Back in the Days

Ranked #26 in Hip-Hop

Back in the Days documents the emerging Hip Hop scene from 1980-1989--before it became what is today's multi-million-dollar multinational industry. Back in the days, gangs would battle not with guns, but by breakdancing. Back in the days, the streets--not corporate planning--set the standards for style. Back in the days, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, photographing everyday people hangin' in Harlem, kickin' it in Queens, and cold chillin' in Brooklyn.

Street styling with an attitude not seen in fashion for another twenty years to come, Shabazz's subjects strike poses...
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Carlton Douglas Ridenhour Classick NYC early 80s by Jamel Shabazz book Back In The Days....IMO the Government allowed drugs & Guns in the black community to destroy peace harmony and love RT https://t.co/5s3rFCvVH3 (Source)


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