When Jean-Michel Basquiat gets a chance to respond to rumors about him

When Jean-Michel Basquiat gets a chance to respond to rumors about him
#basquiat #jeanmichelbasquiat #mainstreammedia #contemporaryart #expressionism #neoexpressionism #1980s #arthistory #artnewyork #newyorkart #painting #art

[@007majas]

This who Jay Z tries to look like

[@dukebell4047]

That is him. He's using Jay-Z's vessel. All the old beans are using New vessels? Maybe I'm just crazy😮😮😮😮

[@Queen-xn8lm]

​@@dukebell4047interesting pov

[@w.davidholland7228]

He wanna look like a gay painter -50 cent

[@darrenk5023]

​@@w.davidholland7228 Really people. You don't KNOW SH*T ABOUT HIS WORKS. And Again dissing your Brother. When are y'all going to stop the pointing of black gay none gay bottoms tops Diddy. What makes you so great... This Generation doing THE SAME OLD PUT DOWN SH*T !!! Do your research . Support All of your black brothers. Gay.. straight...other. That man right there is BEYOUND and you can't catch up. And look this up ..right ANDY WARHOL WAS HIS LAST MUSE FOR BOTH . Andy the biggest Artist of that century. Yaaa. Respect. 👋🏽🇺🇸

[@darrenk5023]

​@@dukebell4047 Naw Jay Z was not even a teenager when he was around. Please and stop vilifying your people. He was a advanced tiil this day artist.

[@americanflag628]

The eyes? Are the window to the soul. I see his pain.❤

[@The_FITTER_deus]

You can he was masking that it was kinda true

[@choc90807]

This!! 😢

[@carrenoneal302]

So so true. I could see it in his eyes too. There is some sadness there. That question definitely hit a nerve

[@rejectionistmanifesto8836]

He is the hero of the bottom bros in the hood, Jayz loves this dude.

[@tonynice5847]

😫 ooooh the pain! the pain of it all! 😂

[@peachezp1587]

Absolutely! He was an artist in residence. One of Brooklyn’s finest ❤🙏🏽❤️

[@alunus7069]

Actually he was a horrible artist.

[@analuisatorres1562]

@@alunus7069 And that’s why his art has sold for over a 💯 MILLION…

[@KtotheG]

He looks like Gary, IN's finest.

[@tirayk1]

​@@alunus7069 So,what made him famous? Please answer.🤔

[@spenser6353]

@@KtotheG how?

[@g-love6507]

The actor Jeffrey Wright that played Basquiat in the movie Basquiat nailed his mannerisms ! Makes me want to go back and watch it again !

[@zanohoriamazo1]

Facts! Me too.

[@erictoomer5665]

He did

[@EavyMuturuh]

I was just saying to myself he talked just like him.

[@lorrainejohnson5461]

Yes he did, exactly.

[@lurker616]

I used to be a fan (no, scratch that still am) as a teen and when I watched Jeffrey Wright, I immediately thought he was mis-cast or wrong for the portrayal of him. But boy, once I watched him, I was dead wrong! He was brilliant! He nailed his mannerisms! And THAT’S when I became a fan of Jeffrey Wright. He’s an amazing actor! Thanks for this comment! It was nice for me to reflect on how wrong I was.😅

[@laurenbenjamin4200]

"If I was white, they would have said artist in residence... instead of all that other stuff." FACTS💯🤩❤️

[@exoticalBecky_Miami]

You're using anecdotes and exceptions to the rule to speak to the general society which is so awkward I don't even want to respond... Nm...do u... For the past decade I have been documenting the comment section under news... I haven't made it public because I'm too lazy to spend the 500 hours it would take to upload... From stuff that algorithm filters out or leaves in to the sheer number of racists and xenophobic comments... It's not anecdotes it's overwhelming... Remove your outlier from the discussion

[@MrzPink01]

Facts!!! These two previous commentators should delete themselves! #foh

[@jaxystarr7108]

​@@MrzPink01There's no way you just told two people to kill themselves because you disagree with them.. That's really dark and if you meant that, you need to get therapy.. there's a lot of people walking around with way too much hatred and bitterness, while claiming everyone else is the problem.

[@fabianmoye7919]

Blacks have "hella" privileges? Maybe in the United States nowhere else​@@tmroll1236

[@darling_savage]

The truth 100%. Now they can't get off his sack.

[@reginanewton3550]

Crazy how he looks like he be in this generation... Like he was ahead of his time

[@toya7645]

That’s crazy. Same with Aaliyah

[@Empress053]

Most real gifted people are always way head of the world they live in.

[@brookesbeehive5616]

​​@@toya7645for real..like everything I see of her looks very up to date..make up, hair, videos, it's like every year passes like damn near 20..and it looks like yesterday 😮

[@lehliladevandria5712]

He was. In many ways.

[@nadinematthewson3681]

No they are copying our ancestors ❤ nd I love it iykuk

[@jpb544188]

He was very handsome and seemed very intelligent. Emotionally and mentally. God rest his soul. He also appeared to be sad as well.

