Kanye West + Takashi Murakami = Love
Dated: 8 Aug 2007
Okay, I don’t follow rap . I pretty much only know Kanye West as “that rapper who said a bunch of funny shit after he failed to win some award.” And as that guy who did that anime-style music video and was going to make a manga at some point.
But all that just seemed like an attempt to cash in on the popularity of Japanese pop culture. This, on the other hand, is actually kinda neat. Kanye’s latest album cover features work by superflat artist Takashi Murakami, who I mentioned a few times back on aO - his work was on display in New York City not too long ago.
Okay, Kanye, I’m paying attention. Are you just another otaku, or are you going to do something interesting here?
Tags: kanye-west, takashi-murakami
August 28th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Online Journals Guide…
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…
August 29th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
[...] by: gia in News, Misc, Gossip, U.S. News, Music, Anime Tags: kanye westOkay, I know I wrote this asking Kanye West whether he’s “just another otaku,” but I wasn’t actually [...]
October 10th, 2007 at 7:28 am
[...] But today I stumbled upon it again and looked closer. It turns out he’s actually working on his jewelry line with Japanese superflat artist Takashi Murakami, who also designed the cover of his latest album. [...]
October 25th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
[...] pioneer Takashi Murakami sure is expanding his reach. From painting to sculpture to CD cover design to jewelry, the artist has now jumped into a related domain: directing anime. According to Variety, [...]