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Remembering Guru of @gangstarr over the years captured by T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric 1993 - 1997

All 📸 ©️ T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric @rareandunseenmoments

TUPAC VISITING HIS BIRTHPLACE, HARLEM 1994!!

Tupac was being filmed for a TV show called “Box Talk” where guests would show where they grew up, as Tupac was born in Harlem he showed them around his old neighbourhood.

So while in New York I had to go visit Harlem for myself & see the place that birthed the GOAT of hip hop, the video will be out soon on YouTube, subscribe now so you won’t miss it, link is in bio 💪

These iconic shots were taken by the amazing photographer T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric and I’ll put below what he said about that day

“I received a call from Tupac’s publicist (Interscope Records), asking if I wanted to photograph Tupac in Harlem. He was having a press day and being filmed for music video channel, The Box. The format of the segment, Box Talk, was that camera crews would follow the artist around their childhood neighborhood. They would then shoot a particular segment in front of a location meaningful to the artist.

For Tupac, it was to be his elementary school in Harlem.

When I arrived at the location (155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue), not far from Yankee Stadium, it was chaos. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. had just dropped the prior year and ‘Pac was already a household name. Everyone wanted a piece of him as he had recently released the album Thug Life: Volume 1. Magazine and newspaper photographers, The Box camera crew, and local news teams were yelling at Tupac to look at their cameras.

I watched it for a while, then slowly got out my camera and moved toward some of the action. I was relatively close to Tupac and I kept to certain angles so I would not be intrusive in ‘Pac’s space. The connection became more endearing. At times, both of us looked at each other and quietly laughed at the media circus around us.”

TUPAC VISITING HIS BIRTHPLACE, HARLEM 1994!!

Tupac was being filmed for a TV show called “Box Talk” where guests would show where they grew up, as Tupac was born in Harlem he showed them around his old neighbourhood.

So while in New York I had to go visit Harlem for myself & see the place that birthed the GOAT of hip hop, the video will be out soon on YouTube, subscribe now so you won’t miss it, link is in bio 💪

These iconic shots were taken by the amazing photographer T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric and I’ll put below what he said about that day

“I received a call from Tupac’s publicist (Interscope Records), asking if I wanted to photograph Tupac in Harlem. He was having a press day and being filmed for music video channel, The Box. The format of the segment, Box Talk, was that camera crews would follow the artist around their childhood neighborhood. They would then shoot a particular segment in front of a location meaningful to the artist.

For Tupac, it was to be his elementary school in Harlem.

When I arrived at the location (155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue), not far from Yankee Stadium, it was chaos. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. had just dropped the prior year and ‘Pac was already a household name. Everyone wanted a piece of him as he had recently released the album Thug Life: Volume 1. Magazine and newspaper photographers, The Box camera crew, and local news teams were yelling at Tupac to look at their cameras.

I watched it for a while, then slowly got out my camera and moved toward some of the action. I was relatively close to Tupac and I kept to certain angles so I would not be intrusive in ‘Pac’s space. The connection became more endearing. At times, both of us looked at each other and quietly laughed at the media circus around us.”

TUPAC VISITING HIS BIRTHPLACE, HARLEM 1994!!

Tupac was being filmed for a TV show called “Box Talk” where guests would show where they grew up, as Tupac was born in Harlem he showed them around his old neighbourhood.

So while in New York I had to go visit Harlem for myself & see the place that birthed the GOAT of hip hop, the video will be out soon on YouTube, subscribe now so you won’t miss it, link is in bio 💪

These iconic shots were taken by the amazing photographer T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric and I’ll put below what he said about that day

“I received a call from Tupac’s publicist (Interscope Records), asking if I wanted to photograph Tupac in Harlem. He was having a press day and being filmed for music video channel, The Box. The format of the segment, Box Talk, was that camera crews would follow the artist around their childhood neighborhood. They would then shoot a particular segment in front of a location meaningful to the artist.

For Tupac, it was to be his elementary school in Harlem.

When I arrived at the location (155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue), not far from Yankee Stadium, it was chaos. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. had just dropped the prior year and ‘Pac was already a household name. Everyone wanted a piece of him as he had recently released the album Thug Life: Volume 1. Magazine and newspaper photographers, The Box camera crew, and local news teams were yelling at Tupac to look at their cameras.

