Letters, documents, manuscripts, images, magazines, books, sound and video recordings, and other ephemera documenting the life and work of Kevin Powell. Files include documentation of his participation as a cast member in the MTV reality TV series "The real world," notes and transcripts for interviews with artists and performers conducted while working at Vibe Magazine, documentation of his curatorial work on the first Hip Hop exhibition at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), and files on his projects as activist, lecturer, writer, entrepreneur and Democratic candidate for Congress in Brooklyn, New York in 2008 and 2010. Also included are issues of Vibe Magazine in which his articles appeared, and audio cassettes of his interviews with artists and performers such as Dave Chappelle, Snoop Dogg, Chris Rock, Mike Tyson, Ice-T, and Tupac Shakur.