Film
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Named “The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time” by The Source magazine, WKCR’s The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show was among the first to bring then-unknown and unsigned artist like Nas, The Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, Jay-Z, Big Pun, and others to listeners in the 90s. This up-close-and-personal documentary gets the inside story on how two friends from New York City became major hip-hop tastemakers.
with Bobbito Garcia and Stretch Armstrong
The Oct 1 screening will be followed by a Q&A with director and DJ Bobbito Garcia and DJ Stretch Armstrong alongside artist José Parlá, moderated by Touré.
Please join Stretch, Bobbito, José and Touré after the Q&A on Oct 1 for an afterparty upstairs at Frank’s Cocktail Lounge up the street from BAM at 660 Fulton with DJs Monk-One (Wax Poetics) and Dave Tompkins spinning golden age hip hop and more.
