On December 20 1986, a few months after She's Gotta Have It had established Spike Lee as a New York celebrity, a 23-year-old African-American construction worker named Michael Griffith was killed after being chased by an Italian-American mob
May 27th '91: The BIGinning
With a barbecue grill smoking on a sidewalk,
Biggie participated in his first public rap duel during an impromptu block party at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Quincy Street.
December '69 in Marcy projects, Brooklyn
"Weighing in at 10 pounds 8 ounces
He was the last of my 4 children"
09.18.04: Dave Chappelle spreads love. It's the Brooklyn way!
Michel Gondry follows Dave Chappelle during the summer of '04, up until September 18th, when he threw a free party on the corner of Quincy Street and Downing Street
