Hip Hop Family Tree #2

Hip Hop Family Tree — Fantagraphics

Issue: #2

Book 2 covers the early years of 1981-1983, when Hip Hop has made a big transition from the parks and rec rooms to downtown clubs and vinyl records. The performers make moves to separate themselves from the paying customers by dressing more and more flamboyantly until a young group called RUN-DMC comes on the scene to take things back to the streets. This volume covers hits like Afrika Bambaataa’s...

First appearances: Doug E. Fresh, Grandmaster Flash

Creators: Ed Piskor

Characters: Doug E. Fresh, Grandmaster Flash, Ice-T, Big Joe Krash, DJ Kool Herc, Russell Simmons, Afrika Bambaataa, Sylvia Robinson