Hotel Diplomat, Dec. 24, 1979
- Title:
- Hotel Diplomat, Dec. 24, 1979
- 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)
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)
Rahiem (Early Hip Hop performer. Member of Funky Four and Furious Five)
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)
E-Z Mike (Hip Hop Performer)
Keith Cowboy (Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins, a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
Mr. Ness (Scorpio) (Hip Hop performer, member of Furious Five)
Disco Bee (Early Hip Hop Performer)
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.)
Lovebug Starski (Pioneering Hip Hop MC, Bronx, NY.)
Jimmy D
DJ Sinbad (Early hip hop DJ, b. Darren Brockett, scratched for Kool Kyle, frequent performer at T-Connection '77-81)
Kool Kyle (Early hip hop performer)
Timmy Hall
Johnny G
K.B.J.
Blow, Kurtis (Early DJ/b-boy, rapper, b. Kurt Walker, first rapper to sign onto major lablel, Mercury in 1980 with hit Christmas Rapping)
Mercedes Ladies (All female hip-hop DJ crew from the Bronx; founded around 1976; active through early 1980s; the sister group to Grandwizard Theodore and the L Brothers; members: Baby D (D'Bora), Sherri-Sher, RD Smiley, Zina-Zee, DJ LaSpank, Eve-a-Def; later members: Sweet P and Sty-Sty.)
- Promoter:
- Disco Masters/Tiny Wood and Black Door Productions
- Date:
- 1979-12-24
- Date 2:
- 1980-01-18
- Coordinates:
- 40.755954,-73.984794
- Latitude:
- 40.755954
- Longitude:
- -73.984794
- Location:
- 108 West 43rd Street
439 West 49th St.
New York, New York, United States (inhabited place) - Country:
- United States
- Venue:
- Sesame Hotel Diplomat
New York School of Printing - ID Number:
- HHC8021_0097
- Collection Number:
- 8021
- File Name:
- HHC8021_0097.tif
- Occasion:
- The Greatest Show on Earth Part I/Show Down of the Dee Jay's Part II
- Transcription:
- $6 with flyer
$8 without - 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
- Format:
- Image
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