Ricky Powell’s Rappin’ With The Rickster At MCA Day With DMC, Cey Adams, Glenn Friedman + More…

We welcome back the man, the myth, the legend Ricky Powell who joins us with his latest release of the Beastie Boys, in Los Angeles in 1988, while recording their now famous Paul’s Boutique. You can snag this print in a limited edition paper and canvas edition right here, be sure to grab it while you still can! Read on to check out Ricky at MCA Day in 2015 and for the story behind this iconic photograph from Ricky himself…

“I took this shot in 1988 at the G-Spot, which stood for the Grasshoff’s house. The Beasties had rented this house in Laurel Canyon to record Paul’s Boutique. By this time they were flying me out, and as they were recording everybody wanted to come out and chill. Basically we needed a little Ricky Powell-ism out there. So I flew in from New York and we were just hanging out at the pool, and I went into Adrock’s room and his bed was by this window that looked into the middle of the pool. So I kneeled on the bed and shot a roll of them swimming around in front of the window. I remember Adrock’s bedroom was built into this big glass dirt hill, it something that you’d see in a James Bond movie. It was like an underground bedroom liar, slayer maximus style. So I shot a roll or two and they later selected one of the photos on the roll to be the photo inside sleeve of Paul’s Boutique.” – Ricky Powell

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