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Marc Eckō Built A Creative Empire, Almost Lost It All, + Came Out On Top

IDEA GENERATION

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The Origins of Rap Music in Jamaica Queens

I think it's one of the reasons that to this day, I have such an affinity towards like, you know, emerging technological trends because I always had that kind of pirate radio curiosity. You didn't really do graffiti in Lakewood the way that it was happening in Philadelphia or New York right? Or in Burroughs and other urban, properly urban cities,. okay, with train infrastructure. But we knew it was like the thing, right? So when you go to the mall and you end up at the book store at my dad and like that Henry Shiffon and Martha Cooper book, still like a profound moment for me.

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