- In this short subject non-dialogue documentary, photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas reexamines the historic photo session he conducted on February 24th 1989 between NWA member, rapper Eazy E (1964-1995), and a a hardcore crew of Venice skateboard locals. Before this time, skateboarding and hip hop were not often associated amicably in the media and even perceived as being openly hostile toward one another.
- In this short subject non-dialogue documentary, photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas reexamines the historic photo session he conducted on February 24th 1989 between NWA member, rapper Eazy E (1964-1995), and a a hardcore crew of Venice skateboard locals. Before this time, skateboarding and hip hop were not often associated amicably in the media and even perceived as being openly hostile toward one another. The original photographs from that day first ran in Thrasher Magazine (1989), the most globally recognized skateboarding publication in history. It was considered a pivotal moment in both communities. Eazy E, being a major hip hop celebrity with street credibility, publicly endorsing skateboarding seem to green-light (almost instantaneously) for rappers and rap fans everywhere to either start skating, admit that they already did skate, or at the very least accept skateboarding fraternally. And on the other hand, rebellious skateboarders with their roots firmly embedded in the punk rock movement began to see similarities between their own urban plights and those depicted in the lyrics of many rap songs. From then on, these two international counter-culture tribes began to view each other with less suspicion and slowly began merge, becoming nearly inseparable by the early 2000s. This brotherly bond led to (for-better-or-for-worse) the commercial cross pollination of the skate and rap worlds, absorbing them both into collective 'street culture'.—Kolbie Maddox
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