20世纪80年代初，被称为涂鸦的艺术和写作从纽约的墙壁和地铁转入画布，进入美术馆。 年轻的艺术家们自由地从他们的城市经历以及他们的黑人，拉丁裔和移民历史中进行采样，将表现主义，流行和涂鸦风格的作品注入了市中心的艺术界。

让•米歇尔•巴斯奎特（Jean-Michel Basquiat）是这些新兴艺术家中最**的一个。他和他的创作伙伴——包括A-One，Fab Five Freddy，Futura，基思•哈林（Keith Haring），Kool Koor，LA2，Lady Pink，李•奎尼翁斯（Lee Quiñones），拉梅尔泽（Rammellzee）和Toxic ——成为渗透并重塑白人艺术世界的先锋派领袖。这本书记录了嘻哈音乐火遍“全城”时释放出的精力，创造力和抵抗力。

In the early 1980s, art and writing labeled as graffiti transitioned from New York City walls and subway trains onto canvas and into art galleries. Young artists who freely sampled from their urban experiences and their largely black, Latino and immigrant histories infused the downtown art scene with expressionist, pop and graffiti-inspired compositions.

Jean-Michel Basquiat was among the best known of these emerging artists. He and his fellow creators – including A-One, Fab Five Freddy, Futura, Keith Haring, Kool Koor, LA2, Lady Pink, Lee Quiñones, Rammellzee and Toxic – became avant-garde leaders infiltrating and reshaping the predominantly white art world. This book captures the energy, inventiveness, and resistance unleashed when hip-hop went ‘all city’.