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The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival in DUMBO is taking a new angle this year, by holding a visual art exhibition in conjunction with the concerts.

"Under The Influence," now showing in the powerHouse Arena, includes books, photos, murals, industrial designs, sculpture, animation and 3-D artworks that pay tribute to both old school hip-hop and the new generation of artists.

"The art pillar of hip-hop is pretty much the tangible form of the sound, to have a visual representation of a community and of the sound of music," said producer Corrie Rose Zaccaria.

Among the works are photos from Red Hook, Brooklyn native Jamel Shabazz from his book "Back In The Days," which was recently released in a 10th anniversary edition called, "Back In The Days Remix."

Shabazz picked up a camera as a teenager and started documenting the world around him.

"The world around him became the iconic fashion style and culture of the beat boy movement, the graffiti, hip-hop, rap movement, whatever you want to call it," said Craig Mathis of powerHouse Arena.

The influence can be seen in the photos of Japanese photographer Tetsuya "Tets" Shimoyama.

"I love street culture, I love street people, I love hip-hop culture very much," said Shimoyama.

"It's something that has been born of the streets and has grown to worldwide influence, and that's something that people cannot ignore. This is something that is very relevant to this day and age and it's only going to grow and it's only going to get bigger," said curator Alex Emmart.

The festival only runs through Saturday, but the art exhibit will be shown through August 7. For more information, visit bkhiphopfestival.com.