Episode 21: Lee Quiñones

Graffiti legend LEE stops by to reminisce about the making of Wild Style and the special connection that film has with Nas’ debut, Illmatic. He also paints a vivid picture of the outlaw days of old school New York when hip-hop was just forming and he was considered public enemy #1 by the MTA vandal squad. All this, plus his time spent with Basquiat, being a DJ assistant as a teen in the Lower East Side, and the immeasurable value graffiti art has today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Join Nas and Minya "Miss Info" Oh, for The Bridge - candid conversations with legendary figures who developed the culture and the new generation of voices carrying hip-hop forward. We celebrate hip-hop now, and through its 50th anniversary in 2023. It was written, now it's heard.