Scope and content Art work, lettering, drawings, and designs for Hip Hop party and event flyers by Buddy Esquire, "the Flyer King." The collection includes original art work and rough text layouts for his flyer designers, manuscripts and flyer design notes, two sketch books, seven binders of loose artwork containing approximately 324 original pieces, working files and partial paste-ups, a box containing approximately 500 sheets of his dry transfer letters, 82 Hip Hop flyers designed by Buddy Esquire, 59 Hip...

Abstract Notebooks, photographs, documents, audio and video recordings, clothing and other artifacts by or relating to Grandmaster Caz and his career as a MC, songwriter, and DJ and his activities as an early innovator and participant in Hip Hop culture. Notebooks contain his handwritten lyrics; cassette tapes contain recordings of his live performances with the Cold Crush Brothers, as well as his appearances on radio shows and other events; photograph albums document his performances and activities...

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Original artwork, lyrics manuscripts, a photograph, 2 news clippings, contracts and agreements, and ephemera by or pertaining to Joeski Love.

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Drawings, manuscripts, letters, periodicals, comic books, photographs, and ephemera created or collected by Eric Orr. Original artwork includes more than 100 concept sketches and drawings for Orr's self-published "Rappin' Max Robot," widely regarded as the first Hip Hop comic book (1986). Letters, comic books, press, publicity and ephemera relate mostly to "Rappin' Max Robot" and its legacy and impact.

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Sketches, notes, manuscripts, flyers, designs, photographs, publicity and marketing materials, and other ephemera documenting Bobbito’s books, films, and other projects, featuring his work as DJ, filmmaker, author, and publisher, basketball player and coach, media figure. The materials also includes copies of his books, CDs, films, and video games, and a full run of the quarterly magazine Bounce: From the Playground (32 issues), of which he served as editor-in-chief starting in 2003.

Content Description Collection of 59 vinyl records and jackets with sharpie and paint marker graffiti tags. Records are tagged by both prominent and obscure New York graffiti artists. Many of the tags were written on white vinyl jackets, while others are on the original jackets issued with the records. Many of the records are also tagged on the label. Graffiti artists represented in this collection include Taki 183, Stay High 149, Ohenry, Nomer, Barock, 2Bad 007, Rozone, Berden, Hell, Brek, Harlem World, Nem,...