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    [crowd chanting]                
    Beastie Boys, Beastie Boys!     

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             [cheering]             

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         [cheering] Ricky!          

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 [man VO] Could you explain to     
 me what is the meaning of life?   

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       Could you break down the      
       understanding of life?        

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 I'm trying to figure              
 it out myself, man.               

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   You're trying to figure it out? 

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                  Look around you. 

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          Can you see clearly now? 

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       [glitching and static]       

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 [man on radio] News time, 4:23.   

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   The Bridge and Tunnel update.    

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   [man on radio] We have delays    
   in the outbound Lincoln and      

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        Holland Tunnels at          
        30 minutes a piece,         

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 we have delays on the West Side   
 from the 70s up through the 140s 

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    and up to the outbound GWB.     

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 The East Side delay's 40s on up   
 through 96th street and again     

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     from the 140s to the GWB.      

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   New Jersey Transit, limited      
   service between New Brunswick    

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        and Trenton, but n--        

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          [Ricky] Shut up.          

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     "Ain't No Love in the Heart    
     of the City" by Bobby Bland    

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         Ain't no love in the       
         heart of the city          

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          Ain't no love in          
          the heart of town         

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        Ain't no love, and          
        it's sure 'nuff a pity      

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       Ain't no love                
       'cause you ain't around      

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       When you were mine, oh,      
       I was feeling so good        

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       'Cause your love lit up      
       this old neighborhood        

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      But now that you're gone     

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           You know the             
           sun don't shine          

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          From the city hall        
          to the county line        

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        And that's why I said      

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         Ain't no love in the       
         heart of the city          

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          Ain't no love in          
          the heart of town         

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         Ain't no love, and         
         it sure is a pity...       

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     [Ricky VO] I'm really just a    
     fucking regular Joe jerk-off    

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        from the neighborhood.       

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            uptempo music          

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 And like, I'm a bummy-ass         
 motherfucker but my photography   

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    happens to be highfalutin.'     

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         [Kaves VO] Legendary        
         Ricky Powell, right?        

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       The unfiltered                
       camera, unfiltered mouth.     

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       You don't get it              
       purer than Ricky Powell.      

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   Whatever comes through that      
   point-n-click is that straight   

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           New York shit.           

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      Ricky caught that             
        last great essence,         

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   that last great period of that   
   realness flowing up and down     

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           those streets.           

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         [Ricky] Oh, shit,          
         posse, wassup?!            

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      [LL VO] The downtown           
      scene and the uptown scene.    

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          The hip-hop scene          
          and the art world.         

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         He was part of             
         what was going on.         

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        He captured an era.         

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       He's crazy as a               
       fuck, but he's a genius.      

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         Ricky made us look         
         like hip-hop gods,         

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        all in a [snaps]            
        natural, quick snap.        

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       [Mike VO] Ricky did have      
       this incredible access.       

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     I'll rock the house            
     with my speeches tonight.      

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         That is beautiful!         

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             [giggling]             

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                         [man] Oh! 

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        [Bobbito VO] He rolls        
        with the Beastie Boys,       

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           Run DMC, Def Jam.         

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     Yo, this dude is prolific!     

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      [LL VO] He understood the      
      culture, he understood the     

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               language.             

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        He caught the beauty         
        in what we were doing.       

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 I was like, "Fuck, I wanna        
 fucking do that in front of the   

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           Eiffel Tower."           

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       He had a finger on           
       the pulse of culture.        

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        [Ricky] Vin Diesel!         

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     -[man VO] And his TV show...    
   -What up, what up, baby pop?     

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     Rappin' with the Rickster!     

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      Compton's in the house.       

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       Ricky's show. [laughs]       

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         [Ricky] Ah, yeah!          

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          [Laurence VO] You'd        
          see him everywhere.        

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          He was a fuckin'          
          shutterbug, man.          

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    He needed to take pictures.     

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    He's got an amazing archive.    

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 I mean, that's quintessential     
 fucking peak Laurence Fishburne. 

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 How is this one guy around all    
 these different people that were 

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    all doing incredible things?    

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 [man VO] Futura, Kenny            
 Scharf, Keith Haring, Madonna.    

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        That picture                
        with me and Ad-Rock,        

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     with me standing there         
     with that leather jacket.      

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        He sees compassion,         
        he sees urbanness,          

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          he sees detail.           

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   You know, he bumps into Warhol   
   and Basquiat on the street and   

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     takes a snap that turns        
     out to be an iconic snap.      

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     It's good to be the king.      

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        [man] Go Ricky,             
        go Ricky, go Ricky!         

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             [laughter]             

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    You wanna talk about            
    real artists, like, come on.    

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         It ain't always gonna       
         be sweet and gentle.        

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 There's the dark side that comes 
 with true greatness and madness. 

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       It all goes hand-in-hand.     

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     [Freddy VO] Sometimes, he       
   would go off of the deep end.    

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        And I'd be like, "Rick,      
        you better be careful.       

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         Don't go too far           
         over that edge...          

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     that you don't come back."     

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         mellow jazzy music        

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                  I'm kind of a... 

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                     a famous bum. 

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            Ooh, sorry.             

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          -You all right?           
          -No problem.              

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 [Natasha VO] There is one word    
 that can describe Ricky Powell    

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          and it's "unique."         

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        [Darryl VO] I've never       
        met anybody like him.        

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        He's his own entity,        
        his own personality.        

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         [Natasha VO]                
         Always up to antics.        

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 I don't know if music is playing 
 when he's walking around,         

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        but in my mind, when        
        I think back to it,         

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         there's music on.          

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     Man, they got a lot of         
     characters out here today.     

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               Whoo!                

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         Where are these            
         fucking squirrels?         

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     [Zephyr VO] He's just a very    
     strange creature, you know?     

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    He seems very dysfunctional     
    and yet highly functional.      

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        He's kinda like the         
        Dude-- [laughs] in,         

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       um,   The Big Lebowski.        

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       He's simply living in        
       his own private Idaho.       

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    [Ricky] Check out this song.    

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          Oh, shit, ready?          

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         upbeat jazzy music        

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         [Ricky VO] I'm known        
         as the lazy hustler,        

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      the illy funkster,             
      Uncle Doinky, Uncle Slappy,    

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           Porkmaster Funk.          

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        I'm uncategorizable.        

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               Whoo!                

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       He's that crazy              
       hip-hop Oscar Madison,       

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   the hood Hugh Hefner, he's the   
   guy that's coming to the party   

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       with the party favors.       

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      He's a mad scientist...       

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        fueled by some              
        otherworldly forces.        

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 Ricky's a whole 'nother level     
 from a whole 'nother generation, 

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     a whole 'nother universe,      
     a whole 'nother dimension.     

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 Like, real characters do exist.   

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          [groaning] Ohh.           

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     [Chuck VO] Number one,          
     Ricky Powell's New York City.   

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 Totally, thorough New York City. 

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      Manhattanite white kid.       

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     [Ricky] First of all,          
     you're in my neighborhood.     

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         It ain't your              
         neighborhood, man.         

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   [Ricky] Yeah, I grew up here.    

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        Yo, I used to play          
        here when I was 10.         

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 This guy doesn't know what's up. 

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        [man] You a hustler.        

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      I spy motherfucker, man.      

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   Ricky's a village kid, and       
   that's a very specific thing.    

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         [Ricky VO] Growing          
         up with a single mom,       

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     we moved down to the village    
     -- Union Square -- in 1968.     

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           I was, you know,          
           a little rascal.          

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 I was the only child, so my mom   
 brought me up by herself and she 

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          was very eccentric.        

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        She was a beatnik            
        hippy hipster swinger.       

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     I called her by her first name 
     as soon as I can remember --    

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                 Ruth.               

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          She lived her              
          life, I lived mine.        

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 I constantly went out by myself, 
 playing in Union Square Park,     

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          playing catch with         
          junkies and pimps,         

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 riding my bike around the block. 

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     I liked going on my own,        
     and I really liked that area.   

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     My mother, she was a            
     schoolteacher in the daytime;   

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       at night, she hung out at     
       the bars and the clubs.       

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       She used to go to Max's       
       Kansas City all the time,     

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 and she would drag me along       
 and sit me next to the jukebox.   

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         She hung out with all       
         these fuckin' kooks.        

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     I'd just sit there by myself    
     and look at the freakshow.      

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        I grew up quick, dude.       

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                 Fast.               

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     People would say to me,         
     "Oh, yo, your mom is so cool," 

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       and I was like, "Yeah,        
       you don't live with her."     

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         She would cook,             
         like, steak and rice,       

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      chicken and rice, all          
      these dishes for her dogs,     

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         and she'd give me           
         two dollars and say,        

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     you know, "Go to Blimpie's."    

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          Yeah, they were            
          living like kings.         

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     They always stayed in my room, 
     [laughing] all the stray dogs, 

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        so I was, like, living       
        kind of in the jungle.       

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 I don't mean to be shitting, but 
 I think my mom just got pregnant 

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       with me and just             
       manned up and had me.        

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     I could've been                
     easily aborted, I believe.     

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        Whenever me and             
        Ricky get together,         

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 there's always a point where we   
 talk about New York back in the   

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       days or how it used          
       to be on 14th Street.        

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     [Debi VO] New York had a very   
     different energy in the '70s.   

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      Everybody was out,             
      people were in the streets,    

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      there were sex clubs, porn.    

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         [Freddy VO] You had         
         a much more textured,       

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        a more real, a much          
        more complex New York.       

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    8th Avenue was a disaster,      
    9th Avenue was all hookers.     

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         The old gangs, the          
         old graffiti writers.       

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 And it was the coolest period     
 in New York because it was raw.   

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       [Ricky VO] I loved            
       that time period anyway.      

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   Just everything was cool, man.   

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        The Knicks were cool...      

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            music, culture.          

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      I remember getting up on       
      Saturday mornings to watch     

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              Soul Train.            

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          [sighs] So dope.          

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            [Ricky] Oh!             

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               Whoo!                

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               Sick!                

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              My man!               

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      -How are you?                 
      -Good, how are you, man?      

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           [Ricky] Good!            

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 You know, a lot of people, they   
 don't get to see where they grew 

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                up.                 

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      Like, they move away and      
      they never see it again.      

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        I see it every day.         

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       Here we are at one of        
       the places I grew up.        

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 I lived here the second half of   
 the '70s and the first half of    

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             the '80s.              

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     That was a good time, man.     

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         Between me, you,           
         and the lamppost,          

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     this is where I discovered     
     discreet older ladies.         

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   They used to give me the         
   goo-goo eyes in the elevator,    

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     and I noticed when the         
     elevator hit their floor,      

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   they'd look at me and I'd        
   just follow them out the door.   

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     [Ricky VO] I was a hot monkey. 

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      I actually was kinda          
      Black, the way I walked,      

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          talked, dressed.          

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      [LL VO] I was never            
      sure that Ricky was white.     

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       He had shades on, he         
       had his hat backwards,       

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       he was movin' around.        

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       I wasn't sure if he was a     
       light-skinned Black guy.      

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          [Ricky VO] I had a         
          little, you know,          

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          Blackness in my            
          game on the court.         

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              I was nice.            

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 I remember one time, I was        
 playing ball at Thompson Street   

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 Park and the Italians said, "Yo, 
 you play like you're fuckin'      

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         Black," and I was          
         like, "Jealous?"           

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          I went to LaGuardia        
          Community College,         

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 I got an AA in Liberal Arts, and 
 then I went to Hunter College     

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             for Phys Ed.            

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     I was gonna be a gym teacher.   

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               So...                

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 I'm in the phys ed department,    
   I'm minding my own business.     

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          You know, I'd come         
          in with a hangover,        

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          sloppy food stains         
          on my sweatpants.          

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   A lot of teachers thought I      
   was a fuckin' lazy bum and the   

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          triathlon came.           

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    I said, "Oh, okay, let me--     
    let me check this shit out,"    

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         'cause I was in            
         pretty good shape.         

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        I rocked it, I won,         
        it was a big upset,         

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       you know, people             
       were like, "Oh, shit,        

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          that dude won?"           

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        I was like, "Yeah,          
        that's right, bitch.        

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            Fall back."             

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          Two days later,            
          it was my birthday.        

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        So that night, I            
        had some champipple,        

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        had a little toot,          
        a little cocaine...         

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        and some quaaludes.         

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 And I went                        
 nightclub-hopping on my bicycle. 

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           [Ricky] Whoo!            

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        [Ricky VO] I loved           
        gettin' nice; it's fun!      

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 And I was getting to              
 Danceteria and I hit the curb... 

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 flew over the handlebars,         
 smacked my face on the sidewalk   

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       in front of everybody.       

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    It was like a Friday night.     

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         [Ricky] Ah, fuck!          

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          [Ricky VO] Two days        
          later, on the 22nd,        

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     I got my picture taken for      
     the Hunter College newspaper.   

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         I got, like, all,           
         like, black and blue,       

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     stitches, and it looks          
     like it happened in the race,   

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 but it actually happened from... 

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            you know...             

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        gettin' buck-nutty.         

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      [Freddy VO] I actually knew    
      Ricky before he became a       

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             photographer.           

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        He was this cool            
        guy hanging around,         

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         great personality.         

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 He was always on the sidelines,   
 kinda grooving with his little    

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                hat.                

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         "Yo, Deb, what's up?"       

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 Ricky is one of many that made    
 New York so special in the early 

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               '80s.                

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   Hip-hop was new, graffiti was    
   coming off of the trains and     

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        into the galleries.         

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   It's the arrival of              
   different cultures meeting up.   

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    [Debi VO] Art was exploding.    

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 [Vin VO] Madonna was discovered, 
 Run DMC had just hit.             

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 Ricky was present at a critical   
 time when music and culture was   

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             changing.              

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 [Lyor VO] We're talking about     
 a club scene that is unrivaled.   

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   Encore, the Roxy, Danceteria.    

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    Roxy's on a Friday night        
    was the fuckin' place to go.    

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      And if you wanted to          
      know what was going on,       

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        you could always go,        
        "Rick, what's up?"          

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 And he'd be like, "Oh, have you   
 heard about blah blah blah blah   

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          blah blah blah?"          

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        And for sure, it            
        would always be hip.        

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                Ah.                 

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          The fuck's wrong          
          with this thing?          

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   Damn, bitch, it won't forward!   

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   [Ricky VO] I never had an        
   interest in taking pictures or   

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      anything with cameras or      
      photography or nothing.       

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           [camera snaps]           

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         [Ricky] Beautiful.         

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    That's the crew right there.    

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 [Ricky VO] Until this one day,    
 I met this fucking freakazoid at 

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            Danceteria.             

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      She was a artist, dude.       

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               Kook.                

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      A real kook, out-there.       

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    Painting, film,                 
    everything you can imagine.     

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      And Ricky, he was like        
      an authentic street kid,      

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      you know, with the            
      sneakers, with the walk,      

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      with the way, the talk.       

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        Like, he's charming,        
        he's super charming,        

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         and we were just           
         kinda inseparable.         

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    [Ricky VO] She'd bring her      
    little cameras with her and,    

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        you know, I had no          
        artistic ambitions.         

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     [Ricky] Ooh, can I             
     take a picture of you two?     

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              Aw, man!              

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               Nice.                

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        One time, we were           
        at Roxy's and I say,        

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 "Yo, can I borrow the             
 camera and can I try shooting... 

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   some of these pe-- these-- I     
   like some of these couples in    

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            the booths."            

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        She goes, "Okay,"           
        so I go over, "Hey,         

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 you mind if I take your picture? 

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   You look like a nice couple."    

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             And pshh.              

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    I remember, like, I loved       
    that feeling of it -- pshh.     

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           [camera snaps]           

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           [camera snaps]           

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         [Amie VO] He was           
         really into, like,         

337
00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:55,139
 who was famous and he could       
 recognize people on the street.   

338
00:16:57,433 --> 00:16:58,934
     I was in love with Ricky.      

339
00:16:58,976 --> 00:17:01,020
 Like, I used to tell him we were 
 gonna get married and all kinds   

340
00:17:01,061 --> 00:17:02,896
             of things.             

341
00:17:04,523 --> 00:17:06,608
 [female announcer] The L train    
 will depart in approximately...   

342
00:17:06,650 --> 00:17:08,736
         [Ricky VO] We went         
         out for two years.         

343
00:17:08,777 --> 00:17:11,739
    She ditched me for this dude    
    with tie-dye yoga pants and     

344
00:17:11,780 --> 00:17:14,700
    crystals and all this shit.     

345
00:17:15,951 --> 00:17:19,413
    I did kind of just              
    switch boyfriends. [laughs]     

346
00:17:19,455 --> 00:17:23,083
         And, um, I think           
         it was-- it was...         

347
00:17:23,125 --> 00:17:26,462
 pretty damaging for-- for Ricky. 

348
00:17:26,503 --> 00:17:29,923
         smooth jazzy music        

349
00:17:29,965 --> 00:17:33,135
     [Ricky VO] Just                
     kinda, like, discarded me.     

350
00:17:34,136 --> 00:17:35,596
       And I was like, "Damn.       

351
00:17:35,637 --> 00:17:36,764
        Oh, it's like that?         

352
00:17:36,805 --> 00:17:38,682
            All right."             

353
00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:43,771
   So, I'm cleaning my room and I   
   find a bag with some clothes,    

354
00:17:43,812 --> 00:17:46,106
      and I recognize, "Oh,         
      it's some of her shit."       

355
00:17:46,148 --> 00:17:48,108
         And I see a little         
         camera in there.           

356
00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:51,445
    And I took it and I said...     

357
00:17:51,487 --> 00:17:54,948
 "I'm gonna make this bitch sorry 
 she did me like a fuckin' soggy   

358
00:17:54,990 --> 00:17:56,867
              cannoli.              

359
00:17:57,242 --> 00:18:01,080
 I'm gonna fuckin' use this        
 instrument and become something   

360
00:18:01,121 --> 00:18:02,289
             with it."              

361
00:18:02,331 --> 00:18:06,794
        And came into               
        this fuckin' light.         

362
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,963
        Photography was             
        just perfect for me.        

363
00:18:10,005 --> 00:18:11,965
      I was exploring with it.      

364
00:18:12,007 --> 00:18:13,175
         Boom, boom, boom.          

365
00:18:13,217 --> 00:18:16,178
 Everything just fucking clicked. 

366
00:18:16,553 --> 00:18:18,806
 [Freddy VO] He was just like a    
 homie that had a camera who was   

367
00:18:18,847 --> 00:18:20,390
            in the mix.             

368
00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:23,644
 He was the guy that we knew that 
 seemed to just be taking a photo 

369
00:18:23,685 --> 00:18:25,687
          here and there.           

370
00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:29,024
       [Ricky VO] I was a fan       
       of interesting people.       

371
00:18:29,066 --> 00:18:30,526
        Just went all over          
        the place, you know,        

372
00:18:30,567 --> 00:18:34,154
       art gallery openings,        
       Keith Haring openings.       

373
00:18:34,196 --> 00:18:36,323
      Yo, everyone showed up.       

374
00:18:36,365 --> 00:18:39,326
    And nightclubs,                 
    everyone showed up at those.    

375
00:18:39,368 --> 00:18:43,997
 The Fun Gallery, that was the     
 fuckin' Museum of Modern Art of   

376
00:18:44,039 --> 00:18:45,916
             graffiti.              

377
00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:50,170
   The paparazzi-type guy didn't    
   really exist in that scene,      

378
00:18:50,212 --> 00:18:52,756
    and if it did, it was Rick.     

379
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:56,093
   [Laurence VO] He had a serious   
   presence all over the city.      

380
00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,137
        He was not an               
        outsider looking in.        

381
00:18:58,178 --> 00:19:00,681
    You know, he wasn't like        
    some anthropological thief;     

382
00:19:00,722 --> 00:19:03,767
       he was a part of what        
       was happening here.          

383
00:19:04,101 --> 00:19:06,311
       And he was smart             
       enough to document it,       

384
00:19:06,353 --> 00:19:10,315
   capturing gorgeous photography   
   not from a learned standpoint,   

385
00:19:10,357 --> 00:19:11,984
         but just from a...         

386
00:19:12,025 --> 00:19:13,485
             an access.             

387
00:19:13,527 --> 00:19:15,821
 These kind of seminal shots       
 that you don't even realize are   

388
00:19:15,863 --> 00:19:18,866
 kind of woven into the fabric     
 of sort of how we see especially 

389
00:19:18,907 --> 00:19:20,200
          "New York cool."          

390
00:19:20,242 --> 00:19:23,537
     I'm telling you, that          
     camera and my personality,     

391
00:19:23,579 --> 00:19:25,873
   together, we made moves, dude.   

392
00:19:25,914 --> 00:19:29,042
      I went from Joe               
      Shnook to "the Rickster,      

393
00:19:29,084 --> 00:19:33,088
   downtown                         
   photographer extraordinaire."    

394
00:19:33,922 --> 00:19:38,927
         upbeat funky music        

395
00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:44,266
      I knew graffiti artists,      
      I knew some big-timers.       

396
00:19:45,642 --> 00:19:46,560
         [Ricky] What's up?         

397
00:19:46,602 --> 00:19:48,061
       What's up, Rickyrack?        

398
00:19:48,103 --> 00:19:51,732
         [Ricky VO] Don             
         D, Zephyr, Revolt,         

399
00:19:51,773 --> 00:19:53,400
              Seen...               

400
00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:55,402
       they were like stars.        

401
00:19:55,444 --> 00:19:56,904
          There's your hat          
          there, Rickster.          

402
00:19:56,945 --> 00:19:59,072
         [Ricky] Seen,              
         you are the mango.         

403
00:19:59,114 --> 00:20:00,324
               Okay!                

404
00:20:00,365 --> 00:20:02,743
       [Ricky VO]                   
       Futura was like a god.       

405
00:20:02,784 --> 00:20:06,830
    Graffiti writer, legend,        
    artist, down with the Clash,    

406
00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:09,833
         just crazy style.          

407
00:20:11,084 --> 00:20:14,588
     He was down with               
     everything that was cool.      

408
00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:18,091
 And that summer of '85, invited   
 me to be on his neighborhood      

409
00:20:18,133 --> 00:20:22,095
     softball team, The             
     East Village [inaudible].      

410
00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:23,972
      [Futura VO] I was really      
      impressed with Rick.          

411
00:20:24,014 --> 00:20:27,309
   We was always ar-- you           
   know, Ricky was always around,   

412
00:20:27,351 --> 00:20:29,728
        so he could kinda--         
        he was dependable.          

413
00:20:29,770 --> 00:20:32,231
        He wasn't the best          
        player on the squad.        

414
00:20:32,272 --> 00:20:34,316
      [Ricky VO] Matt               
      Dillon was on the team,       

415
00:20:34,358 --> 00:20:39,071
 Fab 5 Freddy, so it was a         
 really interesting concoction of 

416
00:20:39,112 --> 00:20:40,822
        colorful characters.        

