Author(s): NORMSKI

RAP / HIP HOP | MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY

Normski was a vital witness to the period known as the Golden Age of Rap, when big US artists like Run DMC, LL Cool J and Public Enemy started to play in the UK. At the same time, a British music scene born of Black music and myriad multicultural influence was developing, giving birth to Jungle, Garage and Techno. The author, who describes himself as having been a young Black British homeboy photographer , was in the right place at the right time to document the emergent music, community and social movements of hip hop and rap in the UK. Normski: The Man with the Golden Shutter presents Normski's personal journey through that world from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. The book includes Normski's often previously unseen photographs of Public Enemy, N.W.A., Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Goldie, Ice-T, Run DMC, Wu-Tang Clan and many others, alongside the photographer's stories and anecdotes from the centre of what would become a hugely influential cultural movement. Normski's photographs capture the emerging hip hop scene of the 1980s from the inside . Public Enemy, N.W.A., Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Goldie, Ice-T, Run DMC and Wu-Tang Clan are all included . Definitive, celebratory, a stunning visual record 300 colour illustrations