[@cozeeetv]

Most artists are

[@unapologetic3674]

He's dead? What happened

[@ronbrown5436]

@@unapologetic3674 he OD, in ‘89 or 88, he was very young 27 or 28. I just learned about him in my AA history class

[@PatchesOhoulihan159]

Too bad he wanted white men

[@adch6759]

No he wasn't. He was incredibly talented and creative. Not intelligent or emotionally mature. He died of a heroin overdose. That's not a sign of intelligence. Heavy drug use isn't a sign of emotional intelligence either.

[@Kerrviii]

He was dealing with some heavy shit. ❤ respect

[@greengoblin876]

Yup, all those kilos of coke and heroin he took as payment for his art

[@mrsx7944]

Like what?

[@Shaolinbae]

@@mrsx7944being a successful black painter in a white art wotld where they tried to use him as poster child for galleries

[@Shaolinbae]

@@mrsx7944in the 80s non the less

[@pressplay1703]

Getting bumbed​@@mrsx7944

[@yurrrrrr6708]

He wasnt locked in a basement and ordered to paint. He put himself in that basement and dedicated himself to his craft. Tourtured artists are obsessed with their craft.

[@cartb3569]

FYI, we are not tortured lol we're prodigious we don't care to be around wht noise lol

[@JNAMOTORSPORTS]

The story sounds cooler

[@yvettelyn66]

Thank you Some people are sometimes so evil and so nasty. Go away man.

[@OursonAaron302]

That guy was an asshole.

[@user-Pna8]

He actually worked with Andy Worhol before...there was a movie made abt him too

[@Nonaknownz]

That wasn't a laugh, more of a speech impediment... that was a stutter, not a laugh. A genius ahead of his time. Why do ppl only appreciate others after they're gone.

[@SPAMsandwich]

Bruh stop it you wouldn’t give a damn about dude if it wasn’t cool to try to seem “different” when in actuality you’re about as basic as the next.

[@ebbyf294]

He didn't even appreciate himself b it's so crazy

[@stinkyassboy8762]

You never know what you have until it’s gone that’s why

[@lehliladevandria5712]

He was reportedly also socially awkward at times and shy.

[@waxdoe115]

That's because his mind runs at a cheetahs pace. With addidas lace.

[@nanettewhite8269]

I like the way Jean-Michel Basquiat had a comeback to that interviewer

[@NjokiNganga-um2ni]

He did?😐

[@aggravatedassociate8237]

He had "white man bad." That's it! Played out!

[@DJRenee]

He was correct. They would have said ARTIST IN RESIDENCE OR something else that wasn't condescending like LOCKED IN A BASEMENT.

[@sasseewalker1430]

He is so damn gorgeous and u can feel his heart...

[@latoyagardley8000]

This was a very special and talented man often times people who seem weird are GIFTED❤!

[@leahgolden1145]

FACTS

[@stoplookinent4791]

only thing wierd bout him is he seemed abused 🤔 n Jay z n them sum wierdos foreal tryna copy his whole style n talk 🛑

[@c.l.9344]

Genius and peculiarity go hand in hand.

[@user-Pna8]

What ppl don't understand they call it "crazy"

[@shhtreet]

THE DOORS THIS BROTHER OPENED FOR BLACK ARTIST WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. LONG LIVE BASQUIAT THE KING 👑

[@user-oh2fr3iv4n]

What happened to him, I sholl hope Jay z isn't behind his demise

[@SigmaTruth351]

​@@user-oh2fr3iv4n in the Information you Google what happened to him. You do f have to ask. It'll nullify the ignorance

[@oooops8883]

The doors that mf had black artists walking through to do some sick shit just to make it

[@MisssKayy]

@@user-oh2fr3iv4nwhy?

[@howardgreen8835]

Oh he def opened sum doors 😅😅 backdoors.. fggit as

[@mellel5594]

He was such a deep thinker and brilliant artist! We lost one of our finest, indeed!! His amazing art is his indelible legacy! ✌🏾

[@user-jn1jb9fp5u]

He was so beautiful ❤

[@optimistprime7897]

I just wanted to hug him. It just seemed to make him sad to have to correct that man that way. 💛

[@brenttaylordotus]

When an intelligent being is confronted with the stupidity of the masses

[@jacksoncowsert6964]

How is the interviewer stupid?

[@kemari47]

Speak upon it sire!

[@lashellpitts6651]

I agree he corrected that stupidity some nerve of this interviewer

[@dudemorris7769]

He’s the one who said it on a podcast. He doesn’t deny it. He clearly says “ that it has a nasty edge to it, oh Christ; if I was locked any where my brother would say it”. He talked about this stuff & about living in the Orsen residence. You can clearly tell by his reaction he wasn’t expecting this question.

[@user-ge2uv6ky6l]

I totally agree but Mr. Jean is the stupid one not the interviewer.

[@MsBenitamarie]

That’s what you call a beautiful soul. It’s plain to see.

