Culteral Reference in 'She'

Here is an image of the late Rap icon Notorious B.I.G 'shooting dice' outside a liquor store on the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. This is a popular activity amongst American Hip-Hop culture. The image was taken during the early 90's, a famous time period of Hip-Hop's history commonly referred to as 'The Golden Era', due to the emergence of many extremely talented artists such as Notorious B.I.G (Biggie Smalls).

Here is a shot taken from Tyler, The Creator's 'She' video. It shows Odd Future members Frank Ocean, Domo Genesis and Jasper Dolphin doing a similar activity to the one in the previous picture. Odd Future (OFWGKTA) are a modern Alternative Hip-Hop group, a sub-genre which spawned from 90's Hip-Hop after artists like Notorious B.I.G pioneered the genre and lead it into new directions. This shot from the 2011 'She' video is a throwback to Hip-Hop's earlier days, showing a cultural reference.