Feb 6, 2021
RALPH’S COUNTRY
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Jaevonn Harris
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RALPH’S COUNTRY
by
Jaevonn Harris
“There used to be an Asian man who used to own a photomat, on Flatbush or Fulton. It had all these different backdrops, leaves backdrop, tropical backdrop, and then on the other side of the black you can see there’s a rainbow with little clouds and shit.
So these guys would get up, meet up, making sure they’re all wearing the same thing, so they’d call each other the night before, and then they’d go home and if they’d all stolen something, they all went to this little Asian photo spot and they’d all sit there and pose for all these photos.
I’ve been told these stories. The photo spot is gone now, but that’s what I love. If you look through the book, there are several different crews of guys, but they all always went to this one photo spot. If you were from Brooklyn, this is where you went with your crew in the early ’90s to get your big picture.”
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Bury Me With the Lo On
For readers who enjoyed our episode on Lo Heads, Victory Journal is coming out with a 264-page hardcover book on the Lo Lifes -- the original Brooklyn crew that popularized the wearing of Polo Ralph Lauren in hip hop culture (and subsequently, other youth subcultures as well).
The book is a collaborative effort between photographer Tom Gould and original ‘Lo Life co-founder (and rapper) Thirstin Howl III. Although there’s already a ton of information online about the collective, as well as a special feature in The Source magazine, nobody has documented Polo collectors like this. Bury Me With the Lo On has never-before-seen archival photos from Thirstin’s personal catalog, recent portraits by Gould, and interviews with Raekwon, Action Bronson, Just Blaze, Lo Life members, and other Polo collectors.
At $65, the book isn’t cheap, but the photographs above do look great. You can pre-order the book online.