Avant, the first artist group in NYC to adorn public spaces with their handmade unique works of non-calligraphic art was born out of that vacuum. An apparent cultural niche was explored that begged evolution in New York’s short-lived cycles of natural selection. Until that point, everything ...
Richard O'Neil Burrell, better known by his stage name Robb Banks, is an American hip hop recording artist. Also ranks #17 on The Top Rappers From Miami Also ranks #24 on The Best Rappers From Florida Also ranks #57 on The Best Rappers Who Started On SoundCloud Buy atView on AMAZON...
But Escape From New York ends on one of the most satisfyingly cynical notes of '80s cinema: Manipulated by the police commissioner and condescended to by the president he rescues, Plissken destroys the cassette tape instead of giving it back to the president – and then disappears into the n...
Known as "The Teacher," KRS-One has been a leading figure in New York hip-hop since the '80s, using his platform to promote social consciousness and activism through his music. As the frontman of Boogie Down Productions and later as a solo artist, he consistently pushed the bou...
Street art by The Mural Kings. As I’ve already mentioned, the 1970s and 80s were dark times for New York. The South Bronx was a picture of extreme decay, with so many abandoned buildings and burned out blocks that it looked like a lunar landscape. Two presidents even staged photo ops...
history, with over 17 million copies sold (only Guns N’ Roses’Appetite for Destructionhas topped it). Among the achievements on their first album cycle was playing their first New York show ever at Madison Square Garden, receiving a Best New Artist Grammy nomination and opening for Black ...
history, with over 17 million copies sold (only Guns N’ Roses’Appetite for Destructionhas topped it). Among the achievements on their first album cycle was playing their first New York show ever at Madison Square Garden, receiving a Best New Artist Grammy nomination and opening for Black ...
Permalink Stash is a jerk Why did Eleanor put up with Stash? Why is Daria so annoying? Why didn't this movie get any play at all? It has a great cast, with (literally) hundreds of "New York" types, and every single SoHo type is represented, eventually. I like Bernadette Peters so...
history, with over 17 million copies sold (only Guns N’ Roses’Appetite for Destructionhas topped it). Among the achievements on their first album cycle was playing their first New York show ever at Madison Square Garden, receiving a Best New Artist Grammy nomination and opening for Black ...
history, with over 17 million copies sold (only Guns N’ Roses’Appetite for Destructionhas topped it). Among the achievements on their first album cycle was playing their first New York show ever at Madison Square Garden, receiving a Best New Artist Grammy nomination and opening for Black ...