Thursday, May 4, 2023

Historic NWA Photographs by Ithaka Darin Pappas Currently Appearing in Two Museum Shows

Historic photographs of hip hop legends N.W.A. by Ithaka Darin Pappas are currently appearing in two north American museum shows; "Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop" curated by Vikki Tobak at Seattle's Museum Of Pop and "Boyz n the Hood" at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles curated by Esme Douglas. During the years from 1988-1990, Ithaka Darin Pappas photographed Eazy E & NWA a reported 18-20 times. Images from these photographic sessions have appeared in the books; Hip Hop Raised Me by DJ Semtex, Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop by Vikki Tobak, Approximate Gestures : Infinite Spaces in the Fiction of Percival Everett by Anthony Stuart and The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll.