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Buddy Esquire was a prolific handbill artist in hip-hop's early days in the South Bronx. He taught himself how to draw and different styles of lettering by checking out books from the local library — and his flyers are some of the only surviving documents from hip-hop's birth.

Remembering Buddy Esquire, The King Of Hip-Hop Flyers

Buddy Esquire, who died last month, produced hundreds of flyers for parties back in hip-hop’s primordial days — flyers that are some of the only surviving documents of that early scene.

Fred Ho practices his baritone in a dressing room before a performance.

Iconoclastic Musician Takes Measure Of His Life: ‘I Became A Fighter’

Fred Ho has combined improvisation with Asian themes to create his own form of political activism. Now, at age 56, Ho is dying of cancer.

The Beatles, As America First Loved Them

Later, they’d get weird, experimental, and rebellious, but when the Beatles made their U.S. television debut 50 years ago, they were still just a band — but a magically brilliant band.

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