Futura 2000/Leonard McGurr (*1955) with punk band The Clash-Shirt at the New York City Rap Tour 1982 concert in the Salle Europa in Montigny les Metz, November 29, 1982.

The virtuoso graffiti pioneer had just recorded a rap single about graffiti with The Clash.

Unpublished photo: Michel Pira, Archive Le Republicain Lorrain 16336797.

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Francis Kochert: Feeling of New York. le rap débarque. In L'Affiche Le Républicain Lorrain, November 27, 1982.

The NY City Rap Tour, which brought hip-hop to Europe, sent an important impulse to the greater region. It combined all elements of hip-hop and presented dozens of rappers, graffiti writers, break dancers and DJs. The tour started on November 21, 1982 in Paris and then continued to Lyon, Belfort, Mulhouse, Strasbourg, London and Los Angeles.

Archive Le Republicain Lorrain.

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