Electric Boogie – När Hip Hop kom till Sverige 1982-1988

The birth of hip hop in New York: rare images of the bands, the MCs and DJs, the artists and the fans, from Afrika Bambaataa and Run-DMC to Keith Haring and the Rock Steady Crew. This book features more than 150 rarely seen images documenting the rise of hip hop in the early 1980s, taken […]

Musik, mode, dekadens: minnen från 90-talets galna klubbscen NO LIMIT – Stockholm Clubland 1992–1995 innehåller över 200 unika foton på en hel klubbgeneration som satte Stockholm och Sverige på världskartan. Stockholms mest exhibitionistiska klubbepok inträffade före internet och sociala medier. Därför är den idag nästan bortglömd. – ”Det är bara turister som tar bilder” ansåg […]

Spike Jonze and Beastie Boys met for the first time in Los Angeles in 1991, when Jonze went out to photograph the band for the cover of Dirt magazine. A connection formed between the three MCs and the young photographer, which has lasted throughout their careers. Almost thirty years later–published to coincide with the release […]

In 2008, with help from Jay-Z and Puff, Obama got the hip-hop vote, and became the first African American to be elected president. For a brief moment the “Audacity of Hope” seemed attainable. Yet only months ago the Ferguson riots brought an abrupt end to that hope, making emerging hip-hop artists, such as J Cole […]