- Collection:
- Popular Music Collections
- Title:
- Gwynnis Mosby oral history interview, 2023-09-30
- Creator:
- Mosby, Gwynnis R., 1962-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Newberry, Brittany
- Date of Original:
- 2023-09-30
- Subject:
- Makeup artists
Hip-hop (Music)
Music videos
Fashion
Rap (Music)
Hip-hop--Influence
Beauty schools
Beauty culture--Study and teaching
Arrested Development (Musical group)
Kriss Kross (Musical group)
Xscape (Musical group)
LaFace Records
TLC (Musical group)
OutKast (Musical group)
Big Boi (Musician)
Beauty culture
Hip-hop--Southern States
Bronner Brothers
Bronner Bros
Essence Magazine - People:
- Mosby, Phillip
Wells, Reggie
Bronner, Bernard
Da Brat (Musician)
Pebbles, 1964-
Too Short (Musician)
Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996
Williams, Hype
Evans, Faith, 1973-
Farris, Dionne, 1969- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Fourth Ward, 33.7681616, -84.3652038
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Midtown, 33.76849, -84.38585
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Piedmont Park, 33.78649, -84.37382 - Medium:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Gwynnis Mosby is a professional make up artist with decades of experience in celebrity makeup. An Atlanta native, Mosby was born in Grady Hospital in 1962. Mosby is also the founder of The Gwynnis Mosby Makeup Artist Training Center - a cosmetology school dedicated to professional makeup training.
In this interview, Gwynnis Mosby details her life growing up in the Atlanta area and journey of becoming a professional makeup artist. Mosby reflects on members of the makeup and music industry that influenced her career, as well as some of the musicians she's worked with. She also discusses on the realities and influence of Southern and Atlanta hip hop, as well as her experiences as a professional makeup artist. Gwynnis' husband, Pastor Phillip Mosby, also makes contributions to the conversation throughout the interview. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/popmusic/id/11062
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: M259_MosbyG_20230930, Atlanta Hip Hop Oral History Project, Atlanta Hip Hop Archives, Music and Popular Culture Collection, Special Collections and Archives. Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 1:07:15
- Original Collection:
- Container 679
Music and Popular Culture Collection
Atlanta Hip Hop Oral History Project - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
