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Monty Ross oral history interview, 2013

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dc.date.accessioned 2013-08-31T20:49:08Z
dc.date.available 2013-08-31T20:49:08Z
dc.date.issued 2013-01-16 en_US
dc.identifier.citation William & Mary Hip Hop Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10288/18542
dc.description Monty Ross oral history interview conducted by Kevin Kosanovich on January 16, 2013. Monty Ross is longtime friend, collaborator and producer of filmmaker Spike Lee. Monty Ross currently serves as artistic director and operations manager of the Crispus Attucks Theatre in Norfolk, Virginia. The oral history consists of two parts: part one is the longer oral history; part two is a "bonus" story about meeting a young Sean "P.Diddy" Combs. Topics include: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn; DJ Nab; hip-hop in Atlanta; the film She's Gotta Have It; Island Pictures; New York's Lower East Side and hip-hop; Michael Jordan and the "Gotta Be the Shoes" Nike campaign; Attuck's Theatre hip-hop Nutcracker; Mid-Atlantic Black Film Festival; GZA; Liquid Swordz; Sean "P.Diddy" Combs. en_US
dc.format.extent 2 sound recordings : 2 mp3 en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Ross, Monty--Interviews
dc.subject.lcsh Hip-Hop--Virginia
dc.subject.lcsh Hip-Hop--Georgia--Atlanta
dc.subject.lcsh Hip-Hop--New York
dc.subject.lcsh Diddy, 1969-
dc.subject.lcsh Lee, Spike
dc.subject.lcsh Rap (Music)--Virginia
dc.subject.lcsh Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
dc.subject.lcsh Genius (Musician)
dc.subject.lcsh Jordan, Michael, 1963-
dc.subject.other Crispus Attucks Cultural Center (Norfolk, Va.)
dc.subject.other Attucks Theatre (Norfolk, Va.)
dc.subject.other Mid-Atlantic Black Film Festival (Norfolk, Va.)
dc.subject.other DJ Nab
dc.title Monty Ross oral history interview, 2013 en_US
dc.type Sound en_US
dc.type.genre Oral Histories en_US
dc.contributor.interviewee Ross, Monty
dc.contributor.interviewer Kosanovich, Kevin, 1981
dc.date.digital 2013-01-16
dc.identifier.collectionId Mss. 1.19 en_US
dc.identifier.archon 10111
dcterms.isPartOf William & Mary Hip Hop Collection en_US

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