I watched it for a while, then slowly got out my camera and moved toward some of the action. I was relatively close to Tupac and I kept to certain angles so I would not be intrusive in ‘Pac’s space. The connection became more endearing. At times, both of us looked at each other and quietly laughed at the media circus around us.”

TUPAC VISITING HIS BIRTHPLACE, HARLEM 1994!!

Tupac was being filmed for a TV show called “Box Talk” where guests would show where they grew up, as Tupac was born in Harlem he showed them around his old neighbourhood.

So while in New York I had to go visit Harlem for myself & see the place that birthed the GOAT of hip hop, the video will be out soon on YouTube, subscribe now so you won’t miss it, link is in bio 💪

These iconic shots were taken by the amazing photographer T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric and I’ll put below what he said about that day

“I received a call from Tupac’s publicist (Interscope Records), asking if I wanted to photograph Tupac in Harlem. He was having a press day and being filmed for music video channel, The Box. The format of the segment, Box Talk, was that camera crews would follow the artist around their childhood neighborhood. They would then shoot a particular segment in front of a location meaningful to the artist.

For Tupac, it was to be his elementary school in Harlem.

When I arrived at the location (155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue), not far from Yankee Stadium, it was chaos. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. had just dropped the prior year and ‘Pac was already a household name. Everyone wanted a piece of him as he had recently released the album Thug Life: Volume 1. Magazine and newspaper photographers, The Box camera crew, and local news teams were yelling at Tupac to look at their cameras.

I watched it for a while, then slowly got out my camera and moved toward some of the action. I was relatively close to Tupac and I kept to certain angles so I would not be intrusive in ‘Pac’s space. The connection became more endearing. At times, both of us looked at each other and quietly laughed at the media circus around us.”

TUPAC VISITING HIS BIRTHPLACE, HARLEM 1994!!

Tupac was being filmed for a TV show called “Box Talk” where guests would show where they grew up, as Tupac was born in Harlem he showed them around his old neighbourhood.

So while in New York I had to go visit Harlem for myself & see the place that birthed the GOAT of hip hop, the video will be out soon on YouTube, subscribe now so you won’t miss it, link is in bio 💪

These iconic shots were taken by the amazing photographer T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric and I’ll put below what he said about that day

“I received a call from Tupac’s publicist (Interscope Records), asking if I wanted to photograph Tupac in Harlem. He was having a press day and being filmed for music video channel, The Box. The format of the segment, Box Talk, was that camera crews would follow the artist around their childhood neighborhood. They would then shoot a particular segment in front of a location meaningful to the artist.

For Tupac, it was to be his elementary school in Harlem.

When I arrived at the location (155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue), not far from Yankee Stadium, it was chaos. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. had just dropped the prior year and ‘Pac was already a household name. Everyone wanted a piece of him as he had recently released the album Thug Life: Volume 1. Magazine and newspaper photographers, The Box camera crew, and local news teams were yelling at Tupac to look at their cameras.

I watched it for a while, then slowly got out my camera and moved toward some of the action. I was relatively close to Tupac and I kept to certain angles so I would not be intrusive in ‘Pac’s space. The connection became more endearing. At times, both of us looked at each other and quietly laughed at the media circus around us.”

TUPAC VISITING HIS BIRTHPLACE, HARLEM 1994!!

Tupac was being filmed for a TV show called “Box Talk” where guests would show where they grew up, as Tupac was born in Harlem he showed them around his old neighbourhood.

So while in New York I had to go visit Harlem for myself & see the place that birthed the GOAT of hip hop, the video will be out soon on YouTube, subscribe now so you won’t miss it, link is in bio 💪

These iconic shots were taken by the amazing photographer T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric and I’ll put below what he said about that day

“I received a call from Tupac’s publicist (Interscope Records), asking if I wanted to photograph Tupac in Harlem. He was having a press day and being filmed for music video channel, The Box. The format of the segment, Box Talk, was that camera crews would follow the artist around their childhood neighborhood. They would then shoot a particular segment in front of a location meaningful to the artist.

