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Hip-hop.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Peter Dougherty papers

 Collection
Identifier: 8148
Content Description Materials in this collection were collected or created by Peter Dougherty (1955-2015) and comprise of appointment diaries, correspondence, project files, business records, printed ephemera, news clippings, photographs, and audio and video recordings. Appointment diaries, photographs, and ephemera include coverage of the critical period between 1981 and 1983 when Hip Hop was first crossing over from its Bronx origins to the downtown club scenes of Manhattan. Other materials document Peter’s...
Dates: 1978 - 2018
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Peter Dougherty papers

Phyllis Pollack papers

 Collection
Identifier: 8130
Scope and content Papers include magazine and newspaper articles, photographs, posters, photocopies and ephemera documenting Hip Hop in the 1980s and 90s. Included are FOIL copies of the FBI's files on Tupac Shakur and Eazy-E, a recording contract for an album featuring Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys, a press release for NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" video, which was banned by MTV. Other documentation focuses on the rise of gangsta rap, the censorship of rap lyrics and the controversy over the Recording...
Dates: circa 1985-2000.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Phyllis Pollack papers

Rappin' Max Robot comic book archive

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8108
Dates: circa 1985-2014.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Rappin' Max Robot comic book archive

Raquel Z. Rivera hip hop recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 8066
Abstract

Hip Hop CDs, Cassettes, and magazine issues relating to African-American hip hop, collected by Raquel Z. Rivera.

Dates: 1977 - 2005
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Raquel Z. Rivera hip hop recordings

Robert "Bobbito" Garcia papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8160
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1965 - 2024
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Robert "Bobbito" Garcia papers

Tools of War True School NYC summer park jam flyers

 Collection — Manuscript box 87 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924070595214]
Identifier: 8072m
Dates: 2002-2010.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Tools of War True School NYC summer park jam flyers

Troy L. Smith Collection of Hip Hop Party and Show Tapes

 Collection
Identifier: 8127
Scope and content

Approximately 300 Hip Hop party and show tapes collected by Troy L. Smith.

Dates: 1977 - 1986
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Troy L. Smith Collection of Hip Hop Party and Show Tapes

Tupac Shakur and Digital Underground fan mail

 Collection
Identifier: 8132
Scope and content

156 fan letters written to Tupac Shakur within their original envelopes, the majority of which are unopened, variously address c/o Interscope Records, Atlantic Recording Corporation, and others, ca. 1995 and 442 envelopes with content relating to the Digital Underground, mostly unopened, the majority containing fan voting ballots for the Humpty Dance Awards (where fans voted for their favorite song containing a Humpty Dance sample), most addressed to The Humpty Dance Awards, 1993.

Dates: 1993-1995.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Tupac Shakur and Digital Underground fan mail

Tupac Shakur letter and photograph

 Collection — Manuscript box 89 - Folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113876712]
Identifier: 8134
Dates: 1995.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Tupac Shakur letter and photograph

Wu-Tang Clan party invitation and cassette tape

 Collection
Identifier: 8136
Abstract

An early three-song cassette tape by The Wu-Tang Clan, likely distributed at the November 2, 1993 party for their debut studio album and a copy of the invitation card to the party (with Stretch Armstrong as DJ).

Dates: 1993
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Wu-Tang Clan party invitation and cassette tape

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