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PETER BESTE AT POUNDCAKE TONIGHT

Peter Beste has been taking photos of the Houston hip-hop scene for years. He's gone into the most fucked up projects in the city (places described as "your favorite ghetto's favorite ghetto") and taken photos of rappers and gang members doing whatever it is they do in places where cops drive past with their dicks tucked between their legs.

Peter has documented, in detail, the different gang signs of the Hershelwood Crips, as well as parties with an absurd amount of ass, gold teeth, and guns, which we still have no idea how he got into. He's also taken great photos of black metal kids in Norway--a subject a lot of people would probably consider the polar opposite of gritty Houston hip-hop--and turned it into an elephantine book called True Norwegian Black Metal. That's neither here nor there though, the point is he's a good picture taker with an almost obnoxiously diverse portfolio.

Here's the thing: Peter is participating in a group show tonight at Poundcake gallery in Nolita. He'll be showing some of his Houston rap photos, and they will probably be really fun to look at. So go.

Neil Aline will be DJing, and all the other fine folks participating in the show are listed on that flyer down below there.

Poundcake
242 Elizabeth St.
New York
6-9pm