32 pages 29.5 x 21 cm Language: English Paperback 1996
Founded in Oslo in 1989 by Tommy Tee — the godfather of Norwegian hip hop and founder of the Tee Productions label — Fatcap was Norway's first graffiti and hip hop magazine, and grew into one of the internationally distributed titles that carried aerosol culture across Europe through the 1990s. Its longevity and its English-language editorial gave a small Scandinavian scene an unusually wide reach, and made the magazine a fixture in the international graffiti press.
For its New York Issue, Fatcap turned from the Oslo and Copenhagen trainlines toward the source. Published across two parts, it is an English-language dispatch on the writers of NYC — this first instalment putting names such as CAP and Cope2 in front of a European readership at a moment when direct access to the New York scene was still hard-won. A crossover document as much as a magazine: Scandinavian print, New York subject, global ambition.
A 1990s graffiti magazine, long out of print and seldom surfacing in collectible condition. Part one of a two-issue set, sought after by collectors of both graffiti print culture and Norwegian hip hop history.
The set continues with the New York Issue #2 — a natural companion for anyone building the complete pair.
