Columbus Boys Club, May 9, 1980
- Title:
- Columbus Boys Club, May 9, 1980
- 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)
Kool DJ AJ (Hip Hop DJ. Played with Busy Bee, Kurtis Blow et al.)
Mean Machine DJs (Old school hip-hop crew with DJ Rockn Rob and DJ Tiny Tine)
Busy Bee Starski (Early Hip Hop emcee (aka Chiefrocker Starski), b. David Parker in South Bronx, NYC.)
Grandwizzard Theodore and the Fantastic Five (Pioneering Hip Hop group. Originally called "The L Brothers," later called "The Brothers Fantastic.")
- Graphic Designer:
- Riley, Anthony (Graphic artist, creator of hip-hop flyers late 70's-early 80's)
- Date:
- 1980-05-09
- Coordinates:
- 40.8439293,-73.8986664
- Latitude:
- 40.8439293
- Longitude:
- -73.8986664
- Location:
- 189 Bathgate Ave
Bronx, New York, New York, United States - Country:
- United States
- Venue:
- Columbus Boys Club
- ID Number:
- HHC8052MC_0001
- Collection Number:
- 8052
- File Name:
- HHC8052MC_0001.tif
- Occasion:
- Highpowered Disco Showstopper All New & Just For You
- Transcription:
- $2 ladies b/4 12am, Men $4
- Work Type:
- fliers (printed matter)
posters - Materials/Techniques:
- dry-transfer letters
markers (drawing instruments) - Subject:
- Hip-hop--United States
Popular culture--United States
Rap (Music)
Disc jockeys - Description:
- Drawing of car
- Notes:
- Road & Track's 1982 Rolls Royce, three hole punched, faded edges
- Cite As:
- Breakbeat Lenny Archive, #8052. 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:
- Breakbeat Lenny Archive
- Format:
- Image
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