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May 22, 2018 5:24 PM Subscribe
The Spectacular Personal Mythology of Rammellzee by Hua Hsu is a fine introduction to the works of New York graffiti artist, sculptor, rapper, and painter Rammellzee, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 49. Known to hip hop afficionados for Beat Bop, his collaboration with Jean-Michel Basquiat and K-Rob, which was the subject of a Spin oral history. To get a feel for his aesthetic, this interview excerpted from the documentary Guerilla Art is a good place to start. If you want to know more, Alexxa Gotthardt wrote a good overview of his career and hip hop historian Dave Tompkins reminisced about Rammellzee and placed him in context.
Hua and I were roommates at high school debate camp a million years ago. we didn't keep up with each other, but I love running across cool pieces like this.
posted by lkc at 7:54 PM on May 22, 2018
posted by lkc at 7:54 PM on May 22, 2018
Gone too soon. Truly the greatest man whose name was a math equation that I can think of.
posted by nixon's meatloaf at 9:55 PM on May 22, 2018
posted by nixon's meatloaf at 9:55 PM on May 22, 2018
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