Photos From UK’s Golden Age Of Hip-Hop

From the early 80s, photographer Norman Anderson – better known as Normski – was at the height of the Hip-Hop scene, documenting the rise of the cultural movement that dominated both New York and London.

Building his own empire from a young age, Normski dabbled in a variety of artistic platforms, finding success as the face of BBC’s Dance Energy and as a DJ. But, his most notable credit of all, being his treasured photographic archive of UK Hip-Hop culture of the 80s. “’What was quite apparent was that I really related to a lot of the dance music and Hip-Hop that was going on as it was my people – it was my time,” he reflects.

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