417
00:20:40,864 --> 00:20:42,324
     [Freddy VO] We didn't          
     have the greatest record,      

418
00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:45,494
 but we were the hottest, coolest 
 softball team, bar none.          

419
00:20:45,535 --> 00:20:47,079
              [laughs]              

420
00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:50,332
 You know, our rival teams hated   
 us because their girlfriends      

421
00:20:50,374 --> 00:20:53,752
    would be clamoring to get a     
    better look at Matt Dillon.     

422
00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:56,338
    One of the guys on the          
    team also was this guy David    

423
00:20:56,380 --> 00:21:00,467
   Hershkovitz who just started     
   this magazine called "Paper."    

424
00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:02,094
        You know, they say,         
        "Hey, why don't you,        

425
00:21:02,135 --> 00:21:05,305
   you know, shoot pictures for     
   our 'cultural sushi' section?"   

426
00:21:05,347 --> 00:21:07,057
         And that's the             
         nightclub section.         

427
00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:09,142
         [camera snapping]          

428
00:21:09,184 --> 00:21:12,479
 Ricky was a perfect match for     
 what   Paper   was doing because we   

429
00:21:12,521 --> 00:21:14,982
       were like a community        
       paper for downtown,          

430
00:21:15,023 --> 00:21:17,985
      which was a much smaller      
      world than it is today,       

431
00:21:18,026 --> 00:21:21,405
 and he was of that world, so he   
 was kind of like the local paper 

432
00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:22,739
           photographer.            

433
00:21:22,781 --> 00:21:25,492
    He's in the magazine            
    himself, he was in the ads,     

434
00:21:25,534 --> 00:21:28,245
    he was just one of our guys.    

435
00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:30,956
      For me, it was                
      always about potential,       

436
00:21:30,998 --> 00:21:33,208
      not really looking for        
      the fully-polished work,      

437
00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:36,378
      more for, like, the raw       
      energy and snapshots.         

438
00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:39,214
    Our whole thing was like if     
    you're covering a culture,      

439
00:21:39,256 --> 00:21:42,634
     you send someone to cover      
     it who's in that culture.      

440
00:21:42,676 --> 00:21:47,306
 And Rickster, he just had, like, 
 a cool crowd around him always.   

441
00:21:48,765 --> 00:21:51,059
 Send him up to the South Bronx    
   and he would hang with hip-hop   

442
00:21:51,101 --> 00:21:53,145
              people.               

443
00:21:53,895 --> 00:21:56,064
       Parties on the street.       

444
00:21:56,106 --> 00:21:59,359
    Whatever he was into, then      
    we would let him shoot that.    

445
00:21:59,401 --> 00:22:00,360
         [Ricky] What's up?         

446
00:22:00,402 --> 00:22:02,696
             Yo, Ricky!             

447
00:22:02,738 --> 00:22:05,449
             [laughter]             

448
00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:07,200
    Oh, here we go, here we go.     

449
00:22:07,242 --> 00:22:09,536
             [laughter]             

450
00:22:09,578 --> 00:22:12,372
   [Freddy VO] He'd create a kind   
   of a very warm rapport very      

451
00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:13,457
             instantly.             

452
00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:14,708
         You didn't see             
         him as, like, "Oh,         

453
00:22:14,750 --> 00:22:17,961
       this guy's heavy-duty,       
       serious photographer."       

454
00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:19,212
        With camera in-hand.        

455
00:22:19,254 --> 00:22:21,381
      [man] That was some           
      funny shit right there!       

456
00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:22,716
       [Ricky] You know what?       

457
00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:24,551
   Yo, can you all go               
   back-to-back like in a circle?   

458
00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:26,219
         Uh, you know what?         

459
00:22:26,261 --> 00:22:27,637
     You have the biggest hair.     

460
00:22:27,679 --> 00:22:28,889
         Could you get over         
         there on the left?         

461
00:22:28,930 --> 00:22:30,390
          [man] Yes, I do.          

462
00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:33,894
    [Freddy VO] Ricky has a         
    very engaging yet humorous,     

463
00:22:33,935 --> 00:22:36,396
     slightly                       
     pranksterish personality.      

464
00:22:36,438 --> 00:22:38,023
         [man] Ricky, get           
         off your own dick.         

465
00:22:38,065 --> 00:22:39,941
     There are no [inaudible].      

466
00:22:39,983 --> 00:22:42,944
   And he was like wise guy,        
   he was like making you laugh.    

467
00:22:42,986 --> 00:22:45,113
          [all] Rickster!           

468
00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:47,574
   [Ricky] That's me, that's me.    

469
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,870
   Ricky was a boy with a camera,   
   and he had a cool way of just    

470
00:22:51,912 --> 00:22:54,373
        getting the picture.        

471
00:22:54,664 --> 00:22:55,540
         [Ricky] I like it.         

472
00:22:55,582 --> 00:22:57,376
      Okay, let me rock this.       

473
00:22:57,417 --> 00:23:00,712
          [man] That's the          
          35mm with flash.          

474
00:23:01,463 --> 00:23:04,800
 I've been one of Ricky's muses.   

475
00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:09,930
 And Ricky captured me as the      
 quintessential downtown New York 

476
00:23:09,971 --> 00:23:11,973
               girl.                

477
00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:16,186
       With style, with edge.       

478
00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:18,772
      We were just kids, we         
      were New York City kids,      

479
00:23:18,814 --> 00:23:20,440
         we've been to the          
         clubs together,            

480
00:23:20,482 --> 00:23:22,109
         we've roamed the           
         village together,          

481
00:23:22,150 --> 00:23:25,612
   we've rode bicycles together,    
   we've smoked joints together.    

482
00:23:25,654 --> 00:23:27,114
       I could call him at          
       midnight and be like,        

483
00:23:27,155 --> 00:23:29,783
   "I'm breaking up with a          
   boyfriend" or whatever and he    

484
00:23:29,825 --> 00:23:32,035
 would always, like, come out of   
 his apartment -- which I never    

485
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:34,204
    went inside [laughs]            
    'cause Ricky's always been,     

486
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,540
        like, a little bit          
        secretive about it.         

487
00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:38,792
   I didn't bring too many          
   people over 'cause my mom was,   

488
00:23:38,834 --> 00:23:42,796
 like, so fuckin' crazed, like, I 
 was embarrassed to bring anyone   

489
00:23:42,838 --> 00:23:44,089
               over.                

490
00:23:44,131 --> 00:23:45,257
       So I was always kind         
       of, like, amazed that,       

491
00:23:45,298 --> 00:23:47,509
        like, this, like,           
        young, like, kinda,         

492
00:23:47,551 --> 00:23:50,011
    like, rough-around-the-edges    
    white boy,                      

493
00:23:50,053 --> 00:23:52,681
         his mother lived           
         on 5th, lower 5th.         

494
00:23:52,722 --> 00:23:57,769
            bluesy guitar          

495
00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:03,859
    [sighs] Dude, I don't-- I       
    don't-- I have no idea what,    

496
00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:05,819
              like...               

497
00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:09,114
     I don't know anything          
     about their relationship.      

498
00:24:09,656 --> 00:24:11,324
         Yeah, I knew Ruth.         

499
00:24:11,366 --> 00:24:14,703
         Like, I don't know         
         that Ruth knew me.         

500
00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:18,832
 I just remember her with, like,   
 these big sunglasses that would   

501
00:24:18,874 --> 00:24:23,253
       be, like, perched,           
       kinda defying physics.       

502
00:24:23,503 --> 00:24:28,341
 It was definitely not a           
 normal upbringing to be with...   

503
00:24:28,383 --> 00:24:30,427
               um...                

504
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:33,680
 [sighs] I don't even know         
 [laughing] how to describe this. 

505
00:24:33,722 --> 00:24:36,266
     She was pretty out-of-it.      

506
00:24:36,558 --> 00:24:38,351
 [Kim VO] She would, like, be      
 walking down the street talking   

507
00:24:38,393 --> 00:24:39,978
            to herself.             

508
00:24:40,020 --> 00:24:41,855
   You could see, she was, like--   
   she wasn't a homeless person,    

509
00:24:41,897 --> 00:24:45,192
       but you see almost           
       she could become one.        

510
00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:49,196
 So it'd always been kind of a     
 mystery around his father and we 

511
00:24:49,237 --> 00:24:51,907
     heard that he was Mexican.     

512
00:24:51,948 --> 00:24:56,995
                                    

513
00:24:57,370 --> 00:25:02,083
     [Ricky VO] I have no           
     recollection of my father.     

514
00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:07,422
        I have no idea if           
        he's alive or dead.         

515
00:25:09,007 --> 00:25:12,385
 I remember meeting some family    
 in a nice house in Mexico City.   

516
00:25:12,427 --> 00:25:15,430
    That's all I remember; I        
    don't remember meeting him.     

517
00:25:15,472 --> 00:25:17,015
         I was, like, six.          

518
00:25:17,057 --> 00:25:20,769
   I just have this one picture     
   of me and my first dog, Chico.   

519
00:25:21,144 --> 00:25:23,230
     We never talked about him.     

520
00:25:23,271 --> 00:25:26,525
        She ran the shit and        
        that's how it went.         

521
00:25:33,114 --> 00:25:36,743
    I mean, who knows what kinda    
    aspirations she had for me,     

522
00:25:36,785 --> 00:25:39,246
        but she came to a           
        couple of my shows.         

523
00:25:39,287 --> 00:25:43,166
   I mean, she liked going out      
   anyway and checking the scene.   

524
00:25:44,417 --> 00:25:45,585
      [man] I didn't know that      
      was your mom over there.      

525
00:25:45,627 --> 00:25:46,753
    [Ricky] Yeah, that's my mom.    

526
00:25:46,795 --> 00:25:49,256
       You recognize her            
       from the neighborhood?       

527
00:25:49,297 --> 00:25:51,591
   [Ricky VO] But I always would    
   hope that she wouldn't fuckin'   

528
00:25:51,633 --> 00:25:54,177
          come in a crazy,          
          outlandish look,          

529
00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:57,973
    just come properly-attired,     
    so I could be like...           

530
00:25:58,014 --> 00:25:59,015
              [sighs]               

531
00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:01,142
        'Cause my mom               
        used to dress crazy,        

532
00:26:01,184 --> 00:26:03,103
 like be all disheveled and shit. 

533
00:26:03,144 --> 00:26:05,981
         That's why I'd be          
         so embarrassed.            

534
00:26:10,026 --> 00:26:13,655
 I consider my look comfortable.   

535
00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:17,993
      Um, I'm not disheveled.       

536
00:26:20,161 --> 00:26:22,664
        These pants, though!        

537
00:26:23,498 --> 00:26:26,126
     These pants are terrible!      

538
00:26:26,167 --> 00:26:28,670
      I broke the top button.       

539
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,630
     Oh no, I didn't break it.      

540
00:26:30,672 --> 00:26:32,215
      [groans] They don't fit.      

541
00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:35,719
        I use these straps,         
        these built-in...           

542
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,804
        but they don't work.        

543
00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:42,809
            upbeat music           

544
00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:45,812
   [Ricky VO] The Frozade job was   
   my first job after I finished    

545
00:26:45,854 --> 00:26:49,649
     college, 'cause I              
     cannot work a regular job.     

546
00:26:49,691 --> 00:26:52,902
          I can't; I can't          
          be a caged lion.          

547
00:26:54,029 --> 00:26:56,906
       I brought my radio           
       with the double deck,        

548
00:26:56,948 --> 00:26:59,784
 had a bottle of rum in case       
 someone wanted a shot of rum in   

549
00:26:59,826 --> 00:27:02,787
       their Frozade;               
       it'd be another buck.        

550
00:27:02,829 --> 00:27:04,998
      And then, I, you know,        
      had the camera with me,       

551
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:09,628
    so that was part of the         
    experience: taking pictures.    

552
00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:13,506
   Which I put in a category of     
   mine of like dope shots I shot   

553
00:27:13,548 --> 00:27:16,009
      while I was                   
      working a bullshit job,       

554
00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:19,387
      such as bike messenger,       
      afterschool recreation        

555
00:27:19,429 --> 00:27:23,683
       counselor, substitute        
       teacher, dog walker,         

556
00:27:23,725 --> 00:27:26,519
   and I took some of my most       
   famous shots from the Frozade    

557
00:27:26,561 --> 00:27:27,729
               stand.               

558
00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:32,233
        That's where I shot         
        the Basquiat photo.         

559
00:27:32,275 --> 00:27:33,860
         He was a big deal.         

560
00:27:33,902 --> 00:27:35,737
        Superstar art world.        

561
00:27:35,779 --> 00:27:37,906
       He came up to my             
       cart and he'd be like,       

562
00:27:37,947 --> 00:27:38,990
          "Hey, what's up?          

563
00:27:39,032 --> 00:27:41,034
         I'd be like, "Yo,          
         what up, Gene?!"           

564
00:27:41,076 --> 00:27:42,702
     And he always used to          
     roll his eyes and be like,     

565
00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:44,120
           "It's 'Jean.'"           

566
00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:45,455
   I was like, "Oh, sorry, Duke.    

567
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:48,041
    I'm bad with exotic names."     

568
00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:49,709
    So he goes, "Can I get one?"    

569
00:27:49,751 --> 00:27:50,835
           I go, "Yeah."            

570
00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:52,212
        He gives me a               
        hundred dollar bill,        

571
00:27:52,253 --> 00:27:53,797
       and I'm like,                
       "Pshh, come on, Dukes.       

572
00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:55,465
        You ain't got               
        something smaller?"         

573
00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:57,384
      So when he's                  
      reaching in his pocket,       

574
00:27:57,425 --> 00:27:59,511
   I take the one picture of him.   

575
00:27:59,552 --> 00:28:01,513
        So I called that            
        one "Loose Change."         

576
00:28:01,554 --> 00:28:04,849
 And then, I asked him to look     
 at me for one shot if he would,   

577
00:28:04,891 --> 00:28:07,727
 and he gave me an intense look.   

578
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,235
       [laughter and chatter]       

579
00:28:15,276 --> 00:28:16,695
         It wasn't like a           
         big thing to him,          

580
00:28:16,736 --> 00:28:19,906
    it was just like, "Hey,         
    man, mind if I get a flick?"    

581
00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:21,574
           [Ricky] Whoo!            

582
00:28:21,616 --> 00:28:23,618
             Get naked!             

583
00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:25,578
         [blows raspberry]          

584
00:28:25,620 --> 00:28:27,288
    [Cheryl VO] He is a             
    participatory photographer,     

585
00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:28,957
      he's about having a day.      

586
00:28:28,998 --> 00:28:30,291
         [Ricky] Hey, Ray!          

587
00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:31,584
         It's great to see          
         you, brother...            

588
00:28:31,626 --> 00:28:32,794
     [Cheryl VO] The                
     photograph is this, like,      

589
00:28:32,836 --> 00:28:34,587
    sneak attack that comes in,     

590
00:28:34,629 --> 00:28:36,923
   but it's really the experience   
   that he's having with this       

591
00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:38,633
              person.               

592
00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:44,097
   You can't will yourself to be    
   a good street photographer,      

593
00:28:44,139 --> 00:28:47,142
     you just have to be there.     

594
00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:52,272
 And it's luck, it's               
 timing, but you gotta be there.   

595
00:28:52,313 --> 00:28:57,360
         smooth hip-hop beat       

596
00:28:57,986 --> 00:28:59,320
               [beep]               

597
00:28:59,362 --> 00:29:00,780
    [Revolt on recording] Yo yo     
    yo, what's up, Rickster?        

598
00:29:00,822 --> 00:29:01,906
        Dr. Revolt calling.         

599
00:29:01,948 --> 00:29:03,616
 It's about 1:30, I'm in my crib. 

600
00:29:03,658 --> 00:29:05,869
    What's the deal for tonight?    

601
00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:08,246
         Guess, uh, I'll            
         talk to you later.         

602
00:29:08,288 --> 00:29:10,457
            Peace, bye.             

603
00:29:10,498 --> 00:29:14,794
                                    

604
00:29:14,836 --> 00:29:16,337
         [Zephyr VO] In             
         September of 1985,         

605
00:29:16,379 --> 00:29:20,133
   Tony Shafrazi Gallery in Soho    
   exhibited the extraordinary      

606
00:29:20,175 --> 00:29:25,180
 collaboration between Andy        
 Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. 

607
00:29:29,392 --> 00:29:32,812
 One of the most historic art      
 collaborations in the history of 

608
00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:35,023
            modern art.             

609
00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:39,652
          That day, Revolt          
          and I and Ricky,          

610
00:29:39,694 --> 00:29:43,823
   we were hanging out across the   
   street from Shafrazi Gallery.    

611
00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:47,035
   Zephyr and Revolt, to me, that   
   combo felt like I was hanging    

612
00:29:47,076 --> 00:29:48,661
         out with graffiti          
         royalty when I was         

613
00:29:48,703 --> 00:29:50,121
       hanging out with them.       

614
00:29:50,163 --> 00:29:52,248
    So I just took a couple of      
    casual shots of them on the     

615
00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:53,792
               stoop.               

616
00:29:53,833 --> 00:29:56,503
   It was the opening, and so       
   you had these people that were   

617
00:29:56,544 --> 00:30:00,340
      already in Shafrazi,          
      but Warhol and Basquiat,      

618
00:30:00,381 --> 00:30:02,926
   they came out of a cab           
   together with no entourage at    

619
00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:04,844
     all, just the two of them.     

620
00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:06,513
    And I was like, "Oh, shit."     

621
00:30:06,554 --> 00:30:10,433
 And I scooted diagonally across   
 the street and plopped myself in 

622
00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,519
   front of Basquiat and Warhol.    

623
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,021
      I was like, "Hey, Gene!"      

624
00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:19,359
 And Warhol's looking at me like, 
 "Who in tarnations is this guy?" 

625
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,944
              [laughs]              

626
00:30:20,985 --> 00:30:24,697
      Jean said, "He's cool,"       
      and they paused for me.       

627
00:30:24,739 --> 00:30:27,492
     [woman VO] It's so direct      
     and it's so captivating,       

628
00:30:27,534 --> 00:30:29,994
    the way they're just            
    standing there very static.     

629
00:30:30,036 --> 00:30:34,749
 It's so powerful because the two 
 guys in it are really engaged in 

630
00:30:34,791 --> 00:30:38,670
    the picture, and there's an     
    emotional reaction there.       

631
00:30:38,711 --> 00:30:41,339
 [Cheryl VO] That is the           
 quintessential incredible street 

632
00:30:41,381 --> 00:30:43,091
               photo.               

633
00:30:43,132 --> 00:30:44,759
         Just instinct;             
         not even thinking,         

634
00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:45,927
         just like-- pshh.          

635
00:30:45,969 --> 00:30:47,595
       Just like the                
       camera is just, like,        

636
00:30:47,637 --> 00:30:50,098
    part of his right hand -- if    
    he's a righty; I'm not sure.    

637
00:30:50,139 --> 00:30:55,186
   You know, like, instinctual,     
   physical street fuckin' dance.   

638
00:30:57,313 --> 00:30:59,232
   [Ricky VO] That was kinda like   
   hitting a grand slam in your     

639
00:30:59,274 --> 00:31:01,985
         first at-bat in            
         the major leagues.         

640
00:31:03,444 --> 00:31:06,489
     Yeah, I was good, I guess.     

641
00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:11,244
            [Ricky] Yo!             

642
00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:13,913
             Oh, whoa!              

643
00:31:13,955 --> 00:31:16,082
             Rickster!              

644
00:31:16,124 --> 00:31:18,501
      [applause and whistling]      
      What's up, Rick?!             

645
00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:22,422
      [Ricky] What's up, man?       

646
00:31:22,463 --> 00:31:23,590
           How you doin'?           

647
00:31:23,631 --> 00:31:26,009
      [man] It's the Rickster!      

648
00:31:26,634 --> 00:31:29,512
                Ah!                 

649
00:31:31,139 --> 00:31:33,391
    [Ricky] Yo, what's up, bro?     

650
00:31:33,433 --> 00:31:35,310
    -[MCA] How's it going, bro?     
    -[Ricky] How you feelin'?       

651
00:31:35,351 --> 00:31:37,729
   All right, we're just watching   
   Saturday Night Fever, man.       

652
00:31:37,770 --> 00:31:40,273
        What's up with              
        these shades, Rick?         

653
00:31:43,943 --> 00:31:45,737
   [man] Rick, watch the traffic.   

654
00:31:45,778 --> 00:31:47,155
                Yo!                 

655
00:31:47,196 --> 00:31:49,157
          [Ricky] Whoa...           

656
00:31:49,198 --> 00:31:53,953
         smooth lounge music       

657
00:31:53,995 --> 00:31:55,580
             Yo, taxi!              

658
00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:57,248
               Taxi!                

659
00:32:04,172 --> 00:32:08,635
   [Cey] The Beasties had a crew    
   of people in their entourage.    

660
00:32:08,676 --> 00:32:11,220
   I was one of those people and    
   Ricky Powell was one of those    

661
00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:12,472
              people.               

662
00:32:12,513 --> 00:32:14,807
      It wasn't so much about       
      what he was there to do,      

663
00:32:14,849 --> 00:32:17,810
        he was just a               
        part of their crew.         

664
00:32:18,978 --> 00:32:21,147
        What are you wasting        
        the film on me for?         

665
00:32:21,189 --> 00:32:23,566
            Funky karma.            

666
00:32:24,525 --> 00:32:26,319
         [Ricky] Aw, shit!          

667
00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:28,237
      Well, I thought he was        
      one of the Beastie Boys.      

668
00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:30,239
              [laughs]              

669
00:32:30,907 --> 00:32:34,410
 Ricky had that swagger a lot of   
 the white dudes started to have   

670
00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:37,497
    when they started to            
    really know and follow rap.     

671
00:32:37,538 --> 00:32:39,874
    But it was natural, though.     

672
00:32:39,916 --> 00:32:43,711
   And Ricky was one of the first   
   to actually freeze the moment,   

673
00:32:43,753 --> 00:32:47,715
     capturing that essence         
     of hip-hop and rap music.      

674
00:32:47,757 --> 00:32:52,804
          cool hip-hop beat        

675
00:32:55,765 --> 00:32:58,726
   And that was significant, man.   

676
00:32:58,768 --> 00:33:00,061
     [LL VO] He understood the      
     culture, he understood the     

677
00:33:00,103 --> 00:33:02,355
          language, and he          
          was bi-cultural.          

678
00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:04,399
    You know, Ricky was the         
    right guy at the right time.    

679
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,235
   This white kid who's, like,      
   deeply steeped in hip-hop when   

680
00:33:07,276 --> 00:33:09,237
     hip-hop is in its infancy.     

681
00:33:09,278 --> 00:33:11,531
    [Mike VO] Run DMC,              
      Raising Hell,   Public Enemy,    

682
00:33:11,572 --> 00:33:13,032
          Nation of Millions.        

683
00:33:13,074 --> 00:33:16,035
 He managed to capture really      
 incredible moments in time that   

684
00:33:16,077 --> 00:33:19,038
   are gonna, like, be important    
   cultural moments forever.        

