MARS

GORGEOUS BOY SHIT.

[Ethan 🇨🇲 @tebzafc]

Yea this hurts

[MARS @RicoMars17]

Me 10 seconds into Spider Noir 🕷️

[MARS @RicoMars17]

Drake swears he’s the greatest dancer of our generation 😂

[Living Proof New York @livingproof_ny]

The Making of Dipset. Photographs from “Triumph: Icons of Rap”, a book by Living Proof.

Formed in the summer of 1997 by Cam'ron and Jim Jones in Harlem, Dipset was a rap group originally consisting of Juelz Santana, Cam'ron, Jim Jones, and Freekey Zekey. Through their music, fashion, mixtapes, and street DVDs, Dipset became one of the most significant forces of early 2000s New York rap.

From Juelz Santana's American flag bandana to Cam’ron’s use of pink fur coats and mink jackets, Dipset created an instantly recognizable aesthetic that propelled their fame far past Harlem. With releases like Diplomatic Immunity and songs including “I Really Mean It” and “Hey Ma”, the group delivered music that spoke on life in Uptown New York with such charisma, that their influence is still felt decades later.

These photographs of Dipset were shot by Clay Patrick McBride in the early 2000s.

Living Proof has worked with Clay Patrick McBride to release a book on photographs documenting the golden era of rap’s defining artists during the creation of their most pivotal works.

“Triumph: Icons of Rap” will be sent to members of the Living Proof Patreon for the month of May 2026.

all photographs by Clay Patrick McBride

[Ezzy @EzzyMUFC]

Kobbie mainoo: "I remember rashy and Jesse lingard coming to talk to us"
This part hit me different man

[MARS @RicoMars17]

In what world are Take Care & Nothing Was The Same not classic albums? Drake slander insane man

[MARS @RicoMars17]

Memoirs of a trafficker, who’s trapper? money hidden in Africa

[CHILLING WITH MONIE🌹 @CWMonieHQ]

Listed as one of the New York Times “30 Greatest Songwriters’ alive, Jay-Z breaks down the art of writing in its purest form, where rhythm leads and the words follow.

“The flow comes first… then I fill it with words.”

From channeling jazz like Rakim to studying the unorthodox genius of The Notorious B.I.G., it’s a masterclass in making every word hit.

[MARS @RicoMars17]

These AI captions on IG gotta stop

[MARS @RicoMars17]

You said Rick Ross top 5 rappers oat bro

[RENÉ @ReneBleriot]

Need new friends

Someone said Ye > MJ
Someone else said Drake > Ye

[MARS @RicoMars17]

“Tezzus says ØWAY like a Pokemon saying its name” 😂

[MARS @RicoMars17]

First time I listened to Max B - we be on our shit by the beaches in Barcelona after a booking, top 3

[le.hl @0xleegenz]

Walking alone through a foreign city at night and realizing how far you’ve come has to be a top 3 peak moment of all time

[‏ً @Bk8iP3]

Arteta thinks he’s Avon Barksdale

[MARS @RicoMars17]

WHITE WHITE LIKE JOHN TERRY

[YT @tolafolaa]

yung fume man

[MARS @RicoMars17]

Surely this is Igor Tudor’s last game this is mental

[MARS @RicoMars17]

Stand for sumn or fall for everything

[MARS @RicoMars17]

Tom Hardy you’ll forever be goated

[Ziggy_Sobotka @Ziggys_Duck]

During Season 3 of The Wire , Robert Wisdom (Bunny Colvin) and Andre Royo (Bubbles) gathered the black actors together for this amazing picture. “We were just shooting the breeze one day and just marveling at the full array of talent that was coming together. This was the third year, and we came up with the idea to document this moment. At that point in television history, it hadn’t happened, and we figured it would probably be a long time before it happened again.” -Robert Wisdom (from the book #AllthePiecesMatter )
#BlackHistoryMonth

[MARS @RicoMars17]

You had me at motherfucker