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EBONY Magazine Issues

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Janet Jackson, What’s It Gonna Be, 1998

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Apollonia Kotero photographed by Harry Langdon, 1985.

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Tupac Shakur, Jada Pinkett and Crystal Rodgers at the Baltimore School for the Arts, circa 1987.

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Cyndi Lauper and Patti LaBelle recording at Power Station in New York City, 1986.

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Janet Jackson photographed by Fryderyk Gabowicz, 1982.

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Annie Lennox photographed by Deborah Feingold, 1983.

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Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett Smith during their high school days at the Baltimore School for the Arts, 1986-1988.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat photographed by Brad Branson in his studio in Venice, Los Angeles, 1984.

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Keith Haring painting a mural at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, 1984.

Photos by Geoffrey Burke

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Keith Haring, Grace Jones, Fela Kuti, and Jean-Michel Basquiat at Mr Chow in New York City, June 1986.

Photos by Andy Warhol  

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Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Bobby Martinez at the Factory, 1985.

Photos by Andy Warhol

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Jean-Michel Basquiat polaroids by Andy Warhol. 1982

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The Radiant Child

Jean-Michel Basquiat

(December 22, 1960- August 12, 1988)

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“I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.”

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Happy Birthday Jean-Michel Basquiat!

(December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988)

“I never went to an art school. I failed the art courses that I did take in school. I just looked at a lot of things. And that’s how I learnt about art, by looking at it.”

– Jean-Michel Basquiat 

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Jean-Michel Basquiat photographed by Sabina Sarnitz in his studio, 1986.