Hip-Hop Photo Museum

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then photographers are worth millions.

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𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐛 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩, photographed by 𝐒𝐮𝐞 𝐊𝐰𝐨𝐧 in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, during a photo shoot for their third studio album, 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ, released in 1996 on Loud Records.

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𝐊𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐆 𝐑𝐚𝐩 & 𝐃𝐉 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐨, photographed by 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐞 for the front cover of their third studio album, 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝐷𝑖𝑒, released in 1992 on Cold Chillin' Records. This is the original, unretouched photograph used for the album cover.

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During the photo sessions for 𝐸𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑢-𝑇𝑎𝑛𝑔 (36 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠), 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 photographed 𝐖𝐮-𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐧 at several locations around New York City, including under the Queensboro Bridge, where he captured several images of the group.

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𝐍𝐚𝐬, photographed by 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡 in Queensbridge in 1993. The image was an outtake from the 𝐼𝑙𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 photo shoot.

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An outtake, photographed by 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡, from the 1994 cover shoot for 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐋’s single 𝑃𝑢𝑡 𝐼𝑡 𝑂𝑛, released on Columbia Records.

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𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐞, photographed by 𝐀𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚, getting a shape-up from 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐛 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 during the filming of the 𝑆𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 music video in 1989.

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𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧, photographed by 𝐒𝐮𝐞 𝐊𝐰𝐨𝐧 on the roof of Hex Films in SoHo for an editorial feature in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 magazine, 1992.