighborhood. Sometimes we forget that the crack game is still with us. Serbian-American photographer Boogie recently released a book of his photos covering the lives of some down and out people in some of New York’s more infamous neighborhoods; Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Queensbridge. It’s All Good is available via powerHouse books. Link to publisher site, Link to artist site [...]