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Afrika Bambaataa and Charlie Chase at the Kips Bay Boys Club

Title:
Afrika Bambaataa and Charlie Chase at the Kips Bay Boys Club
Collection:
Joe Conzo Jr. Archive
Creator:
Conzo, Joe, Jr. (American hip hop photographer)
Date:
1981
Location:
Bronx, New York, New York, United States
Country:
United States
Coordinates:
40.8169785,-73.8565598
Latitude:
40.8169785
Longitude:
"-73.8565598"
Venue 1:
Kips Bay Boys Club
Address 1:
1930 Randall Ave, Bronx, NY 10473
Identifier:
JC_01131
Work Type:
black-and-white negatives
Subject:
Cold Crush Brothers
Hip-hop
Pow Wow
Afrika Bambaataa, 1960-
DJ Red Alert
Charlie Chase
Soulsonic Force (Musical group)
Description:
Afrika Bambaataa and Charlie Chase at the Kips Bay Boys Club, 1981. In the background, second from left, is Pow Wow of the Soulsonic Force. To the immediate right of Chase is Red Alert.
Cite As:
Joe Conzo, Jr. photographs and ephemera, #8091. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
Joe Conzo, Jr. Archive
Rights:
All images on this site, unless otherwise indicated, were taken by Joe Conzo and are © Cornell University Library and Joe Conzo. The low resolution copies found on this site may be used for non-profit, educational purposes. For other uses, including the use of the images on advertising-supported web sites or for high-resolution copies of the images, please contact for information on licensing.

About the collection

The Cornell Hip Hop Collection is the proud home of the archive of photographer Joe Conzo, Jr., featuring more than 15,000 of his negatives and prints. Called "The man who took Hip-Hop's baby pictures" by the New York Times, Joe Conzo captured images of the South Bronx between 1978 and 1983, including early hip hop jams, street scenes, and Latin music performers and events.