"Inspired by Basquiat/my chariot of fire...."
Jean-Michel Basquiat is way beyond a Jay-Z lyric. Not the first time Jay-Z mentions Basquiat....and all the mentions are well deserved. You wonder what a hip-hop artist like Jay-Z has to do with a Neo-Expressionist painter? Click the jump to read more..
Often revered as one of the greatest African-American painters of all time started off as hip-hop as they come. Started as a graffiti writer, Basquiat found his medium. Writing SAMO, he caught fame early. Basquiat, soon fell victim to drugs and died in 1988.
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