E.J. Recordings and Austin Hip Hop Collection
Scope and content
The collection documents the efforts of Def and his friends and band mates to cultivate and support an emerging local Hip Hop scene in North Austin. It contains 36 flyers, 110 handbills (including duplicates), 12 business cards, 46 photographs, 7 original paste-up designs for flyers, four letters, newspapers clippings, a RUN-DMC poster, and press information for late 1980s rap groups in Austin, Texas. Bands and groups represented include Rockmaster K.J., Horse Thief, The Loud Posse, Street Boys, M.C. Cool Pop, Pervs World, DJ Def, and Bad Mutha Goose.
Dates
- circa 1988-1993.
Creator
- Def, J.T. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
J.T. Def formed a label called E.J. Recordings while attending Lanier High School in Austin, Texas. He was also a member of a local Hip Hop crew called Loud Posse.
Extent
.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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