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Oral History Interview with Whipper Whip [i.e. James Whipper] at Botanica Club, New York, NY, November 8, 2001
Interviewee
Prince Whipper Whip
Interviewer
Jim Fricke
Subject
Salt-n-Pepa
Date2001
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.515.1
Text EntriesPrince Whipper Whip (James Whipper II, b. 1962) is of Puerto Rican descent and an original member of Grand Wizzard Theodore & the Fantastic Five, also known as the Fantastic Freaks or simply Fantastic Five. The Fantastic Five was an old school Hip-Hop group, best known for their 12” single, “Can I Get A Soul Clap” (1980). The group also appeared in the film Wild Style (1982) and recorded a song in 1994 with the Cold Crush Brothers.
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Not on viewPrince Whipper Whip
Date: c. 1980
Medium: denim
Object number: 2001.506.1a
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Medium: denim
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