Twenty two years after the murder of rapper Big L, FRANK looks back at his life and legacy. He was shot and killed in February 1999, in his native Harlem. Despite his…
Month: February 2021
Ricky Powell is New York, the funkiness, the walk, the charm and what NYC is mostly known for is the FUCK YOU attitude if you cross the cool to corny line. His…
In 2010 FRANK151 had the pleasure of having legend and longtime friend Ricky Powell curate one of our chapter books, Chapter 43: Bug Out! Below is a brief history of the one…
For our 12th week of The FRANK Show, we had Tabatha “Dabatha” McGurr sit down with our lit genius Ricky Powell to talk all about the inception of the “Invisible Jazz…
Welcome to Ricky Powells Art Funk Explosion. This exhibit takes you from Ricky’s west village apt to his Frank151 Bug Out! release party at Sacred Gallery.
Ricky Powell dropped by the FRANK151 offices in 2011 to say a few kind words about the FRANK Blank Composition Notebook.
It’s very possible that you’ve never seen Joe Conzo, or even heard his name, but you’ve probably seen his work. Originally from the Bronx, Joe Conzo snapped many of hip-hop’s “baby pictures.”…
Ricky Powell stopped by FRANK151 HQ the morning after the Republican National Convention in 2012 and had some choice words for Clint Eastwood and Co.
“Ricky Powell is an old friend who’s been photographing me since day one. Even though we’re all older, we all have a major history. We were like the founders of that whole…