[@joeloco3453]

Yeah if you’re a weirdo as like that weirdo

[@user-co4wf2ev4d]

I'm Gen-X and Basquiat was more than half a decade older than me. Keep in mind that he passed away in the late 80s. He would be 64 yrs of age today. He didn't get to see the 90s or the 21st century, which is mind-blowing if you stop to think about the generations of visual artists and musicians he continues to inspire. I had the privilege of knowing him in real-time, even though we didn't live in the same city. From 1985 to 1987, we had a snail mail correspondence of letters which included original drawings of his. This was when the Internet did not quite yet exist, Wi-Fi was still just a dream in those days. Cellphones existed, but the technology was primitive and not widely available. I have moved dozens of times since those days, and I don't have a single one of those original hand drawings he shared with me. Even with everything going on in his life, he was really just a misunderstood kid at heart. I was supposed to go visit him in New York the week that he left this earthly dimension. His spirit is still here, even if his body isn't.

[@alishadaniels4815]

Nice story. Can you imagine what those hand paintings would be worth now.

[@user-co4wf2ev4d]

@alishadaniels4815 I'm sure worth a lot to some people...but priceless to me. Nobody would believe it, but I wouldn't have sold them. Some people in this world still have honor and integrity. Just the fact that I no longer have them is why I even told the story. I wouldn't want some crazed fan, or just some greedy person, trying to find me so they could break in my crib and steal them. I wouldn't have said anything.

[@ReeRee828Tizzy]

Cell phones were not around liat

[@reespace]

​@@ReeRee828Tizzy cell phones were around but usually for the rich. Around that time people were using beepers.

[@reespace]

​@@user-co4wf2ev4dKeepers. I used to see him in the East Village back in the day at CBGBS and the Mudd Club. He always had something creative going on musically and artistically and with film.

[@lisamcdowell6855]

He was so cute and soft spoken.

[@miami-dade3058]

He liked boys

[@lonelyenchantress2172]

He reminds me of Michael Jackson

[@Umjustchicken]

"Since his death at the age of 27 in 1988, Basquiat's work has steadily increased in value. In 2017, Untitled, a 1982 painting depicting a black skull with red and yellow rivulets, sold for a record-breaking $110.5 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever purchased."

[@klaybiggins4040]

That’s incredible. I remember hearing of him vaguely back in the day. Then again when JayZ was discussing getting into Art Collection.

[@YoMommasFavD]

Tax shelter for some billionaire.

[@13thApex]

Hype

[@misterblaq]

@@YoMommasFavDexactly now it’s appraised value us at $110 so the rich guy can have 110 million network but not pay taxes pay insurance 😂 which makes him even more valuable lol

[@BreakingIsh]

Most expensive painting sold by a Puerto Rican/ Haitian

[@kelvendyson1508]

Straight genius!! Shame he didn't get the help he needed! Jeffery Wright did an amazing performance as him!

[@charliefields7306]

JAY Z JACKED HIS STYLE DOWN TO THE LAUGH SMH

[@blewdraaz1057]

He was a genius treated appallingly and let down. Especially by Warhola. And no he didnt have a stutter. This is heartbreaking. And now his works worthy hope his family have it all

[@thegoodnews6682]

He definitely does have a stutter. I do too it's nothing to be ashamed of.

[@michaelepps2737]

Yea hes literally stuttering in this video multiple times its as clear as day whats the big deal why deny something that is plainly obvious to everybody that sees it. Its not a bad thing. Denying something objectively true is a bad thing

[@alexknox814]

fine art is a scam! the business side not the art work, being completely honest that backstory would have helped him sell his artwork at the time the gallery is trying to sell its merchandise. more than them being racist just keeping it 💯.

[@erinholloman2914]

He absolutely had a stutter. It was triggered by the man asking a very difficult question. We all heard it. It's ok.

[@JasiliAdia]

I bet Warhol treated him as competion. They had feel threaten by his genius god given abilities. REST up Black King you are in non judgemental paradise.

[@serenity2989]

He was frustrated with the rumors about him being locked away to paint. That’s why he said that if he was white they would’ve just said artist in residence.. Not that other stuff

[@seanmoore9878]

thats obvious by him saying the exact same thing

[@user-wm5pr6js7t]

This dialogue is included in the film Basquait(1996)

[@mikhail113]

Thanks couldn't hear it.😊

[@ThomSonnyYeah]

He is also wearing a beige blazer, a white t shirt and has his hands in his pockets.

[@garycook1376]

Sooo "victims" being playing that race card for decades ? Come on now let's be real here and they way he answering it shows trauma with the event that "didn't " happen 😑

[@queenncal6439]

Something is wrong, he was caught off guard with a question

[@ALBERTOSANCHEZ-xi9ve]

Rompió con todos los cánones estéticos del arte. Un artista y ser humano fuera de serie. Lastima que se haya ido tan pronto. Físicamente era hermoso y lo seguirá siendo porque murió en la flor de la juventud. Que no hubiera dado yo con tal de conocerlo.

