I wonder did @ocularge invent this too? Cause this pre dates all his claims and so does all things Beastie and MCA related and he always had a skateboard with him check the archives. I wanna say this is summer 86 but could be 85 my memory’s f’d, regrdless Eli was a goober when we were skating up to the club that was 100 pct playing Hip Hop, @julesgayton whos in the pic probably was DJaying the clubs we rolled up too pulling up with his crates on his SKATEBOARD. @stackaly @paulmittleman and Jeremy Hemdersonwere in the mix, @jrosenblum1 might have been the promoter or at the door and @lysacooper was definitely hanging out. Man I was going to the Roxy with MCA in 83 pulling up on our skateboards. No one batted an eye. Lots of myths out there being told. I don’t claim I was the first to connect cultures, I have no want to that piece of real estate no one can claim this, it was cultural osmosis. All NYC white Graf kids skated in the late 70s hence the first Zoo York crew recognize Andy Kessler, Ali🙏🏼 and @erichazenyc who did early Def Jam graphics wheres his props Eli? Hip Hop came along and we got caught in its web, punk had gotten boring. The pic was organic and Paul Mittleman as weird as our relationship is made this photo happen. It wasn’t contrived, we all hung out and skated together (except Kevin he was just our boy). Anyways man lets be real cultures are bound to cross pollinate, Zoo York and Eli did some cool shit but lets not get too crazy over here and let our egos come into play with revisionist history and false narratives. SHUT which Zoos foundation is built on, which Eli did not start owns this real estate as much as anyone so give @mussoinc and peope like @harryjumonji some love while were at it🙏🏼. Love is Love not trying to shit on anyone just speaking my peace cause dudes keep asking me about the 9 club thing and the flick which I declined to be in cause the Jeremy Elkin dude rubbed me the wrong way when we exchanged dialog. @ocularge hope your not too butt hurt but you know what it is and how I get down. #AndyKessler #BoBo #Ali #SoulArtist #KnowYourRoots https://www.instagram.com/p/CSSx8RUlgZt/?utm_medium=tumblr
