Thursday 8 December 2011

NEW YORK CITY GRAFFITI - THE DESTINY CHILDREN & ZEBSTER - ON THE RUN BOOK # 15

Zebster aka Zeb.Roc.Ski European Hip-Hop Pioneer

NEW YORK CITY GRAFFITI - THE DESTINY CHILDREN
This true story and retrospective documents the life and times of members of The Destiny Children (TDC) graffiti crew from 1985 to 2000. From Long Island, New York, The Destiny Children/Unlimited Styled Artists commemorate the 25-year history of the crew and their impact on the New York City subway graffiti era. This large collector's book is loaded with 500 color images of original art ranging from burners on hand ball courts to pieces on tractor trailers to works throughout the New York City subway system. Works by many established NYC graffiti artists are featured, including founding members DC3 and SHO. Other original members featured are SHOROZ, BEAVER, LAE, LAC2, ROE, DOOJ, SHIM, and ONE2. Works by affiliated writers, ZEUS TDC, CEOS, ROZ One, SHARE 37, POKE IBM, EPIC, RECK, SKETCH, KARL TCM, DEON, BOM 5 MW, SACE RIP, MIRAGE RIP, and others are documented. Alongside the visual accounts of these artistic exploits are dozens of true stories and recollections that uncover the reality of painting in yards, lay ups, racking spray paint, fights, graffiti beefs, and police raids. See what made TDC take extraordinary risks so their street art could be seen by the public in their never-ending quest for fame. An ideal history for artists, art historians, street art enthusiasts, anthropologists, and urban dwellers.


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New York City Graffiti: The Destiny Children
available here on Amazon


Book Details
ISBN: 9780764337208
Size: 9 x 12
Illustrations: 480+ color photos
Pages: 344
Availability: Now Available
Binding:Hard Cover
Found on Kool Sphere's Blog




ZEBSTER – Zeb.Roc.Ski ON THE RUN BOOK # 15This book is Hip Hop history par excellence. Zebster is a graffiti writer, music producer (ZEB.ROC.SKI), historian and organizer of international Hip Hop projects. He began breaking and writing graffiti in the early 80s and is considered one of the top European writers of the era. But Zebster gained his fame in the global Hip Hop community for many other feats as well, many of which became mile stones in Hip Hop History. 

In 1990, he started the On The Run Graffiti Magazine, by 1992 he founded the Hip Hop label MZEE Records and later in 1995 he co-founded From Here To Fame as a Hip Hop network company. He is the author of "Graffiti Art Germany" (1994) and producer of the world-renowned bestseller "Hip Hop Files".with Martha Cooper In 2007, he founded the Hip Hop Stützpunkt (base) in Berlin and is currently curating various cultural projects in China and India. 

His life story is fascinating, hyperactive and at times controversial. Get it from the source, from the founder of On The Run, From Here To Fame and the Hip Hop label MZEE Records himself.



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Title: On The Run Book #15: 
Series: ZEBSTER 
– Zeb.Roc.Ski
Pages: 144 full color, with 16 additional free pages!
With more than 400 photographs & illustrations.
Format: 23,5 x 16cm (9.25 x 6.3 inches) 
Language: English edition

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