685
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,207
        It was almost like          
        this whole hip-hop,         

686
00:33:21,249 --> 00:33:25,211
     Run DMC, Beastie Boy           
     thing was created for him,     

687
00:33:25,253 --> 00:33:28,965
    not for us, which is crazy.     

688
00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:31,801
     How the hell did he end        
     up with the Beastie Boys?      

689
00:33:34,762 --> 00:33:36,055
    Yo, let me tell you, though.    

690
00:33:36,097 --> 00:33:38,641
   Wait, don't tape this, though.   

691
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,059
    -Stop!                          
    -[man] All right, I'll stop.    

692
00:33:40,101 --> 00:33:42,061
    [Ricky VO] So, check it:        
    you know how the whole thing    

693
00:33:42,103 --> 00:33:43,730
              started.              

694
00:33:43,771 --> 00:33:48,026
   I had known Ad-Rock growing up   
   in the schoolyard of PS 41 in    

695
00:33:48,067 --> 00:33:49,193
             the '70s.              

696
00:33:49,235 --> 00:33:50,361
           [Ricky] Adam!            

697
00:33:50,403 --> 00:33:51,863
         Made a new friend?         

698
00:33:51,904 --> 00:33:53,239
        I used to look at           
        him from afar, like,        

699
00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:56,451
     "Yo, that kid has got          
     some funky fresh flavor."      

700
00:33:56,492 --> 00:33:57,702
          This guy, he's            
          got everything--          

701
00:33:57,744 --> 00:33:59,120
       I had that, I                
       don't have it anymore.       

702
00:33:59,162 --> 00:34:01,414
 He only has like four             
 records in his whole collection. 

703
00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:02,540
    He doesn't have any records.    

704
00:34:02,582 --> 00:34:03,958
       I had that, I                
       don't have it anymore.       

705
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,793
    [Ricky VO] So                   
    September of '85 and I say,     

706
00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:08,087
       "Let me go check out         
       this kid Adam's band,        

707
00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:10,631
         the Beastie Boys."         

708
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:13,593
         So I go to the Cat         
         Club; it's packed.         

709
00:34:13,634 --> 00:34:15,428
      [cheering and applause]       

710
00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:20,099
 And then, I'll never forget, the 
 fuckin' 808 bass drum sound --    

711
00:34:20,141 --> 00:34:22,935
       the Def Jam                  
       signature -- dropped.        

712
00:34:22,977 --> 00:34:24,520
               Boom!                

713
00:34:24,562 --> 00:34:29,609
         Beastie boys music        

714
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,448
       I was just like, "Wow.       

715
00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:37,784
       They're magnificent."        

716
00:34:37,825 --> 00:34:39,952
     So I went                      
     backstage and I was like,      

717
00:34:39,994 --> 00:34:41,788
 "Yo, Adam, that shit was dope."   

718
00:34:41,829 --> 00:34:42,955
         He was like, "Oh,          
         shit," you know,           

719
00:34:42,997 --> 00:34:44,082
          "What up, Rick?           

720
00:34:44,123 --> 00:34:45,708
        Let me introduce            
        you to the fellas."         

721
00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:47,960
 And I don't know, I just started 
 hanging out with them that fall   

722
00:34:48,002 --> 00:34:52,715
    of '85 and                      
    recording it with a camera.     

723
00:34:53,966 --> 00:34:55,676
        They started                
        bringing me to gigs,        

724
00:34:55,718 --> 00:34:59,305
     like saying, "Oh, yo, we       
     got a gig in DC or Boston.     

725
00:34:59,347 --> 00:35:01,474
      You wanna come with us?"      

726
00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:03,142
               [beep]               

727
00:35:03,184 --> 00:35:04,644
     [Mike on recording] Ricky!     

728
00:35:04,685 --> 00:35:06,145
        It's Adam and Mike.         

729
00:35:06,187 --> 00:35:07,480
      [Adam on                      
      recording] Hello, Rick.       

730
00:35:07,522 --> 00:35:08,815
        It's your boy, Adam.        

731
00:35:08,856 --> 00:35:11,984
       You've got to come by        
       because you know...          

732
00:35:12,026 --> 00:35:14,153
   When you're 19 and you're        
   stoned and you're making this    

733
00:35:14,195 --> 00:35:17,156
    new album and you think,        
    like, "Aw, this shit's dope.    

734
00:35:17,198 --> 00:35:19,200
         We need somebody           
         to take pictures."         

735
00:35:19,242 --> 00:35:22,328
      Ricky was just                
      documenting everything.       

736
00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:26,082
   And the guys were very excited   
   about Ricky because he was a     

737
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,166
             character.             

738
00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:28,000
      [Ricky] The new flavor!       

739
00:35:28,042 --> 00:35:29,669
           Come on, Cey!            

740
00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,254
          Did you hear me?          

741
00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:33,339
   [Cey VO] He was one of those     
   guys that would just charm the   

742
00:35:33,381 --> 00:35:35,174
         pants off of you.          

743
00:35:35,216 --> 00:35:36,843
     [Ricky] Hey, ya hooligan.      

744
00:35:36,884 --> 00:35:38,511
      [Mike VO] We were             
      comfortable around him.       

745
00:35:38,553 --> 00:35:40,179
 You wanna say something on your   
 show about how your brakes don't 

746
00:35:40,221 --> 00:35:41,013
               work?                

747
00:35:41,055 --> 00:35:42,598
        [Ricky] I fixed it!         

748
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:43,683
 -Check the right front brake, G! 
 -[kid] You fixed it yourself?     

749
00:35:43,724 --> 00:35:45,852
      [Mike VO] He had              
      this innate positivity.       

750
00:35:45,893 --> 00:35:48,855
     His, like, kind of saying      
     or mantra for the time was     

751
00:35:48,896 --> 00:35:52,024
         something like "If         
         it's nice outside,         

752
00:35:52,066 --> 00:35:55,528
        be happy, and if            
        it's not, light up."        

753
00:35:55,570 --> 00:35:56,779
       [man on recording]           
       Yo, Ricky, what's up?!       

754
00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:58,197
 It's your friend, the Beasties.   

755
00:35:58,239 --> 00:35:59,532
        What's up? [laughs]         

756
00:35:59,574 --> 00:36:01,659
        We're at the studio.        

757
00:36:07,456 --> 00:36:12,503
         smooth hip-hop beat       

758
00:36:17,091 --> 00:36:18,259
     [man on recording] Here's      
     pianist and composer,          

759
00:36:18,301 --> 00:36:20,219
            [inaudible].            

760
00:36:20,261 --> 00:36:22,889
      This is so embarrassing.      

761
00:36:22,930 --> 00:36:25,558
           Hey, hey, hey!           

762
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,728
   Old hippy chicks, they dig me.   

763
00:36:28,769 --> 00:36:31,397
    Okay, you see this lamppost?    

764
00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:34,066
     This is where I did my         
     first official band shoot.     

765
00:36:34,108 --> 00:36:36,569
   This actually became the         
   cover for the   East Village Eye   

766
00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:38,654
             magazine.              

767
00:36:41,115 --> 00:36:43,326
            Right here.             

768
00:36:45,286 --> 00:36:48,831
 Well, to tell you the truth, if   
 we didn't know that he already    

769
00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:50,583
       had a connection             
       with the Beastie Boys,       

770
00:36:50,625 --> 00:36:52,752
        we would have               
        used somebody else.         

771
00:36:52,793 --> 00:36:55,087
 I took a chance on Ricky 'cause   
 that was a very important story   

772
00:36:55,129 --> 00:36:57,006
              for us.               

773
00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:01,260
      This one, I call "The         
      Charles Street Shuffle."      

774
00:37:01,928 --> 00:37:03,095
        They were like this.        

775
00:37:03,137 --> 00:37:05,056
           [camera snaps]           

776
00:37:05,097 --> 00:37:06,432
           [camera snaps]           

777
00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:08,267
         Shot one roll and          
         said, "You know,           

778
00:37:08,309 --> 00:37:10,102
   just stand here, stand there."   

779
00:37:10,144 --> 00:37:12,146
     It took about a half-hour.     

780
00:37:12,188 --> 00:37:14,148
     You know, had some laughs.     

781
00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:17,109
   They had this-- this             
   rapport with the photographer,   

782
00:37:17,151 --> 00:37:20,988
      with the camera, and you      
      see it in the pictures.       

783
00:37:21,364 --> 00:37:24,450
         East Village                
        Eye, Paper Magazine,         

784
00:37:24,492 --> 00:37:27,954
 those were the publications that 
 we read that meant stuff on our   

785
00:37:27,995 --> 00:37:29,538
               scene.               

786
00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:32,959
 But his breakout moment is when   
 he goes on tour and you saw the   

787
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,837
       classic combination of       
       early hip-hop stars.         

788
00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:39,298
      And you go, "Dawg,            
      you is really doing it.       

789
00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:40,383
    I see what you were saying.     

790
00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:42,885
     This is important stuff."      

791
00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:46,138
          [slide advances]          

792
00:37:46,180 --> 00:37:48,057
    [Ricky] Oh, I love this one!    

793
00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:51,143
     You got, uh,                   
     Russell and the Beasties;      

794
00:37:51,185 --> 00:37:53,813
     the manager and the group.     

795
00:37:53,854 --> 00:37:55,273
          [slide advances]          

796
00:37:55,314 --> 00:37:59,151
 Oh, that's a good one;            
 Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen.   

797
00:37:59,193 --> 00:38:01,612
       Russell was in charge        
       of Def Jam Records,          

798
00:38:01,654 --> 00:38:04,448
    Lyor Cohen was in               
    charge of Rush Productions,     

799
00:38:04,490 --> 00:38:06,659
       which was management.        

800
00:38:06,701 --> 00:38:10,162
   I was very fortunate that Def    
   Jam brought me into the fam.     

801
00:38:10,204 --> 00:38:13,499
     They were like the coolest     
     record label of hip-hop.       

802
00:38:13,541 --> 00:38:16,168
          [slide advances]          

803
00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:17,503
          [slide advances]          

804
00:38:17,545 --> 00:38:19,547
    Wow, these are great images.    

805
00:38:19,588 --> 00:38:22,842
     Will Smith was coming to       
     Rush to get a record deal,     

806
00:38:22,883 --> 00:38:26,053
         and Daddy-O was            
         just hanging out.          

807
00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:29,348
 Yeah, this is a good example of   
 me putting people together for    

808
00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:31,350
             pictures.              

809
00:38:31,392 --> 00:38:34,061
      I was very good at that.      

810
00:38:36,939 --> 00:38:39,734
       Ah, I haven't seen           
       this shot in a while.        

811
00:38:39,775 --> 00:38:44,822
     Chuck D, very cool dude,       
     1988 on the Def Jam tour.      

812
00:38:46,073 --> 00:38:49,201
         That's a very, uh,         
         fashionable look.          

813
00:38:49,243 --> 00:38:50,369
               Next!                

814
00:38:50,411 --> 00:38:51,537
          [slide advances]          

815
00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:53,039
               What?!               

816
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,374
              Oh, dip!              

817
00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:57,877
         That's me on the           
         Raising Hell tour.         

818
00:38:57,918 --> 00:39:01,005
        That was a wild day.        

819
00:39:01,047 --> 00:39:02,840
             Oh, shit.              

820
00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:05,217
   Can I tell you what happened?    

821
00:39:05,843 --> 00:39:08,512
      It was summer of '86.         

822
00:39:08,554 --> 00:39:13,517
    I'm working my Frozade shift    
    and it is fucking hot out.      

823
00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:15,895
           Nobody's out.            

824
00:39:16,270 --> 00:39:20,399
   So I get a copy of   USA Today,    
   I open up to the entertainment   

825
00:39:20,441 --> 00:39:24,070
    section and it's a double       
    spread: "Raising Hell Tour!     

826
00:39:24,111 --> 00:39:25,071
              Run DMC!              

827
00:39:25,112 --> 00:39:26,238
           Beastie Boys!            

828
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,407
            LL Cool J!"             

829
00:39:28,449 --> 00:39:30,117
         And I looked at it         
         and I'm just like,         

830
00:39:30,159 --> 00:39:31,744
      "Yo, I need to be there.      

831
00:39:31,786 --> 00:39:34,288
        Yo, fuck this job."         

832
00:39:34,580 --> 00:39:38,125
          I rolled my cart          
          to the garage...          

833
00:39:38,626 --> 00:39:40,920
      call somebody and say,        
      "Where they at tonight?"      

834
00:39:40,961 --> 00:39:43,255
    They said, "St. Petersburg."    

835
00:39:43,297 --> 00:39:46,258
     I get a bag                    
     together, got on a plane,      

836
00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:48,886
       and I flew down there.       

837
00:39:50,638 --> 00:39:54,183
    Now, I'm in St. Petersburg,     
    there's nothing going on,       

838
00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:57,103
 I'm asking people, "Yo, where's   
 the arena where the Run DMC show 

839
00:39:57,144 --> 00:39:58,396
                is?"                

840
00:39:58,437 --> 00:39:59,939
       Someone says, "It's in       
       Tampa," and I'm like,        

841
00:39:59,980 --> 00:40:03,275
         "Oh, my God, it's          
         not around here."          

842
00:40:03,317 --> 00:40:05,027
       So I go into this bar.       

843
00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:08,614
        It's like all these         
        fucking hillbillies.        

844
00:40:08,656 --> 00:40:11,117
          [record scratch]          

845
00:40:11,158 --> 00:40:14,203
         Everyone stopped           
         and looked at me.          

846
00:40:14,578 --> 00:40:17,873
    And I threw all my money on     
    the bar -- mostly change,       

847
00:40:17,915 --> 00:40:19,458
             like $20.              

848
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:23,379
     I was like, "Can someone       
     give me a lift to Tampa?"      

849
00:40:24,630 --> 00:40:28,175
    So these two dudes, who had     
    checkered shirts and beards,    

850
00:40:28,217 --> 00:40:31,262
         they say, "We'll           
         give you a lift."          

851
00:40:31,929 --> 00:40:35,433
     Took me into their pickup      
     and I sit in the middle,       

852
00:40:35,474 --> 00:40:37,518
         and we're driving          
         on the highway.            

853
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:42,606
            upbeat music           

854
00:40:43,899 --> 00:40:46,193
       Then, they veer off          
       and take a dirt road,        

855
00:40:46,235 --> 00:40:48,195
     and I was like, "Yo, what?     

856
00:40:48,237 --> 00:40:51,532
        What the fuck have I        
        gotten myself into?"        

857
00:40:51,574 --> 00:40:53,701
      And I start thinking of       
      the movie   Deliverance.        

858
00:40:53,742 --> 00:40:55,953
          [pig squealing]           

859
00:40:55,995 --> 00:40:58,706
        Just when I start to        
        fuckin' get panicky,        

860
00:40:58,747 --> 00:41:02,334
     I see in the distance          
     the top of the Tampa Dome.     

861
00:41:02,376 --> 00:41:04,920
     They actually brought me.      

862
00:41:05,212 --> 00:41:09,008
    They drop me off, I'm           
    like, "Yo, thanks, fellas!"     

863
00:41:09,049 --> 00:41:13,345
   I go to the back entrance and    
   a security guard comes out?      

864
00:41:13,387 --> 00:41:14,013
               "Yeah?               

865
00:41:14,054 --> 00:41:15,514
          What you want?"           

866
00:41:15,556 --> 00:41:18,017
    "Yo, tell Ad-Rock from the      
    Beasties the Rickster's out     

867
00:41:18,058 --> 00:41:19,935
               here."               

868
00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:22,021
       Five minutes                 
      later, Adam comes out.        

869
00:41:22,062 --> 00:41:23,856
       He's like, "Oh, shit!        

870
00:41:23,898 --> 00:41:25,024
                Yo!                 

871
00:41:25,065 --> 00:41:26,317
   What are you doin' out here?"    

872
00:41:26,358 --> 00:41:29,528
       I'm like, "Ah, I was         
       in the neighborhood."        

873
00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:32,865
          Let's go, Ricky!          

874
00:41:32,907 --> 00:41:34,074
           Let's go, man!           

875
00:41:34,116 --> 00:41:35,201
         [Ricky VO] And             
         then the Beasties,         

876
00:41:35,242 --> 00:41:37,912
       they gave me a               
       bunk on the tour bus.        

877
00:41:37,953 --> 00:41:40,331
            It was sick.            

878
00:41:40,789 --> 00:41:42,166
               Sick!                

879
00:41:43,375 --> 00:41:45,085
          [Ricky] Yee-haw!          

880
00:41:45,127 --> 00:41:48,255
   [Ricky VO] I was experiencing    
   the lifestyle, you know?         

881
00:41:48,297 --> 00:41:49,757
        I thought to                
        myself, "Oh, my God,        

882
00:41:49,798 --> 00:41:51,258
       this is the Big Time."       

883
00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:54,345
           [honking] Hey!           

884
00:41:54,386 --> 00:41:57,097
 First of all, it was baptism      
 by fire performing with Run DMC   

885
00:41:57,139 --> 00:41:58,224
            every night.            

886
00:41:58,265 --> 00:41:59,558
      They were at the              
      height of their powers,       

887
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,770
    and I mean they were            
    just bombing on everything.     

888
00:42:05,481 --> 00:42:08,901
        When I met Ricky, I         
        remember him saying,        

889
00:42:08,943 --> 00:42:12,738
   "Don't mind me, I'ma be taking   
   a couple of flickeroonis."       

890
00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:14,073
           [camera snaps]           

891
00:42:14,114 --> 00:42:15,824
           [camera snaps]           

892
00:42:16,492 --> 00:42:19,078
 [Ricky VO] This is, like, my      
 second day being on the Raising   

893
00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:20,579
             Hell tour.             

894
00:42:20,621 --> 00:42:24,583
     Tallahasee, Florida, the       
     Beasties with Lyor Cohen.      

895
00:42:24,625 --> 00:42:28,504
 That was the first motel          
 that we were able to afford that 

896
00:42:28,546 --> 00:42:30,422
        actually had a pool.        

897
00:42:30,464 --> 00:42:34,593
 We felt like we had arrived, and 
 for him to have captured that     

898
00:42:34,635 --> 00:42:38,681
   photo -- I don't ever remember   
   having Speedos -- it's kind of   

899
00:42:38,722 --> 00:42:41,475
     embarrassing but it's like     
     looking back in memories;      

900
00:42:41,517 --> 00:42:43,310
          it's beautiful.           

901
00:42:43,352 --> 00:42:44,478
         [Ricky] Oh, shit!          

902
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:49,316
   LL Cool J, New Orleans, 1986.    

903
00:42:49,358 --> 00:42:51,235
            It's crazy.             

904
00:42:51,277 --> 00:42:52,486
               Yo...                

905
00:42:52,528 --> 00:42:55,155
        man, it's the               
        chunky dookie ropes,        

906
00:42:55,197 --> 00:42:58,742
        it's the chains, the        
        Kangols, the vibes.         

907
00:42:59,118 --> 00:43:01,120
   [Hurricane] He'd take a          
   picture without you noticing.    

908
00:43:01,161 --> 00:43:02,955
 You would be sitting here and     
 Ricky was sitting there taking a 

909
00:43:02,997 --> 00:43:04,123
              picture.              

910
00:43:04,164 --> 00:43:05,291
        You're like, "Ricky,        
        what are you doing?"        

911
00:43:05,332 --> 00:43:06,292
          Hey, you hiding           
          something there?          

912
00:43:06,333 --> 00:43:07,376
       You hiding something?        

913
00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:08,502
        I've always seen            
        Ricky doing this...         

914
00:43:08,544 --> 00:43:09,503
        [whispering] Click.         

915
00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:10,963
               Click.               

916
00:43:11,005 --> 00:43:12,298
               Click.               

917
00:43:12,339 --> 00:43:13,799
               Click.               

918
00:43:13,841 --> 00:43:14,967
       "Oh, yo yo yo, let's         
       get a shot real quick,       

919
00:43:15,009 --> 00:43:16,302
   come on, we gotta get a shot!"   

920
00:43:16,343 --> 00:43:17,136
     And you'd just turn            
     around to take the shot...     

921
00:43:17,177 --> 00:43:19,054
           and he's off.            

922
00:43:20,306 --> 00:43:24,059
      [Darryl VO] He caught         
      everything in real time.      

923
00:43:25,019 --> 00:43:25,894
              "Cane!"               

924
00:43:25,936 --> 00:43:26,478
       And you'd turn around.       

925
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:27,813
           Click, click!            

926
00:43:27,855 --> 00:43:29,315
     By the time you turned         
     around, he's clickin' it.      

927
00:43:29,356 --> 00:43:31,150
   And that's what made him         
   different than everybody else:   

928
00:43:31,191 --> 00:43:32,776
          he just did it.           

929
00:43:32,818 --> 00:43:34,987
   I remember one time, he was      
   trying to take a picture and I   

930
00:43:35,029 --> 00:43:35,904
      was kicking Ricky to go.      

931
00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:36,739
          "Go, get back!"           

932
00:43:36,780 --> 00:43:38,407
      He still had the camera.      

933
00:43:38,449 --> 00:43:39,908
         "Get back, Ricky!"         

934
00:43:39,950 --> 00:43:41,160
 And I'm kicking him, he's still   
 trying to take the picture.       

935
00:43:41,201 --> 00:43:44,913
       I'm like, "Oh,               
       this guy won't stop."        

936
00:43:45,289 --> 00:43:46,832
      [Ricky VO] I liked            
      being part of the crew,       

937
00:43:46,874 --> 00:43:49,043
       just hanging, you            
       know, the "entourage,"       

938
00:43:49,084 --> 00:43:50,336
              per se.               

939
00:43:50,377 --> 00:43:54,506
      But also taking relevant      
      pictures simultaneously.      

940
00:43:54,965 --> 00:43:58,719
   And I think you have to get a    
 degree in humanistic behaviors    

941
00:43:58,761 --> 00:44:02,556
      before you can                
      master the two together.      

942
00:44:05,601 --> 00:44:08,187
   So Ricky, you think moving       
   around a lot'll make me digest   

943
00:44:08,228 --> 00:44:10,522
      faster or I should just       
      chill out 'til the show?      

944
00:44:10,564 --> 00:44:12,191
        [Ricky] Yeah, try           
        to chill out before.        

945
00:44:12,232 --> 00:44:14,860
 You don't want the Hersey         
 squirts when you're performing.   

946
00:44:14,902 --> 00:44:16,195
   Nah, that's not a good thing.    

947
00:44:16,236 --> 00:44:17,529
   Yo, the light's not on, Rick.    

948
00:44:17,571 --> 00:44:20,074
   It's not-- it's not recording.   

949
00:44:20,574 --> 00:44:22,701
 Back then, it was like            
 nobody had cameras all the time, 

950
00:44:22,743 --> 00:44:24,453
     they didn't have the           
     phones and all that stuff,     

951
00:44:24,495 --> 00:44:26,705
    so somebody doing something     
    goofy or stupid and then,       

952
00:44:26,747 --> 00:44:28,123
         he'd be the first          
         one to, like, "Oh,         

953
00:44:28,165 --> 00:44:29,875
    hold it, hold it, hold it!"     

