Living Proof has worked with photographer Clay Patrick McBride to release a book documenting the golden era of rap’s defining artists during the creation of their most pivotal works, drawn from sessions Clay spent with the artists in their early years and magazine campaigns from the era’s best, photographed in their home towns.
With nearly two decades worth of photographs spanning rappers from New York, California, Detroit, Philadelphia, Louisiana and Houston to groups ranging from the Wu-Tang Clan to Dipset; Clay’s unique access documents an era that left a permanent global footprint in an unprecedented fashion.
“Triumph: Icons of Rap” will be sent to Living Proof members for the month of May 2026.