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Cold Crush Brothers and Fantastic Romantic 5, Wild Style rehearsal

Title:
Cold Crush Brothers and Fantastic Romantic 5, Wild Style rehearsal
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:
40.8556699,-73.8996702
Latitude:
40.8556699
Longitude:
"-73.8996702"
Address 1:
Ryer Avenue and 182nd Street, Bronx NY 10457
Venue 2:
Intermediate School 115
Address 2:
Morris Ave. and 184th St., Bronx NY 10468
Identifier:
JC_00042
Work Type:
black-and-white negatives
Subject:
Cold Crush Brothers
Wild Style (Motion picture)
Hip-hop
DJ Tony Tone
Whipper Whip
Ahearn, Charlie
Grandwizzard Theodore
JDL (Jerry D. Lewis)
Fantastic Five (Musical group)
Description:
The Cold Crush Brothers and the Fantastic Romantic 5 rehearsing their scene from Charlie Ahearn's film Wild Style. Facing the camera: JDL, Grandwizzard Theodore, and Tony Tone
with backs to the camera: Whipper Whip and Charlie Ahearn.
Note:
These photographs were taken at either a basketball court at Ryer Ave. and 182nd St. or in the playground of Intermediate School 115 at Morris Ave. and 184th St.
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.