hip-hop culture
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Rap Monde & Rap Styles – Global Sounds
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceAt a time when rap is global yet deeply rooted in local scenes, these two books offer a clear way to navigate its complexity. From Chicago and Atlanta to London, Paris, and Marseille, rap continues to evolve through cities, sounds, and cultural exchanges that shape contemporary music worldwide. Published by Combo Éditions within the Music […]
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Bordeaux90 — Birth of a Writing Scene
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceBefore becoming a movement, a scene often begins with a few teenagers testing the city. In the early 1990s, Bordeaux saw the emergence of a graffiti scene shaped by freedom, intuition, and close contact with the urban environment. Bordeaux 90, Naissance d’une scène graff looks back at that decisive decade, when a local visual language […]
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Sous Press’ 18 — Rap & Graffiti Stories
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceSome magazines quietly document the cultures that grow outside the spotlight. Sous Press’ is one of them: a French fanzine dedicated to rap and graffiti, capturing the energy of these scenes through writing and analog photography. Edited by Hobbzzzze and Mr. Bougayaud, each 32-page issue explores the people and stories shaping contemporary hip-hop culture. Issue […]
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Gotham #2 — Voices of Hip-Hop
La Bellevilloise 19-21 Rue Boyer, Paris, Paris, FranceHip-hop has always been a culture of voices, streets, and stories. Gotham magazine captures these moments, blending interviews, features, and portraits of artists, journalists, and activists shaping the scene today. The second issue highlights key figures and networks, offering an insider perspective on rap, graffiti, performance, and independent publishing—documenting the scene while celebrating its diversity […]
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Through the Lens of Hip-Hop: Maï Lucas Signing Session
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceSome photographic archives do more than document a scene—they enter it while it is still being formed. All Eyes On Me by Maï Lucas traces New York between 1990 and 2010, capturing a moment when hip-hop culture was still local, embodied, and self-defined. From Harlem to the Bronx, her images follow a generation reshaping identity, […]
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When T-Shirts Become Archives
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceSome archives are not built at once, but slowly assembled through years of looking, collecting, and remembering. Before culture became fully digitised, memory often lived in magazines, photographs, mixtapes and personal objects — fragments that carried entire worlds within them. Journalist, editor and curator Eglée de Bure opens her personal archive in Roots Picnic Music […]
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TEK — Techno, Trance & Dance Music’s Hidden History
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceTEK — Une Histoire de la Techno is a traverse through the history of electronic dance music, spanning from the early experiments of the Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète in the 1950s through psytrance, jungle and the free party movement. Electronic music is everywhere now — in adverts, concert halls, supermarkets, woven into rock, […]