954
00:44:29,917 --> 00:44:32,461
        And, you know,              
        "Lemme get a snap!"         

955
00:44:33,921 --> 00:44:35,381
         [LL VO] There can          
         be photographers,          

956
00:44:35,422 --> 00:44:37,549
      they feel like the            
      tag on your undershirt.       

957
00:44:37,591 --> 00:44:39,718
 There's a little bit of that...   
 [makes rubbing sound]             

958
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:40,719
       You just wanna...            
       [makes tearing sound]        

959
00:44:40,761 --> 00:44:41,553
       You know what I mean?        

960
00:44:41,595 --> 00:44:44,473
    But not Rick; Rick was cool.    

961
00:44:44,848 --> 00:44:48,227
 The personal relationship with    
 the photographers was important, 

962
00:44:48,268 --> 00:44:50,396
   'cause number one, I             
   don't really like being seen;    

963
00:44:50,437 --> 00:44:52,481
        I like being heard.         

964
00:44:52,523 --> 00:44:54,608
      I'm like, "Yo, you            
      got five seconds, dude."      

965
00:44:54,650 --> 00:44:55,609
               [beep]               

966
00:44:55,651 --> 00:44:56,610
               [beep]               

967
00:44:56,652 --> 00:44:57,611
               [beep]               

968
00:44:57,653 --> 00:44:58,612
               [beep]               

969
00:44:58,654 --> 00:44:59,947
               [beep]               

970
00:44:59,988 --> 00:45:01,782
    Ricky says, "Lemme get          
    that five seconds" and boom,    

971
00:45:01,824 --> 00:45:04,410
      boom, boom, and then you      
      felt that it was cool,        

972
00:45:04,451 --> 00:45:06,245
        I can give him more.        

973
00:45:06,286 --> 00:45:08,747
       He's capturing that          
       moment of permission,        

974
00:45:08,789 --> 00:45:09,915
     you know what I'm saying?      

975
00:45:09,957 --> 00:45:12,626
        He worked in that           
        area of permission.         

976
00:45:12,668 --> 00:45:14,795
        License to Ill tour.        

977
00:45:18,173 --> 00:45:21,468
   [LL VO] I mean, we were          
   doing it on every level, man.    

978
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:24,304
    Yeah, yeah, that's my Benz.     

979
00:45:24,346 --> 00:45:25,097
         That was my Benz.          

980
00:45:25,139 --> 00:45:26,765
          Lemme see that?           

981
00:45:26,807 --> 00:45:30,310
        Yeah, yeah, that's          
        crazy, that's crazy.        

982
00:45:32,479 --> 00:45:34,857
   [woman over speaker] We will     
   be taxiing for a few moments.    

983
00:45:41,155 --> 00:45:44,867
       [Ricky] You see, this        
       is what I do: luggage.       

984
00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:48,287
   I'm in charge of the luggage.    

985
00:45:49,455 --> 00:45:53,709
 I'm integral to the               
     Beastie Boys organization.     

986
00:45:53,959 --> 00:45:55,627
         Whether it was             
         the United States,         

987
00:45:55,669 --> 00:45:58,964
 whether it was Europe, Ricky      
 went everywhere with us and the   

988
00:45:59,006 --> 00:45:59,923
             Beasties.              

989
00:45:59,965 --> 00:46:01,633
           [Ricky] Uh-oh.           

990
00:46:01,675 --> 00:46:03,844
    This guy is gettin' pissed.     

991
00:46:04,678 --> 00:46:06,138
       Fellas, how you doing?       

992
00:46:06,180 --> 00:46:08,515
          We're all okay?           

993
00:46:11,018 --> 00:46:15,689
 So imagine that; imagine the      
 guy that was there as a homeboy. 

994
00:46:15,731 --> 00:46:20,152
   He got to see everything in a    
   way that nobody else could.      

995
00:46:20,194 --> 00:46:24,656
         upbeat hip-hop beat       

996
00:46:24,698 --> 00:46:27,326
          Ricky's work had          
          a certain, uh...          

997
00:46:27,367 --> 00:46:30,037
   you know, capturing-the-moment   
   look to it that was different    

998
00:46:30,078 --> 00:46:32,372
     from other photographers.      

999
00:46:33,874 --> 00:46:37,085
 [Sue VO] They were very           
 human, kind of loving pictures.   

1000
00:46:37,127 --> 00:46:39,004
       To me, you know, these       
       images were amazing,         

1001
00:46:39,046 --> 00:46:42,257
 like the photo of Jam Master      
 Jay with the Pan Am plane behind 

1002
00:46:42,299 --> 00:46:43,801
                him.                

1003
00:46:43,842 --> 00:46:45,344
   You knew Ricky was there, but    
   you didn't really feel like      

1004
00:46:45,385 --> 00:46:47,012
 there was a person there; there   
 was just this image as if you     

1005
00:46:47,054 --> 00:46:48,639
            were there.             

1006
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:49,848
 [Janette VO] One of my favorite   
 images that he ever took was Run 

1007
00:46:49,890 --> 00:46:52,851
        DMC and the Beastie         
        Boys on a tour bus.         

1008
00:46:52,893 --> 00:46:55,521
     It's not a posed               
     photo, it's very unposed,      

1009
00:46:55,562 --> 00:46:57,189
      and I love that               
      about Ricky's pictures;       

1010
00:46:57,231 --> 00:46:59,191
      they're very casual and       
      they're very backstage,       

1011
00:46:59,233 --> 00:47:01,360
         behind-the-sceney.         

1012
00:47:04,029 --> 00:47:06,532
   He's not a photographer that's   
   gonna sit there and take a       

1013
00:47:06,573 --> 00:47:07,825
          static portrait.          

1014
00:47:07,866 --> 00:47:11,370
      He really shows you the       
      energy and the emotion,       

1015
00:47:11,411 --> 00:47:14,081
      and you wanna be there.       

1016
00:47:14,122 --> 00:47:16,208
     It was just always             
     those spur-of-the-moment,      

1017
00:47:16,250 --> 00:47:20,045
         not typical, not           
         the usual mundane,         

1018
00:47:20,087 --> 00:47:21,880
       ordinary photoshoots.        

1019
00:47:21,922 --> 00:47:25,217
    But the most iconic pictures    
    of us by Ricky is the Paris     

1020
00:47:25,259 --> 00:47:28,053
     pictures with the              
     Eiffel Tower in the back,      

1021
00:47:28,095 --> 00:47:29,388
         'cause that                
         showed the world,          

1022
00:47:29,429 --> 00:47:31,223
          "Yo, we global."          

1023
00:47:31,265 --> 00:47:33,725
      Like, everybody global        
      now, we've been global.       

1024
00:47:33,767 --> 00:47:36,395
       They look like, wow,         
       they're hip-hop gods,        

1025
00:47:36,436 --> 00:47:38,063
       man, in this picture.        

1026
00:47:38,105 --> 00:47:39,731
           They are gods!           

1027
00:47:39,773 --> 00:47:42,067
     [LL VO] It was like            
     "Look how far we've come."     

1028
00:47:42,109 --> 00:47:45,320
    It wasn't just a picture in     
    front of the Eiffel Tower,      

1029
00:47:45,362 --> 00:47:48,240
 it was guys that were standing    
 on the corner drinking 40 ounces 

1030
00:47:48,282 --> 00:47:50,492
         of Old English...          

1031
00:47:50,534 --> 00:47:53,579
    with the same outfits on        
    that they wore in the hood,     

1032
00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:56,915
     but now, they're in            
     front of the Eiffel Tower.     

1033
00:47:56,957 --> 00:47:59,251
         That's a big deal.         

1034
00:48:00,085 --> 00:48:02,921
     That's a really big deal.      

1035
00:48:04,965 --> 00:48:07,259
          That's special.           

1036
00:48:07,926 --> 00:48:09,219
           What up, man?            

1037
00:48:09,261 --> 00:48:11,930
      [cheering and hollering]      

1038
00:48:11,972 --> 00:48:14,099
          What up, Ricky?!          

1039
00:48:16,518 --> 00:48:18,478
               Kinky!               

1040
00:48:19,980 --> 00:48:22,608
             [snorting]             

1041
00:48:22,649 --> 00:48:23,942
        [Ricky] Hey, what's         
        going on in here?!          

1042
00:48:23,984 --> 00:48:25,444
             Hey, hey!              

1043
00:48:25,485 --> 00:48:28,488
        [laughs] Fantastic!         

1044
00:48:31,992 --> 00:48:34,494
      [Max] Let me outta here!      

1045
00:48:34,536 --> 00:48:35,996
           [Ricky] What?            

1046
00:48:36,038 --> 00:48:37,623
             [Max] Hey!             

1047
00:48:37,664 --> 00:48:39,124
         Let me outta here!         

1048
00:48:39,166 --> 00:48:40,626
      We need to present you.       

1049
00:48:40,667 --> 00:48:43,670
     All right, ladies and          
     gentlemen, introducing...      

1050
00:48:43,712 --> 00:48:45,339
                Max!                

1051
00:48:46,506 --> 00:48:49,176
         [laughs] Oh, shit!         

1052
00:48:57,851 --> 00:48:59,645
               Maxie!               

1053
00:48:59,686 --> 00:49:01,605
     I love this fuckin' shot.      

1054
00:49:01,647 --> 00:49:04,483
     It's my man, Max Perlich.      

1055
00:49:04,650 --> 00:49:09,279
 Max, I met through the Beasties   
 in LA and just was very cordial   

1056
00:49:09,321 --> 00:49:12,282
     and accommodating and open     
     right from the jump-off.       

1057
00:49:12,324 --> 00:49:13,951
       [Max] What's up, Rick?       

1058
00:49:13,992 --> 00:49:14,952
                Ah!                 

1059
00:49:14,993 --> 00:49:16,620
           [Max] [laughs]           

1060
00:49:16,662 --> 00:49:18,205
          Come on, bitch!           

1061
00:49:18,246 --> 00:49:20,290
   [Max VO] Ricky really was part   
   of the fabric of the Beastie     

1062
00:49:20,332 --> 00:49:23,335
    Boys' identity, their look.     

1063
00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:28,674
 I was intrigued by the            
 energy -- this uncontrollable... 

1064
00:49:28,715 --> 00:49:32,010
     like you could get hurt        
     or you could get an award,     

1065
00:49:32,052 --> 00:49:33,470
             you know?              

1066
00:49:33,512 --> 00:49:36,890
    For-- for-- for just being      
    a part of the-- the troupe.     

1067
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:40,519
         These guys all had         
         that sort of draw;         

1068
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,230
    Ricky was part of their act.    

1069
00:49:45,232 --> 00:49:47,526
        He was like the--           
        the-- the hype man.         

1070
00:49:47,567 --> 00:49:48,694
         [Ricky] Okay, go.          

1071
00:49:48,735 --> 00:49:49,861
               Whoo!                

1072
00:49:49,903 --> 00:49:50,862
               Whoo!                

1073
00:49:50,904 --> 00:49:52,072
               Whoo!                

1074
00:49:52,114 --> 00:49:54,533
      [Max VO] The guy that         
      was there egging 'em on.      

1075
00:49:54,574 --> 00:49:55,534
           [bulb bursts]            

1076
00:49:55,575 --> 00:49:56,535
          [man] Oh, shit!           

1077
00:49:56,576 --> 00:49:58,370
             Oh, shit!              

1078
00:49:58,412 --> 00:50:00,205
    [Ricky]                         
    [laughing] Oh, shit, sorry.     

1079
00:50:00,247 --> 00:50:01,373
           You all right?           

1080
00:50:01,415 --> 00:50:02,958
            [screaming]             

1081
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,710
       [Max VO] The guy that        
       would cause trouble.         

1082
00:50:04,751 --> 00:50:06,211
    What are you doin', Ricky?!     

1083
00:50:06,253 --> 00:50:08,714
    What are you doin', Ricky?!     

1084
00:50:08,755 --> 00:50:11,216
   And you needed him. [chuckles]   

1085
00:50:11,258 --> 00:50:13,385
 [Cey VO] Ricky and I were         
 roommates on the License to Ill   

1086
00:50:13,427 --> 00:50:15,887
      tour; that's how I            
      really got to know him.       

1087
00:50:15,929 --> 00:50:19,391
 And you learn a lot about people 
 when you share a room with them. 

1088
00:50:19,433 --> 00:50:24,396
        Do it, do it, do it         
        'til you're satisfied       

1089
00:50:24,438 --> 00:50:26,064
        You know, that's            
        staying right there.        

1090
00:50:26,106 --> 00:50:28,400
 I'm not going one more line in.   

1091
00:50:28,442 --> 00:50:30,027
              [laughs]              

1092
00:50:30,068 --> 00:50:34,281
      Do it, do it 'til you're      
      satisfied (Whatever it is)    

1093
00:50:34,322 --> 00:50:38,118
         Do it, do it 'til          
         you're satisfied...        

1094
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:40,454
     [man] Do you like parties?     

1095
00:50:40,495 --> 00:50:42,039
               Yeah.                

1096
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:45,542
   [man] We can invite all our      
   friends and have soda and pie!   

1097
00:50:45,584 --> 00:50:47,544
               Yeah!                

1098
00:50:49,504 --> 00:50:50,297
               Ricky!               

1099
00:50:50,338 --> 00:50:51,298
        Yo, this is a orgy!         

1100
00:50:51,339 --> 00:50:53,759
             Fuck yeah!             

1101
00:50:58,013 --> 00:50:59,806
        [firework whistling]        

1102
00:50:59,848 --> 00:51:01,641
             [man] Oh!              

1103
00:51:04,978 --> 00:51:06,938
         Oh, I'm gonna              
         fuck this dude up!         

1104
00:51:06,980 --> 00:51:09,357
           [all shouting]           

1105
00:51:10,233 --> 00:51:12,444
 [Ricky] Can we get fucking busy? 

1106
00:51:12,486 --> 00:51:14,946
          [crowd cheering]          

1107
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,117
        Everybody knows             
        what they'd like to do      

1108
00:51:19,159 --> 00:51:23,538
      Whatever it is, do it,        
      as long as it pleases you     

1109
00:51:23,580 --> 00:51:28,543
         Just take some time        
         and relax your mind        

1110
00:51:28,794 --> 00:51:33,548
       And do it, do it, do         
       it 'til you're satisfied     

1111
00:51:34,466 --> 00:51:36,510
   [man] Ricky Powell, represent!   

1112
00:51:36,551 --> 00:51:38,929
       -Are you Ricky Powell?       
       -[Ricky] Yes, ma'am.         

1113
00:51:41,389 --> 00:51:43,934
       -Everybody get Ricky!        
       -No!                         

1114
00:51:43,975 --> 00:51:46,269
        Everybody get Ricky!        

1115
00:51:46,311 --> 00:51:51,274
        I'm shrooming and           
        just having a goof.         

1116
00:51:51,316 --> 00:51:53,860
         Let's get stupid!          

1117
00:51:53,902 --> 00:51:57,030
          [crowd cheering]          

1118
00:51:57,072 --> 00:52:01,993
          guitar solo               
          playing from radio        

1119
00:52:02,035 --> 00:52:04,037
               Pshh.                

1120
00:52:04,454 --> 00:52:07,833
    Everything that you could       
    imagine in the life of sex,     

1121
00:52:07,874 --> 00:52:12,087
    drugs, and rock n' roll, I      
    saw it manifest with Ricky,     

1122
00:52:12,129 --> 00:52:13,255
     you know what I'm saying?      

1123
00:52:13,296 --> 00:52:16,258
      We had our groupies,          
      Ricky had his groupies.       

1124
00:52:16,633 --> 00:52:19,010
     [Hurricane] Ricky, he was      
     supposed to be the roadie,     

1125
00:52:19,052 --> 00:52:21,847
   supposed to do roadie things,    
   but he wasn't doing the roadie   

1126
00:52:21,888 --> 00:52:23,348
               stuff.               

1127
00:52:23,557 --> 00:52:25,100
   You know, he was just supposed   
   to be getting the bags and       

1128
00:52:25,142 --> 00:52:27,185
       bringing them                
       upstairs to the room,        

1129
00:52:27,227 --> 00:52:30,522
       but Rick is just             
       like-- he's doing him.       

1130
00:52:30,564 --> 00:52:35,527
     "Car Thief" by Beastie Boys   

1131
00:52:35,569 --> 00:52:38,029
     Homeboy, throw in the towel   

1132
00:52:38,071 --> 00:52:40,866
       [crowd] Your girl got        
       dicked by Ricky Powell!      

1133
00:52:40,907 --> 00:52:43,410
      The Godfather of Soul is      
      in the belly of the beast     

1134
00:52:43,451 --> 00:52:45,912
      Smoking that dust             
      at St. Anthony's Feast...     

1135
00:52:45,954 --> 00:52:48,748
    And somehow, with the joint     
    hanging off the side of his     

1136
00:52:48,790 --> 00:52:52,252
       mouth and, like, the         
       drink almost spilling,       

1137
00:52:52,294 --> 00:52:57,257
 he managed to capture this frame 
 and get these real moments.       

1138
00:52:57,299 --> 00:53:01,553
         smooth jazzy music        

1139
00:53:01,595 --> 00:53:05,056
     [Lynn VO] Rickster was         
     giving away his pictures.      

1140
00:53:05,098 --> 00:53:09,895
   He was making them out of love   
   and sharing them out of love.    

1141
00:53:09,936 --> 00:53:13,231
       Yet it costs money to        
       buy food, pay rent,          

1142
00:53:13,273 --> 00:53:15,400
    pay for film and processing.    

1143
00:53:15,442 --> 00:53:18,904
 There's a lot of costs involved. 

1144
00:53:18,945 --> 00:53:22,073
    You can't just give it away.    

1145
00:53:22,115 --> 00:53:25,911
   Lynn Goldsmith, she taught me    
   everything in the photography    

1146
00:53:25,952 --> 00:53:28,163
         business, and she          
         was no-nonsense,           

1147
00:53:28,205 --> 00:53:31,249
       servicing pictures           
       to all the magazines.        

1148
00:53:31,291 --> 00:53:34,252
         Lynn taught me the         
         art of the hustle,         

1149
00:53:34,294 --> 00:53:37,422
       which she doesn't like       
       me saying -- "hustle."       

1150
00:53:37,464 --> 00:53:39,758
      She's very fucking anal.      

1151
00:53:39,799 --> 00:53:42,677
       I'm Jewish and bossy.        

1152
00:53:43,762 --> 00:53:45,764
       You know, she liked          
       me right off the bat,        

1153
00:53:45,805 --> 00:53:48,099
      loved that I was              
      down with the Beasties,       

1154
00:53:48,141 --> 00:53:51,561
      loved saying "Rickster!"      

1155
00:53:51,603 --> 00:53:54,481
 [Lynn VO] When I saw Rickster's   
 pictures -- I saw some            

1156
00:53:54,522 --> 00:53:59,569
    underwater pictures -- I        
    felt he had such potential.     

1157
00:54:01,821 --> 00:54:06,826
    However, his pictures --        
    many of them were not good.     

1158
00:54:07,494 --> 00:54:09,454
         They were sloppy.          

1159
00:54:09,496 --> 00:54:14,501
 And he took my criticism and      
 tightened up those photo skills. 

1160
00:54:17,003 --> 00:54:19,005
         She got in my face         
         a couple of times.         

1161
00:54:19,047 --> 00:54:20,632
           She was tough.           

1162
00:54:20,674 --> 00:54:24,970
     Ricky wanted to be around      
     the people who were really     

1163
00:54:25,011 --> 00:54:29,140
   interesting to him, and it       
   didn't have to be the hip-hop    

1164
00:54:29,182 --> 00:54:30,892
               world.               

1165
00:54:32,102 --> 00:54:37,148
                                    

1166
00:54:43,196 --> 00:54:46,241
     [Patrick VO] As a              
     photographer, he's on it.      

1167
00:54:48,368 --> 00:54:53,581
        I appreciate the            
        artistry of access,         

1168
00:54:53,623 --> 00:54:56,001
    the artistry of getting it.     

1169
00:54:56,042 --> 00:54:58,295
 Like there's a great picture he   
 has of Cindy Crawford where she   

1170
00:54:58,336 --> 00:54:59,963
        looks a little              
        bit like, you know,         

1171
00:55:00,005 --> 00:55:03,300
        not disheveled but          
        there's a realness.         

1172
00:55:03,550 --> 00:55:06,219
   You expect that he's gonna       
   have the ill photo of Run DMC,   

1173
00:55:06,261 --> 00:55:09,180
    the ill photo of the            
    Beasties, but when you see,     

1174
00:55:09,222 --> 00:55:12,350
   like, Andy Warhol and            
   Cindy Crawford that he's just    

1175
00:55:12,392 --> 00:55:13,685
         capturing like...          

1176
00:55:13,727 --> 00:55:16,521
      this ain't a photoshoot,      
      he wasn't commissioned,       

1177
00:55:16,563 --> 00:55:19,024
 he's just like, "Yo, I got you." 

1178
00:55:19,065 --> 00:55:20,358
               Boom.                

1179
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:25,405
         upbeat hip-hop beat       

1180
00:55:25,947 --> 00:55:31,119
 Celebrity or some sense of        
 celebrity is so important to any 

1181
00:55:31,161 --> 00:55:34,205
   photographer's work because      
   that's the kind of stuff that    

1182
00:55:34,247 --> 00:55:36,207
        people go, "Oh, wow!        

1183
00:55:36,249 --> 00:55:38,960
   Is that Laurence Fishburne?!"    

1184
00:55:40,420 --> 00:55:42,547
        [Laurence VO]               
        It's pretty badass.         

1185
00:55:42,589 --> 00:55:45,050
        [laughing] It's a           
        pretty badass photo.        

1186
00:55:45,091 --> 00:55:48,386
   It captures me in a way          
   that only people that know me,   

1187
00:55:48,428 --> 00:55:50,221
       that hung out with me,       
       that grew up with me,        

1188
00:55:50,263 --> 00:55:52,307
      like, they know,              
      "Oh, yeah, that's Fish,       

1189
00:55:52,349 --> 00:55:53,892
           that's Fish."            

1190
00:55:53,933 --> 00:55:57,062
    [Kaves VO] Those photographs    
    are time capsules, man.         

1191
00:55:57,103 --> 00:55:58,730
 You wish you were him, you know? 

1192
00:55:58,772 --> 00:56:01,191
   You wish you were hanging out    
   with Sofia Coppola but that--    

1193
00:56:01,232 --> 00:56:04,486
     that cocksucker's hanging      
     out with Sofia Coppola.        

1194
00:56:07,113 --> 00:56:08,948
       That shot of Sandra          
       Bernhard, Debi Mazar,        

1195
00:56:08,990 --> 00:56:10,909
       and Madonna                  
       together, you're like,       

1196
00:56:10,950 --> 00:56:12,619
            "Holy shit."            

