If that same birthday-themed invitation came with a request to dress in ’90s hip hop fashion trends ... With hip-hop being so new, shoe brands were still trying to wrap their minds around ...

I'm grateful to have documented the emerging hip-hop culture in the '90s. I never thought it would ... "Rap is Risen: New York Photographs 1988-2008." The essay has been edited for length and ...

Stetsasonic, taken in New York in 1988 by Janette Beckman London ... this is pretty much hip hop fashion at the peak of change. They do look serious. I can't remember them giggling but they ...