🎤 Jean-Michel Basquiat

About

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) was an American artist who rose to fame in New York City in the early 1980s. Starting as a graffiti writer under the name SAMO, he became a celebrated Neo-expressionist painter known for raw, energetic works that explored themes of race, identity, and social inequality. His painting "Untitled" (1982) sold for over $110 million in 2017.