Shepard Fairey (Obey) Ice Tee 'Original Gangster', 2016

Name: Ice Tee 'Original Gangster'
Brand: Artsper
SKU: 631821
Price: 471 EUR
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Offered by the gallery

New Union Gallery
Atlanta - United States
Authenticity

Work sold with an invoice from the gallery
and a certificate of authenticity
Signature

Hand-signed by artist
Medium

Print : Screen Print
Themes

Street art, Icons, Music
Support

Print on fine art paper
Type

Numbered and limited to 300 copies
Dimensions cm | inch

24 x 18 cm 9.4 x 7.1 inch
Framing

Not framed
Collector’s Guide
About the artwork

I first heard Ice-T in 1988 around the same time I had also just picked up Public Enemy's Yo Bum Rush the Show album based on the Thrasher magazine description of Public Enemy as the new punk rock. I'd say that the punk rock description applies to Ice-T, who is credited by many as the godfather of Gangster Rap(though Ice-T gives proper respects to Schoolly D). The first Ice-T record I heard was Power which had only come out a few days before. The album opens with a hilarious skit in which a scuffle over Ice's new Power album results in a gunshot wound and ensuing deliberation over whether to call the paramedics or listen to the new album you can guess which way it goes. The album opes with the song Power which has the opening lyrics(put an audio or video link please to the song)

I'm livin' large as possible,posse unstoppable
Style topical,vividly optical
Listen,you'll see 'em sometimes I'll be 'em
Cops,critics and punks,necer ever wanta see me in POWER
Well,that's too bad,Apocalypse Now I'm back and I'm mad
We're comin',you're runnin' cold and cunning
Ice T on the mic,Top-Gunning

Well, that opening line really stuck with me and ended up being the inspiration for the use of the word posse in my "Andre the Giant has a Posse sticker a few months later. Power" is my favorite Ice-T album, but he has several excellent albums including Rhyme Pays, "Ice Berg Freedom of Speech, and OG, Original Gangster. Three out of four of those records have cover photographs by Glen E. Friedman. Glen and I both think that Ice-T is a very important figure in the golden era of hip hop who deserves to be celebrated for his contribution and exposed to a younger generation, so we collaborated on this image, which is based on an out take photo session from the Power era. If you only know Ice-T for his TV roles, do yourself a favor and check out the albums I mentioned. By the way, Jay-Z's 99 Problems lifts it's chorus from an Ice-T song of the same name from 1993. Like I said, the guy is O.G.
Both prints are signed by me, Glen E. Friedman, and Ice-T.

-Shepard

There is no doubt about it, ICE-T is a California Legend. From a hair straightened street hustler and thief, who took his moniker from none other than Ice Berg Slim, this dude emerged as one of the most heavily west coast inspired rappers of all time. ICE is a story teller extraordinaire, a hustler on every respectable level. A true friend and as loyal as they come to those close to him. Respect due to this real icon and player, for telling his stories and sharing the culture in the way he only can.

-Glen E. Friedman

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Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Born in: 1970

United States

Famous artist

Shepard Fairey alias Obey was born in 1970 in Charleston, US.

He gets to know the universe of graphic design very early, at age 14, when he draws images to be printed on t-shirts and skateboards. He is influenced by the work of artists such as Andy Warhol or Russian artist Alexander Rodtchenko.

In the late 1980s, Obey and a group of friends from the Rhode Island School of Design create a series of stickers and posters with the figure of wrestler Andre the Giant and stick thousands of them on the walls of American cities. Andre the Giant Has a Posse is one of the first and most important "viral" Street Art campaigns, showing the ability and force of this new illegal means of expression.

His work became world famous during the U.S. presidential campaign in 2008, with the creation of the poster HOPE of Barack Obama that became an icon of the campaign. The Institute of contemporary art in Boston considered Obey as one of the best and most influential street artists of our time.