From Manor to Cabin: The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride
Frank Broughton, i-D, 1994
BACK AT THE HEIGHT of hip-hops dyslexia, when fs were phs or not at all, there arrived a group from darkest LA who called themselves The Pharcyde—four friends, Imani, Romeye (aka Bootie Brown), Fatlip and Tre: dancers and hangout buddies, who lived together in a hip-hop Pee-Wees Playhouse they called The Pharcyde Manor.
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