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RIP Ricky Powell, by Tobi187 on Feb 2, 2021 18:30:00 GMT 1, Ricky Powell, the New York photographer dubbed the “fourth Beastie Boy,” died at 59, Complex reports. “I just want to let everybody know he was a very special man, and he will be sorely missed,” his manager, Tono Radvany, told Complex. Powell spent his life in New York City — born in Brooklyn, he attended La Guardia Community College and Hunter College before he began taking photos at downtown Manhattan events with an ex-girlfriend’s camera. He photographed musicians, including Run-DMC, Madonna, Eric B. and Rakim, and LL Cool J, along with artists Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Powell toured with the Beastie Boys in 1986, when they opened for Run-DMC’s Raising Hell, and continued following the band through their 1994 Lollapalooza set, earning his nickname.



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Ricky Powell, the New York photographer dubbed the “fourth Beastie Boy,” died at 59, Complex reports. “I just want to let everybody know he was a very special man, and he will be sorely missed,” his manager, Tono Radvany, told Complex. Powell spent his life in New York City — born in Brooklyn, he attended La Guardia Community College and Hunter College before he began taking photos at downtown Manhattan events with an ex-girlfriend’s camera. He photographed musicians, including Run-DMC, Madonna, Eric B. and Rakim, and LL Cool J, along with artists Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Powell toured with the Beastie Boys in 1986, when they opened for Run-DMC’s Raising Hell, and continued following the band through their 1994 Lollapalooza set, earning his nickname.



www.vulture.com/2021/02/ricky-powell-beastie-boys-photographer-deat-at-59.html