Never Seen Image of Ice Cube & Dr. Dre by Photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas - Surfaces After 31 Years!

NEVER BEFORE SEEN image of Ice Cube & Dr. Dre  just discovered in my deepest archives. Although we were mostly shooting black & white, this was from a lone color roll shot on a Hasselblad 500CE. It was November 11th 1988, the same day we made "THE MIRACLE MILE SHOT" ( aka the official press image for Straight Outta Compton "). This now historic session was made in my old apartment in The Miracle Mile area of LA when my roommates were out at their classes at UCLA 

{watch vid here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa1HApBPD6U }[][]

Image is copyrighted: Please contact ithaka.official@gmail.com for more info:

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photo: Ithaka Darin Pappas © 1988

This was one of many shoots 

That I did of Ice Cube and NWA for

Priority Records Between 1988 and 1991.

For more information about this image 

Please contact: ithaka.art@gmail.com - Also see:  @_ithaka_

Note: This image is not Public Domain, it is Necessary to acquire authorization

thru my Representatives at the Tack Artist Agency Group in Los Angeles 

before reproducing in print, online or merchandising ... thank you.

Interview in Mass Appeal (Contact High Project)
http://massappeal.com/contact-high-ithaka-darin-pappas-on-photographing-a-bulletproof-vest-wearing-skateboarding-riding-eazy-e/

Interview in The Hundreds:
http://thehundreds.com/ithaka-interview/

Interview in Gerneral Admission:
https://www.generaladmission.us/blogs/news/eazy-e-and-ithakas-iconic-photo

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N.W.A - Backstage In Phoenix (1989) The Last Photographs of N.W.A. - Very Rare pictures by Ithaka Darin Pappas

BACKSTAGE IN PHOENIX - The Last Photographs of the Real N.W.A. (photographed and directed by: Ithaka Darin Pappas) The following images (all from a single roll of film) were taken early evening in Phoenix, Arizona about an hour before Eazy-E and N.W.A would perform one of the most powerful concerts on their 1989 U.S. tour. At the time, I was a regular freelance photographer for Priority Records and was flown out from Los Angeles that afternoon to document a private backstage ceremony. DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube and MC Ren were to be presented RIAA certified Platinum Records for their albums N.W.A."Straight Outta Compton" and Eazy-E "Eazy-Duz-It" which had been released almost simultaneously in August and September of 1988. Ironically, it was there in Phoenix later on this very same night, that Ice Cube essentially quit the project, ending The World's Most Dangerous Group as we knew it. These are the last photographs of N.W.A. together as a quintet. - Ithaka Darin Pappas 2019

________________________________________________ The good times couldn't last. Ice Cube was the first to discover all was not right with N.W.A. - at the height of the group's popularity in 1989 when the tour hit Phoenix, Cube stopped the show. Pat Charbonet, then publicist for Priority Records and Cube's future manager had been asking Cube some questions about his financing...How much money had Cube been making off the songs he had written for Straight Outta Compton? Where was the money...and when would Cube get it in his pockets? Cube didn't have any answers - so he stopped the group dead in its tracks. - Dr. Dre: A Biography (2007) page 48
___________________________________________________ At Eazy's request, N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller flew to Phoenix with new contracts in hand and $75,000 for those who signed. The rest of the group complied, but not Cube. He told Heller he wanted a lawyer to review the contract.The others in the group ridiculed him for turning down so much money. Cube in fact discovered he did have good reason to feel he was getting ripped off. According to Rolling Stone magazine, N.W.A. grossed $650,000 for their 1989 U.S. tour, but Cube only received $23,000. By the end of the year, Straight Outta Compton and Eazy-Duz-It had sold a combined three-million copies. Although Cube had written or co-written about half the songs on both albums, he earned a total of $32,000. - Sager 1990, page 166

