[3] Paniccioli's photography of hip hop began in the 1970s with shots of graffiti in New York while working for the telephone company.
Magazine beginning in 1987, and his work has also appeared in The New York Times , Life, Rolling Stone, Spin, Ebony, and The Source.
[6][7] Hip hop journalist Kevin Powell encouraged Paniccioli to make a book and in 2002 Who Shot Ya?
[8][3] He donated his photography archive to Cornell University's Hip Hop Collection in 2012 and it was made available online in August 2020.
[5] "Roots, Rhymes, and Rage: The Hip Hop Story", The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio.