One of the coolest random experiences I had was with the Skepta a Nigerian British MC. In 2015 Aaron Bonderoff asked me to help him out with last minute pop-up performance in the park on sixth Avenue in Houston for a rapper I knew from England I knew nothing about. Arron needed a couple of speakers a microphone and a generator to put on an illegal show in the park. I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into ( not legal) but I said fuck it because it’s always something fun weird and interesting with Aaron. To my surprise hundreds of kids showed up out of nowhere. It wasn’t a rowdy bunch, it was a pretty chill music loving crowd. They were stylish and respectable. They weren’t maniacs holding up their phones trying to make content pushing each other like you see now. They were actually into the music. Thankfully I bought along my good camera to document the moments. After the show finished I was packing up the speakers and generator when Skepta came over and thanked me for providing the sound system he then helped me carry the heavy generator back to the car. I’ll never forget that little gesture. A true gentleman. He didn’t need to do that. I had no idea how big he was at the time maybe that’s why I didn’t get star stuck. Soon after he would go onto even bigger things worth his Konnichiwa album. In any case thanks Aaron for the great experience. @aaron_bondaroff@skepta
"Do you have a camera that can shoot DV tapes?"
That question landed me my first music video with Director @shadiNYC for the US unit on the Teriyaki Boyz song "Zok On" featuring Busta Rhymes.
What I still find hilarious is Shadi never told me who we were filming, he let it be a surprise when Busta walked in the door.
We were given a few reference frames from A unit and crammed a bunch of Kinos into the loft of downtown legend @thetownpump (R.I.P. Shawn). At the end of the shoot we handed over the tape to be flown to Japan next day.
GOTHAM épisode 2 : Cultures & Révolutions.
À retrouver dans ce nouveau numéro : Lucien, appelé aussi « Papalu » à travers un échange rare et exclusif avec ses amis @wearedelasoul@the_beatnuts@common@junglebrothers4life et @kavinsky qui se prêtent au jeu et permettent d’en connaître un peu plus sur lui et son rôle majeur dans le hip hop, des deux côtés de l’Atlantique.
Photo : @shadinyc
Sortie le samedi 28 février 2026.
Lancement à la Fab @la_fab_officiel à partir de 18h30
Présentation du nouveau numéro puis Dj set avec @djstresh & @askoskoa
Children of Salseros
Little me with @shadinyc in the middle and my brother @picktorious outside the club where our fathers were playing a gig with their band Tipica 73.
The sunlight hit just right in McGolrick Park today, and I found myself on a bench singing “Chico and the Man” by josefeliciano . Beside me the talented painter & friend @lamoursupreme bringing rock star vibes.
This performance is dedicated to my friend @shadinyc and in honor of his father, David Perez — a master of the Latin bass whose spirit still walks with every note played. 🎥 @ginoalephotos@mcgolrickpark
#Brooklynvibe #LiveMusic #ChicoAndTheMan #fjosefeliciano
Here is the original edit of my 16mm footage of the Supreme team that I made for my own personal use in the 90’s. It was not a commercial for Supreme it was one I made for fun. I had Rolling stone’s “You can’t always get what you want” music because that’s what I thought fit when I saw the footage of the guys not landing the jumps. Many years later, Supreme licensed the footage and they change the music for licensing. There was talk around this time at one point to make a skate video for Supreme but the idea of working for weeks or months filming skaters gave me anxiety. It was easier to deal with Gangster rappers on music videos than deal with a van full of skaters in those days. This footage was just one day of going from location to location to do some photos and the 16mm Bolex footage was me picking up when they were having some fun to document. When I showed this edited footage to people that weren’t from the skate world they would tell me that it made them feel like it was just kids having fun and enjoying life. It wasn’t about fame it was just a bunch of kids skating and having fun with their friends. That’s about it folks.
Harry Jumunji shot by me in the basement of Supreme around 1996-97 @harryjumonji the concept was old style football trading cards of skaters. Shot 4x5 negative positive Polaroid.
Repost from the shoot I did with Anda Gentile @andalicious
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Being that prep school New York kid, I literally grew up with @sperry 💋 so when they asked me to be a part of their campaign and show my different personas and ways of wearing these classics…I was beyond STOKED!! 🔥🔥 get ready for that @sperry come back…they literally go with everything!
Photos by my boys @shadinyc and @hectornyc
NY + LA
Produced by @poisonives ❤️