_________________________________________________________ Royalties, which typically take months to work their way from shops to distributors to record labels and on to artists, weren't arriving fast enough to keep tempers from boiling over. At a gig in Phoenix, Arizona each member was given a check, but only if they signed a contract. I refused to take my check, because I felt I would be admitting that I agreed with what I was being' paid, Cube told me in 2006. They thought I was crazy!, saying, '$75,000 is more money than we've ever seen'. - NME August 25th 2015 Photography, edit and music: Ithaka Darin Pappas
Songs: "Afflicted", "Warm Budweiser", "Butterly Boogie" from the upcoming album, Ithaka Voiceless Blue Raven II Text sources: Sager (1999), Dr. Dre: A Biography (2007), NME Magazine (2015) Executive producer: craig raidor dahl Note: all images in this presentation under U.S. Federal and international copyrights. ©1989, ©2019 Thank you. https://nwafotosbyithakadarinpappas.b... https://www.instagram.com/nwa_photos_... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo97z... https://www.facebook.com/NWAandEAZYEp... #NWA #HIPHOP #IthakaDarinPappas

N.W.A. "The Miracle Mile Shot" (The Photograph That Defined A Legend) by Ithaka Darin Pappas

    Watch here:

                     

About the mini-documentary: "The Miracle Mile Shot":

"The Miracle Mile Shot" is an experimental, non-dialogue short-subject documentary film by Greek-American artist-photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas. This is the third in his series of hip-hop Photomentaries almost entirely relying on his own archival imagery of West Coast rap artists.

"I begin seeing these incredible documentaries randomly at different times and places around the world, on planes, at friends houses etc. And it took me a minute to realize that all of this compelling story-telling; Jazz, The Civil War, and The National Parks: America's Best Idea were coming from the same source, Ken Burns. His projects can tell an entire story with only still photographs if necessary, it's amazing.

I realized that I was the creator of much of the kind of raw still photographic material that Mr. Burns uses for his projects, and it has inspired me to begin to edit and present these images in a film format to tell a story. The Miracle Mile Shot is my third short-subject film festival project. I have already completed earlier this year "Eazy E & Venice Locals (A Historic Day in the Brotherhood of Hip Hop and Skateboarding".

I call these projects Photomentaries, meaning at this point I am only using still photographs in movement, with sound and text to vocal communicate ideas. I am not sure I will ever incorporate narration, I am enjoying the closed-mouth communication direction of it all and think I'd like to take it to the next level and even try a much longer project, of up to an hour.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_Mile_Shot
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10519540/
https://businessallstarsblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/26/the-miracle-mile-shot-non-dialogue-short-subject-documentary-at-lagff/

Eazy-E, el primer rapero de skate en la historia - fotografía histórica por Ithaka Darin Pappas

https://hypebeast.com/2019/5/contact-high-a-visual-history-of-hip-hop-exhibition

Eazy-E, el primer rapero de skate en la historia.

Inspirado en el venerado libro del mismo nombre, "CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History" es una exposición fotográfica masiva que destaca 140 obras raras de 60 aclamados fotógrafos en la industria de la música curada por Vikki Tobak.

En una exhibición en el Espacio de Fotografía de Annenberg, la extensa presentación celebra el trabajo de fotógrafos de hip-hop como Barron Claiborne, Brian “B +” Cross, Eric Coleman, Estevan Oriol, Janette Beckman, Ithaka Darin Pappas entre otros. Los aspectos más destacados incluyen el icónico Notorious B.I.G. de Barron Claiborne. retratos e instantáneas de retrocesos de Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar y Kanye West antes de que se convirtieran en grandes nombres; Las fotos de Janette Beckman de Salt-N-Pepa; así como los conocimientos sobre el enfoque documental de Jamel Shabazz y Gordon Parks para fotografiar la cultura hip-hop.

Acompañan las fotografías videos de archivo, recuerdos y música para demostrar "cómo la documentación de un fenómeno cultural afecta la política, la cultura y los movimientos sociales en todo el mundo", según el instituto. Por no mencionar, una tienda de discos emergente que vende discos de vinilo raros también forma parte del escaparate.

