Photography Portfolio-: Iraq & The Hip-Hop Soldier
I was sent to IRAQ by VIBE magazine.
The objective was to document how RAP/Hip Hop music has become the pulse of the Iraq war, as the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison were for Vietnam.
Anyone who listens to Hip Hop/ Rap music has bounced up to a red light/intersection in their whip/car bump-in the hottest hit that gets them amped up! Now imagine doing this on the mean streets of IRAQ in a Hummer... Tank.... Armored Personal Carrier... ETC...
With rudimentary music recording studios built on forward operating bases GI rappers, are producing or aiming to produce their own CDs, giving listeners back home an uncensored glimpse of life in Iraq.
"There's a place in this world you've never seen before / A place called streets and a place called war / Most of you wanksters ain't never seen the fleet / You talk about war and you've only seen the street."
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