The Big Book of Hip-Hop Photography (Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, etc...)

George DuBose began his work with NYC’s Hip Hop artists at the very beginning. When he heard the first Hip Hop hits, he thought it was part of New Wave music. It was a wave alright, a tidal wave that swept the country. This book traces his work with Afrika Bambaataa, Biz Markie, Kane, G. Rap, Roxanne Shanté, MC Shan, Masta Ace, Man Parrish, The Genius aka GZA, Craig G, Marley Marl, Grand Daddy IU, King Sun, MC Jay and Thomas Ontime of 2 Deep, Run-DMC, The New York City Breakers, XCLAN, Mobb Deep, Rammellzee, Shelley Thunder, Scoob and Scrap, Double J, Bootsy Collins and The Notorious B.I.G. In all, DuBose has created more that 300 album images and designs and over 50 of his projects have achieved gold status. Bonafide magazine (UK) called DuBose “the godfather of Hip Hop photography”. This is not a Hip Hop history nor a "how-to" photography book, it is the stories behind the concepts and actualization of images that have been used for these artists' album covers. The book is full of color images that illustrate the covers and cd booklets and also there are many "out-takes" from these photo sessions that fans have never seen. Hopefully, the reader will learn more about his favorite artists and discover some new artists that they are unaware of.