1197
00:56:12,994 --> 00:56:15,580
 You're wrapped into what it       
 really felt like to be there in   

1198
00:56:15,622 --> 00:56:18,249
 a way that's just significantly   
 cooler because of the kind of     

1199
00:56:18,291 --> 00:56:21,795
    person he is and the kind of    
    eye that he therefore has.      

1200
00:56:26,299 --> 00:56:29,260
    I think it's that he always     
    seems a little bit absent.      

1201
00:56:29,302 --> 00:56:31,930
 You know, I'm not sure of, like, 
 what he's up to that's creating   

1202
00:56:31,971 --> 00:56:36,518
 that sensation, but it makes      
 you think that it's not really a 

1203
00:56:36,559 --> 00:56:38,603
       witness you should           
       be too worried about,        

1204
00:56:38,645 --> 00:56:40,105
       you know what I mean?        

1205
00:56:40,146 --> 00:56:41,606
    'Cause maybe the picture's      
    not even gonna be in focus,     

1206
00:56:41,648 --> 00:56:44,275
         and therein lies           
         the great sort of,         

1207
00:56:44,317 --> 00:56:47,445
      uh, wisdom and                
      artform of Ricky Powell,      

1208
00:56:47,487 --> 00:56:51,866
 which is "Oh, you better believe 
 that shit's deep in focus."       

1209
00:56:52,659 --> 00:56:54,536
        [Ricky] What a day.         

1210
00:56:54,786 --> 00:56:57,956
      Okay, special guest           
      today: the one and only,      

1211
00:56:57,997 --> 00:57:00,291
   the beautiful Sandra Bernhard.   

1212
00:57:00,333 --> 00:57:01,251
                Hi.                 

1213
00:57:01,292 --> 00:57:02,752
           Hi, you guys.            

1214
00:57:02,794 --> 00:57:04,254
           We're hangin.'           

1215
00:57:04,295 --> 00:57:06,756
     Hangin' with the homeboy.      

1216
00:57:06,798 --> 00:57:07,924
        All right, let's            
        go take some flicks.        

1217
00:57:07,966 --> 00:57:09,426
               -Okay.               
               -Dope.               

1218
00:57:09,467 --> 00:57:10,677
             Oh, shit.              

1219
00:57:10,718 --> 00:57:11,636
         Getting some sun.          

1220
00:57:11,678 --> 00:57:14,347
 [Ricky] Yes, absorb those rays.   

1221
00:57:16,182 --> 00:57:18,143
    [Cheryl VO] The fisheye lens    
    was Ricky Powell's signature    

1222
00:57:18,184 --> 00:57:18,977
               style.               

1223
00:57:19,018 --> 00:57:20,603
     I mean, it was undeniable.     

1224
00:57:20,645 --> 00:57:23,648
 You saw a picture like that, you 
 knew that Ricky Powell took it.   

1225
00:57:23,690 --> 00:57:27,652
 Ricky was able to use something   
 like the fisheye lens and kinda   

1226
00:57:27,694 --> 00:57:29,696
          define a moment.          

1227
00:57:29,737 --> 00:57:34,325
 You know, it's very distinctive, 
 has a more arty feel to it.       

1228
00:57:34,367 --> 00:57:36,619
       [Cheryl VO] It was           
       just fun and playful.        

1229
00:57:43,376 --> 00:57:45,170
        The fisheye lens was        
        a big thing for us,         

1230
00:57:45,211 --> 00:57:48,006
 'cause we grew up as kids, like, 
 reading these skate magazines     

1231
00:57:48,047 --> 00:57:52,594
         where the fisheye          
         lens was a staple.         

1232
00:57:52,886 --> 00:57:55,930
     All those   Check Your           
       Head   fisheye shots just,      

1233
00:57:55,972 --> 00:57:58,183
   like, instantly come to mind.    

1234
00:57:58,224 --> 00:58:00,351
 They, like, brought you into a    
 whole different world and I was   

1235
00:58:00,393 --> 00:58:02,854
        totally transfixed.         

1236
00:58:04,522 --> 00:58:07,150
      [Cheryl VO]                   
      Portraiture in fisheye,       

1237
00:58:07,192 --> 00:58:10,028
    it's so associated with him.    

1238
00:58:13,364 --> 00:58:18,369
         mellow jazzy music        

1239
00:58:22,415 --> 00:58:24,375
     [Ricky] I've got a lot of      
     classic slides just laying     

1240
00:58:24,417 --> 00:58:25,960
        around [laughs]             
        and it's ridiculous.        

1241
00:58:26,002 --> 00:58:28,421
   I've got shots from Check Your   
   Head tour just layin' around     

1242
00:58:28,463 --> 00:58:29,923
               here.                

1243
00:58:30,215 --> 00:58:34,177
     It's amazing how my shit       
     is just around the place.      

1244
00:58:35,428 --> 00:58:38,765
 Oh, my God, shocking, isn't it?   

1245
00:58:43,144 --> 00:58:44,854
            [cat meows]             

1246
00:58:46,481 --> 00:58:48,608
           [Ricky] Okay.            

1247
00:58:48,858 --> 00:58:50,568
        Does he still               
        live on that block,         

1248
00:58:50,610 --> 00:58:54,155
     the house that's cluttered     
     with-- like-- like he's a      

1249
00:58:54,197 --> 00:58:55,490
              hoarder?              

1250
00:58:55,532 --> 00:58:57,408
     He's still in that place?      

1251
00:58:57,617 --> 00:59:00,245
      [Ricky] This is gonna         
      be fun unearthing shit.       

1252
00:59:00,286 --> 00:59:02,539
       Oh, man, I've been           
       looking for this shot!       

1253
00:59:02,580 --> 00:59:04,040
               Damn!                

1254
00:59:04,082 --> 00:59:06,042
      I'm gonna make a little       
      necklace out of this,         

1255
00:59:06,084 --> 00:59:08,545
        a pendant -- the            
        old New York token.         

1256
00:59:08,586 --> 00:59:11,381
       These are my Peggy           
       Guggenheim sunglasses.       

1257
00:59:11,422 --> 00:59:13,383
        Oh, I found my pipe!        

1258
00:59:13,424 --> 00:59:15,718
     Two of the legs broke off.     

1259
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:16,553
             [inhales]              

1260
00:59:16,594 --> 00:59:17,971
             It works.              

1261
00:59:18,012 --> 00:59:20,390
     [Freddy VO] He kept his        
     apartment in this historic     

1262
00:59:20,431 --> 00:59:21,933
              context.              

1263
00:59:21,975 --> 00:59:23,935
   There's a certain aesthetic      
   where it's like anything goes,   

1264
00:59:23,977 --> 00:59:26,604
     just throw shit                
     anywhere, it's everywhere,     

1265
00:59:26,646 --> 00:59:28,147
        it's all scattered.         

1266
00:59:28,189 --> 00:59:31,317
 It becomes like a human collage, 
 which could also be translated    

1267
00:59:31,359 --> 00:59:34,487
         as a lot of junk           
         scattered around.          

1268
00:59:35,488 --> 00:59:38,116
     Oh, there goes John Sacks.     

1269
00:59:38,157 --> 00:59:39,951
      I gotta bring him back.       

1270
00:59:39,993 --> 00:59:42,120
   You could maybe use the          
   bathroom there or roll a joint   

1271
00:59:42,161 --> 00:59:43,621
      there, but, like, you         
      don't want to actually,       

1272
00:59:43,663 --> 00:59:47,625
     like, put any of your          
     bare skin on any surfaces.     

1273
00:59:47,667 --> 00:59:49,294
      Is that a little harsh?       

1274
00:59:49,335 --> 00:59:53,172
    Oh, look what I just found:     
    my old Pistol Pete jersey.      

1275
00:59:53,548 --> 00:59:56,843
     I don't know how he even       
     walked around that place.      

1276
00:59:56,884 --> 00:59:58,720
       I couldn't believe he        
       was living in there.         

1277
00:59:58,761 --> 01:00:01,431
     I felt sorry when I left.      

1278
01:00:01,472 --> 01:00:04,475
      [Bobbito] I mean, he's        
      got such rare archives!       

1279
01:00:04,517 --> 01:00:07,061
     I'd be like, "Yo,              
     Ricky, I need this photo."     

1280
01:00:07,103 --> 01:00:09,897
     And it's like, oh, man...      

1281
01:00:10,940 --> 01:00:12,483
      came to the wrong place.      

1282
01:00:12,525 --> 01:00:14,902
           "Yo, Bobbito!            

1283
01:00:14,944 --> 01:00:17,655
      Yo, yo, I got you, kid.       

1284
01:00:17,697 --> 01:00:21,409
    Yo, but yo, I got this, um--    
    I got this transistor radio.    

1285
01:00:21,451 --> 01:00:22,994
      Yo, you wanna hear it?"       

1286
01:00:23,036 --> 01:00:25,163
         [Ricky]   humming          

1287
01:00:25,204 --> 01:00:27,415
   How dope do I look right now?    

1288
01:00:27,457 --> 01:00:30,001
    "Yo, Ricky, so you think you    
    got that photo of the kid?"     

1289
01:00:30,043 --> 01:00:32,211
             Whoo-wee!              

1290
01:00:32,253 --> 01:00:37,300
      "Yeah, yo, I think-- I        
      think it's s--" [laughs]      

1291
01:00:38,259 --> 01:00:39,802
      I don't smoke weed, yo.       

1292
01:00:39,844 --> 01:00:41,387
       So going to                  
       Ricky's crib is like,        

1293
01:00:41,429 --> 01:00:43,389
       fuck, it's everywhere.       

1294
01:00:43,431 --> 01:00:46,309
       This dude had so much        
       weed, and I was like,        

1295
01:00:46,351 --> 01:00:48,728
    "Yo, the motherfucking cops     
    can smell this sh-- like,       

1296
01:00:48,770 --> 01:00:49,729
     what the hell you doing?"      

1297
01:00:49,771 --> 01:00:50,563
           But "Yeah..."            

1298
01:00:50,605 --> 01:00:52,148
     You know, he didn't care.      

1299
01:00:52,190 --> 01:00:55,234
 Ricky had the best weed before    
 people even knew what good weed   

1300
01:00:55,276 --> 01:00:57,153
                was.                

1301
01:00:58,946 --> 01:01:02,367
 Ricky had the chronic             
 before Dr. Dre made   The Chronic. 

1302
01:01:02,408 --> 01:01:04,202
             [exhales]              

1303
01:01:04,243 --> 01:01:09,457
    Ricky had the skunk before      
    anybody knew what skunk was.    

1304
01:01:09,499 --> 01:01:10,958
        Everybody wanted it.        

1305
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:13,795
   Everybody wanted Rick's weed.    

1306
01:01:14,212 --> 01:01:17,382
    [Ricky] You never know          
    what you could find in here.    

1307
01:01:17,423 --> 01:01:20,802
     This is 27 years of stuff.     

1308
01:01:20,843 --> 01:01:23,554
    Anyway, right now, my place     
    is bad as it's ever been,       

1309
01:01:23,596 --> 01:01:26,474
         but we're gonna            
         bring it up again.         

1310
01:01:27,934 --> 01:01:32,146
     And, um, I think I'm gonna     
     have some new revelations.     

1311
01:01:32,522 --> 01:01:35,650
     Yeah, you know, maybe I        
     could revive my talkshow,      

1312
01:01:35,692 --> 01:01:37,944
      Rappin' with the Rickster.     

1313
01:01:37,985 --> 01:01:39,696
               Ugh...               

1314
01:01:40,321 --> 01:01:41,948
     [Ricky] All right, fellas!     

1315
01:01:41,989 --> 01:01:43,449
          Are we filming?           

1316
01:01:43,491 --> 01:01:47,203
        [indistinct chatter]        

1317
01:01:47,245 --> 01:01:48,621
          Dude, what's up?          

1318
01:01:48,663 --> 01:01:52,291
      Um, I'm just doing a          
      photoshoot with Run DMC.      

1319
01:01:52,333 --> 01:01:53,960
             And, uh...             

1320
01:01:54,001 --> 01:01:56,462
   this is what it's always like.   

1321
01:01:56,504 --> 01:02:00,216
        Dude, let's-- let's         
        come rap over here.         

1322
01:02:00,508 --> 01:02:03,261
 I'm being the first one in        
 history to do a photoshoot and a 

1323
01:02:03,302 --> 01:02:06,264
   talk show at the same            
   time, and you're a part of it.   

1324
01:02:06,305 --> 01:02:09,934
 I believe that this man is a      
 complete dick with a television   

1325
01:02:09,976 --> 01:02:11,269
               show.                

1326
01:02:11,310 --> 01:02:13,271
            Oh, my God.             

1327
01:02:14,272 --> 01:02:16,858
        Rappin' with the            
        Rickster, what's up?        

1328
01:02:16,899 --> 01:02:18,526
      Hangin' in                    
      Washington Square Park,       

1329
01:02:18,568 --> 01:02:20,778
     you know, smokin' a bowl.      

1330
01:02:20,820 --> 01:02:22,947
       I can remember               
       just turning on my TV,       

1331
01:02:22,989 --> 01:02:25,783
   man, and clicking around the     
   dial and there's   Rappin' with    

1332
01:02:25,825 --> 01:02:27,285
           the Rickster,   and         
         I'd be like, "Yo,          

1333
01:02:27,326 --> 01:02:30,037
        that's my boy Ricky         
        Powell right there."        

1334
01:02:31,330 --> 01:02:32,457
         Can you get that?          

1335
01:02:32,498 --> 01:02:34,625
   What a han-- what a cool dog.    

1336
01:02:34,667 --> 01:02:38,629
      I think channel 1             
      was like public access,       

1337
01:02:38,671 --> 01:02:43,718
    and Ricky was able to segue     
    himself into the lineup of      

1338
01:02:44,135 --> 01:02:47,680
      [laughing]                    
      bizarre handmade shows.       

1339
01:02:47,722 --> 01:02:50,683
    Welcome back to                 
      Rappin' with the Rickster.     

1340
01:02:50,725 --> 01:02:54,437
   How he hustled a public          
   access show just blew my mind,   

1341
01:02:54,479 --> 01:02:57,106
    really, 'cause I was like...    

1342
01:02:57,356 --> 01:02:58,775
     "How do you hustle that?"      

1343
01:02:58,816 --> 01:03:00,193
    I mean, I would've              
    loved to have hustled that.     

1344
01:03:00,234 --> 01:03:01,319
        [Ricky] Vin Diesel!         

1345
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:02,320
           What's up, G?            

1346
01:03:02,361 --> 01:03:03,154
      -Chillin'?                    
      -[Ricky] How you doin'?       

1347
01:03:03,196 --> 01:03:04,655
           Chillin', man.           

1348
01:03:04,697 --> 01:03:05,823
     What's up, you're              
     catching me while I'm...?      

1349
01:03:05,865 --> 01:03:07,325
         [Ricky] Yeah,              
         yo, you're on, uh,         

1350
01:03:07,366 --> 01:03:08,367
      Rappin' with the Rickster.     

1351
01:03:08,409 --> 01:03:09,452
             Oh, word?              

1352
01:03:09,494 --> 01:03:10,661
        [Ricky] You got             
        any jams comin' up?         

1353
01:03:10,703 --> 01:03:11,996
        Not yet, I was just         
        thinking about that.        

1354
01:03:12,038 --> 01:03:13,331
         I just got back            
         from Florida, man.         

1355
01:03:13,372 --> 01:03:15,708
     I need to make some cash.      

1356
01:03:15,750 --> 01:03:17,835
 [Laurence VO] This is where we    
 were all sort of growing up and   

1357
01:03:17,877 --> 01:03:19,003
         making our bones.          

1358
01:03:19,045 --> 01:03:20,671
      [Ricky] What up, Spike?       

1359
01:03:20,713 --> 01:03:22,298
      -What's up?                   
      -[Ricky] How you doin'?       

1360
01:03:22,340 --> 01:03:25,343
 He had a sense of what he was     
 in the middle of and that there   

1361
01:03:25,384 --> 01:03:28,846
 was something worth documenting, 
 something worth preserving.       

1362
01:03:28,888 --> 01:03:31,516
       I have the expertise,        
       I have the know-how,         

1363
01:03:31,557 --> 01:03:33,267
      all I lack is the money.      

1364
01:03:33,309 --> 01:03:34,936
         -But I have heart.         
         -[laughs]                  

1365
01:03:34,977 --> 01:03:37,021
        It's very important         
        to have heart, see.         

1366
01:03:37,063 --> 01:03:38,356
 -So I have the heart, so there.   
 -[Ricky] I hear you.              

1367
01:03:38,397 --> 01:03:40,191
        That and a token            
        will get you places.        

1368
01:03:40,233 --> 01:03:41,359
      You see what I'm sayin'?      

1369
01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:42,985
             [laughter]             

1370
01:03:43,027 --> 01:03:44,612
 [Darryl VO] Clearly an extension 
 of his photography and the fact   

1371
01:03:44,654 --> 01:03:48,199
 that he's got a broad palate and 
 broad tastes in different stuff. 

1372
01:03:48,241 --> 01:03:52,745
      Oh snap, it's Ariane          
      and my man Futura 2000!       

1373
01:03:52,787 --> 01:03:54,247
         Yo, yo, what's up?         

1374
01:03:54,288 --> 01:03:58,084
 This is Faith Evans and I'm       
 chillin' right here with my man, 

1375
01:03:58,125 --> 01:03:59,335
           the Rickster!            

1376
01:03:59,377 --> 01:04:01,712
             [cheering]             

1377
01:04:01,754 --> 01:04:03,548
       [Ricky] Excuse me, can       
       I ask you a question?        

1378
01:04:03,589 --> 01:04:04,841
               Yeah.                

1379
01:04:04,882 --> 01:04:05,883
     [Ricky] Are you the            
     legendary Bill Cunningham?     

1380
01:04:05,925 --> 01:04:07,218
             Oh, Jesus.             

1381
01:04:07,260 --> 01:04:09,053
     My name's Bill Cunningham      
     but I'm not legendary.         

1382
01:04:09,095 --> 01:04:10,054
     [Ricky] You're legendary.      

1383
01:04:10,096 --> 01:04:11,472
            No, baloney!            

1384
01:04:11,514 --> 01:04:13,891
 [Ricky] I've seen you on          
 57th and 5th since I was a kid.   

1385
01:04:13,933 --> 01:04:18,062
             [drumming]             

1386
01:04:18,104 --> 01:04:19,730
   I was like, "Wow, the            
   Beastie Boys are playing these   

1387
01:04:19,772 --> 01:04:21,399
      instruments, they're          
      playing these funk jams,      

1388
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:24,235
 this is fucking cool, and, like, 
 who's this guy talking to them?" 

1389
01:04:24,277 --> 01:04:28,447
    Like, everything about it       
    was so underground and raw.     

1390
01:04:30,116 --> 01:04:33,828
 [Mike VO] I still have VHS tapes 
 of   Rappin' with the Rickster.     

1391
01:04:33,870 --> 01:04:36,247
 That was maybe peak Ricky         
 Powell in a certain way, right?   

1392
01:04:36,289 --> 01:04:38,749
   Because he had all this access   
   from people that are making      

1393
01:04:38,791 --> 01:04:41,919
 really important rap records      
 and hip-hop records and put that 

1394
01:04:41,961 --> 01:04:44,255
        together in a               
        show that was very,         

1395
01:04:44,297 --> 01:04:45,715
        like, Ricky Powell.         

1396
01:04:45,756 --> 01:04:47,592
   So Mike D is our guest           
   filmmaker today on the back of   

1397
01:04:47,633 --> 01:04:48,926
        the bike, so                
        we'll see what's up.        

1398
01:04:48,968 --> 01:04:50,511
        My hands aren't             
        very steady, though.        

1399
01:04:50,553 --> 01:04:52,597
        You know, I had             
        years of abuse so...        

1400
01:04:52,638 --> 01:04:53,598
             [laughter]             

1401
01:04:53,639 --> 01:04:56,684
      [screaming and laughter]      

1402
01:04:56,726 --> 01:04:58,811
        Eazy, check it              
        out, check this out.        

1403
01:04:58,853 --> 01:05:00,229
       Here, hold that there.       

1404
01:05:00,271 --> 01:05:01,772
          Check that out.           

1405
01:05:01,814 --> 01:05:06,777
   I'm in Midtown with a special    
   guest from the West Coast.       

1406
01:05:06,819 --> 01:05:08,779
        His name is Eazy-E.         

1407
01:05:08,821 --> 01:05:10,114
          -Throwin' down.           
          -What's up?               

1408
01:05:10,156 --> 01:05:11,115
        Ah, let me put on           
        my [inaudible], man.        

1409
01:05:11,157 --> 01:05:12,283
          [Ricky] [laughs]          

1410
01:05:12,325 --> 01:05:13,618
      You caught me                 
      without the [inaudible].      

1411
01:05:13,659 --> 01:05:14,285
            [Ricky] Ahh.            

1412
01:05:14,327 --> 01:05:15,620
           Yo, what's up?           

1413
01:05:15,661 --> 01:05:17,496
      Compton's in the house.       

1414
01:05:21,167 --> 01:05:22,293
         [Ricky] What's up?         

1415
01:05:22,335 --> 01:05:24,962
   Oh, my goodness, what is this?   

1416
01:05:25,004 --> 01:05:26,797
      Yo, is this                   
      chocolate rolling paper?      

1417
01:05:26,839 --> 01:05:28,132
   [Eazy] That's licorice paper.    

1418
01:05:28,174 --> 01:05:29,300
                Ahh!                

1419
01:05:29,342 --> 01:05:31,302
        Yo, this is such an         
        incredible honor.           

1420
01:05:31,344 --> 01:05:34,597
       I don't know what to         
       say, I'm overwhelmed.        

1421
01:05:35,348 --> 01:05:38,726
    Stay tuned for the Rickster.    

1422
01:05:39,518 --> 01:05:40,978
           He'll be back.           

1423
01:05:41,020 --> 01:05:45,566
         smooth hip-hop beat       

1424
01:05:45,608 --> 01:05:46,484
            I loved it.             

1425
01:05:46,525 --> 01:05:47,652
       What's up, my mellow?        

1426
01:05:47,693 --> 01:05:48,986
           How you been?            

1427
01:05:49,028 --> 01:05:50,488
      Oh, I know I'm getting        
      paid for this. [laughs]       

1428
01:05:50,529 --> 01:05:52,073
               What?                

1429
01:05:52,114 --> 01:05:53,658
   [Sue VO] I just loved how it     
   recorded his wanderings around   

1430
01:05:53,699 --> 01:05:54,492
               town.                

1431
01:05:54,533 --> 01:05:55,785
     [Ricky] Excuse me, ladies?     

1432
01:05:55,826 --> 01:05:57,161
    It seemed like a                
    natural progression for him.    

1433
01:05:57,203 --> 01:06:00,498
   What do you think of             
   Vanilla Ice versus MC Hammer?    

