Greater LA

Chronicling hip-hop through the decades -- in photos

Hosted by Steve Chiotakis Jul. 16, 2019 Los Angeles

MF Doom, Los Angeles, 2003. Photo credit: Eric Coleman/Jeff Jank.

The Annenberg Space for Photography's new exhibit, "Contact High," pays tribute to some of hip-hop’s greatest stars in all their glory and behind the scenes. And in her new documentary, Rachel Mason chronicles the story of her parents’ two gay porn stores.

From this Episode:

Hip-hop photography through the decades, from NY to LA

The Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City has a new exhibit that pays tribute to some of hip-hop’s greats. It’s called Contact High: A Visual History of Hip...

10 min

Chronicling the closure of two gay porn stores in LA

Rachel Mason grew up in a very typical family: two parents, three kids, Sunday school, except for the fact that her parents owned two gay porn stores and, at one point, were...

15 min

Credits

Host:
Steve Chiotakis

Producers:
Christian Bordal, Kathryn Barnes