Jean-Michel Basquiat - "The Original Social Graffitist"
Listen to the Story: 30 minutes
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Description:
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. His ethnic background was Hatian, through his father, and Puerto Rican, through his mother. Basquiat had an interest in art that was developed from his mother’s insistence, and encouragement; but he learned to draw just by teaching himself through practice. By the age of 11, Basquiat was fluent in Spanish, French and English. At 15, Basquiat ran away from home, and slept on park benches in Manhattan’s East Village…
Via https://radiopublic.com/black-history-podcast-8XAAOV/ep/s1!719f4
