Hip-Hop Paints A Picture

“The whole hip hop collection has already been bought by a private collector for 2.2 Million dollars!” Says 50 Cent’s DJ, Whoo Kid. Isn’t that beautiful? Mr. Melamid’s (music video director Dan the Man’s father) career seem renewed. Among the obvious signs is his first solo show, “Holy Hip-Hop!,” which opened recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. It gathers a dozen portraits of men in the hip-hop world, including the entrepreneur Russell Simmons, the fashion designer and graffiti champion Marc Ecko, and the rappers Kanye West, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent. It is slated to be on a museum tour and will be displayed at the All-Star Gallery Show in London, UK.

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