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The Music Center!

This was one of my favorite stores since I was a little kid.  The first place I ever rented videos from in the 80s and also the first place I ever bought music, once I started getting old enough to buy music.  The neighborhood hip hop record shop but they sold all genres of music, graphic tees, posters, etc.  Bought lots of vinyl, cassettes, and mix tapes in this spot!

Photo: The Music Center, Sunset Park, Brooklyn
The Music Center, Sunset Park, Brooklyn

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Chilling in Disney World

Chilling with my big cuz in Disney World. This is the man who first introduced me to hip hop, along with my other cuz P-Nut (RIP). My first memory of hip hop is of watching the video for Planet Rock on channel 68 at my crib on 4th Ave in BK. Had to be like 82 or 83! I was 4 or 5! Word up.

Photo: Stoak & Nils
Stoak & Nils

Personal, Photos

Backyard BBQ with fam!

Some of the last pics taken with my cousin, P-Nut! These are from a backyard BBQ at my cousin Trev’s crib in BK a few years back. #pnut #chinaman #canarsiedave #davidanthony #pnutrip #tcc #TheChanClan

Don Stoaker – The Sunset Kid – Backyard BBQ w/Fam (P-Nut RIP)
Already Tore Up. Early!
Don Stoaker – The Sunset Kid – Backyard BBQ w/Fam (P-Nut RIP)
Don Stoaker – The Sunset Kid – Backyard BBQ w/Fam
Don Stoaker – The Sunset Kid – Backyard BBQ w/Fam (P-Nut RIP)

Images, Personal, Photos

Baruch Houses, Lower East Side, NY, NY

Here are some shots taken outside the Baruch Houses in Manhattan.  The houses were brand new.  They hadn’t even done the landscaping or put in the benches yet.

Photo: Baruch Houses, Lower East Side, NY, NY
My Grandfather with his Eldest Daughter and 2 Youngest Children, and my Mother, Outside of their Home in the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side of Manhattan
Photo: Baruch Houses, Lower East Side, NY, NY
My Mother with her 2 Youngest Siblings and 1 of my Grandfather’s Relatives