Photographer Gregory Chris: Shooting Nneka, Meta and Just a Band

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Photographer Gregory Chris shot African music stars Nneka, Meta (of Meta and the Cornerstones) and Just a Band in and around New York City. Here he talks about how he came to chose these artists and what he tried to convey. “I wanted to shoot the artists in the streets of the city, in the neighborhoods where they live, their favorite places, inside their homes, in a place they feel comfortable. Basically, I wanted to shoot them as they are.”

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92Y Tribeca: African Hip Hop and Film

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On Saturday, February 20, record company Nomadic Wax is hosting “A Night of African Hip-Hop Film, Conversation and Live Music featuring Meta and the Cornerstones” at the 92Y Tribeca. The evening opens with a screening of the film “FangAfrica,” which chronicles the the hip hop festival in Ouagadougou, the capital in Burkina Faso. That’s followed […]

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