Twin City Roller Rink, Sept. 10, 1981
- Title:
- Twin City Roller Rink, Sept. 10, 1981
- Collection:
- Hip Hop Party and Event Flyers
- Performer:
- Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler (born in Bridgetown, Barbados), is an American hip hop musician and DJ—one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. Member of Furious Five. Inducted to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Melle Mel (Born Melvin Glover, May 15, 1961, also known as Grandmaster Melle Mel, is an American hip-hop musician — one of the pioneers of old school hip hop as lead rapper and main songwriter for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover Jr., (born February 19, 1960), is an American Emcee first known as Danny Dan and after 1975 as the better-known stage name The Kidd Creole; most famous for his work as a founding member of the group Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Fi)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978.)
Keith Cowboy (Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins, a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
Rahiem (Early Hip Hop performer. Member of Funky Four and Furious Five)
Mr. Ness (Scorpio) (Hip Hop performer, member of Furious Five)
- Graphic Designer:
- Buddy Esquire ("The Flyer King") (Hip Hop Flyer Designer, active in the 1970s and 1980s)
- Promoter:
- Ecstasy Production
- Date:
- 1981-09-10
- Coordinates:
- 40.687014,-74.206263
- Latitude:
- 40.687014
- Longitude:
- -74.206263
- Location:
- 1016 Sherman Ave.
Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States (inhabited place) - Country:
- United States
- Venue:
- Twin City Roller Rink
- ID Number:
- HHC8021_0300
- Collection Number:
- 8021
- File Name:
- HHC8021_0300.tif
- Occasion:
- A Skate Dance Contest
- Transcription:
- $5 all nite
- Work Type:
- fliers (printed matter)
- Subject:
- Hip-hop--United States
Popular culture--United States
Rap (Music)
Disc jockeys - Cite As:
- Johan Kugelberg hip hop collection, #8021. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell University Hip Hop Collection
- Archival Collection:
- Johan Kugelberg hip hop collection
- Box:
- 33
- Folder:
- G-34
- Format:
- Image
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