1434
01:06:00,539 --> 01:06:02,333
               Good.                

1435
01:06:02,375 --> 01:06:03,292
        [Ricky VO]   Rappin'          
          with the Rickster,         

1436
01:06:03,334 --> 01:06:05,711
    those were some good years.     

1437
01:06:05,753 --> 01:06:09,507
    Yeah, kinda killed it, if I     
    may pontificate slightly.       

1438
01:06:09,548 --> 01:06:10,841
         [Ricky] Don't              
         you know who I am?         

1439
01:06:10,883 --> 01:06:13,511
   The raparazzo of the village?    

1440
01:06:13,552 --> 01:06:15,388
                Nah.                

1441
01:06:15,429 --> 01:06:17,348
             All right.             

1442
01:06:17,390 --> 01:06:21,519
             [cheering]             

1443
01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:25,022
      [man] To the 17               
      videos that Ricky shot!       

1444
01:06:25,064 --> 01:06:27,400
     Yeah, I'll drink to that!      

1445
01:06:28,943 --> 01:06:30,861
   [Ricky VO] I mean, it doesn't    
   get any better than that.        

1446
01:06:30,903 --> 01:06:32,071
    Thanks a lot for having me.     

1447
01:06:32,113 --> 01:06:33,906
       Dude, no, the                
       pleasure was all mine.       

1448
01:06:33,948 --> 01:06:35,533
           No, thank you.           

1449
01:06:35,574 --> 01:06:36,701
         Really, Rickster.          

1450
01:06:36,742 --> 01:06:37,910
        Hey, look, you wanna        
        throw down or what?         

1451
01:06:37,952 --> 01:06:39,537
      Yo, my mellow, it ain't       
      even like that, man.          

1452
01:06:39,578 --> 01:06:40,871
     I'ma step off, all right?      

1453
01:06:40,913 --> 01:06:42,123
             All right.             

1454
01:06:42,164 --> 01:06:44,375
           I-- I just...            

1455
01:06:44,417 --> 01:06:46,877
 I guess I was living the dream.   

1456
01:06:46,919 --> 01:06:49,130
      [Ricky] Thank you, Mike.      

1457
01:06:49,380 --> 01:06:51,465
          Thank you guys.           

1458
01:06:51,507 --> 01:06:53,050
        Get one three of us.        

1459
01:06:53,092 --> 01:06:54,719
      [Ricky] Thank you guys.       

1460
01:06:54,760 --> 01:06:59,807
       bittersweet piano music     

1461
01:07:02,893 --> 01:07:05,312
              [sighs]               

1462
01:07:11,736 --> 01:07:14,739
    As time goes on,                
    relationships, they change,     

1463
01:07:14,780 --> 01:07:16,407
          people change...          

1464
01:07:16,449 --> 01:07:20,453
         indistinct singing        

1465
01:07:21,620 --> 01:07:24,957
      [Ricky VO] You                
      know, MCA got spiritual.      

1466
01:07:26,042 --> 01:07:29,920
 It wasn't like                    
     License to Ill, for sure.      

1467
01:07:29,962 --> 01:07:32,715
           It got mature.           

1468
01:07:33,340 --> 01:07:37,595
    So they did what they           
    did, but I still stayed me,     

1469
01:07:37,636 --> 01:07:39,889
          had a good time.          

1470
01:07:41,057 --> 01:07:45,436
 And it kinda ran its              
     course after the '95 tour.     

1471
01:07:45,478 --> 01:07:48,105
     And that was the last          
     tour I went on with them.      

1472
01:07:48,147 --> 01:07:50,524
      There was a bit of more       
      consciousness on things,      

1473
01:07:50,566 --> 01:07:52,443
         especially after           
         the Tibetan thing,         

1474
01:07:52,485 --> 01:07:55,112
      and it didn't seem quite      
      as appropriate to have,       

1475
01:07:55,154 --> 01:07:57,698
 you know, Ricky dickin' around.   

1476
01:07:57,740 --> 01:08:02,703
                                    

1477
01:08:05,956 --> 01:08:09,794
 [Mike VO] Well, it's basically    
 people growing up and maturing.   

1478
01:08:11,462 --> 01:08:14,590
     You know, as a band,           
     we, in a lot of ways, did.     

1479
01:08:14,632 --> 01:08:18,260
   That doesn't mean that Ricky's   
   necessarily gonna be in-step,    

1480
01:08:18,302 --> 01:08:20,971
        uh, with that, and          
        fair enough, right?         

1481
01:08:21,013 --> 01:08:23,182
         Why should he be?          

1482
01:08:24,391 --> 01:08:26,310
       [Ricky VO] I know            
       nothing lasts forever,       

1483
01:08:26,352 --> 01:08:31,273
      and regardless, I have        
      a lot of fond memories.       

1484
01:08:32,358 --> 01:08:34,652
              Oh, dip!              

1485
01:08:34,693 --> 01:08:37,196
        I forgot about that.        

1486
01:08:37,696 --> 01:08:39,865
         Oh, shit, this is          
         a heavy picture.           

1487
01:08:39,907 --> 01:08:44,328
   This is, uh, after a recording   
   session for   Paul's Boutique,     

1488
01:08:44,370 --> 01:08:46,997
         1988, Los Angeles.         

1489
01:08:47,039 --> 01:08:48,999
          MCA afterwards.           

1490
01:08:49,041 --> 01:08:51,377
          Beautiful soul.           

1491
01:08:51,627 --> 01:08:55,506
    What they were doing for        
    music could be visually had,    

1492
01:08:55,548 --> 01:08:59,927
 and I think what he did for       
 them was give a aspect that was, 

1493
01:08:59,969 --> 01:09:01,303
 you know, beyond all the noise.   

1494
01:09:01,345 --> 01:09:04,849
        It just-- it was a          
        silent, like, image.        

1495
01:09:05,099 --> 01:09:08,144
 When he stopped documenting it,   
 it stopped happening through his 

1496
01:09:08,185 --> 01:09:09,770
               eyes.                

1497
01:09:10,521 --> 01:09:13,023
     That perspective was lost.     

1498
01:09:13,190 --> 01:09:15,359
           So that died.            

1499
01:09:16,694 --> 01:09:19,363
       And part of him dies.        

1500
01:09:19,530 --> 01:09:21,866
            [crow caws]             

1501
01:09:21,907 --> 01:09:26,954
          melancholy music         

1502
01:09:28,581 --> 01:09:32,334
    Suddenly, he's having to        
    wake up in a different time.    

1503
01:09:32,543 --> 01:09:35,254
         And, like, gaining         
         a bunch of weight.         

1504
01:09:35,296 --> 01:09:38,215
         Losing some hair.          

1505
01:09:38,257 --> 01:09:40,593
     Being more reflective and      
     doubting his confidence,       

1506
01:09:40,634 --> 01:09:43,762
        which you never see         
        out of Ricky Powell.        

1507
01:09:46,473 --> 01:09:50,394
    [Ricky VO] I was disgusted      
    with how things turned out.     

1508
01:09:50,436 --> 01:09:52,730
         Disenchanted with          
         shit, you know,            

1509
01:09:52,771 --> 01:09:55,733
 life is changing, the             
 complexion of the neighborhoods, 

1510
01:09:55,774 --> 01:09:57,401
 the people, the gentrification.   

1511
01:09:57,443 --> 01:10:00,404
 I was just like, "Yo, what        
 the fuck has become of New York   

1512
01:10:00,446 --> 01:10:02,156
      City, my neighborhood?"       

1513
01:10:02,198 --> 01:10:05,409
 All these fuckin' New Jack        
 jerk-offs comin' in here and...   

1514
01:10:05,451 --> 01:10:07,912
   "I got an 8:30 res at Dorsea.    

1515
01:10:07,953 --> 01:10:10,664
        Sea urchin ceviche."        

1516
01:10:10,706 --> 01:10:12,750
                Ugh!                

1517
01:10:12,791 --> 01:10:15,502
      I started hearing all         
      kinds of shit about me,       

1518
01:10:15,544 --> 01:10:17,588
        getting funny looks.        

1519
01:10:17,630 --> 01:10:22,176
    Bullshit perpetrators said      
    I sponged off the Beasties.     

1520
01:10:23,427 --> 01:10:25,596
   And I was like, "Fuck you, who   
   do you fuckin' think you are     

1521
01:10:25,638 --> 01:10:28,182
        fuckin' judging me?"        

1522
01:10:28,557 --> 01:10:32,269
 So I was kinda getting spanked    
 on the back end of all the good   

1523
01:10:32,311 --> 01:10:37,358
   shit, and that was kinda like    
   the dark side of everything.     

1524
01:10:38,525 --> 01:10:40,319
    And I kinda became a hermit.    

1525
01:10:40,361 --> 01:10:43,739
 I didn't really go out as much,   
 started getting into ordering     

1526
01:10:43,781 --> 01:10:47,326
      escorts out of the back       
      of the   Village Voice.         

1527
01:10:47,368 --> 01:10:51,330
   We don't have intercourse, we    
   get zooted in the nude and we    

1528
01:10:51,372 --> 01:10:52,790
               talk.                

1529
01:10:52,831 --> 01:10:56,502
    And this one chick broke        
    out this glass contraption,     

1530
01:10:56,543 --> 01:11:00,089
      and I was like, "What         
      in tarnations is that?"       

1531
01:11:00,130 --> 01:11:01,131
              [exhale]              

1532
01:11:01,173 --> 01:11:03,634
        And she said,               
        "Oh, this is candy."        

1533
01:11:03,676 --> 01:11:07,471
         And I took a hit           
         and I was like...          

1534
01:11:07,513 --> 01:11:09,223
               "Wow."               

1535
01:11:09,265 --> 01:11:14,311
          [trippy sounds]           

1536
01:11:15,354 --> 01:11:16,647
              [sighs]               

1537
01:11:16,689 --> 01:11:20,317
      Uh, just, I guess, then,      
      it got out of control.        

1538
01:11:20,359 --> 01:11:23,654
 I was like, I really liked it     
 and I was spending all my money   

1539
01:11:23,696 --> 01:11:25,489
            on it and...            

1540
01:11:25,531 --> 01:11:28,158
    the girls that came with it,    
    and it just became a little,    

1541
01:11:28,200 --> 01:11:29,827
               uh...                

1542
01:11:29,868 --> 01:11:32,496
         I became a little          
         consumed with it,          

1543
01:11:32,538 --> 01:11:35,082
        and I lost control.         

1544
01:11:35,124 --> 01:11:39,003
       [eerie trippy sounds]        

1545
01:11:39,044 --> 01:11:42,214
 [Freddy VO] He would talk about   
 going on a bender on some rather 

1546
01:11:42,256 --> 01:11:44,133
            hard drugs.             

1547
01:11:44,633 --> 01:11:46,552
     I'd be like, "All right,       
     baby, watch yourself now.      

1548
01:11:46,593 --> 01:11:48,178
    You know, don't go too far."    

1549
01:11:48,220 --> 01:11:50,222
   But then, after a period, I      
   heard it was getting a little    

1550
01:11:50,264 --> 01:11:52,641
        more hectic for him.        

1551
01:11:53,892 --> 01:11:56,061
    [Futura VO] You would see       
    Ricky trashed at stuff and,     

1552
01:11:56,103 --> 01:11:59,690
       you know, that's             
       been an ongoing story.       

1553
01:11:59,732 --> 01:12:01,692
       It never makes me            
       feel good, obviously,        

1554
01:12:01,734 --> 01:12:04,987
     because, you know, these       
     are people you care about.     

1555
01:12:05,738 --> 01:12:10,200
 I would run into Ricky at a       
 function and he would act like a 

1556
01:12:10,242 --> 01:12:14,371
      total asshole after he's      
      already donated a piece,      

1557
01:12:14,413 --> 01:12:18,042
         insulting people,          
         starting fights.           

1558
01:12:18,083 --> 01:12:20,044
       [indistinct slurring]        

1559
01:12:20,085 --> 01:12:21,712
 [Cey VO] And then, they'd have    
 to whisk him out of there before 

1560
01:12:21,754 --> 01:12:24,131
        he gets thrown out.         

1561
01:12:26,342 --> 01:12:27,718
        [Max VO] He changed.        

1562
01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:30,054
 In a way, he got resentful        
 towards people that he had once   

1563
01:12:30,095 --> 01:12:31,889
           been fond of.            

1564
01:12:31,930 --> 01:12:33,515
       I would call Rick up.        

1565
01:12:33,557 --> 01:12:35,642
 It was like, "Yo, we wanna use a 
 picture for something that..."    

1566
01:12:35,684 --> 01:12:37,895
     He always-- you know, he'd     
     wanna play stick-up games,     

1567
01:12:37,936 --> 01:12:40,230
       he wants to charge           
       me a zillion dollars,        

1568
01:12:40,272 --> 01:12:44,234
        he's not available,         
        it's not happening.         

1569
01:12:44,276 --> 01:12:45,652
       You know, he pissed          
       me off, he told me to,       

1570
01:12:45,694 --> 01:12:46,945
            you know...             

1571
01:12:46,987 --> 01:12:48,447
        He told me to kiss          
        his ass a few times,        

1572
01:12:48,489 --> 01:12:50,866
       and I didn't love it.        

1573
01:12:53,660 --> 01:12:57,623
   [Ricky VO] I was wilding so      
   much that my perceptions were    

1574
01:12:57,664 --> 01:13:00,376
           not fully on.            

1575
01:13:02,294 --> 01:13:07,299
             [coughing]             

1576
01:13:11,136 --> 01:13:12,888
              Smooth.               

1577
01:13:13,972 --> 01:13:15,265
               [beep]               

1578
01:13:15,307 --> 01:13:16,308
       [man on recording]           
       Yo, Ricky, what's up?        

1579
01:13:16,350 --> 01:13:17,518
           This is Reed.            

1580
01:13:17,559 --> 01:13:19,520
      Called you once today,        
      phone just kept ringing.      

1581
01:13:19,561 --> 01:13:21,271
     [man on                        
     recording] Rickster, mon.      

1582
01:13:21,313 --> 01:13:23,107
           Wake up, mon.            

1583
01:13:23,148 --> 01:13:24,942
       Are yous asleep, mon?        

1584
01:13:24,983 --> 01:13:26,944
               [beep]               

1585
01:13:26,985 --> 01:13:28,278
    [man on recording] Rickster.    

1586
01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:29,363
               Ricky.               

1587
01:13:29,405 --> 01:13:30,614
            Rick, Rick.             

1588
01:13:30,656 --> 01:13:31,782
     [woman on recording]           
     You are being such a dick!     

1589
01:13:31,824 --> 01:13:32,950
      [man on                       
      recording] Where you at?      

1590
01:13:32,991 --> 01:13:33,867
    [woman on                       
    recording] Fuckin' asshole.     

1591
01:13:33,909 --> 01:13:36,203
               [beep]               

1592
01:13:36,245 --> 01:13:38,122
   [Freddy] "Ricky, I was trying    
   to reach you for the past week   

1593
01:13:38,163 --> 01:13:38,956
        or two weeks or so.         

1594
01:13:38,997 --> 01:13:40,541
          What happened?"           

1595
01:13:40,582 --> 01:13:43,794
   And, uh, you'd get concerned     
   sometimes because you've seen    

1596
01:13:43,836 --> 01:13:48,882
     friends that are gone and      
     you will never see again.      

1597
01:13:50,676 --> 01:13:52,136
 [Futura] Merry Christmas, Rick.   

1598
01:13:52,177 --> 01:13:55,013
    [Ricky] Yo, say "Happy          
    holidays from Futura 2000."     

1599
01:13:55,055 --> 01:13:57,433
         Happy holidays             
         from Futura 2000.          

1600
01:13:57,474 --> 01:13:59,101
   Oh, this one's fuckin' ripped.   

1601
01:13:59,143 --> 01:14:01,979
 If someone were to call me up     
 one day or you get an email from 

1602
01:14:02,020 --> 01:14:04,815
    a friend that says, "Oh,        
    man, did you hear the news?"    

1603
01:14:04,857 --> 01:14:07,317
         and something bad          
         happened to Ricky,         

1604
01:14:07,359 --> 01:14:09,820
 it'd be another one of those      
 type people that you wouldn't be 

1605
01:14:09,862 --> 01:14:12,114
           too surprised.           

1606
01:14:13,323 --> 01:14:18,120
 This is Ricky Powell, reporting   
 from the Waldorf Astoria.         

1607
01:14:18,871 --> 01:14:19,872
       How you doing, Ricky?        

1608
01:14:19,913 --> 01:14:21,373
       [Ricky] All                  
       right, how you doin'?        

1609
01:14:21,415 --> 01:14:21,999
    -Good, good to see you, man.    
    -[Ricky] Good to see you.       

1610
01:14:22,040 --> 01:14:23,083
            Doin' great.            

1611
01:14:23,125 --> 01:14:24,334
        He would call               
        me; at his deepest,         

1612
01:14:24,376 --> 01:14:27,045
 darkest hour, he would call me.   

1613
01:14:27,963 --> 01:14:29,339
   I'm like, "Are you all right?"   

1614
01:14:29,381 --> 01:14:32,676
    Oh shit, people are             
    probably looking at us, man.    

1615
01:14:32,718 --> 01:14:34,845
          He said, "Max...          

1616
01:14:34,887 --> 01:14:37,347
        don't listen to             
        what they're saying.        

1617
01:14:37,389 --> 01:14:42,436
        Am I-- am I fucked          
        up because I'm sad?"        

1618
01:14:44,062 --> 01:14:46,690
   [Ricky VO] In certain ways, I    
   sometimes think I'm played out   

1619
01:14:46,732 --> 01:14:50,194
        or people don't             
        care for me anymore.        

1620
01:14:50,235 --> 01:14:51,862
      When you're in a              
      delicate state of mind,       

1621
01:14:51,904 --> 01:14:54,198
           it hits hard.            

1622
01:14:54,656 --> 01:14:56,533
       I've done shit               
       that just made me go,        

1623
01:14:56,575 --> 01:14:58,452
              like...               

1624
01:14:58,494 --> 01:15:03,207
        "Duke, what the fuck        
        is wrong with you?"         

1625
01:15:05,083 --> 01:15:08,378
    Yeah, one time, I breezed       
    through like 75,000 in like     

1626
01:15:08,420 --> 01:15:13,383
     three months, ordering         
     in girls and drugs and...      

1627
01:15:13,425 --> 01:15:16,261
        just kept doing             
        it; I couldn't stop.        

1628
01:15:17,596 --> 01:15:21,099
       Ricky is like kind           
       of like a hardship...        

1629
01:15:21,141 --> 01:15:22,643
               dude.                

1630
01:15:22,684 --> 01:15:25,938
 Like, he hasn't always had his    
 life together and the community   

1631
01:15:25,979 --> 01:15:28,565
         has held him down          
         whenever we can...         

1632
01:15:28,607 --> 01:15:29,733
           My man, Ricky.           

1633
01:15:29,775 --> 01:15:31,151
         [Bobbito VO] And           
         whenever he needs.         

1634
01:15:31,193 --> 01:15:35,906
 You know, it's-- it's             
 difficult to see Ricky struggle. 

1635
01:15:35,948 --> 01:15:37,241
          [Ricky] [groans]          

1636
01:15:37,282 --> 01:15:38,742
         [Ricky VO] Yeah,           
         it's my own fault.         

1637
01:15:38,784 --> 01:15:40,244
               Whoo.                

1638
01:15:40,285 --> 01:15:42,829
         I hate that shit.          

1639
01:15:42,871 --> 01:15:45,916
    It unbelievable to me that      
    I spent money the way I did,    

1640
01:15:45,958 --> 01:15:48,001
             have done.             

1641
01:15:48,043 --> 01:15:50,087
           Unbelievable.            

1642
01:15:50,128 --> 01:15:53,090
 You know, that's the worst part. 

1643
01:15:53,131 --> 01:15:54,424
        After I-- you know,         
        'cause sometimes,           

1644
01:15:54,466 --> 01:15:56,677
        you're wilding, you         
        can't-- you know,           

1645
01:15:56,718 --> 01:15:58,762
        you can't stop, you         
        wanna keep it going,        

1646
01:15:58,804 --> 01:16:01,098
 and you spend more money and...   

1647
01:16:01,139 --> 01:16:03,725
      then, when it's               
      finished, then-- oh man,      

1648
01:16:03,767 --> 01:16:08,438
       then the fucking guilt       
       kicks in, the shame.         

1649
01:16:08,480 --> 01:16:12,985
    You know, "Oh, my God, how      
    can I replenish that money?"    

1650
01:16:13,026 --> 01:16:16,280
        And it's horribe,           
        dude, it's terrible.        

1651
01:16:16,321 --> 01:16:19,449
      It's a nightmare,             
      it's a living nightmare.      

1652
01:16:19,491 --> 01:16:24,496
   You know, you just feel          
   like a fuckin' piece of shit.    

1653
01:16:27,332 --> 01:16:32,337
         mellow jazzy music        

1654
01:16:36,883 --> 01:16:41,930
   New York has been home to many   
   an intense creative that has     

1655
01:16:43,015 --> 01:16:45,475
         danced and flirted         
         close to the edge.         

1656
01:16:45,517 --> 01:16:49,146
    It's just                       
    synonymous with underground,    

1657
01:16:49,187 --> 01:16:51,481
       cutting-edge culture.        

1658
01:16:51,523 --> 01:16:53,817
         We don't want him          
         to die and then,           

1659
01:16:53,859 --> 01:16:58,155
       we say, "Yo, he's            
       magn-- he's a artist!        

1660
01:16:58,196 --> 01:17:00,073
         He's a art-tist."          

1661
01:17:00,115 --> 01:17:04,119
      Ricky's identity, that        
      whole "Rickster" thing,       

1662
01:17:04,161 --> 01:17:09,166
       that's how he sees           
       himself: as a hustler.       

1663
01:17:10,083 --> 01:17:14,755
 And a hustler lives on the edge. 

1664
01:17:15,130 --> 01:17:17,174
    [Cey VO] When you meet him      
    and you spend time with him,    

1665
01:17:17,215 --> 01:17:19,509
     you fall in love with him.     

1666
01:17:19,551 --> 01:17:22,179
     It's happened with all         
     these people present-day,      

1667
01:17:22,220 --> 01:17:25,682
 they just don't have another      
 version of him to compare it to. 

1668
01:17:25,724 --> 01:17:28,894
    I have another version, and     
    it's that guy from the '80s.    

1669
01:17:28,935 --> 01:17:33,982
    I'm here with my                
    brother, soul brother, Cey.     

1670
01:17:34,191 --> 01:17:37,027
   I never say things about what    
   people should've done or what    

1671
01:17:37,069 --> 01:17:39,905
       they could've                
       done, their potential,       

1672
01:17:39,946 --> 01:17:41,531
      they could've been this,      
      they could've been that.      

1673
01:17:41,573 --> 01:17:43,033
       Life is not that way.        

1674
01:17:43,075 --> 01:17:46,203
      Listen, it hits me hard       
      'cause I love the guy.        

