Part of the exclusive exhibit for the Art Of Hip Hop gallery in Wynwood Miami by iconic Illustrator and rapper SKAM2?. This print titled 6ix (2024) is inspired by the original album art from Eminem's Slim Shady LP which was created by SKAM2? in 1999. 

Print Details

• Hand Drawn Embellishment added by SKAM2?
  
• Archival pigment print on #100 French Poptone Cover Whip cream
• Edition of 1
• 9.5" x 12"
• Signed by SKAM2?
• Artist Proof
• Created in same medium as original artwork from Eminems Slim Shady Album art for consistency.

About the Artist

Since his mid-teens, SKAM2? has been one of Hip-Hop’s most sought out
illustrators. A self-taught-turned-professional visual artist, the Miami native has
made indelible images for the likes of Eminem and A Tribe Called Quest to name a
few. But as an MC, SKAM2? has deliberately maintained a lower profile. With
roots in the storied New York City underground, SKAM2?’s vivid lyrics have been
heard alongside Raekwon, Ill Bill, The Jigmastas, as well as Slim Shady. SKAM2?
lives one of the music industry’s greatest stories never told. As he puts it: “I’m that
guy that everybody knows, but don’t know.”
A cousin of MC Kriminul of Brooklyn, half of the New York collective The
Jigmastas, SKAM divided his youth between Carol City and the Rotten Apple. In
the latter locale, the out-of-town artist split his days and nights between
skateboarding, rhyming and hustling up art commissions anywhere he could.
Running with “Krym” and the late I.G. Off, SKAM2? developed a extensive network
and became a fixture at the epicenter of the underground. “The scene in New York
at that time was so raw” he notes. SKAM2?’s witty, graphic, and brutally honest
lyrics started winning over the masses over DJ Spinna (Jigmastas) production, via
Kriminul and Spinna's indie label Beyond Real, who pushed SKAM2? on early
vinyl singles through conduits like Stretch & Bobbito, DJ EFN, and key college
radio shows. Few realized that the artist behind the artwork for A Tribe Called
Quest’s Beats, Rhymes, & Life LP was getting his own music played by many of
the same tastemakers.
Through mutual friends, SKAM2? crossed paths with another out of town kid,
Eminem. The pair found that they shared interests, having similar upbringings and
attitudes. With two cult-championed tracks (“3hree6ix5ive” & "5 Star Generals”)
developing from that bond. SKAM2? was instrumental in building on Em's buzz in
the New York underground. In turn, SKAM2? is mentioned in the lyrics to “Stan,”
where Marshall says, “I even got the underground shit you did with SKAM2?”. That
and his generally low profile has led him to a place of hip hop mythology. Em and
the late Proof called their friend after recording the song, excited to share his
inclusion in the soon-to-be smash hit with Dido. "I only heard those few lines and
didn't get the context of the song," he admits, acknowledging the would-be impact
of the Marshall Mathers LP blockbuster. But it has stood the test of time.
In more recent years his iconic logo for the top rated podcast Drink Champs (DJ
EFN & N.O.R.E.) became an indelible image that is recognized across all
generations of hip hop fans.
Through the years, SKAM2? has done art and had underground bangers with the
likes of Eminem, Denzel Curry, Illtown Records (Zhane), Shabaam Sahddeeq, M-1
(dead prez), Ill Bill (Non-Phixion, Heavy Metal Kings & La Coka Nostra), Naughty
By Nature, Rhyme Asylum, Da Youngstas, Infamous (Lil Wayne, Drake), Kevin
Rudolf (Selena Gomez, Timbaland), Kieth Murray & Joell Ortiz to name a few, and
the list keeps growing.