[@513Kingjay]

Jay Z wanna copy his image so bad even do his little “laugh-off” from him

[@wutangdre7108]

That’s a stutter not a laugh

[@HatersHaveOpinion1]

From Jaz-o, Biggie to this 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@thetruth4808]

You must be an Eminem fan sad

[@Jay_Rell]

I thought it was just me

[@chellyjelly7963]

Wowww

[@Carlcameron6638]

His voice sounds like he’s so smart words can’t come out good

[@Ladybugsingh]

Or is it just that some people are not good communicators. I myself had to learn.

[@itisichivalry2083]

His entire family was smart

[@itisichivalry2083]

​@@Ladybugsinghyup, just takes practice and time

[@HappyShack534]

The line of questioning was out of line. You can tell that caught the boy off guard. I’m sure if it were true.. it’s probably not something he cares to talk about in this setting to be blown up on KZbin. Personally I think the guy asking the question was stupid & uncaring. No compassion. 😱 geeezz. Come on dude. Talk about his art work. 💩 4 🧠’s

[@JamesRockefeller45]

It's really hard when your brain works in a way that's very different from the average person because your constantly trying to translate your perspective into something they will understand.

[@malaik9]

Wow my heart broke. God 😢may he rest in peace. Lets pray for tge artists that are trapped in cages we cannot see.

[@ColdWerdz]

Kid Cudi should play him in a movie

[@mephlucianoTV]

This was the comment i was looking for

[@drizzydre4698]

This is the comment that I didn't know I was looking for. Kid Cudi would be perfect to play him. I can see it!!

[@Obatala_Vibez]

I would be very surprised if he did though…kid cudi might not want to relieve his own mental traumas in the industry of arts

[@ibiro868]

They’re both gay so it might work

[@reespace]

Geoffrey Wright played him in the film Basquiat. You can probably find it streaming.

[@rumel02]

He reminds me so much of Jimi Hendrix; the way he talks, the shyness, the blunt sincerity.

[@onebodyinyahuahlosangeles1206]

Also kid cudi

[@peacelove1066]

It is him . Illuminati puppets fake death nd play dif roles I kn this for a fact bt cnt tell u how sry

[@user-tm9ji2zc8i]

Now Jay z

[@ExtraterrestrialBeing-jc7to]

Jimi wasn't ABC Community

[@devinetruth7557]

HENDRICKS might be the base character

[@GoddessNear]

This is the man Jay Z is harvesting Energy from❗❗❗

[@darrenk5023]

And....

[@darrenk5023]

Because FIDDY CENT said something. 🙄

[@Wisdomnugs]

Yup there it is... Exacto

[@Netlife11.]

Absolutely

[@militantacecolleti5208]

U mean copying lol

[@clarissapatrick9469]

He Expresses Himself BEST Through His ART !!!!’❤❤❤

[@RickNMortySqd]

Yooo! This is the man who made my coat!!! Dope af!!!

[@blessed3779]

Something happened to him as a child….. and what ever happened to him was the cause behind his heroine addiction

[@michellethechosen1629]

Pretty young to use heroine at his age and the years of use. Truly sad.

[@GurtonBuster07]

He has a stutter. Explains a lot, especially the drug use.

[@swedwhede6789]

All of y'all sound ignorant as fuck. To try and say some mystery shit you don't even know about is the whole reason why he died young from heroine. That's disrespectful as fuck to try and put him in a little closet just because you dont understand. Say that instead. Tell the the truth, you don't understand rather than all that other stuff.

[@lashellpitts6651]

I agree with you on this 🎯💯

[@reespace]

His mother wound up in a mental institution. He was homeless and sleeping on park benches in NY before his art took off. He also lived with a couple of different women. Women loved him. I always saw him doing experimental work with music and film on the clubs in the East Village.

[@Keep.It.100]

His paintings worth millions ❤

[@juniajunia4071]

Huh bruh?

[@amiracle1269]

Facts u dont know?​@@juniajunia4071

[@susiehardy9932]

W😮ow crazy

[@freeshaton]

They trash

[@brutallyhonest8854]

His paintings look like trash as if a kid in the 3rd grade painted it. Go to an eye specialist bro.

[@saundrabrown-um1xs]

I saw the movie "The Harder They Fall" starring Jimmy Cliff and there was a Jamaican guy in the movie with dreadlocks just like his. And that movie was made in 1972💜

[@k4j826]

Thank you, Rastafarians OWN THIS! Free forms, wiks....they been doing these styles for centuries

[@LorenaStrobel-tf8ib]

He choked up when he said I was never locked anywhere. You see all over his face he went right back to that LOCKED memory. Then was just stuck. Poor guy idk the back story. But body language speaks volumes compared to words.