For Tupac, it was to be his elementary school in Harlem.

When I arrived at the location (155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue), not far from Yankee Stadium, it was chaos. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. had just dropped the prior year and ‘Pac was already a household name. Everyone wanted a piece of him as he had recently released the album Thug Life: Volume 1. Magazine and newspaper photographers, The Box camera crew, and local news teams were yelling at Tupac to look at their cameras.

I watched it for a while, then slowly got out my camera and moved toward some of the action. I was relatively close to Tupac and I kept to certain angles so I would not be intrusive in ‘Pac’s space. The connection became more endearing. At times, both of us looked at each other and quietly laughed at the media circus around us.”

TUPAC VISITING HIS BIRTHPLACE, HARLEM 1994!!

Tupac was being filmed for a TV show called “Box Talk” where guests would show where they grew up, as Tupac was born in Harlem he showed them around his old neighbourhood.

So while in New York I had to go visit Harlem for myself & see the place that birthed the GOAT of hip hop, the video will be out soon on YouTube, subscribe now so you won’t miss it, link is in bio 💪

These iconic shots were taken by the amazing photographer T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric and I’ll put below what he said about that day

“I received a call from Tupac’s publicist (Interscope Records), asking if I wanted to photograph Tupac in Harlem. He was having a press day and being filmed for music video channel, The Box. The format of the segment, Box Talk, was that camera crews would follow the artist around their childhood neighborhood. They would then shoot a particular segment in front of a location meaningful to the artist.

For Tupac, it was to be his elementary school in Harlem.

When I arrived at the location (155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue), not far from Yankee Stadium, it was chaos. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. had just dropped the prior year and ‘Pac was already a household name. Everyone wanted a piece of him as he had recently released the album Thug Life: Volume 1. Magazine and newspaper photographers, The Box camera crew, and local news teams were yelling at Tupac to look at their cameras.

I watched it for a while, then slowly got out my camera and moved toward some of the action. I was relatively close to Tupac and I kept to certain angles so I would not be intrusive in ‘Pac’s space. The connection became more endearing. At times, both of us looked at each other and quietly laughed at the media circus around us.”

TUPAC VISITING HIS BIRTHPLACE, HARLEM 1994!!

Tupac was being filmed for a TV show called “Box Talk” where guests would show where they grew up, as Tupac was born in Harlem he showed them around his old neighbourhood.

So while in New York I had to go visit Harlem for myself & see the place that birthed the GOAT of hip hop, the video will be out soon on YouTube, subscribe now so you won’t miss it, link is in bio 💪

These iconic shots were taken by the amazing photographer T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric and I’ll put below what he said about that day

“I received a call from Tupac’s publicist (Interscope Records), asking if I wanted to photograph Tupac in Harlem. He was having a press day and being filmed for music video channel, The Box. The format of the segment, Box Talk, was that camera crews would follow the artist around their childhood neighborhood. They would then shoot a particular segment in front of a location meaningful to the artist.

For Tupac, it was to be his elementary school in Harlem.

When I arrived at the location (155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue), not far from Yankee Stadium, it was chaos. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. had just dropped the prior year and ‘Pac was already a household name. Everyone wanted a piece of him as he had recently released the album Thug Life: Volume 1. Magazine and newspaper photographers, The Box camera crew, and local news teams were yelling at Tupac to look at their cameras.

I watched it for a while, then slowly got out my camera and moved toward some of the action. I was relatively close to Tupac and I kept to certain angles so I would not be intrusive in ‘Pac’s space. The connection became more endearing. At times, both of us looked at each other and quietly laughed at the media circus around us.”

TUPAC VISITING HIS BIRTHPLACE, HARLEM 1994!!

Tupac was being filmed for a TV show called “Box Talk” where guests would show where they grew up, as Tupac was born in Harlem he showed them around his old neighbourhood.

