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...
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.
bringing people
I don't see the tributes stopping. It's like with Marvin Gaye. People keep bringing him back, to keep him alive.
added celebrated culture everybody fans good group music pop resentment
A lot of hip-hop fans resented them for being the token hip-hop group that was representing hip-hop culture to the mainstream. It wasn't their fault; they're just an accessible, easy-going group that started making really good pop music and was celebrated by everybody after they added Fergie. But there was a lot of resentment and hate.
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.