Published On Premiered Apr 21, 2021
In these online 30-minute events, Gregory Crewdson, Director of Graduate Studies in Photography, asks each guest a list of simple questions about artistic practice, and the anticipation of an end to the pandemic crisis.
One of hip-hop’s true mavericks, Harlem born MC A$AP Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, has taken the music and fashion worlds by storm since his emergence in 2011. In 2018, with two critically acclaimed, #1 debuts on the Billboard 200 for freshman & sophomore albums, LONG.LIVE.A$AP and AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, Rocky released his highly-anticipated third studio album, TESTING, which has garnered over 1 Billion streams worldwide, landing at #1 on the iTunes charts in 16 countries upon release. In August of 2019, Rocky dropped new single “Babushka Boi” accompanied by a viral Dick Tracy-inspired video, which went on to receive a 2020 MTV Video Music Award nomination for “Best Art Direction.”
Rocky continues to collaborate with many notable artists and creatives across various genres, including G-Eazy’s 5x RIAA Platinum “No Limit” with Cardi B, Mura Masa’s “Love$ick”, Tyler, The Creator’s “Who Dat Boy”, and songs with Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd, Selena Gomez, Young Thug, Skepta, Juicy J, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys and more. Rocky made his acting debut in director Rick Famuyiwa’s coming-of-age film DOPE in 2015, which debuted at Sundance Film Festival to much fanfare.
The past four years have also seen Rocky’s creative agency AWGE in the spotlight, launching partnerships with Selfridges, JW Anderson, Under Armour, MTV and most recently a collaboration with Kayne West. In addition, AWGE has launched the careers of notable artists such as Playboi Carti, Smooky MarGielaa, slowthai and more.
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Part of the 2021 reprise of the Yale Photo MFA program’s Pop Up Lecture Series via Zoom, in which Gregory Crewdson, Director of Graduate Studies in Photography, interviews guests on the pandemic crisis and the nature of artistic practice.
Full information available here: https://www.art.yale.edu/photo-pop-up...
