In this episode, “Obey” street artist Shepard Fairey talks about Ice Cube pumping him up, the intersection of hip hop and skate culture, and the creation of his alter ego, DJ Diabetic.

In celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary, OBEY founder Shepard Fairey was tapped to re-imagine the group’s iconic logo. He spoke about it with Rolling Stone magazine: I’ve been a big fan of the Rolling Stones since my dad introduced me to “Satisfaction.” Tattoo You is one of the earliest albums I bought with my [cont.]

Coachella Conversations premiers with two time festival veteran DJ Z-Trip in conversation with street art legend Shepard Fairey. The two friends and frequent collaborators discuss their shared histories of punk and hip-hop, their historical campaign efforts for Obama, the art of DJing and much more.

Subliminal Projects is pleased to present Printed Matters, a solo exhibition featuring the work of renowned artist Shepard Fairey. Printed Matters, which focuses on the importance of printed material, will be on view September 16th through October 9th, 2010 and incorporates every variety of Shepard’s printed works, works on wood, metal, album covers, and fine [cont.]

On November 4th, 2009, a year after the election of Barack Obama, artist Shepard Fairey was at the University of Southern California for a conversation entitled “Art, Culture, Politics.” Fairey lent the Obama campaign his artistic design skills by creating the imagery and layout of the “Hope” and “Progress” posters. This iconographical work, which now [cont.]

As seen on StrangeFamous.Com: The new album Li(f)e by hip hop iconoclast Sage Francis is an impassioned and timely critique of cultural hypocrisy and organized religion. The record’s cover art has been created by renowned artist and illustrator Shepard Fairey who first gained notoriety with his “André the Giant” street art and later with his [cont.]

By now you know the work of Shepard Fairey, graf-artist-turned-Obama-poster-designer, who truly is best known for his massive OBEY! campaign over the years. His mainstream success contines, as he has been tapped to design a Kobe Bryant poster for 2kSports upcoming “NBA2k10: 10the Anniversary Edition” package. This is not to be confused with the *other* [cont.]