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<a href="http://www.trueskool.com/video/the-hip-hop-files-w-photo-journalist-martha-cooper"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/PMJgpY8Jpt3BrcsMT5*xY2nfAzCFx-jz6-zm6Vr8p85nnDf9UYYbO5zQc-JGwZqmdXPwoh48nek9dXNeYGr7cCDfELyBFJ4e/478106315.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Martha Cooper was a photo-journalist living in New York City when she first began documenting the origins of B-boy (short for break-boys) and hip hop culture. While other New Yorkers at the time saw this movement as a trite, uninspired or even offensive fad, Martha found a new form of expressing art. Through her camera lens we recount the infancy of hip-hop…

<a href="http://www.trueskool.com/video/the-hip-hop-files-w-photo-journalist-martha-cooper"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/PMJgpY8Jpt3BrcsMT5*xY2nfAzCFx-jz6-zm6Vr8p85nnDf9UYYbO5zQc-JGwZqmdXPwoh48nek9dXNeYGr7cCDfELyBFJ4e/478106315.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Martha Cooper was a photo-journalist living in New York City when she first began documenting the origins of B-boy (short for break-boys) and hip hop culture. While other New Yorkers at the time saw this movement as a trite, uninspired or even offensive fad, Martha found a new form of expressing art. Through her camera lens we recount the infancy of hip-hop culture, from the alleys and subways of New York to the masses beyond the boroughs.