How ya livin’ Biggie Smalls? In palaces and horse-drawn carriages giving gold bullions to my friends and it feels stupendous.
Amar Stewart is a British artist who painted a series of portraits of hip-hop legends as if they were as if they were living in Europe during the "Golden Age."
The 29-year-old just completed a residency at Cotton Candy Machine in Brooklyn.
Amar Stewart
"The idea was to fuse the two things I love the most: hip-hop and the Great Masters' works of art," Stewart told BuzzFeed in an email. "Music has such an impact on us, I wanted to show these icons in the grandest light."
Amar Stewart
Jay Z as "Young Man Holding a Skull" by Frans Hals.
Amar Stewart
