The House that Rap Built
Carol Cooper, Village Voice, 15 May 1990
ON FRIDAY night at the Tunnel, Bronx, Jersey, and Brooklyn posses with high-top fades, or one patch of hair dyed psychedelic orange, bob and weave to reggae, rap, house, and imported disco.
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