1675
01:17:46,244 --> 01:17:50,540
 And, uh, I think addiction is an 
 illness and I think people with   

1676
01:17:50,582 --> 01:17:53,293
    these monkeys on their backs    
    should try to deal with it.     

1677
01:17:53,335 --> 01:17:55,045
         [Ricky] [coughing]         

1678
01:17:55,087 --> 01:17:56,380
        [Kaves VO] We're all        
        human beings, right?        

1679
01:17:56,421 --> 01:17:59,049
     And we got-- we got flaws.     

1680
01:17:59,091 --> 01:18:01,843
   There's ups and downs and        
   there-- there are dark periods   

1681
01:18:01,885 --> 01:18:02,844
     and there are dark times.      

1682
01:18:02,886 --> 01:18:05,555
    I mean, what artist doesn't?    

1683
01:18:06,223 --> 01:18:08,517
    It's also sort of a             
    lonely man's journey where,     

1684
01:18:08,558 --> 01:18:10,394
       like, "Is it real that       
       I'm feeling this way,        

1685
01:18:10,435 --> 01:18:12,229
     like I don't know how to       
     participate in my own life     

1686
01:18:12,270 --> 01:18:13,230
              anymore?              

1687
01:18:13,271 --> 01:18:15,399
      What's happening to me?"      

1688
01:18:20,237 --> 01:18:22,739
     [Ricky VO] Honestly, I was     
     just kinda done with life.     

1689
01:18:22,781 --> 01:18:25,075
         I had a good run           
         but shit is whack;         

1690
01:18:25,117 --> 01:18:27,953
 I'm not enjoying this-- this...   

1691
01:18:27,994 --> 01:18:29,746
            how life is.            

1692
01:18:29,788 --> 01:18:34,793
         mellow jazzy music        

1693
01:18:37,129 --> 01:18:41,425
   I thought about                  
   stepping in front of a bus...    

1694
01:18:41,466 --> 01:18:45,595
 or I would smoke so much drugs    
 that I was hoping I'd fucking go 

1695
01:18:45,637 --> 01:18:48,140
          out in a blaze.           

1696
01:18:49,474 --> 01:18:51,601
         And there was a            
         night I just did,          

1697
01:18:51,643 --> 01:18:55,439
 like, a three-day binge           
 wilding out and this pain came,   

1698
01:18:55,480 --> 01:18:58,191
     and I was like, "Oh, shit.     

1699
01:18:59,651 --> 01:19:02,904
   I don't think Asprin's           
   gonna fucking help this shit."   

1700
01:19:02,946 --> 01:19:07,242
       I figured I'd just           
       drop dead right there.       

1701
01:19:07,284 --> 01:19:10,078
              [sirens]              

1702
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:11,455
        When I heard Rick           
        had a heart attack,         

1703
01:19:11,496 --> 01:19:13,749
      the first thing I asked       
      was, "Yo, is he okay?"        

1704
01:19:13,790 --> 01:19:14,624
     You know what I'm saying?      

1705
01:19:14,666 --> 01:19:16,251
    A heart attack's not a joke.    

1706
01:19:16,293 --> 01:19:18,420
      And they said,                
      "Yeah, yeah, he's okay,       

1707
01:19:18,462 --> 01:19:20,088
   he's not really doing great."    

1708
01:19:20,130 --> 01:19:22,632
         [groans] Oh, man.          

1709
01:19:23,717 --> 01:19:28,221
     I mean, well, it was           
     not profoundly surprising.     

1710
01:19:29,264 --> 01:19:30,807
       Psh, if you                  
       didn't see it coming,        

1711
01:19:30,849 --> 01:19:32,642
    then you don't-- you            
    weren't in touch with Ricky.    

1712
01:19:32,684 --> 01:19:34,311
         Ricky's fuckin'...         

1713
01:19:34,352 --> 01:19:36,480
        asking for that             
        shit, dying for it,         

1714
01:19:36,521 --> 01:19:38,023
       begging for this shit.       

1715
01:19:38,064 --> 01:19:41,193
         "Please, hello?!"          

1716
01:19:44,863 --> 01:19:46,490
 [Ricky VO] Was I afraid to die?   

1717
01:19:46,531 --> 01:19:48,116
                No.                 

1718
01:19:48,325 --> 01:19:51,495
 I was, like, ready for whatever. 

1719
01:19:51,536 --> 01:19:56,541
                                    

1720
01:20:02,547 --> 01:20:03,840
      [man] I hear a little         
      bit of phlegm in there.       

1721
01:20:03,882 --> 01:20:05,592
              Uh-huh.               

1722
01:20:08,386 --> 01:20:10,764
    Take some deep                  
    breaths from an open mouth.     

1723
01:20:10,806 --> 01:20:13,016
          [exhales deeply]          

1724
01:20:13,058 --> 01:20:15,185
        He's a grown-up and         
        I'm not his father,         

1725
01:20:15,227 --> 01:20:18,021
     but I am his friend, and       
     we all, in New York City,      

1726
01:20:18,063 --> 01:20:21,358
      lost too many                 
      friends from that shit.       

1727
01:20:21,399 --> 01:20:23,527
         And I don't wanna          
         lose another one.          

1728
01:20:23,568 --> 01:20:26,279
          [sniffles] I...           

1729
01:20:26,738 --> 01:20:27,531
                See?                

1730
01:20:27,572 --> 01:20:28,698
       I'm getting emotional.       

1731
01:20:28,740 --> 01:20:29,699
              I know.               

1732
01:20:29,741 --> 01:20:31,368
         There's a fuse...          

1733
01:20:31,409 --> 01:20:35,121
      and eventually, it            
      burns out and blows up.       

1734
01:20:36,623 --> 01:20:38,500
             [sniffles]             

1735
01:20:40,877 --> 01:20:45,882
         mellow lounge music       

1736
01:21:12,784 --> 01:21:14,578
       Look how cute that is.       

1737
01:21:14,619 --> 01:21:16,746
          [clicks tongue]           

1738
01:21:16,788 --> 01:21:20,333
      I think I'm turning into      
      one of those old kooks,       

1739
01:21:20,375 --> 01:21:21,585
         but I don't mind.          

1740
01:21:21,626 --> 01:21:23,086
            GT, come on.            

1741
01:21:23,128 --> 01:21:25,505
          [clicks tongue]           

1742
01:21:27,132 --> 01:21:32,345
   I fear that someone like         
   him will end up really alone,    

1743
01:21:32,387 --> 01:21:34,931
         and I think you            
         can see his, like,         

1744
01:21:34,973 --> 01:21:37,183
             hurt soul.             

1745
01:21:37,684 --> 01:21:40,937
   I don't know how to explain      
   it, but I've always felt that    

1746
01:21:40,979 --> 01:21:46,026
    there's another Ricky in        
    there, wanting to be loved.     

1747
01:21:48,528 --> 01:21:51,323
   [Ricky VO] Has it been           
   hard not having a real family?   

1748
01:21:51,364 --> 01:21:53,241
       Perhaps, I don't know.       

1749
01:21:53,283 --> 01:21:55,827
   My shit was crazy, that's all.   

1750
01:21:55,869 --> 01:21:58,163
         It is what it was.         

1751
01:21:58,204 --> 01:22:01,791
    I had girlfriends where         
    their families embraced me,     

1752
01:22:01,833 --> 01:22:04,294
    so I had these short-term...    

1753
01:22:04,336 --> 01:22:05,837
           step-families.           

1754
01:22:05,879 --> 01:22:08,131
        And also, yeah,             
        when I was on tour,         

1755
01:22:08,173 --> 01:22:10,508
         that was a family.         

1756
01:22:10,550 --> 01:22:11,760
         [Ricky] See this?          

1757
01:22:11,801 --> 01:22:13,678
     This is where they             
     named a burrito after me.      

1758
01:22:13,720 --> 01:22:16,139
   [Ricky VO] The best thing is     
   to be around people that are a   

1759
01:22:16,181 --> 01:22:18,308
        positive force that         
        you get along with.         

1760
01:22:18,350 --> 01:22:19,726
     [Ricky] What's up, Dukes?      

1761
01:22:19,768 --> 01:22:21,478
       If you wanna call            
       those people "family,"       

1762
01:22:21,519 --> 01:22:23,063
               fine.                

1763
01:22:23,438 --> 01:22:26,232
        [Ricky] Hey,                
        fellas, how are you?        

1764
01:22:27,859 --> 01:22:29,819
   [Max VO] I didn't know Ricky's   
   family situation 'til I met      

1765
01:22:29,861 --> 01:22:31,321
               Ruth.                

1766
01:22:31,363 --> 01:22:33,323
    Ruth was not like the mother    
    that most of us had that was    

1767
01:22:33,365 --> 01:22:35,659
        like, "Hey, did you         
        get enough to eat?"         

1768
01:22:35,700 --> 01:22:37,577
      No, she was the kind of       
      mom that would be like,       

1769
01:22:37,619 --> 01:22:39,663
         "Don't contact me          
         for a few months,"         

1770
01:22:39,704 --> 01:22:42,832
        and like, you know,         
        "You owe me $15."           

1771
01:22:42,874 --> 01:22:47,921
            upbeat music           

1772
01:22:59,933 --> 01:23:04,479
       You're always hollerin'      
       'bout where I've been        

1773
01:23:05,730 --> 01:23:07,732
          Thank you, sir.           

1774
01:23:07,774 --> 01:23:12,737
       You're always screamin'      
       'bout the money I spend      

1775
01:23:15,407 --> 01:23:16,366
         What's buggin' you?       

1776
01:23:16,408 --> 01:23:18,201
           [can tab pops]           

1777
01:23:18,243 --> 01:23:22,205
   Ah, seltzer: Jewish champagne.   

1778
01:23:22,247 --> 01:23:23,873
              Love it.              

1779
01:23:23,915 --> 01:23:28,962
                                    

1780
01:23:38,847 --> 01:23:40,223
               Sorry.               

1781
01:23:46,271 --> 01:23:48,231
             Oh, shit.              

1782
01:23:48,273 --> 01:23:49,733
            Oh, my God.             

1783
01:23:49,774 --> 01:23:52,235
     My mother just walked in.      

1784
01:23:52,277 --> 01:23:55,488
      No, you can go film it!       

1785
01:23:56,489 --> 01:23:59,367
    No, I don't wanna be there.     

1786
01:23:59,409 --> 01:24:02,120
     She's gonna hate me, dude!     

1787
01:24:02,787 --> 01:24:03,747
               Ugh...               

1788
01:24:03,788 --> 01:24:04,789
     [man] Did she not see you?     

1789
01:24:04,831 --> 01:24:06,416
      No, I saw her                 
      coming in, I was like--       

1790
01:24:06,458 --> 01:24:08,084
           [man] Kismet.            

1791
01:24:08,126 --> 01:24:10,253
        Ricky, things               
        happen for a reason.        

1792
01:24:10,295 --> 01:24:12,630
       What are the chances?        

1793
01:24:13,631 --> 01:24:16,885
         [sighs] All right.         

1794
01:24:19,637 --> 01:24:22,640
            Ugh, fff...             

1795
01:24:26,811 --> 01:24:29,064
          Yup, that's her.          

1796
01:24:31,983 --> 01:24:36,029
 I can see she's just              
 waiting for her take-out order.   

1797
01:24:38,406 --> 01:24:40,784
        [Ricky VO] Well,            
        as you know already,        

1798
01:24:40,825 --> 01:24:42,952
     it's very unconventional.      

1799
01:24:42,994 --> 01:24:47,791
 We've been on-and-off for years, 
 and we're off again right now.    

1800
01:24:47,832 --> 01:24:49,709
               Yeah.                

1801
01:24:49,959 --> 01:24:52,128
         Just, you know...          

1802
01:24:52,170 --> 01:24:54,214
           it's not good.           

1803
01:24:56,341 --> 01:25:00,553
     She thinks, you know,          
     she doesn't like how I am.     

1804
01:25:01,262 --> 01:25:02,222
           Whatever, man.           

1805
01:25:02,263 --> 01:25:03,306
         She just thinks            
         I'm irresponsible;         

1806
01:25:03,348 --> 01:25:05,850
     she's always thought that.     

1807
01:25:06,267 --> 01:25:08,144
    It's very complicated, dude.    

1808
01:25:08,186 --> 01:25:10,021
         You know, I've             
         got issues myself.         

1809
01:25:10,063 --> 01:25:11,815
        I had a really              
        bugged-out childhood        

1810
01:25:11,856 --> 01:25:15,026
    being a only child with her.    

1811
01:25:16,361 --> 01:25:17,529
           See this dude?           

1812
01:25:17,570 --> 01:25:20,365
      He's probably walking         
      with his mom right here.      

1813
01:25:20,406 --> 01:25:21,825
        Whenever I see              
        that kind of thing,         

1814
01:25:21,866 --> 01:25:23,326
     it makes me think,             
     like, "What am I gonna do,     

1815
01:25:23,368 --> 01:25:25,161
       just let her live out        
       her years, she dies,         

1816
01:25:25,203 --> 01:25:27,372
          and that's it?"           

1817
01:25:31,042 --> 01:25:33,545
              [sighs]               

1818
01:25:44,472 --> 01:25:46,182
                Oh.                 

1819
01:25:49,394 --> 01:25:50,520
               Ruth!                

1820
01:25:50,562 --> 01:25:52,355
               Ruth!                

1821
01:25:52,397 --> 01:25:54,524
               Ruth!                

1822
01:25:55,233 --> 01:25:57,443
               Ruth.                

1823
01:25:58,153 --> 01:25:59,529
               Ruth.                

1824
01:25:59,571 --> 01:26:02,073
        I wanna talk to you.        

1825
01:26:03,032 --> 01:26:05,201
               Ruth.                

1826
01:26:06,870 --> 01:26:09,038
               Ruth!                

1827
01:26:11,916 --> 01:26:15,837
         Oh, man, she gave          
         me the death look.         

1828
01:26:16,921 --> 01:26:19,257
           Well, I tried.           

1829
01:26:19,632 --> 01:26:24,429
 I'm not endearing to              
 everybody, including my mother,   

1830
01:26:24,470 --> 01:26:27,390
     and that's, uh, so be it.      

1831
01:26:27,432 --> 01:26:29,559
     [Ricky VO] It's just the       
     way she looks at me, dude.     

1832
01:26:29,601 --> 01:26:32,270
          I hate the look.          

1833
01:26:39,611 --> 01:26:41,905
   You know, maybe she's            
   happy without me in her life,    

1834
01:26:41,946 --> 01:26:44,574
      so if she's happy, good.      

1835
01:26:46,951 --> 01:26:49,662
 It doesn't matter at this point. 

1836
01:26:51,623 --> 01:26:54,584
   It's just not pleasant for me.   

1837
01:26:55,126 --> 01:26:58,087
      She makes me miserable.       

1838
01:26:58,129 --> 01:27:03,092
         mellow groovy music       

1839
01:27:35,166 --> 01:27:38,628
 We all have to, at some point,    
 make peace with the boogymen of   

1840
01:27:38,670 --> 01:27:43,132
   our own psyches, let go of the   
   old shit that's just causing     

1841
01:27:43,174 --> 01:27:47,136
 suffering to kind of figure       
 out what round two is gonna look 

1842
01:27:47,178 --> 01:27:48,513
               like.                

1843
01:27:50,515 --> 01:27:54,394
 [Ricky VO] You know, I had a      
 lot of looking in the mirror...   

1844
01:27:55,520 --> 01:27:58,982
      I was just like,              
      "Ugh," I was disgusted.       

1845
01:28:00,191 --> 01:28:02,151
     One day, I just                
     fuckin' had it and I said,     

1846
01:28:02,193 --> 01:28:04,487
         "All right, I'm            
         changing shit up."         

1847
01:28:05,655 --> 01:28:07,073
               [pop]                

1848
01:28:09,659 --> 01:28:12,412
             [exhales]              

1849
01:28:13,329 --> 01:28:18,334
         upbeat funky music        

1850
01:28:22,255 --> 01:28:23,172
              Change.               

1851
01:28:23,214 --> 01:28:25,133
         Reinvent yourself.         

1852
01:28:25,883 --> 01:28:27,677
            Sick, bitch!            

1853
01:28:27,719 --> 01:28:31,222
      Be all you can, you           
      know, be your potential.      

1854
01:28:41,566 --> 01:28:42,900
      This is it, this is it.       

1855
01:28:42,942 --> 01:28:45,361
    If I don't do it now,           
    that's it, and I know that,     

1856
01:28:45,403 --> 01:28:46,362
     and I don't wanna go back.     

1857
01:28:46,404 --> 01:28:48,072
              I don't.              

1858
01:28:54,746 --> 01:28:58,124
 I feel fortunate that I'm here,   
 been through what I've been       

1859
01:28:58,166 --> 01:29:01,210
         through, my head           
         is nice and clear.         

1860
01:29:01,252 --> 01:29:02,712
         You look gorgeous.         

1861
01:29:02,754 --> 01:29:05,006
    That's why I kinda feel like    
    a survivor in a certain way;    

1862
01:29:05,048 --> 01:29:08,176
 I've been through all that shit, 
 now I just feel like I'm ready    

1863
01:29:08,217 --> 01:29:09,677
           to fuckin'...            

1864
01:29:09,719 --> 01:29:12,388
     Like I have a clean slate.     

1865
01:29:14,265 --> 01:29:15,808
               Sick!                

1866
01:29:19,896 --> 01:29:21,064
               Whoo!                

1867
01:29:21,105 --> 01:29:21,898
               Whoo.                

1868
01:29:21,939 --> 01:29:22,732
               You...               

1869
01:29:22,774 --> 01:29:24,192
               da...                

1870
01:29:24,233 --> 01:29:26,194
            man, Gringo.            

1871
01:29:26,235 --> 01:29:27,695
          Yeah, hell yeah.          

1872
01:29:27,737 --> 01:29:29,906
    [Ricky] I coined that term.     

1873
01:29:29,947 --> 01:29:34,952
         mellow jazzy music        

1874
01:29:39,457 --> 01:29:43,795
     [Ricky VO] Tono is a           
     big part of my resurgence.     

1875
01:29:44,045 --> 01:29:46,422
      I call him "the               
      quiet guy on the side."       

1876
01:29:46,464 --> 01:29:50,593
 He's very talented in many        
 ways, and he's such a great guy. 

1877
01:29:50,635 --> 01:29:54,972
      He's a great, great--         
      he's great for my soul.       

1878
01:29:55,223 --> 01:29:57,767
 [Tono VO] A lot of people think   
 I'm the manager or I'm this,      

1879
01:29:57,809 --> 01:29:59,018
             I'm that.              

1880
01:29:59,060 --> 01:30:01,145
 Really, I'm just                  
 somebody that works with Ricky.   

1881
01:30:01,187 --> 01:30:03,022
    The title is not important.     

1882
01:30:03,064 --> 01:30:05,525
     If I have to fill a            
     manager's shoes for a day,     

1883
01:30:05,566 --> 01:30:07,110
      then that's what it is.       

1884
01:30:07,151 --> 01:30:09,779
    You know, I'm a professional    
    photography assistant.          

1885
01:30:09,821 --> 01:30:12,698
         I have been for            
         many, many years.          

1886
01:30:14,158 --> 01:30:17,787
    It's a ying-yang situation,     
    and in every ying-yang,         

1887
01:30:17,829 --> 01:30:20,039
     there needs to be balance.     

1888
01:30:22,750 --> 01:30:25,294
 And I feel like I bring           
 that-- a lot of that for Ricky.   

1889
01:30:25,336 --> 01:30:26,629
           [Ricky] Whoo!            

1890
01:30:26,671 --> 01:30:28,631
              [coughs]              

1891
01:30:28,673 --> 01:30:31,384
       humming along to radio      

1892
01:30:33,094 --> 01:30:34,887
                Ooh.                

1893
01:30:35,346 --> 01:30:36,347
            That's hot.             

1894
01:30:36,389 --> 01:30:38,599
     [Tono] A lot of negatives.     

1895
01:30:38,850 --> 01:30:40,685
     So Ricky, we're gonna          
     move this shelf in there?      

1896
01:30:40,726 --> 01:30:41,853
      Is that the--                 
      that's the deal, right?       

1897
01:30:41,894 --> 01:30:42,812
           [Ricky] Well--           

1898
01:30:42,854 --> 01:30:44,021
   [Tono] I think it is the move.   

1899
01:30:44,063 --> 01:30:45,648
         [Ricky] I do too.          

1900
01:30:45,690 --> 01:30:47,358
 We're just gonna have to find a   
 way to find shit for that clump   

1901
01:30:47,400 --> 01:30:48,526
       -of shit right there.        
       -[Tono] Right.               

1902
01:30:48,568 --> 01:30:50,027
      Can you do it                 
      yourself or you need me?      

1903
01:30:50,069 --> 01:30:51,362
   I think I'm gonna just do it.    

1904
01:30:51,404 --> 01:30:52,947
      I'm gonna just                
      bulldog this right here.      

1905
01:30:52,989 --> 01:30:54,198
          Okay, bulldoze.           

1906
01:30:54,240 --> 01:30:55,366
            [Tono] Okay.            

1907
01:30:55,408 --> 01:30:57,118
             Thank you.             

1908
01:30:57,702 --> 01:30:59,537
         I appreciate you.          

1909
01:30:59,579 --> 01:31:00,705
          [Tono] Yes, sir.          

1910
01:31:00,746 --> 01:31:02,039
 [Ricky] I don't know how you do   
                it.                 

1911
01:31:02,081 --> 01:31:03,416
       [Tono] The fun begins.       

1912
01:31:03,458 --> 01:31:06,169
     [Tono VO] Working with any     
     artist can be challenging.     

1913
01:31:06,210 --> 01:31:10,882
      Working with Ricky, uh,       
      has its own challenges.       

1914
01:31:11,299 --> 01:31:14,260
        [Tono] That real            
        estate you got here.        

1915
01:31:14,302 --> 01:31:15,845
              Ay yai yai.            

1916
01:31:15,887 --> 01:31:17,513
   [Tono VO] I realized there was   
   a lot of repair that needed to   

1917
01:31:17,555 --> 01:31:19,348
              be done.              

1918
01:31:19,390 --> 01:31:21,350
              [groans]              

1919
01:31:21,392 --> 01:31:23,269
      [Tono VO] There were          
      deals that fell through,      

1920
01:31:23,311 --> 01:31:26,105
      there were apologies          
      that needed to be made.       

1921
01:31:26,355 --> 01:31:29,025
        Can I get this              
        guy in another head,        

1922
01:31:29,066 --> 01:31:30,526
         in another place?          

1923
01:31:30,568 --> 01:31:34,197
 All right, so we got that,        
 there's a pile of clothing here. 

1924
01:31:34,238 --> 01:31:38,034
   I don't know, he saw things in   
   me where he felt he could come   

1925
01:31:38,075 --> 01:31:40,870
        in and, uh, help me         
        out and, you know,          

1926
01:31:40,912 --> 01:31:44,749
   maybe we could, uh, make         
   some beautiful music together.   