[@masixchell]

He broke barriers. He spoke on the racism he faced, that’s why he said what he said. “If I were a white artist…”. Of course he’s triggered. 💔

[@Ahtaht227]

So you should be quiet he painted with the best Andy Warhol was his mentor

[@Irreplaceable39]

I never heard of this guy until someone said Jay Z was trying to be like him so I looked him up

[@ksissor75]

Why be quiet? In case u just got here THE BLACKS STARTED EVERYTHING U SEE.....after the kidnapping of AFRICANS WE STARTED EVERYTHING HERE TOO😂😂😂 he is right THEY WOULD STEAL HIS MELANIN IF THEY COULD HAVE...

[@Rogermoore-wp6jh]

He spoke publicly about the racism he faced and the trauma it caused him. It's that trauma that was triggered not being locked anywhere. Why do you people always like telling other people's experiences btw?

[@Misscarter86]

You can tell he didn't even want to talk about it 😢

[@jprosey]

no he wasn’t .

[@sunflower78575]

Shut up! He spoke on being abused later down the line. ​@@jprosey

[@batteriesnotincluded4715]

@@jproseyLIES!!!

[@FrannieMaeB5150]

😂 I think he was caught off guard by the reporter rudeness. Hence the response, “if I was white you would just call it taking up a residency.”

[@pipercade3691]

Ikr. It made me sad for him.

[@marilynlee6819]

So ahead of his time, so unappreciated then broke his soul.

[@user-wg7md4ew4l]

What a genius. Of course he was very advanced for his time. Them haters so envious. He was such a gift. Rest up B. Let your art flow in paradise💪🏿❤️

[@DubzCo]

Cudi a lil old to be playing him isn’t he

[@MarcoPreznyc]

Ahead of his time how?

[@KennyT_817]

I think it was heroin that broke it....

[@darrenk5023]

Thank YOU!!!!

[@Justheretohelp]

Damn jay even stole his whole ass laugh

[@PrimordialBeing360]

The real question is why steal this young mans scalp wear it? What does Jay-Z know about Basquiat that we don’t. If you do the time line Jay-Z and Basquiat are about the same age at that time in NY.

[@ThePeterReyes]

Hahaha

[@rhondaqualls2954]

Not a laugh. Studder. But ya JZ copies it and so weird.

[@TheTeelyn1]

He didn’t want to discuss that, but you could tell there was some truth in that question.

[@straightfacts3771]

Wow 50 wasn’t lying 😂 jay even be doin that goat laugh 😂

[@Debbiediamond0310]

J been laughing like that forever.

[@koobreeze5034]

I thought the same shit you did

[@DemetriusJones-kk1bg]

​@Debbiediamond0310 so has the g@y painter

[@Debbiediamond0310]

J the one who recently put his paintings on display for the family

[@willieyartis267]

That nigga was studdering

[@TheCryingMystic]

Wish I would have known more about him back when he was alive. I learned about him through the move. Never saw anything about him in main stream media back then.

[@user-mz7fi7pt5b]

This how they do

[@litacross9239]

I watched a doc on him. How sad he is gone, truly brilliant

[@vanessafitzpatrick5635]

He was very emotional when the gentleman brought up the subject of being locked in the basement. It hit home and it hurt terribly. 😢😢😢

[@sabrinarichardson1582]

When the interviewer😢 brought up the subject about being locked up in the basement, you can see he was holding back tears...

[@reddrickredman8802]

This man was so far ahead of his time and he is “GONE TOO SOON” R.I.P.

[@gwendolynbutler3371]

What happened to him

[@ronbrown5436]

He OD in 1988

[@AdTa-gw7xs]

Who is that?

[@negotiator96]

That laughing noise is exactly the same noise Jay-Z makes when nervous!!! "Dah-ah-ah-ah!!!"

[@jenny1404]

Jay is using his skin as ritual

[@wowso4]

@@jenny1404how did he get his skin? 😮

[@sunsmiles247]

Ikr...how did he get his skin he died in 1988 and Jay didn't have the look or mannerisms..straight up Gangster rapper with a high top no dreads

[@RAPSNINO]

Typical whyt generalization. "tHey aLL l0ok dUh SAmE" lookin @ss..smh 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@christianmcbride9905]

I wish he had lived, imagine what hed be doing now. The kid was a genius!

[@jessicaeaves1985]

I've watched this 100 times and i still haven't heard the laugh! That man was embarrassed and hurting..."OH CHRIST" and the teary eyes are too much for me!

[@TheHeirWon]

I was in a conservatory arts school in 1990, NY. Our professor took us to a NYC Solo exhibition of his work, I could feel a palpable heaviness that day as I walked through the exhibition. I will never forget that day, NEVER. There were cries in the heaviness. I learned that moment about intuitive connection. Something didn't feel right about his fate. He came from a successful family. He was hand picked. 😢

[@lovelylocolad]

He's hiding the truth, something did happen but he probably can't say. Poor guy.

[@sheilasmith9348]

I feel his pain through his body language 😢

[@sheilasmith9348]

This is freaking sad, and my heart goes out to this young man😮😢😢😢

[@Mr.Hawkins-ld5ug]

He was also a drugy😂

[@lhcapalot3338]

Believe 50 cent when he say JayZ is turning into him 😂

[@onlyboutthabizness]

When is he going to paint, though???

