Brooklyn, New York. 1974. It gave us the likes of Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Toure, Lorna Simpson, Branford Marsalis, Terence Howard, Rosie Perez, Biggie, Lisa Jones, Nelson George and others. It was the centre of black bohemian life in the city: artists, writers, actors, singers – those who were young, gifted and black (or Latino) – came there to live. In 1991 Essence magazine called it “The Happening ‘Hood”.