Ice Cube – Lady Liberty
I meant to post this a while back but you know how that goes. Classic pic of Cube choking out Lady Liberty taken by world famous hip hop photographer Ernie Paniccioli. Even though it’s anti-left coast, I’m gonna let it ride.
Lady Liberty @ Digital Gravel
December 5th, 2005 at 12:44 pm
I wouldnt say its anti-left coast but anti-amerikkkan.. No liberty, no justice… no pe@ce
December 5th, 2005 at 12:45 pm
^true, maybe I read too much into it. or not enough?
December 5th, 2005 at 10:01 pm
damn e dubbs, you might have examined that pic alittle too long.
December 7th, 2005 at 12:24 pm
mayb its good that its anti-american since when has america really stood for liberty for us???
December 8th, 2005 at 8:24 am
preach krome! Ves, it might have taken you a long time to figure out what the pic meant but not me. I’m sure you seen subliminal messages when you stare at your heineken too long though.
December 8th, 2005 at 6:34 pm
yeah, i can see what you mean E, after a 6 pack…
December 12th, 2005 at 10:58 pm
This photo was shot early 90′s. Cube’s album at that time was “Death Certificate”
.He and I were hanging out with Khallid Abdul Muhammad from The Nation of Islam and he had a strong influence on the both of us.
Cube and I were walking near Liberty Travel in Midtown NYC and saw the statue and he and I knew it was destiny, fate or just a dope ass chance to dis the #1 b.s. symbol of Amerikkka.
The photo is in my book “Who Shot Ya? Peace, Ernie Paniccioli
December 12th, 2005 at 11:06 pm
Damn, Ernie thanks for clearing that up. I dont know why I saw it as anti-NY, the New York in the background probably threw me. love the flicks, classic material.
December 14th, 2005 at 9:04 pm
Glad to dispel any myths about my photos. I’ll share a secret with you. Before becoming a photographer I was and wanted to be a painter. If you look at most of my photos as paintings you’ll see them in a whole other light. Anyway I was born and raised in Brooklyn (Not Brooknam or Crooklyn or any other gheto ass names for the borough), how could I dis NYC or the East Coast? Cali is nice, but NY is my life. Peace, Ernie Paniccioli