Photograph of Coke La Rock inside 1520 Sedgewick, #2A

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A color Polaroid of Coke La Rock owned by DJ Kool Herc. The image depicts La Rock inside apartment 2A of the Bronx apartment complex at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. La Rock is captured from the knees up, standing in front of a filled bookshelf. He is wearing a grey winter trench coat over dark pants and a layered fit of a white shirt, a beige sweater with the collar over the trench coat and a red V-neck garment. La Rock has black frame glasses, two necklaces with one significantly larger than the other, and his hands are in the pockets of the coat. The image is printed on semi-gloss double photographic paper.

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