Erik Parker
Erik Parker
Erik Parkeris a New York-based artist. He has had solo exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Connecticut; the De Appel in Amsterdam; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; Colette in Paris; Honor Fraser in Los Angeles; and Galleri Faurschou in Copenhagen, Denmark...
bringing people
I don't see the tributes stopping. It's like with Marvin Gaye. People keep bringing him back, to keep him alive.
across articulate band cause charming fragmented local looking people rap scenes thug
He didn't come across as a thug or as someone looking for trouble. He was a nice, articulate and charming guy. ... Local scenes in rap can be really fragmented but this may cause people to band together.
struggle reality done
The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I could point to him as a representative. Someone who put my struggle and my worldview into poetry.
kids hip-hop important
Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.
pieces music-is
Every piece of music is not for everybody.
running art hurt
Older generations can sometimes look down on today's hip hop but I refuse that mindset. I remember how hurt I was when older people told me that Run-D.M.C. was jungle music or that it was not music at all. Or that LL Cool J was not art.