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Cold Crush Brothers at Club Negril

Title:
Cold Crush Brothers at Club Negril
Collection:
Joe Conzo Jr. Archive
Creator:
Conzo, Joe, Jr. (American hip hop photographer)
Date:
1981
Location:
Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Country:
United States
Coordinates:
40.7309608,-73.9863892
Latitude:
40.7309608
Longitude:
"-73.9863892"
Venue 1:
Club Negril
Address 1:
181 2nd Ave., New York, NY, 10003
Identifier:
JC_00054
Work Type:
black-and-white negatives
Subject:
Cold Crush Brothers
Hip-hop
Description:
Cold Crush Brothers performing at Club Negril, 1981. From left, Charlie Chase (in background), Almighty Kay Gee, Easy AD, JDL, and Grandmaster Caz. Audience visible in background at the right.
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.