Vea los trabajos seleccionados arriba y luego visite el sitio web oficial de Annenberg Space for Photography para obtener más información. La exposición estará abierta hasta el 18 de agosto.

El espacio de Annenberg para la fotografía
2000 avenida de las estrellas
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Infamous Eazy-E Skate Shot by Ithaka Darin Pappas featured in HYPEBEAST (Contact High exhibit at The Annenberg)

https://hypebeast.com/2019/5/contact-high-a-visual-history-of-hip-hop-exhibition

Eazy-E, el primer rapero de skate en la historia.

Inspirado en el venerado libro del mismo nombre, "CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History" es una exposición fotográfica masiva que destaca 140 obras raras de 60 aclamados fotógrafos en la industria de la música curada por Vikki Tobak.

En una exhibición en el Espacio de Fotografía de Annenberg, la extensa presentación celebra el trabajo de fotógrafos de hip-hop como Barron Claiborne, Brian “B +” Cross, Eric Coleman, Estevan Oriol, Janette Beckman, Ithaka Darin Pappas entre otros. Los aspectos más destacados incluyen el icónico Notorious B.I.G. de Barron Claiborne. retratos e instantáneas de retrocesos de Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar y Kanye West antes de que se convirtieran en grandes nombres; Las fotos de Janette Beckman de Salt-N-Pepa; así como los conocimientos sobre el enfoque documental de Jamel Shabazz y Gordon Parks para fotografiar la cultura hip-hop.

Acompañan las fotografías videos de archivo, recuerdos y música para demostrar "cómo la documentación de un fenómeno cultural afecta la política, la cultura y los movimientos sociales en todo el mundo", según el instituto. Por no mencionar, una tienda de discos emergente que vende discos de vinilo raros también forma parte del escaparate.

Vea los trabajos seleccionados arriba y luego visite el sitio web oficial de Annenberg Space for Photography para obtener más información. La exposición estará abierta hasta el 18 de agosto.

El espacio de Annenberg para la fotografía
2000 avenida de las estrellas
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Ice Cube - Hip Hop Connection Magazine (August 1990 Issue) Photo: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Ice Cube - Hip Hop Connection Magazine (August 1990 Issue) Photo: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Featured article about Ice Cube's album "Amerikkka's Most Wanted" published Hip Hop Connection Magazine (August 1990 Issue)

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Photo: Ithaka Darin Pappas © 1989

This was one of many shoots 

That I did of NWA and its members 

between 1988 and 1991.

For more information about this image 

Please contact: ithaka.official@gmail.com - Also see: @_ithaka_

Note: This image is not Public Domain, it is Necessary to acquire authorization

thru my Representatives at the Tack Artist Agency Group in Los Angeles 

before reproducing in print, online or merchandising ... thank you.

https://www.generaladmission.us/blogs/news/eazy-e-and-ithakas-iconic-photo

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Fab 5 Freddy Talks Eazy E Skateboarding in '89 and Ithaka's pics in the exhibit Contact High Exhibit (VLADTV)

See Video Here: Fab 5 Freddy (VLADTV) 

Talks Eazy E Skateboarding 

in Venice and Ithaka pics in Contact High Exhibit

On May 15th the legendary Fab 5 Freddy spoke to DJ Vlad (VLADTV) about the early days of YO! MTV Raps, his NetFlix documentary The Grass Is Greener and about Ithaka Darin Pappas' historic images of Eazy E, being hip hop's very first skateboarder being shown at the exhibit Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop (Curated by: Vikki Tobak) 

Full Interview at these links:

            Part 1 (Fab 5 on VladTV): youtube.com/watch?v=0ztlV...

   Part 2 (Fab 5 on VladTV): youtu.be/MCtqoFYBym0

Part 3(Fab 5 on VladTV): youtu.be/dXK4m4xaIhs

Part 4(Fab 5 on VladTV): youtu.be/8Wa-xktCN34

Part 5(Fab 5 on VladTV): youtu.be/2J0-3iVwJEM

  Part 6(Fab 5 on VladTV): youtu.be/uZw4bn_n1MU