Ernie Paniccioli, Chroniclerr of Hip-Hop; Public Enemy’s Private Photographer (via @nytimesphoto)

‘Who needs paparazzi when you have Ernie Paniccioli? An imposing chronicler of the hip-hop scene from LL Cool J and Biggie Smalls to Queen Latifah and Lil’ Kim, Ernie has been especially close to Public Enemy, counting its members as collaborators, conspirators and counselors. It has been a good month for them: Public Enemy will be inducted tonight into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Ernie recently finished a conference at Cornell University, whose library acquired his vast photographic archive’. [Read More…]