Hip-Hop turns 50 as we speak (August 11) and the tradition that was birthed within the Bronx again in 1973 has remodeled into an entity with large international affect. Dorothy, a United Kingdom-based artwork and print studio that focuses on honoring all types of music and tradition, launched a brand new print in honor of Hip-Hop’s fiftieth anniversary and styled within the type of the enduring JVC RC-M90 boombox.

True B-Boys and B-Women know that the boombox was the quintessential methodology in rocking one’s Hip-Hop tunes and none different extra notable than the JVC RC-M90. Dorothy cleverly provides imagery into the form of the boombox with a number of pictures for this “inside information” print with over 350 Hip-Hop artists featured. Very similar to their Hip-Hop Love blueprint and the Hip-Hop Stamps album print, Dorothy’s loving consideration to element is on show as soon as extra.

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The print celebrates among the best moments in hip-hop historical past, all hidden inside this iconic boombox. Scenes embody DJ Kool Herc at his Again to College Jam, Grand Wizzard Theodore inventing the scratching method, Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5 performing, Sylvia Robinson assembling The Sugarhill Gang, and The Bridge Wars rivalry between Boogie Down Productions and the Juice Crew and the enduring rap battle between Kool Moe Dee vs Busy Bee at Harlem World in 1981

The print options cameos from over 350 hip-hop artists, grouping collectively musicians who labored collectively, and geographic scenes together with West Coast artists N.W.A, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 2Pac and Kendrick Lamar. East Coast artists Run-D.M.C. Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, Nas and Infamous B.I.G. Mobb Deep and Jay-Z. The Southern scene OutKast, Lil Wayne, T.I. and British hip-hop and dirt artists Stormzy, Dizzee Rascal, Ms Dynamite and Little Simz. There’s additionally a sneaky little look from the dinosaur from the Wu-Tang Clan Gravel Pit video.

How dope is that?

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Photograph: Dorothy