[@yolandabain8405]

This his daddy.... The party life back then was crazzzzy...

[@DvNgEr93]

Jay billions times better than 50 in rap business money power N respect so chill out whit nonsense ✌🏾😏

[@jeanthornton3544]

Nope!! Thays whybhenhad to sale his soul for those billion. he didnt really make it till the BLACK ALBUM. He got more fans then and only then

[@mssoulsister2186]

​@@onlyboutthabizness😂😂🤣🤣😂

[@diannabolden7378]

I love his creation's he is a or was a fabulously talented individual. I love everything he paint's💖💖💖

[@tonyahopson6752]

It's so awesome to see him. I never thought about looking up an interview of him, but I've invested in his art and hope to 1 day own a piece or 2. Now I definitely want to see the whole interview

[@Brick_Squared]

They'd say he has a "victim mentality" because he is telling the TRUTH about the disparity.

[@lyricsoftheart]

Right especially the black conservatives who always like to calm our people with victim mentality because they expose the bogjosie

[@ellenjewell86]

There is a movie (1996)about Basquiat. Jeffrey Wright played him in the movie it's available on Max.

[@coolyungdru]

No, no one would say that actually.

[@AReazy67]

Exactly that's one of their favorite go to talking points

[@Brick_Squared]

@@coolyungdru remove your head from the sand maybe?

[@dblack6929]

Jay Z took the man hairstyle/ look & his damn giggle... WTF!!

[@cynthiacooke2763]

He was an artist whose work was ahead of his time. Recently, I watched a documentary about Andy Warhol, was infatuated with Jean-Michel Basquiat and his work. Warhol and Basquiat collaborated on a few paintings before Basquiat's untimely death. According to the documentary, His talent made him famous, and it was a lot for him to deal with so he self-medicated he was YBG.

[@sanzrich9887]

​@@cynthiacooke2763❤

[@pamelajones2999]

Envy

[@Sarcastic672]

Gay z has stolen alot of ppl images words raps and LIFE ! ALL HIS RAPS WERE BIGGIES..HES NVR BEEN NO1 IN ANY YEAR ...ASKS THE FAMILY OF CATHY WHITE WHO KILLED HER ..I BET THEYLL TELL YOU TO GO LISTEN TO THE LEMONADE SONGS ..ESP WHEN SHE SAYS BECKY WITH THE GOOD HAIR..IT WAS BEY AND GAYZ EHO SKILLED CATHYWHITE..BC SHE WAS PREGBWITH GAYZ BABY ..GAYZ WAS IN LOBE WITH HER ..AND IM SURE WE ALL SEEN HOW BEY STOMACH FOLDED ON OPRAH.. SO IF CATHY WAS PREG WITH GAYZS CHILD ..AND IT WAS A GIRL ... WHOSE BABY DID BEY HAVE, WHEN SHE WASNT PREGNANT ??? GAYZ AND BEY ARE GETTING SCARED BC THEY KNOW THEIR TIME IS ALMOST UP AND THEIR SECRETS WILL BE COMING OUT .. GAYZ DIDNT LIKE BEY FR ..HE JUST HAD TO USE HER BC WHO HE RRALLY WANTED TO BE WITH DODNT WANT HIM BUT WAS IN LOVE WITH HIS FRIEND DAME DASH... #JUSTICEFORCATHYWHITE #JUSTICEFORAALIYAH #JUSTICEFOROTHERSTHEYSTOLEFROM

[@vellabreaker]

Jay Z idolize him so your not wrong💯

[@Gabitronia]

I wish I could give him a hug ❤🕊️ I hope you're resting in peace ❤

[@mapleatticus4329]

This man was extremely intelligent so early.ive watched this over and over.

[@THE.PAN.AFRICAN.PARTY.]

he was a pure genius !!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@A.W._Background]

As a casting director, Kid Cudi must be a consideration for the role of Jean-Micheal Basquiat, if and when a film is made.🎬💜

[@UrbanWiseWifey]

💯

[@beat_blvrd]

Good eye

[@ShanteRoxxane]

There is already a film. It’s literally called Basquiat. But yes if they did another film, kid cudi could play him for sure. He looks more like him than the man who did play him.

[@A.W._Background]

@@ShanteRoxxane indeed, Jussie would be another option, or a talented artist with blended features of both....

[@tontoking1862]

I was thinking how Kid Cudi favors him and mannerisms a tad.✌️✌️

[@enicolehoward3544]

Jay-Z : Aaaaaahha 😂😂😂😂☠️

[@jjstratford]

He was a very tortured soul and could be very hard to deal with, but was very gentle and kind to those he let in.

[@affiliated.n.linked]

He was also a Graffiti artist, and was very controversial amongst the NY ART Community! Most artist at that time didnt want to acknowledge his work as "ART"

[@ambriaashley3383]

Was that before or after they knew what he looked like? Or both? Which also sucks.

