About Me
In the fall of 1983, I was introduced to the art of graffiti by a childhood friend who I attended sat morning art classes with. Along with this creative and expressive form of art, I was reintroduced to the world of Hip Hop culture and music. In 1979, before this meeting of artists, hip hop music had always been the soundtrack to my illustrations and drawings way before I even knew what it had been called. I can remember hearing the Sequence, "Funk You Up", Kurtis Blow "Christmas Rap" and of course the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rappers Delight" on NYC radio station WBLS, while sitting at the kitchen table drawing Marvel comic book heroes. Almost 4 years later, I found myself traveling into NYC with my friend and his peoples from New York, bombin trains and carrying a huge radio blasting hip hop "megamixes" by DJs Jazzy Jay, Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Marley Marl. Before 1987, hip hop music was, as Large Professor put it, "like the olympics" and only the best and original music got airplay. Labels like Sugar Hill, Profile, Tommy Boy, Spring, and Enjoy were a few of the record labels that put out some of the hottest singles during this time. Note: singles were the back bone of rap music, the concept of a platinum rap album was not yet accessible...Run DMC's 1986 release, "Raising Hell" was the first to go platinum status.) The music from this "Golden Era of Hip Hop" still influences the culture and lives on in our memories so I decided to dedicate this page to its legacy.