1927
01:31:44,790 --> 01:31:47,084
         He's the perfect           
         compliment to me.          

1928
01:31:47,126 --> 01:31:49,837
    He likes cleaning and he        
    likes going through my shit,    

1929
01:31:49,879 --> 01:31:52,757
   but most of all, he likes        
   helping me keep the apartment    

1930
01:31:52,798 --> 01:31:55,092
        clean for my spirit.        

1931
01:31:55,134 --> 01:31:58,262
     I'm just a fuckin'             
     lazy, sloppy motherfucker.     

1932
01:31:58,304 --> 01:31:59,597
         I will not clean.          

1933
01:31:59,639 --> 01:32:01,682
       I don't know what            
       it-- it's despicable.        

1934
01:32:01,724 --> 01:32:03,893
   [Tono] Just trying to            
   keep the environment healthy,    

1935
01:32:03,935 --> 01:32:05,061
              really.               

1936
01:32:05,102 --> 01:32:06,562
     [Ricky] You're                 
     fucking out of your mind.      

1937
01:32:06,604 --> 01:32:09,357
     I love it, but it's weird.     

1938
01:32:09,565 --> 01:32:11,400
      [Tono VO] Ricky came          
      to me one day and said,       

1939
01:32:11,442 --> 01:32:13,402
       "Tono, I need a book."       

1940
01:32:13,444 --> 01:32:16,906
   And I noticed that there were    
   slides and negatives all over    

1941
01:32:16,948 --> 01:32:18,407
           the apartment.           

1942
01:32:18,449 --> 01:32:19,825
               Doink.               

1943
01:32:19,867 --> 01:32:21,410
     Thank you, man, thank you      
     for unearthing that one.       

1944
01:32:21,452 --> 01:32:23,996
     [Tono VO] I systematically     
     just started organizing,       

1945
01:32:24,038 --> 01:32:26,249
        gathering photos            
        from under his bed,         

1946
01:32:26,290 --> 01:32:29,252
      from in the corners,          
      and there's a lot more.       

1947
01:32:29,293 --> 01:32:31,170
         It's almost like           
         urban archaeology.         

1948
01:32:31,212 --> 01:32:33,673
   I'm breaking the surface here.   

1949
01:32:34,799 --> 01:32:36,676
      [Ricky VO] He took            
      time to scan everything,      

1950
01:32:36,717 --> 01:32:39,428
         design the book,           
         design the cover.          

1951
01:32:39,470 --> 01:32:42,682
   [Ricky] This is a decent         
   picture of Don D but too dark.   

1952
01:32:43,307 --> 01:32:45,101
      Oh, shit, Bobby Byrd.         

1953
01:32:45,142 --> 01:32:46,435
       I love most of these.        

1954
01:32:46,477 --> 01:32:47,937
             Love them.             

1955
01:32:47,979 --> 01:32:49,647
    [Tono VO] He wants to live      
    with this book and feel good    

1956
01:32:49,689 --> 01:32:50,731
             about it.              

1957
01:32:50,773 --> 01:32:52,275
        He's not difficult.         

1958
01:32:52,316 --> 01:32:54,902
 For me, it's just a rhythm that   
 you have to get in with somebody 

1959
01:32:54,944 --> 01:32:55,903
          who's different.          

1960
01:32:55,945 --> 01:32:57,446
      Lady Pink, I like that.       

1961
01:32:57,488 --> 01:33:00,616
    [Tono VO] We can be creative    
    together and it's very easy.    

1962
01:33:04,662 --> 01:33:06,497
           [Ricky] Whoo!            

1963
01:33:14,672 --> 01:33:19,677
           suspenseful              
           electronic tones         

1964
01:33:43,868 --> 01:33:45,578
          [button clicks]           

1965
01:33:45,745 --> 01:33:46,829
     [Ruth on recording] Hello.     

1966
01:33:46,871 --> 01:33:51,000
 If this is Ricky, this is Ruth.   

1967
01:33:51,042 --> 01:33:55,171
 Uh, I would appreciate it if you 
 would try to get in touch with    

1968
01:33:55,212 --> 01:33:56,922
                me.                 

1969
01:33:57,465 --> 01:34:02,553
 I would really appreciate         
 hearing from you or seeing you.   

1970
01:34:03,429 --> 01:34:05,389
               Okay?                

1971
01:34:06,557 --> 01:34:11,562
         Here's hoping you          
         will contact me.           

1972
01:34:15,399 --> 01:34:20,071
   Okay, hoping to see you, bye.    

1973
01:34:20,738 --> 01:34:23,032
                Wew.                

1974
01:34:23,074 --> 01:34:26,744
         Wew, that's heavy.         

1975
01:34:26,911 --> 01:34:29,038
         I never heard her          
         sound like that.           

1976
01:34:29,080 --> 01:34:30,539
          [clears throat]           

1977
01:34:30,581 --> 01:34:33,042
             She, uh...             

1978
01:34:33,084 --> 01:34:36,629
   Wow, sounds like she's, um...    

1979
01:34:37,046 --> 01:34:39,131
             going out.             

1980
01:34:39,632 --> 01:34:44,553
         She sounds, uh,            
         weak, frail, yeah.         

1981
01:34:44,595 --> 01:34:47,390
      I'm gonna call her            
      today-- [clears throat]       

1982
01:34:47,431 --> 01:34:49,558
         I'm gonna call             
         her today and, uh,         

1983
01:34:49,600 --> 01:34:53,979
 I'll go see her tomorrow 'cause   
 I'm not feeling well today.       

1984
01:35:01,862 --> 01:35:05,574
      [Ricky VO] Crazy how          
      life unfolds day by day.      

1985
01:35:05,616 --> 01:35:07,410
         I'm gonna try to           
         keep it short and,         

1986
01:35:07,451 --> 01:35:09,245
        uh, show good will.         

1987
01:35:09,286 --> 01:35:12,415
       I don't like dramatic,       
       big, long anythings.         

1988
01:35:12,456 --> 01:35:17,461
          languid saxophone        

1989
01:35:26,971 --> 01:35:31,308
      [Ruth VO] I was               
      never big on mothering.       

1990
01:35:31,726 --> 01:35:36,897
    It was bothersome because       
    it put a lot of limits on my    

1991
01:35:38,566 --> 01:35:40,693
            activities.             

1992
01:35:41,902 --> 01:35:45,948
        But I reached out to        
        tell him, you know,         

1993
01:35:45,990 --> 01:35:49,785
       "We have to be in            
       touch with each other,       

1994
01:35:49,827 --> 01:35:52,872
      that I care about you."       

1995
01:35:57,001 --> 01:35:59,378
          [Ricky] [groans]          

1996
01:36:00,504 --> 01:36:03,924
      [Ruth VO] I regret            
      almost everything I did,      

1997
01:36:03,966 --> 01:36:07,595
 I regret not showing affection.   

1998
01:36:07,636 --> 01:36:11,348
     My life was all                
     involved with the animals.     

1999
01:36:11,390 --> 01:36:14,518
   Everything was about animals.    

2000
01:36:14,560 --> 01:36:19,356
      I cared more about            
      the animals than Ricky.       

2001
01:36:19,523 --> 01:36:21,609
            It was true.            

2002
01:36:21,817 --> 01:36:23,319
         [Ricky] Hey, Ruth!         

2003
01:36:23,360 --> 01:36:24,987
            How are you?            

2004
01:36:25,029 --> 01:36:25,821
            How are you?            

2005
01:36:25,863 --> 01:36:27,782
           Looking good.            

2006
01:36:29,366 --> 01:36:31,786
              [sighs]               

2007
01:36:35,873 --> 01:36:38,375
              Oh, wow.              

2008
01:36:38,626 --> 01:36:40,336
     Where do you like to sit?      

2009
01:36:40,377 --> 01:36:41,837
           [Ruth] There.            

2010
01:36:41,879 --> 01:36:43,714
           [Ricky] Okay.            

2011
01:36:44,006 --> 01:36:47,009
   Wew, this used to be my room.    

2012
01:36:47,051 --> 01:36:49,595
         My bed was here...         

2013
01:36:49,845 --> 01:36:54,934
          uh, desk, TV...           

2014
01:36:55,559 --> 01:36:58,270
             whatevers.             

2015
01:36:58,312 --> 01:37:02,107
         Ugh, shoo, so the          
         place looks good.          

2016
01:37:02,149 --> 01:37:04,193
          -You look good.           
          -Thank you.               

2017
01:37:04,235 --> 01:37:06,487
          -You look good.           
          -Thank you.               

2018
01:37:06,529 --> 01:37:07,822
         You look the same.         

2019
01:37:07,863 --> 01:37:08,364
               Yeah?                

2020
01:37:08,405 --> 01:37:10,032
            Except this.            

2021
01:37:10,074 --> 01:37:11,158
               -This?               
               -Yeah.               

2022
01:37:11,200 --> 01:37:14,829
         Yeah, this is my           
         Isaac Asimov look.         

2023
01:37:14,870 --> 01:37:15,663
             Your what?             

2024
01:37:15,704 --> 01:37:17,248
           Isaac Asimov.            

2025
01:37:17,289 --> 01:37:19,250
            Oh. [laughs]            

2026
01:37:19,291 --> 01:37:20,376
        You don't like this?        

2027
01:37:20,417 --> 01:37:21,210
                -No.                
                -No?                

2028
01:37:21,252 --> 01:37:22,711
     It makes you look too old.     

2029
01:37:22,753 --> 01:37:24,922
              -Really?              
              -Yeah.                

2030
01:37:26,090 --> 01:37:28,050
      Yeah, I don't like that.      

2031
01:37:28,092 --> 01:37:29,760
      That doesn't look good.       

2032
01:37:29,802 --> 01:37:31,720
             Oof, okay.             

2033
01:37:31,762 --> 01:37:36,767
 [Ruth VO] I never told him how    
 much I cared about him and loved 

2034
01:37:37,101 --> 01:37:38,185
                him.                

2035
01:37:38,227 --> 01:37:41,897
         I should have, but         
         I never said that.         

2036
01:37:41,939 --> 01:37:46,235
      I'm thrilled to see you.      

2037
01:37:46,277 --> 01:37:47,903
            Okay, good.             

2038
01:37:47,945 --> 01:37:49,071
             -Yeah.                 
             -Likewise.             

2039
01:37:49,113 --> 01:37:52,575
    Anything you need or want...    

2040
01:37:52,616 --> 01:37:53,993
   Thank you, I appreciate that.    

2041
01:37:54,034 --> 01:37:56,579
        I'm-- I'm good, I'm         
        good, but thank you.        

2042
01:37:56,620 --> 01:37:58,747
            Yeah, yeah.             

2043
01:37:58,789 --> 01:38:00,749
        I'm good, I'm good.         

2044
01:38:00,791 --> 01:38:02,251
    I'm glad you got to see me.     

2045
01:38:02,293 --> 01:38:04,044
     I'm glad I got to see you.     

2046
01:38:04,086 --> 01:38:05,588
            Yeah, good.             

2047
01:38:05,629 --> 01:38:09,884
 [Ruth VO] If I had a chance to    
 make up for everything I missed, 

2048
01:38:09,925 --> 01:38:11,552
           I would do it.           

2049
01:38:11,594 --> 01:38:16,599
     I regret putting the blame     
     on him instead of myself.      

2050
01:38:17,766 --> 01:38:22,062
       It was my own                
       fault, not his fault.        

2051
01:38:22,104 --> 01:38:24,273
    [Ricky VO] She's, you know,     
    looking forward to a fresh      

2052
01:38:24,315 --> 01:38:25,774
               start.               

2053
01:38:25,816 --> 01:38:28,611
 All these things I never thought 
 I'd hear from her. [laughs]       

2054
01:38:28,652 --> 01:38:30,279
          Good to see you.          

2055
01:38:30,321 --> 01:38:31,322
         Anything you need.         

2056
01:38:31,363 --> 01:38:33,741
         I know, thank you.         

2057
01:38:34,074 --> 01:38:34,992
          Thank you.                

2058
01:38:35,034 --> 01:38:36,285
          Get rid of this.          

2059
01:38:36,327 --> 01:38:37,453
          I will. [laughs]          

2060
01:38:37,494 --> 01:38:39,163
               Okay.                

2061
01:38:39,204 --> 01:38:41,832
        See you soon, Ruth!         

2062
01:38:47,338 --> 01:38:51,634
            upbeat beats           

2063
01:38:51,675 --> 01:38:54,303
      [Ricky VO] You know,          
      listen, I'm a lone wolf,      

2064
01:38:54,345 --> 01:38:57,890
      I like how I live, I got      
      my nice little studio.        

2065
01:38:57,932 --> 01:39:01,644
         Got my futon, got          
         my big color TV.           

2066
01:39:01,685 --> 01:39:04,313
       Now, I have cable TV.        

2067
01:39:04,355 --> 01:39:06,565
           I got it made.           

2068
01:39:07,983 --> 01:39:09,401
          Hey, what's up?           

2069
01:39:09,443 --> 01:39:11,111
   [Ricky VO] Yo, listen,           
   there's no guarantees in life.   

2070
01:39:11,153 --> 01:39:13,489
        I've seen lots of           
        people come and go,         

2071
01:39:13,530 --> 01:39:15,783
         and here I am, all         
         these years later,         

2072
01:39:15,824 --> 01:39:19,995
       looking very handsome,       
       if I may, very sharp.        

2073
01:39:20,037 --> 01:39:23,332
 I'm fucking thriving right now.   

2074
01:39:26,001 --> 01:39:27,795
                Yo.                 

2075
01:39:27,836 --> 01:39:29,505
        Stick with me, baby.        

2076
01:39:29,546 --> 01:39:31,674
      No more of this               
      struggling artist shit.       

2077
01:39:31,715 --> 01:39:33,509
          It's played out.          

2078
01:39:33,550 --> 01:39:35,678
         My time has come!          

2079
01:39:35,719 --> 01:39:39,348
         [people cheering]          

2080
01:39:39,390 --> 01:39:42,226
   The book has been incredible.    

2081
01:39:42,267 --> 01:39:46,897
    My work speaks for              
    itself, and gigs come at me.    

2082
01:39:50,234 --> 01:39:51,860
    [man over mic] Ricky Powell!    

2083
01:39:51,902 --> 01:39:54,697
    His work is iconic, and I       
    think to see him out there,     

2084
01:39:54,738 --> 01:39:57,241
       showing his                  
       artwork, doing shows,        

2085
01:39:57,282 --> 01:40:00,160
     he's got so much to give.      

2086
01:40:02,955 --> 01:40:04,957
         [Ricky VO] I do            
         my live slideshow,         

2087
01:40:04,999 --> 01:40:07,626
     where I tell                   
     anecdotes of the pictures.     

2088
01:40:07,668 --> 01:40:09,712
         This is where it           
         all started, baby.         

2089
01:40:09,753 --> 01:40:11,296
        Yo, dude was like...        
        [laughter]                  

2090
01:40:11,338 --> 01:40:13,549
     [Ricky VO] There's no one      
     else that does it like me.     

2091
01:40:13,590 --> 01:40:15,884
         I did Italy and            
         Sweden this year,          

2092
01:40:15,926 --> 01:40:18,387
   Dublin, San Francisco, Japan.    

2093
01:40:18,429 --> 01:40:21,557
      It's the Japanese             
      Ricky Powell right here.      

2094
01:40:23,600 --> 01:40:26,812
 He's an important documentarian   
 of an important time in this      

2095
01:40:26,854 --> 01:40:28,397
               town.                

2096
01:40:29,940 --> 01:40:33,235
   And that we can look at these    
   pictures of early LL Cool J,     

2097
01:40:33,277 --> 01:40:35,404
        of early Run DMC,           
        of early everybody.         

2098
01:40:35,446 --> 01:40:36,905
         Now, that's the            
         photograph for me.         

2099
01:40:36,947 --> 01:40:38,574
        Yo, this is famous.         

2100
01:40:38,615 --> 01:40:42,453
   To make yourself available to    
   everything that's going on...    

2101
01:40:42,494 --> 01:40:43,912
             [laughter]             

2102
01:40:43,954 --> 01:40:46,540
    Gives you kind of an edge       
    that most people don't have.    

2103
01:40:46,582 --> 01:40:47,458
               Whoo!                

2104
01:40:47,499 --> 01:40:48,375
               What?                

2105
01:40:48,417 --> 01:40:50,794
              [laughs]              

2106
01:40:50,836 --> 01:40:53,213
        I feel very                 
        priviledged and, uh,        

2107
01:40:53,255 --> 01:40:54,548
             fortunate.             

2108
01:40:54,590 --> 01:40:56,050
             Thank you.             

2109
01:40:56,091 --> 01:40:59,970
    I cannot put it into words,     
    as Ottis Redding would say,     

2110
01:41:00,012 --> 01:41:04,308
     how much love I feel and I     
     want to transcend it back.     

2111
01:41:04,808 --> 01:41:09,313
    [Chuck VO] Ricky Powell is a    
    god in his artistry himself.    

2112
01:41:09,688 --> 01:41:12,274
       He is just as                
      important as the art,         

2113
01:41:12,316 --> 01:41:14,943
     as the artist,                 
     because he is the artist.      

2114
01:41:14,985 --> 01:41:18,781
    He had this talent for going    
    into your world and capture     

2115
01:41:18,822 --> 01:41:20,616
       those genuine moments.       

2116
01:41:20,657 --> 01:41:22,117
       [Kaves VO] Those             
       photos are everything.       

2117
01:41:22,159 --> 01:41:25,287
     Those are my heroes,           
     those are my superheroes.      

2118
01:41:25,329 --> 01:41:26,288
      [whistling and cheering]      

2119
01:41:26,330 --> 01:41:27,790
       Happy birthday, Ricky!       

2120
01:41:27,831 --> 01:41:28,707
             [cheering]             

2121
01:41:28,749 --> 01:41:30,042
 [LL VO] He's an OG in the game.   

2122
01:41:30,084 --> 01:41:31,960
 He really was there, it's true.   

2123
01:41:32,002 --> 01:41:33,796
     It's definitely official.      

2124
01:41:33,837 --> 01:41:37,466
 Ricky's body of work speaks       
 to what the streets of New York   

2125
01:41:37,508 --> 01:41:38,967
                are.                

2126
01:41:39,009 --> 01:41:40,636
    It is those celebrities, it     
    is the bum on the street,       

2127
01:41:40,677 --> 01:41:42,971
     it is the crazy lady with      
     the birds on her shoulder,     

2128
01:41:43,013 --> 01:41:44,890
          it's everything.          

2129
01:41:46,892 --> 01:41:50,270
       [Hurricane VO] Ricky's       
       still License to Ill.        

2130
01:41:50,312 --> 01:41:51,855
        Like, you can see           
        Ricky and say, "Man,        

2131
01:41:51,897 --> 01:41:54,441
    Ricky ain't changed a bit."     

2132
01:41:57,486 --> 01:41:59,530
       I feel like I'm              
       tripping on mushrooms.       

2133
01:41:59,571 --> 01:42:02,366
         I'm just bugging           
         out on mushrooms.          

2134
01:42:02,407 --> 01:42:05,494
 It's not like he was a showbiz    
 pop star that was a constructed   

2135
01:42:05,536 --> 01:42:09,164
 idea; he's very much, you know,   
 what you see is what you get.     

2136
01:42:09,206 --> 01:42:11,834
   [Darryl VO] He's one of          
   the greatest photographers in    

2137
01:42:11,875 --> 01:42:15,003
       history that                 
       should be celebrated,        

2138
01:42:15,045 --> 01:42:18,382
       is a one-of-a-kind,          
       he's in his own lane.        

2139
01:42:20,968 --> 01:42:24,179
     He's fuckin' Ricky Powell.     

2140
01:42:29,393 --> 01:42:34,439
       gentle uplifting music      

2141
01:43:35,959 --> 01:43:37,753
      [Ricky VO] There has          
      to be a movie about me,       

2142
01:43:37,794 --> 01:43:39,254
             seriously.             

2143
01:43:39,296 --> 01:43:42,507
        The essence of bummy        
        sophisticatedness.          

2144
01:43:49,806 --> 01:43:51,767
             Oh, fuck!              

2145
01:43:53,560 --> 01:43:54,937
               What?                

2146
01:43:54,978 --> 01:43:56,855
       What, who wants some?        

2147
01:44:04,154 --> 01:44:05,781
             Oh, fuck.              

2148
01:44:05,822 --> 01:44:09,159
              [laughs]              

2149
01:44:09,451 --> 01:44:12,120
     No, don't tell me you f--      

2150
01:44:12,162 --> 01:44:15,165
             [laughter]             

2151
01:44:17,668 --> 01:44:20,170
            Oh, my God.             

2152
01:44:21,171 --> 01:44:22,923
         I still look dope.         

2153
01:44:24,508 --> 01:44:27,803
 Unemployment at a record high   

2154
01:44:27,844 --> 01:44:32,140
      People coming, people         
      going, people born to die     

2155
01:44:32,182 --> 01:44:35,477
       Don't ask me,                
       because I don't know why     

2156
01:44:35,519 --> 01:44:40,148
       But it's like that,          
       and that's the way it is     

2157
01:44:40,190 --> 01:44:43,652
        People in the world         
        try to make ends meet       

2158
01:44:43,694 --> 01:44:47,322
         You try to ride car,       
         train, bus, or feet        

2159
01:44:47,364 --> 01:44:51,493
       I said you got to work       
       hard to want to compete      

2160
01:44:51,535 --> 01:44:55,831
         It's like that, and        
         that's the way it is       

2161
01:44:55,872 --> 01:44:57,249
                Huh!               

2162
01:45:03,839 --> 01:45:07,509
         Money is the key           
         to end all your woes       

2163
01:45:07,551 --> 01:45:11,346
       Your ups and your downs,     
       your highs and your lows     

2164
01:45:11,388 --> 01:45:15,225
     Won't you tell me last time    
     that love bought you clothes? 

2165
01:45:15,267 --> 01:45:19,688
         It's like that, and        
         that's the way it is       

2166
01:45:19,730 --> 01:45:23,692
     Bills fly higher every day    

2167
01:45:23,734 --> 01:45:27,195
      We receive much lower pay    

2168
01:45:27,237 --> 01:45:31,033
        I'd rather stay             
        young, go out and play      

2169
01:45:31,074 --> 01:45:35,412
         It's like that, and        
         that's the way it is       

2170
01:45:35,454 --> 01:45:36,830
                Huh!               

2171
01:45:39,583 --> 01:45:43,045
 War's going on across the sea   

2172
01:45:43,086 --> 01:45:47,049
         Street soldiers            
         killing the elderly        

2173
01:45:47,090 --> 01:45:50,886
     What ever happened to unity? 

2174
01:45:50,927 --> 01:45:55,307
      It's like that, and           
      that that's the way it is     

2175
01:45:55,349 --> 01:46:01,604
     Disillusion is the word...