So while in New York I had to go visit Harlem for myself & see the place that birthed the GOAT of hip hop, the video will be out soon on YouTube, subscribe now so you won’t miss it, link is in bio 💪

These iconic shots were taken by the amazing photographer T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric and I’ll put below what he said about that day

“I received a call from Tupac’s publicist (Interscope Records), asking if I wanted to photograph Tupac in Harlem. He was having a press day and being filmed for music video channel, The Box. The format of the segment, Box Talk, was that camera crews would follow the artist around their childhood neighborhood. They would then shoot a particular segment in front of a location meaningful to the artist.

For Tupac, it was to be his elementary school in Harlem.

When I arrived at the location (155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue), not far from Yankee Stadium, it was chaos. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. had just dropped the prior year and ‘Pac was already a household name. Everyone wanted a piece of him as he had recently released the album Thug Life: Volume 1. Magazine and newspaper photographers, The Box camera crew, and local news teams were yelling at Tupac to look at their cameras.

I watched it for a while, then slowly got out my camera and moved toward some of the action. I was relatively close to Tupac and I kept to certain angles so I would not be intrusive in ‘Pac’s space. The connection became more endearing. At times, both of us looked at each other and quietly laughed at the media circus around us.”

Through the lens of @tdoteric 📸 swanky hotels, skate shops, and family-owned gems. In ‘How To Be Outside, Inside’ the NJ native shares his go-to spots in the Lower East Side and The Bronx. 

🔗Read More — Link in bio

Through the lens of @tdoteric 📸 swanky hotels, skate shops, and family-owned gems. In ‘How To Be Outside, Inside’ the NJ native shares his go-to spots in the Lower East Side and The Bronx. 

🔗Read More — Link in bio

Through the lens of @tdoteric 📸 swanky hotels, skate shops, and family-owned gems. In ‘How To Be Outside, Inside’ the NJ native shares his go-to spots in the Lower East Side and The Bronx. 

🔗Read More — Link in bio

On Thursday I was invited to check out The Skate Muzik / Jazzmatazz listening session at @cooperhewittSmithsonian Design Museum to celebrate Guru’s Jazzmatazz Volume One, first released in May 1993 presented by Skate Muzik together with @keithcelam

Guru’s (@gangstarr ) son Keith Elam initially reached out to me to use one of my images of his Father (Guru) to help promote the listening event, I was honored.

The listening session inside Devon Turnbull’s HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No.3 at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum by @devonojas

The event was highlighted by firsthand stories from @djpremier and Guru’s son Keith, a true moment in cultural legacy.

The session celebrated the legacy of Guru’s Jazzmatazz through a selection of music experienced on Turnbull’s large-scale handmade sound system inside the historic Carnegie Library, a rare opportunity to hear Jazzmatazz in a space designed entirely around deep listening, texture, emotion and natural sound.

A special thank to @gianlucaquagliano (Skate Muzik) & @guru.jazzmatazz for bringing this together!

The beginning of May (2026) I brought another set of “Rare & Unseen Moments of 90’s Hip Hop” Fine Art Prints to @thhmuseum to be donate for the museum’s archives.

I sat for about a hour and signed all the prints at the museum’s The Culture Lab.

Grateful to contribute to this historic cultural museum.

Grateful to see my book, “Rare & Unseen Moments of 90’s Hip Hop Collectors Edition” on display and for sale @thhmuseum @thhculturelab along with @mikemillerphoto book!

Salute to @paoloproserpio & @nicolagypsicola for designing such a great book!!!

@nas @mslaurynhill @wyclefjean @prasmichel
The Fourth Fugee
1994, NYC

📸 T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric @rareandunseenmoments

Audio: @wearedelasoul & Nas “Run It Back”

@goodiemob
@ceelogreen @gippgoodie @tmogoodie @khujogoodie
1997, Time Square, NYC

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@plugwondelasoul @qtiptheabstract
@wearedelasoul Making of “Stakes is High”, studio session 1995, NYC
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(@hwmk in the background)

Behind the scenes clips of @oldirtybastardlegacy of @wutangclan during our “Barber Chair” portrait session, Harlem, NYC 1995.

All 📸 taken ©️T. Eric Monroe @tdoteric @rareandunseenmoments

@oldirtybastardlegacy @wutangclan
Barbershop
1995, Harlem, NYC

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@fatjoe @officialbigpun
Twinz
1998, Queens, NY

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