Basquiat: The Beginning + The Artist

by GWOP

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s origins and rise to fame, seen as never before through the eyes of Al Diaz, fellow graffiti artist, SAMO co-conspirator and confidant.

Music by Hogan Grip © Tony Higgins and Declan Kelly

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s contemporary and friend, the artist Toxic, on the paintings, the scene and the Basquiat no one knew.

Music: “Close to the Edge” by JS aka The Best
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