Scope and content The Johan Kugelberg hip hop collection documents the origins of hip-hop as music, culture and community in the Bronx, NY, and its influence on the history of music, art, performance, and activism in America during the final third of the 20th century and beyond. The collection contains nearly 1,000 recordings (primarily LP records), textile art, books and magazines, and more than 500 original party and club flyers designed by Buddy Esquire and others. It also includes 74 candid hip hop photos...

Content Description Approximately 13 cubic feet of papers documenting the creative output of Tame One, American Hip Hop recording artist and graffiti writer from New Jersey. The collection includes composition lyric notebooks, business records in the form of tour itineraries, contracts and agreements with record labels and related materials, art work, posters, magazines and news clippings documenting his career, event and show flyers, associated VIP show and backstage passes, scrapbook and photo albums, along...