Photographing Hip-Hop’s Golden Era

The Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired Bill Adler’s extensive archive of hip-hop photos.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/hip-hop-smithsonian-museum-photos/?&_r=0&module=Endslate&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=EndSlate&action=Click&contentCollection=Blogs&slideshowTitle=Photographing%20Hip-Hop%E2%80%99s%20Golden%20Era&currentSlide=End

Before today’s corporate-sponsored arena concerts and big-money endorsement deals, there was a time in hip-hop when its stars were not far from the people and places that gave rise to the culture. LL Cool J could go to a high school in East Harlem and perform to an adoring crowd, or DMC could hang out in Hollis, Queens, and chill out by an ice cream truck.