CABLE: a journal of American fact - personal archives of rare and previously unpublished street photography, iconic portraiture, exacting reproductions of out-of-print books and periodicals, album artwork, poster art, film stills, screen grabs, transcriptions, firsthand interviews, and ephemera radiating from these past 50 years of black culture and beyond.
In this first edition: Features on published works by photographers Thierry Le Gouès, Ben Watts, and Alessandro Zuek Simonetti; interviews with Seun Kuti and Ishmael Butler (of Shabazz Palaces); a photography portfolio by Tracy Bailey Jr; portraits of LL Cool J and Public Enemy by photographer Kevin Davies; A$AP Rocky by filmmaker Jake Davis; the poster art of South African artist Kudzanai Chiurai; tributes to Gil Scott-Heron and Adam “MCA” Yauch; photography contributions from Malik Sayeed, Kahlil Joseph, and Ari Marcopoulos; artwork based on the films: Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child by Tamra Davis, The Central Park Five by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon, Standard Operating Procedure by Asif Kapadia and featuring Yasiin Bey; features on James Baldwin, Cam'Ron, D'Angelo’s Voodoo, Kool DJ Red Alert, Jimi Hendrix, and Bitches Brew by Miles Davis.