HipHopDX.com has an interview with photographer Charles Peterson, whose book CYPHER we blogged about here and also included in our top 10 list of gifts for b-boys.

In the articled titled “Raiders Of The Lost Arts” (props for the name), HipHopDX.com grills Peterson on everything from Freestyle Session to McDonald’s commercials.

From the interview:

…With B-boys and B-girls the energy they project is so strong and addictive. Very different from the young hoodlums I have living across the street from me – gold chains, black Lexus, sideways caps, Hennessy bottles that end up on our lawn. Incredibly forced – and annoying. Not cool at all. But most of the B-boys and girls I’ve met have a respect for themselves and others sorely missing in a lot of the “rap” scene.

LINK: Raiders Of The Lost Arts: CYPHER and Vandal Squad