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Mike and Dave's First Annual Rappers Awards at the Empire Roller Rink, February 12, 1983
Mike and Dave's First Annual Rappers Awards at the Empire Roller Rink, February 12, 1983

Mike and Dave's First Annual Rappers Awards at the Empire Roller Rink, February 12, 1983

Attendee Cold Crush Brothers
Attendee Spoonie Gee
Guest performer Treacherous Three
Guest performer Crash Crew
Venue Empire Roller Rink
Attendee Boogie Boys
Attendee Cosmic Force
Attendee Disco 4
Attendee Death Committee
Attendee Devastating 3
Attendee Darryl C
Attendee Eddie Cheba
Attendee Fearless 4
Attendee Force MC's
Attendee Jekyll & Hyde
Attendee Kenny Ken
Attendee Kool Kyle
Attendee Master Don
Attendee Mr. Magic
Attendee Sweety G
Attendee Super Rhymes
Host Fabulous Mike & Dave Organization
Date1983
Mediumpaper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.94 × 21.59 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.802.1
Text Entries

This handbill promotes Mike and Dave's First Annual Rappers Awards and advertises the first appearance of the Crash Crew and the Treacherous 3, who were both Sugar Hill recording artists.  The handbill also lists other hip-hop acts that would be commemorated at the awards, such as the MC Spoonie G and the radio DJ Mr. Magic. The Cold Crush Brothers also attended the event. The design of this handbill reflects a style used for many early handbills that promoted hip-hop concerts.  For this design the artist enhanced a collage of photographs of the musicians and promotional text with freehand line drawing.

Mike and Dave charged an admission for the show—$7 for this first event—and the hottest artists showed up and performed for free, full of enthusiasm about the possibility of winning an award. Prizes were given in several categories, including best solo rap artists, best rap group, best DJ, best stage show, and best female rapper. The Cold Crush Brothers, famous for their stage routines made an annual appearance at the event. Confident that the prize for best stage show was theirs, they showed up year after year to collect the award. The event was held at the Empire Roller Disco in Brooklyn. For years the venue has featured disco DJs and some of the top acts in hip-hop. 

Black and white handbill reads; Mike and Dave’s (image of Mike and Dave) First Annual Rappers Awards City Wide at the Empire Roller Rink, your host WHBI 105.9 R.C. Pac-Jam with image of man in front of collage of men and women artists and DJs. Taped for Cable TV, “Who is Number One” Dedicated to NYC’s high schools and colleges, Empire Boulevard and Bedford Avenue, {d Train to Prospect Park or bus forty-seven walk two blocks pass Wendy’s), Saturday February 12th 1983. Seven dollars with ID or flyer, free skating, 8:00pm until, show starts at 1:00am. Set list reads, first appearance ever the Treacherous Three with image of three male members and in a rear appearance The Crash Crew with image of six male members. Awards for number 1 crowd drawers, DJ of 1982, super best stage show, best duo, greatest beats, the king of rappers, the queen of rappers, rappers grammy, godfather. High schools listed, Eramus, Tech, Barton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Prospect, Boys and Girls, Westinghouse, Bay Ridge, Thomas, Irving, Bertram, Brandeis, Fashion, Richman, King, Huges, Bacon, Cleveland. Commemorates listed, Boogie Boys, Crash Crew, Cosmic Force, Disco Four, Death Committee, Devastating Three, Darryl C, Eddie Cheba, Fearless Four, Force MC’s, Hollywood, Jekyll and Hyde, Kenny Ken, Kool Kyle, Master Don, MR. Magic, Sweety G, Spoonie G, Super Rhymes, Treacherous Three. Boroughs listed, Brownsville, Bedford Stuyvesant, Park Slope, Flatbush, Fort Hamilton, Fort Green, Crown Heights, Canarcy, Bushwick, Williamsburg, Coney Island.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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