[@classyasphuck]

​@@ambriaashley3383he looks great. Off ya pop

[@classyasphuck]

Yeah that's what he is known for.

[@lovealways2609]

he sounds like a baby lamb..

[@LoudUpstairsNeighbor]

Well its hideous in fact I'm convinced modern art is his fault because it's ugly too. He has some extremely creepy and disgusting art.How much do you really know about him?And how many of his paintings have you actually seen And know the meaning behind them? This dude was disturbed.

[@armandokhan6644]

“your audience isn’t even born yet” what a line.

[@dudemorris7769]

When was this said in the clip??😊

[@Denababy626]

Me but maybe 2 or 3 years off , i was a 90 on the dot baby.😊

[@OsceolaNola7]

He said “artist in residence”.. tf are you talkin about?

[@sanzrich9887]

​@@dudemorris7769😂

[@Zoe33x667]

How does your comment have 500 likes when he never said that and it wouldn’t even be a good line explain how that would be a good line?

[@jenniferclifton6532]

this man is an artist that deserved respect and obviously had a clear understanding of truth and how the world was cruel to broken people

[@outside-scamming]

Shit sound like he having a flashback after that question 😢

[@mozzyx7x]

Jeffrey Wright played him so well

[@mcmurral07]

Yes love that movie

[@theosaka69]

Yes he did! JW is a fantastic actor, so underrated.

[@jovanreid6782]

That movie was how I even discovered Basquiat in the first place. David Bowie as Andy Warhol was brilliant too. Still one of my favorite biopics.

[@ayanatetzlaff]

all i could think of… definitely played him well.

[@fhcc3924]

He said "if i was white, they say artisan resident, rather than try to sell that other stuff"....the "other stuff" is that bullshit story about him being locked in a basement and being forced to paint

[@corrinaamato8805]

Thank you, i listened a few times😮. True though

[@6ThinkingHats]

"Rather than say all that other stuff"

[@pm8932]

"They would have said ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, rather than say all of that other stuff

[@preciousone9377]

Valid point.

[@pocketlinttreasures33]

He said "artist in residence" not artisan lol

[@jeanalaincameau5414]

I can only begin to imagine the stress this man had to endure. As a first-generation Haitian immigrant, I can relate to a certain degree with Jean.

[@sever427]

Ladys and Gentleman, Basquiat

[@MrAdal206]

Journalists always tried to put him in a black box.

[@missally8933]

He had a modest, sincere, disposition. I like him instsntly. It's sad he is gone.

[@sparkle3000]

He was a nice kid worked for Pizza when we were younger. He was a homeless Haitian kid with a Puerto Rican father who abandoned him. Andy did him dirty in the end bc of peer pressure, jealousy and racism. This is a sad story for us who really knew John Biscuit. That's what we called him when he was painting on Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn. R.I.P. JB❤

[@spenser6353]

you knew him?

[@sparkle3000]

@@spenser6353 Actually I did.

[@reespace]

I remember him from hanging out in the East Village at CBGBS and The Mudd Club. He was always doing something experimental with music and film. He was the DJ in Blondie's video Rapture. He was always staying at different women's apartments before his art took off because he was homeless. He always had a girlfriend. He was a graffiti artist back then and he would always tag all over the city using the name SAMO. Then his art took him to iconic status and the white racist media was always messing with him and mischaracterizing him. A lot of it was jealousy because he was one of the only black people in those wealthy spaces at a time when whites wouldn't even allow black people in their clubs. I remember those days.

[@spenser6353]

@@sparkle3000 seems like a unique young man

[@Son-Of-David1990]

You can tell hes kinda like "yoo bro dont be asking me these questions" He looked a little bit scared to answer wrong

[@chirigablakemore9941]

He was so beautiful

[@nikkirittenhouse7233]

He caught him off guard..& he was literally lost for words!!! If “U bett Nt say Shytt” was a person

[@kaywade2777]

He has a stutter.. He was not lost for words

[@creativeflow952]

Exactly he was locked in a basement order to paint. Ppl are so blind!!

[@zakiyanafisa2979]

@@creativeflow952nervous response indeed

[@rosemarieleon6158]

​@@zakiyanafisa2979yes caught off guard

[@zakiyanafisa2979]

@@rosemarieleon6158 Absolutely

[@brandontong8589]

He was locked in that basement for 10 years. His ass was bout to break down !! 😂

[@user-ox2ie6jq1t]

Dude looked in distress & sounded like he was about to break down. I believe he’s going through some deep trauma that he can’t expose

[@reespace]

No it was because once again he was being maligned by another racist reporter. These white reporters were always trying to reduce him and treat him like he was an animal. He was sick of it. They were racist and jealous because he was one of the only black artists being lauded by these rich whites. Back then they wouldn't allow black people to even be in those white yuppie clubs. So of course they had to target him in any way they could. He was an artist in residence but of course they tried to mischaracterize him and say he was locked in a basement. They would never say that to a white artist. It was ridiculous.

