When Kanye West released Graduation on September 11 ... and leaped into the world of experimental art via the Takashi Murikami album cover. T-Pain isn’t the only R&B star on “Good Life ...

Often referred to as “Japan’s Andy Warhol,” Murakami blurs the line between art, fashion ... of Chicago-born rap artist, Kanye West’s album, “Graduation.” Murakami and West were ...

The statement from Art of Culture, in part, reads as follows: In December of 2011, Rhymefest, Donnie Smith and Kanye West founded ... the organization post-graduation. West himself has yet to ...

So raps Kanye West in “Hey Mama,” and the line has now acquired a prophetic tint: On Monday, West accepted an honorary Ph.D from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he gave a ...

Graduation was a three-peat ... occasionally known as “the Warhol of Japan” created this cover art for West. The rapper had visited Murakami at his studio in Asaka, Japan, and the creative ...