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    Chronicling hip-hop through the decades -- in photos

    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.

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    Person smiling broadly wearing glasses and plaid shirt against ivy-covered wall background.By Steve Chiotakis • Jul 16, 2019 • 25m Listen

    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.

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      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 Hop .

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      10 min
    2. 10:10

      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 perhaps the biggest producers and distributors of gay porn films in the…

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      15 min
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    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 0:0010 min

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

    2. 10:1015 min

      Chronicling the closure of two gay porn stores in LA

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