Hip Hop Culture History Lesson

I spent last weekend in NYC shooting behind scenes of  Hip Hop music video.  It turned out to be a lesson in the Hip Hop Culture that I was a part growing up.  I grew up listening, dancing, and watching Hip Hop videos.  I was on location in several different areas of Brooklyn, Harlem, and Queens. It made I think about some of my favorite” back in day" videos like  "Self Destruction" -Stop the Violence movement, "Microphone Fiend- Eric B and Rakim, and "My Addias"-Run-DMC to name just a few.  I thought about the oversize thick gold chains, colorful sweat suits, brightly colored fat shoe laces, and cool looking Kango hats that were part of my era growing up.  Now colleges study the Hip Hop Culture movement.  This for me is funny because to me and many others like me it was just a way of expressing ourselves. We never thought of it as "culture movement". 

So here is little bit of "Culture":

So check my man Flash's video soon to be released March 23, 2012.  "Dejavu" www.flashishiphop.com

Street Walker

I snapped this shot of what appeared to be a homeless man.  

As I was processing my pics from this day I started to wonder was this gentleman really homeless?  Wondered if he was veteran who fought for his country some decades ago, was he a father or did he have  family?  My point is that I overlooked and judge this elderly man merely because of his appearance.  I thought about how shallow I was and that  I must do better. Many of us Americans are only one or two paychecks away from being homeless.