Fierce and iconic
Style jaw-dropping
Paintings so primal
Liberation embryonic
Heart scarred by trauma
Arms scarred by dope
Addiction your assassin
Your hangman’s rope
Your art spoke of rage
Voicing collective pain
Illuminating scars
Transcending the grave
Remembering the slave trade
Naming police brutality
Rebel against capitalism
Agent of creative alchemy
Your crown of thorns
Conjuring greatness
Navigating the diaspora
Powerful and shameless
This hip hop in color
Urban decay rewired
Genres rebranded
Your psychokinetic fire
You elevate blackness
Celebrating resistance
Amplifying defiance
Uprooting toxic systems
Your body is gone
But your work still speaks
Creative immortality
A crown of thorns released
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inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat
collage by Cieara Wells and BYPO PHOENIX
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2025
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