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May 2018
22m 53s

Richard "Rich" Porter

Engle
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Harlem, NY - 1984. Imagine a world without social media. No Facebook, Instagram or Youtube. A world were influencers do not come from the screens but from the streets. A world where trends and styles are built far away from the the 5th Avenue. Well, this world existed, in the 80’s Harlem, where a young hustler emerged from the concrete to create esthetics that would define the style of Rap for the next decades.

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