Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Martha Cooper’s We B*Girlz Iz Out!

I’ve been waiting all year for this one. Martha Cooper and Nika Kramer’s We B*Girlz is out!!!

Martha and Nika have been working on this labor of love for the better part of the last 2 years, capturing the top b-girls worldwide and documenting the movement. Our girl Rokafella did the introduction, the great Asia-One gets high billing, and they are all going to bring it on tour this fall and into next year. Check their website often for the info.

This is going to be as important a book as Subway Art was to all of us back in the day. In 2 years, the b-girl movement is going to be at a whole other level in terms of size, scale, and influence.

You can buy it here or, for a limited time, cop a signed copy here for a limited time. Do it now!

posted by Jeff Chang @ 8:36 am | 2 Comments

2 Responses to “Martha Cooper’s We B*Girlz Iz Out!”

Brother OMi says:

October 5, 2005 at 8:37 pm

i wholeheartedly agree
Planet says:

October 7, 2005 at 9:57 pm

What’s going on Jeff? Check out my blog page vinylathletes.blogspot.com for interviews and vinyl treats. Nice blog.

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