[@STRENGTHSKATEBOARDS]

They never ask him about 🎨

[@TailorMadeRetro]

That ah Christ was so authentic it had me dead laughing

[@glimmers4449]

Yes!😂😂

[@HolyGangster4Christ]

It was disrespectful to Jesus Christ. My Lord and Saviour's name is not a curse word

[@evdog401]

​@HolyGangster4Christ i dont think he was trying to use it in vain. I just saw ur username too lol

[@HolyGangster4Christ]

@@evdog401 Don't care how he was trying to use it. And don't worry about my username because I'm doing God's work in real life. Helping the poor in my city. When's the last time you showed charity or love to a stranger in need? Don't judge a book by it's cover. If someone disrespects your father are you going to speak up. Most likely you will just like I did. If you kill a man and didn't mean to kill him, you still killed him. Same logic. You're still guilty no matter the intent. And yeah I'm God's holy gangster. I was chosen. How about you?

[@HolyGangster4Christ]

@@evdog401 And your laughing out loud but I can't hear you. Read John 3:16 and stop sticking up for gay painters that need to repent. You mad yet? I'm not. God bless you evdog

[@pedroalbizios8946]

Is he about to cry? He shouldn’t have asked about that!😂

[@vwalker58]

Forget about his sexuality because I heard things too. Most importantly Basquiat was a very, very talented young man! I wished he was still here to see how well his paintings/drawings sells. I work as a security officer at Christies auction house Rockefellar NY, NY. His artwork is up in the millions and hundred of thousands.🖼🎨💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵 God bless him and have Respect for him, his artwork and his two sisters.🙏🏾💕🌹🕊

[@taehyungoppa7208]

He's such an interesting being

[@PHOENIXRISING807]

❤❤❤ He was a handsome young man. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PrimordialBeing360]

Jay-Z really scalped this young man and literally wearing his hair “Only in America”

[@sneekysmurf4754]

Did Basquiat just make a sheep 🐑 🐑 sound what when he first tried to answer the question❓‼️

[@denisearmstrong8246]

He was so handsome rip🎉🎉🎉

[@cosmicenigmarevealed]

He said," if I was white they would say artisan and residence rather than say all that other stuff".

[@journeyofasister]

Artist in Residence

[@dreddscott3873]

Artist and resonance

[@csk1912]

Artemis in renaissance

[@reespace]

No it was because once again he was being maligned by another racist reporter. These white reporters were always trying to reduce him and treat him like he was an animal. He was sick of it. They were racist and jealous because he was one of the only black artists being lauded by these rich whites. Back then they wouldn't allow black people to even be in those white yuppie clubs. So of course they had to target him in any way they could. He was an artist in residence but of course they tried to mischaracterize him and say he was locked in a basement. They would never say that to a white artist. It was ridiculous.

[@edwinhargrave679]

One of the greatest artist in history.

[@angelbrady5540]

Some victims stutter when they have been through traumatic tragic situations 😢

[@mariob.b.9652]

what a nice and humble guy

[@moneyshot239]

Jayz infatuated with this young man

[@shahadahazizah7622]

I know and listening to him speak has undertones of Jay’zs voice. Creepy!

[@DC_R]

​@@shahadahazizah7622 yeah he does have that weird type of cadence. Nice Observation lol

[@TarotTEE724]

N nothing like him from our prospective BUT MAYBE HE IS AFTER ALL. They history isn’t as pretty as he is

[@TheSavages-po4pj]

​@@TarotTEE724 i mean he liked dudes so maybe they are alike who knows

[@lb1798]

That WEIRD LAUGH ....JayZ ALL DAY. Almost sounded like a captured bleating sheep😮🤣😲😳🫨

[@diannabolden7378]

That's right honey that is the truth. He is or was a very talented painter, Artist a genius 💖🥰🙏🥰💖

[@JlawlessMedia1928]

He saw what was behind the curtain and it messed him up emotionally.

[@CSTARWINTERS]

Jay Z could never be Basquiat!!!! Basquiat was never rumored to turn out 15 year olds. " Let the late great veteran live!"

[@sharlyncovington7599]

Do more research

[@hagindustin777]

​@@sharlyncovington7599 ...regarding what?

[@ikomomoh8926]

Wasn't he allegedly bi

[@oshawn-zv8ww]

Dat wasnt a laugh dat was a stutter

[@dfredankey]

Ong

[@LoveNMentalHealness]

Exactly

[@r3dzonewr247]

Not I studders this is a nervous laugh

[@OGKWAM]

@@r3dzonewr247slow

[@GurtonBuster07]

@@r3dzonewr247you def don’t ‘studder’ if you spell stutter like that lmao who you foolin, you sound like 8 too, everybody "studder" at that age 😂

[@KoolIzNSession]

My first time ever hearing Basquiat talk.

[@darrylmcadoo7375]

I remember this outstanding ARTIST!! On 60 minutes Years ago & the movie what a true inspiration person period 💯💯